Anatolian Civilizations (small Group)

Arrival to Istanbul. Meet with english speaking assistant at the airport. Transfer to the hotel for check in.

Overnight: Istanbul
Meals: N/A.

Breakfast at the hotel. Drive from your hotel to Spice Market for shopping. Free time. Then meet and proceed to take 1,5 hrs Bosphorus Cruise excursion along the bosphorus , that is dividing the 2 continents Asia & Europe. During the excursion you will enjoy the beauty of Istanbul , with its forest , Palaces and wooden old houses built on both continents. Lunch at local restaurant. After lunch visit Sultanahmet Mosque (Blue Mosque) , Hippodrome and the famous Hagia Sophia. Free time at Grand Bazaar.

Overnight: Istanbul
Meals: Breakfast - Lunch.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure from the hotel to visit Topkapi Palace ( harem section entrance free is included ) the house of the ottoman sultans. Departure from the hotel to Ankara – the capital of Turkey. Arrival to Ankara in early evening

Overnight: Ankara
Meals: Breakfast - Dinner .

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit Anatolian Civilizations Museum where you will see the Neolithic & Paleolithic ruins from Urartu , Hatti, Hittite, Phrygia civilizations, then proceed to Mausoleum of Ataturk , the founder of Turkish Republic. In the afternoon drive to Cappadocia. En route visit the Underground city that is one of the biggest underground city in the region, constructed by the first Christians to protect themselves from the attacks.

Overnight: Cappadocia
Meals: Breakfast - Dinner.

Breakfast. Full day visit at Cappadocia. Visit Göreme Open Air Museum - a UNESCO Heritage site , a fantastic region with it’s cave churches located on the valley. Then proceed to Uchisar Village and then the spectacular fairy chimneys. Visit Derbent Valley with and explore the natural rock formations and get a chance to attend the workshops of carpets and onyx-stones.

Overnight: Cappadocia
Meals: Breakfast - Dinner. Optional Tour | HOT AIR BALLOON TOUR. In the early morning departure from your hotel. a chance to live this unique experience, an overlooking to Cappadocia from the sky , see the beauty of the region the rock formations, fairy chimneys, natural formations, lunar landscapes.

After the breakfast at the hotel , drive to Pamukkale. En route visit Sultanhan Caravansarai that was built during Seljuk Empire and used long years as a stop over for the travellers and merchants. Continue to Pamukkale. Visit Cotton Steps – a UNESCO heritage site that has been believed to have healing thermal water. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Overnight: Pamukkale
Meals: Breakfast - Dinner.

Breakfast. Drive to Selcuk – Ephesus. Visit the Ephesus Ruins – the city that was dedicated to Artemis I the Odeon, Temple of Hadrian, the House of Love, the Library of Celsus, the Agora. Then proceed for Virgin Mary House - has been believed it is the final resting place of the mother of Jesus. Then stop at Leather Production Store. Proceed for Izmir.

Overnight: İzmir
Meals: Breakfast - Dinner.

Breakfast. Drive to Pergamon ( Bergama ) region and visit the ruins of Asclepion (or Acropolis depending on our time) which is the first hospital of Asia Minor in human history. Then continue to Troy , visit the famous city that evokes the poetic name of Homer's Iliad. Continue to Canakkale.

Overnight:Çanakkale
Meals: Breakfast - Dinner.

Breakfast. We will cross Dardanelles Strait by car ferry and continue to Gallipoli Peninsula. We will visit one of the most emotionally touching places in Turkey, the WWI Battlefields of Gallipoli, including Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, ANZAC Cove, Ariburnu Cemetery, ANZAC Commemorative Site, Respect to Mehmetcik Statue, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, Johnston's Jolly, Turkish and Allied trenches and tunnels, 57. Regiment Turkish Memorial,The Nek,Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial.

Overnight:İstanbul
Meals: Breakfast.

Breakfast. Transfer to airport and fly home. End of our services.

Overnight: N/A
Meals: Breakfast ( If the pick up time for departure flight permits ). Request more information.