Tour Information
Quick Turkey
tour provides you a chance to visit most popular areas of Turkey in 10 days.
Tour is including Istanbul, Cappadocia, Konya, Pamukkale, Antalya, Ephesus
Day
1 : Arrival to Istanbul: One
of our colleagues will be waiting for you at the arrival hall bearing
a sign of Efendi Travel. He/she will accompany you to our vehicle and
you will be transferred directly to your hotel. Accommodation in Istanbul.
Day
2: Istanbul
City Tour: You will be picked up from your hotel at around 08:30.
You will visit: Hagia Sophia , Blue Mosque, Roman Hippodrome Grand Bazaar After
lunch you will see: Topkapi Palace , Sultan Tombs and the tour ends
about 16:30 and back to hotel Accommodation in Istanbul. (breakfast at hotel,
lunch on the tour)
Please
note that Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays and Grand Bazaar is closed on
Sundays. Blue Mosque will not be visited on Fridays.
Day
3 : North Cappadocia Tour: You will be picked up from your hotel at 03:45 to
be transferred to Istanbul Airport to take 06:30 flight to Kayseri. Upon your
arrival at Kayseri Airport, you will be greeted and transferred to Cappadocia
to meet your guide and the rest of the group. You will start the day visiting
Devrent Valley, also known as "Imagination Valley", this is the most
surreal-looking landscape. Your next stop will be Pasabagi called also the
Monks Valley because Christian hermits chose to locate hermit cells and
churches in these three-headed pinnacles symbolic of the Holy Trinity, it's
possible to see all the stages in the formation of fairy chimneys at this spot.
Proceed to Avanos (Vanessa) the pottery center of Cappadocia, this village is
set on the banks of the Kizilirmak/Red River. The river gets its name from the
red clay it deposits. You can watch the potters at work using kick wheels, the
technique which has remained unchanged for generations. After lunch, continue
to Goreme Open Air Museum. The world's most important Byzantine cave churches
are found in these once remote valleys where monks and nuns pursued monastic
life from the 3rd century on. Here you can see the best preserved Byzantine
cave wall paintings and frescos from the Iconoclastic period through to the end
of Seljuk rule. Icons with scenes from the Old Testament and the New Testament
above portraits of Church Fathers and saints depict the structure of the
Byzantine universe. Panoramic view point Esentepe. With a spectacular view over
Goreme from Esentepe see the complete view of Goreme valley and Goreme village:
fairy chimneys, rock formations and cave houses. End your day with Uchisar
Castle. This tall rock, the highest point of the Goreme region, is a 25-floor
beehive of cave rooms forming an underground-type city reaching into the sky.
It was used as a citadel during Roman, Byzantine and Seljuk times. The view of
the Cappadocian countryside from here is just brilliant. After the tour, you
will be transferred to your hotel. Accommodation in Cappadocia. (lunch on the
tour)
Day
4 : Second Day in Cappadocia: You will be picked up from
your hotel at around 09:00 for a tour on a 4km hike through the Rose
Valley visiting the churches. Afterwards visit the old Christian village of
Cavusin. Stop for lunch in Pigeons Valley and then continue on to see the
marvel of construction that is the Kaymakli Underground City. You will also
visit the Ortahisar Natural Rock Castle. After the tour, you will be
dropped off at your hotel at around 17:00. Accommodation in
Cappadocia. (breakfast at hotel and lunch on the tour)
Day
5 : Tour
to Konya : Meet the guide and driver at the hotel at 8.30. We
set off with our guide and driver westward along the ancient Silk Road toward
Konya, stopping for a look at the huge Sultan Han caravanserai en route. After
we arrive in Konya, visit the Tomb of Rumi in the Museum of Mevlana, an
important place of pilgrimage for Muslims. Then, we visit the Ottoman-era
Sultan Selim mosque before having lunch in a traditional Turkish restaurant.
