Istanbul Natural landmarks sightseeing Trips

Accommodation: All places were very well chosen. Clean, friendly, quiet and well placed from the itinerary point of view, also with good breakfast. Itinerary: In two weeks I think we covered much more that what other trip organizers do. It was really amazing what we have seen. Explore Leader: The Explore Leader was very competent, professional and his knowledge helped us understand the complicated history of all places we visited. The way he explained each place with its evolution was just perfect. He also solved all logistical problems of such a complicated tour. Explore made an excellent choice in selecting this particular Explore Leader.

Excellent tour with Oz, an incredibly knowledgeable and caring tour guide. I would recommend this tour. We had only 7 in the group and were able to travel comfortably in a mini van. The only small critique I would have is I would liked to have something different added to the itinerary such as a cooking demonstration but the trip to the turtle sanctuary was great. Having a whole free day in Kas was excellent and the chance to do early morning balloon ride in Cappadocia was the highlight

Overall the trip was wonderful but I do think the itinerary needs a few extra days. There were many highlights such as Ephesus, Cappadocia, boat trip in Kas, Olympos. In general all the archeological sites were very interesting. Our leader Zafer was wonderful and was always explaining things to us and his food recommendations were spot on. We also went to places that weren't included in the trip notes - I especially appreciated this. The group was terrific - everyone was friendly and got on well together.

We have had a fantastic first-time experience with Explore Worldwide. The itinerary lived up to the description and the hotel accommodation was largely very good. We had an excellent guide - Ozegur - who was very knowledgeable, well organised, had a great sense of humour, and who gave us some very good recommendations for dinner. He was able to give real-time feedback to fix any accommodation issues on the spot. Our small group got along very well so we dined together every night and shared optional excursions. We got a terrific insight not only into the historic sites we visited but also into contemporary Turkish culture and society. The balloon ride over Cappadocia was a delight. There were so many highlights like Ephesus (magnificent!), Pergamon, Troy, the ruins of Olympos, the boat trip from Kekova to Xanthos, the Caravanserai, the Dervish mosque, we loved Goreme, Kas, and so much more. I’d certainly consider travel with Explore Worldwide again.

The tour leader made the tour exceptional. His knowledge was astounding.. The itinerary was thorough and each location we visited was phenomenal.. There was alot of walking. My sisters and I are were fine with it. But you do need to be in shape as our average days were long Average day was about 12 hours

The whole trip exceeded my expectations, it was absolutely wonderful. Oz, our tour leader, was amazing in every way, very informative, in a way which was easily understandable, very kind always with a smile and sometimes even a song! Nothing was ever too much trouble for him, he was always available when needed, I thought he was an absolute superstar.!!! Many thanks 😊