Highlights of Turkey

We had a great time and enjoyed this tour seeing the many beautiful natural landscapes of Turkey especially in Pamukkale and Cappadocia, not to mention the awesome historic sites and underground cities and of course, the super Goreme open air museum. Istanbul is a great city with its many bazaars and historical sites and mosques. Loved the Bhosporous dinner cruise and dinner especially the many entertainments. Our tour guide Ege, is the best there is, very caring, sweet and certainly knowledgeable about his splendid country. Thanks a lot Ege for sharing with us such wealth of information. More power to you beloved son of Ataturk. We are so glad we finally did this tour which we've postponed few times. Vibrant Istanbul is one great city we would not hesitate to visit again someday.

We had an absolute blast on this tour. Some of the days are long driving days, but we didn't mind, plenty of comfort stops to break it up. This tour was well organised and informative. The cave hotel is a really cool experience. The highlight of our tour was Ege, he was the most kind, considerate and passionate tour guide. You can really see how much he loves his country. He took time to get to know everybody and cared about everybody. He went out of his way to sort things out for people in his free time.

Wonderful! Great guide and really excellent hotels.

the trip was amazing

Turkey has many beautiful and interesting sights-what a wide range of history and culture to experience.

Ege was great tour guide! Would recommend!

Tour guide is knowledgeable. Long drives to attractions. I wish we stay one more day in Cappadocia, because it took one day to drive there and one day to return, and I love rock formations, so Cappadocia is a great tourist site for me.

Ege is an excellent tour guide. He helped navigate the journey within a new culture and language with ease and pleasure. He's very sensitive to the guests with walking difficulties. He is affable and pragmatic and creates a safe and positive tour experience.

The pre tour suggestions were very professional. The pre tour detailing by Mr Ege, the Tour leader the night before the tour was clear and informative. He assured vegetarians and vegans would not have issues.He gave details the day before and posted on the FB page.He looked after the group like a Anatolian Shepherd dog! He gave suggestions what food to try and where to visit.He gave options as where it was safe to draw money from the ATM.The coach was comfortable, good seats with ample leg room, Mr Curly, the man behind the wheel did an excellent job maneuvering the coach through the crazy traffic.His role was exemplary and kept smiling . The hotels and food were nice.A brief history was given, the drive was punctuated with pit stops to allow stretching and comfort stations.

It was my first time with Expat and everything was very well planned and spread out. The group was really fun and helpful. All age groups were great and hope to see more yours targeted for different age groups as I had little more energy to see more

As a woman travelling solo, safety is of the utmost importance and I am happy to say that from the moment I began this tour, I have felt protected, respected and cared for. The Guide's knowledge of Turkiye's magnificent history and how other countries relate to it was very thorough and fascinating. Along with their advice as to how to get the most out of the tour itself. Great tips and hints! Our driver was so professional and impeccable in the safety and care of his passengers, particularly considering the conditions could at times be challenging. He was amazing! Gallipoli, Troy, Ephesus, Pammukkale and Cappadocia were stunning and beautiful and I felt quite humbled to see all that glorious history. Every stop along the tour was an exciting adventure and so pleasant. The hotels were also great but most of all, I cannot recommend this Tour and its Staff highly enough. Absolutely fabulous job.

Great tour using Expatexplore! Wonderful guide, Ege, shared his love of Turkey, the history , his support and caring fun nature . Made new friends from around the world , stayed in good hotels and lots of dinners included. The bus driver was incredible too. Highly recommend

This has been my first Expat tour and it has exceeded expectations. Coming from a country with a relatively young history, the layers of history and civilisation here are awe inspiring. Some days have been long and quite physically demanding, but we have packed in a wide range of fascinating activities. Our guide Ege has been superb - very knowledgeable, very professional, and he has led our group with good humour and attention to detail. It has been a pleasure to share this amazing journey with a very interesting and diverse group of fellow travellers.

The history of the place is amazing

Everything ran smoothly.

Before starting the tour, I had no time to study about the history of Turkey and the tour and the nice explanation of our tour leader Ege taught me a lot of important information with the great joy.

This is a bucket list for sure. Just do it!!! Our tour guide Ege was top notch. The sites to see are magical. Turkey is an amazing country

The tour include all the highlights in Turkey as promised but in order to get to everything in the 8 days on tour means long distance driving and many hours on the bus. Our bus driver, Mr Bake Abe, was excellent at his job and I felt safe at all times and admire his skill at getting the bus through small spaces or park in difficult spots. Our local guide, Ege, was a treat. Not only is he very knowledgeable about Turkey, but he has a lot of energy, a good sense of humour and he can communicate very well in English. Ege also went the extra mile for everyone and always made sure we are safe and OK. Ege helped us find our way after the Istanbul walking tour, by walking us down to the river in his free time. He also accompanied us on a sunset cruise during his off-time and was never too tired to listen or help with advise and guidance in terms of specific shopping requests. The tour itself allowed for time to admire the sights although a bit more time at Pumakale would have been great. The pottery and carpet making were incredible but wish for more affordable stops in terms of that. Hotels were excellent in general especially loved the one in Cappadocia. Suggest that the driving tour ends in Cappadocia and everyone flies back to Istanbul instead of the long last day on the bus. Also would be better to include the entrance fees in the original pricing to be paid beforehand when booking the tour as well as the tips for the driver and guide to be paid beforehand.

This was an well planned and incredible tour. Our tour leader Ege was just amazing. Well informed, well articulated and very helpful. Loved his sense of humour and jis suggestions on where to eat was also great. Definitely one of the best tours I've been on in an amazing country. Thank you

A very knowledgeable tour leader