Ephesus, Pamukkale, Konya, Cappadocia & Istanbul: 8 Days

Welcome to Turkey! Upon landing in Istanbul New Airport (IST) or Sabiha Gökcen Airport (SAW), our team will welcome you at the exit gate of the Airport (meeting details will be specified). Then, approx. 1-hour transfer to your hotel, and you have free time to rest. Overnight stay in Istanbul.

Around 04:00 – 04:30 am, our team will pick you up from your Istanbul Hotel, and transfer you to the airport for your flight to Izmir/Ephesus. When you arrive to the airport, you make your self-check-in with the flight information provided to you after you booked this tour and take your flight to Izmir.

Upon landing at Izmir Airport, our team will welcome you at the exit gate of the domestic terminal. Then, there will be approx. an hour transfer to Ephesus, meet your group, and start this lifetime experience. This Tour covers the sights below:

Ancient Ruins of Ephesus / Basilica of St.John the Evangelist / Ephesus Archeological Museum

Isabey Mosque / Temple of Artemis / Selcuk Castle (Panoramic View in a distance).

During the tour, you will also have a chance to explore local handicraft that comes from the Turkish Tradition and have lunch in the local restaurant. At the end of the tour, return to Hotel and free afternoon at leisure.

Enjoy your breakfast and leave your hotel between 07:30 and 08:00 in the morning. It takes a three-hour drive to reach Pamukkale, home to hot springs and travertines, terraces of mineral carbonates left behind by the water flowing over it.

Continue to the final destination in your itinerary, Hierapolis. A Unesco World Heritage site, Hierapolis has been a popular spa destination since antiquity. People have been coming to this place seeking cure for different diseases at least as far back as the second century BC.

The optional activity today is a chance to swim in the Cleopatra Antique Pools, which are filled with marble columns from the Roman temples of Apollo and Agora. We will transfer you back to your hotel between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon. Stay overnight stay in Pamukkale.

Breakfast at the hotel. Pick up by the driver around 08:00–09:00 am and drive to Cappadocia via Konya. After 5hrs drive, we reach to Konya where you have a lunch break(at your own expense) and visit the Konya Mevlana Museum, a school of whirling dervishes. Then drive 3 hours more to reach Cappadocia. Arrive to Cappadocia around the night, check-in to Hotel, and rest.

Overnight stay in Cappadocia.

Note: The transfer on this day does not include a tour guide and the distances may vary depending on the traffic. Visiting the Mevlana Museum is also without a tour guide.

Your tour guide will meet you at the hotel after breakfast between 09:45 am and 10:00 am for your full-day tour of northern Cappadocia. Today's tour highlights included are the Goreme Open Air Museum, the Valley of Three Beauties, Avanos, Devrent and Paşabağ. We will drop you back to your hotel in Cappadocia between 04:00 pm and 05:00 pm .

You have the option to enjoy a hot air balloon ride today in the morning (between 04:00 am and 08:30 am).

Please note that the price of this optional activity can range anywhere from EUR250 to EUR320 per person depending on the season. If you are interested, please inform soon after you have booked this tour. We will check the availability as well as the price and get back to you with a reply.

Your tour guide will meet you at around 09:45 in the morning and take you out to explore some of the most popular places in the southern Cappadocia. Today's itinerary includes the Red Valley, the Castle of Cavuşin and the Çavuşin Valley, the Valley of Love, and one of the two underground cities — Kaymakli and Derinkuyu.

At the end of the tour, according to your flight time, we will transfer you to airport for your return flight to Istanbul. Meet our representative on landing in Istanbul and transfer to your hotel in the city. Stay overnight in Istanbul.

After having an open buffet breakfast in the hotel, you have a free day to explore Istanbul on your own. However, if you would like to have our optional Istanbul Old-City Tour, you may inform our team while filling out the reservation form. Here you may see the details of: Guided Istanbul Old-City Tour or Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise Tour.

According to your flight time, our team will pick you up from the lobby of your hotel and transfer you to Istanbul Airport (IST) or Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW).

Please note; we recommend the pick-up time 5 hours earlier than your departure time.

End of our service, hope to welcome & accommodate you again!