After our lunch we drive to the Alaaddin Hill (a prehistoric tumulus) to visit
the 1000-year-old Alaaddin Mosque. In its courtyard are the tombs of many of
the Seljuk Turkish sultans. Walking down the north side of the Alaaddin Hill we
pass the remains of the Seljuk sultan's palace, then cross the street for a
view of the elaborate portal of the InceMinareliMedrese theological college and Accommodation in Konya
(breakfast
at hotel and lunch on the tour)
Day
6 :
Transfer from your hotel and then have a bus to Antalya which takes 5
hours and Accommodation in Antalya.(Breakfast at the hotel)
Day
7 : Pick –up at 08:00 a.m and : The ruins of the
city, although not on the scale of Ephesus, Pergamon, are never less vast. Most
of today' s Perge however, belongs to the Pax Romana-the theatre, stadium, baths
and colonaded street. The stadium is one of the best preserved of the ancient
world.
ASPENDOS: Some 25 miles east of
Antalya and 3 miles of the main road lies Aspendos, graced with a theatre that
rivals any single edifice on the Turkish coast. Built on the second century and
seating 15.000, the structure is nearly entire except for part of the upper
cornice. İt is architect was Xenon a local lad, whose secret formula for
creating such perfect acoustics has not yet been discovered.
SIDE:
(meaning pomegranate)
Is located in region of Pamphylia in Anatolia and was both a prosperous Aegean tranding centre Hellenistic and Roman times and a base for Cilicia pirates in the 1 st and 2 nd centruise BCE.
Is located in region of Pamphylia in Anatolia and was both a prosperous Aegean tranding centre Hellenistic and Roman times and a base for Cilicia pirates in the 1 st and 2 nd centruise BCE.
KURSUNLU WATERFALLS: The Kursunlu Waterfalls
is 18 km in distance along the Antalya -Alanya highway, which is a fascinating
national park of Antalya. And then have a bus to Pamukkale and then transferred
to your hotel and Accomodation in Pamukkale
(breakfast
at hotel and lunch on the tour)
Day
8 : Pamukkale Travertines and Hierapolis Ancient City: You will be picked up
from your hotel at around 09:15for the tour of Pamukkale, which is the center
of natural thermal spring waters with healing properties. Due to the chemical
properties in the water, pure white colored travertine and stepped water terraces
have been created on the mountain slope. It is for its resemblance to cotton
piles that it is called ´Cotton Castle´ in Turkish. Visit the travertines and
the ancient city of Hierapolis which has the biggest Necropolis with 1200
gravestones in Anatolia. The sacred pool also is one of the highlights of the
site. There shallow thermal waters ripple over a wonderful scattering of
ancient roman ruins that lie beneath. You will have some free time in the
afternoon. Then you will be transferred back to your hotel. Accommodation in
Kusadasi. (breakfast at hotel, lunch on the tour)
Day
9: Ephesus Tour and Flight to Istanbul: (check out from hotel in
the morning) You will be picked up from your hotel at around 09:00 for full-day
Ephesus Ancient City Tour. Visit the premiere Greco-Roman City of the ancient
world, Ephesus. Explore the Temple of Hadrian, Domitian's temple, Hercules
gate, famous Celsus Library, Great theater and other Roman sites. We will also
visit House of Virgin Mary where she is believed to have spent her last years.
On November 29th, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed the House of the Virgin
Mary at Ephesus to be sacred. Give a break to taste delicious, healthy and
traditional Turkish food. Take your way to the Temple of Artemis, which is the
one of the seven wonders of ancient world. After the tour, you will be
transferred to Izmir Airport to take an evening flight to Istanbul and then
transfer to your hotel in Istanbul . (breakfast at hotel, lunch on the tour)
Day
10: You
will be picked up from your hotel depending on your flight time and
transferred to the airport directly for your departure flight home.
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Cost
is 2400 Euros per person
Tour Price Includes
Accommodation in 3* hotels or similar boutique hotels
Meal services during the tour noted in the itinerary above
Transportation by major flight companies
Professional licensed guiding services
Entrance fees to the museums during guided tours
The local tours may include some shopping facilities if the timing
will be available
Tour
Price Excludes
Personal expenses
Dinners
Tips (optional)
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