The Turkey Odyssey

Day 1: Arrival Day

Istanbul – Arrival Day – Bosphorus Dinner Cruise with Shows

(Local Dinner Included)

Upon our arrival at Istanbul International Airport, your guide will meet, assist and transfer you to the hotel. In the evening, Pick up from your hotel and depart to your Group Boat with Separate Seating Area.

Dj Music will play end of the Night

At boat during the night will be served Local Dinner with unlimited soft/local alcohol drinks.

After the show, transfer back to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 2: Istanbul City Tour

(Breakfast, lndian Lunch and Indian Dinner included)

• After breakfast we depart for Istanbul City Tour.

• We will visit to SULTANAHMET IMPERIAL MOSQUE. It is located across from St. Sophia and it built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, is known as the BLUE MOSQUE because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles.

• After that, we will see the ANCIENT HIPPODROME, the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments; the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine.

• Visit to HAGIA SOPHIA GRAND MOSQUE From Outside: The Hagia Sophia, previously known as the Church of Divine Wisdom, is simply The best of its kind! Hagia Sophia is the greatest surviving example of Byzantine Architecture. For 1000 years it was once the largest church in the world, decorated with stunning 6th century golden mosaics. Today it is a mosque & Museum.

• After here continue to Topkapi Palace Museum (from the first courtyard). Lunch at Restaurat. After the lunch, Murtis Tour will take you to the SPICE BAZAAR which is a unique atmosphere with reasonable prices for your shopping. Here you will find; Exotic Spices and Herbs, Turkish Baklava, Turkish Delights, Turkish Coffee, nuts and fruits, small souvenirs such as Ceramic Handicrafts, Evil Eyes totems, all naturel olive oil, soaps and many other goods in Souvenir Shops and stores.

• After the tour, transfer back to your hotel.

• Dinner and overnight in Istanbul.

If you would like to Visit Museums please find the fees as below;

1. Haghia Sophia Museum Entrance Fee for Per Person: 32.00 Euro

2. Topkapi Palace Museum Entrance Fee for Per Person: 46.00 Euro

3. Basilica Cistern Entrance Fee for Per Person:32.00 Euro

Please Note: Please do not forget to carry headscarf with you for the visit of religious places as Blue Mosque & Haghia Sophia Mosque.

Day 3: Princess Island Tour

(Breakfast, Local Lunch and Indian Dinner Included)

• Enjoy a cruise in the Marmara Sea to Istanbuls famous Princes Islands. This is your opportunity to see Topkapi Palace, Leanders Tower and Uskudar from the sea.

• Stop at Buyukada, the popular summer resort with sandy beaches and pinewood scenery, once the pleasure island of Byzantine Princes.

• During the summer season, enjoy the magical atmosphere that the Islands beach resort has to offer including many optional water sporting activities.

• Tour the island with Electiric Car.

• Lunch break.

• After lunch, your transfer back to your hotel.

• Dinner and overnight in Istanbul.

Day 4: Istanbul to Cappadocia

(Breakfast and Local Dinner Included)

After breakfast at the hotel, today we will depart to Istanbul Airport for your domestic flight to Cappadocia. Once you reach, transfer your hotel and check in. The rest of the day is yours at leisure. Dinner and Overnight in Cappadocia.

Day 5: North Cappadocia Tour

(Breakfast, Indian Lunch and Local Dinner Included)

• After the breakfast we will depart for Uçhisar Castle from outside, the highest point of Cappadocia Next you visit Goreme Open Air Museum, the heart of Cappadocia. Göreme Open Air Museum is famous for frescoes dating back to 10th century describing the life of Jesus Christand monks.

• Next stop is Çavuşin, which is an abandoned village with old cave Greek houses.

• After Çavuşin you go to the restaurant in Avanos to have lunch. After lunch, you visit a pottery workshop, to see how to make potteries.

• Then you go to Love Valley. Love Valley is a hidden valley with scenic formations to say the least. Despite the resemblance to man hood, these amazing rock formations are far from man-made.

• After Love Valley you visit another workshop to see Cappadocian handwoven carpets and kilims.

• Next stop is Devrent Valley, which is also called İmagination Valley, where you can see natural rock formations looking like animals.

• Last stop is Three Beauties, three beautiful fairy chimneys with their hats, which is the symbol of Cappadocia.

• Dinner and Overnight in Cappadocia.

Day 6: Cappadocia – Konya – Antalya

(Breakfast, Local Lunch and Local Dinner Included)

• After breakfast early in the morning at 08:00 drive to Konya.

• 2.5 hour later we have break for coffee and after some rest drive to Konya for lunch at 13:00 pm.

• After the lunch visit the imposing green - tiled Mausoleum of Mevlana, the mystic founder of the Sufi sect (Whirling Dervishes).

• After the Konya Mevlana tour drive to Antalya. Arrival to Antalya around 18:30 pm. and check into your hotel.

• Dinner and Overnight in Antalya.

Day 7: Antalya Old City Tour and Waterfalls

(Breakfast, Indian Lunch and Local Dinner included)

• After breakfast drive to Antalya Old City ( Kaleiçi ) Marina, Clock Tower, Hadrians Gate, Broken Minaret, Hıdırlık Tower: Kaleici is a small historic part of Antalyas modern city, also known as the Old City of Antalya. In history it was once the sprawling modern Roman town, then the Byzantine Empire, then Seljuks, and finally the Ottoman Turkish town. The Hadrians Gate (or Hadrianus Gate or The Three Gates is a triumphal arch which was built in the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Antalyas broken wonder is the Broken Minaret of the Korkut Mosque, which itself was built originally as a Roman temple in the 2nd century AD, and thus did not have a minaret at all. Hıdırlık Tower is a landmark tower of tawny stone in Antalya, Turkey, where Kaleiçi meets Karaalioglu Park. It is believed to be built in Hellenistic era on a square plan and later turned into circular tower in 2 nd century AD and was used as either a fortification or a lighthouse in the past.

• We have lunch at the hotel and than depart for Duden Waterfalls. All the streams of the region aim at finding their way into the Mediterranean and they pour down the slopes of the Taurus, sometimes overland sometimes underground and reaching their destination, result in lovely waterfalls, of which there are more than twenty.

• After tour come back to hotel and rest of day is yours.

• Dinner and Overnight in Antalya.

Day 8: All Inn One Tour

(Breakfast, Local Lunch and Local Dinner Included)

• After breakfast depart for All In One Tour. The program covers Jeep Safari, Rafting Tour and Zipline.

• Lunch will be as Bbq Lunch

• After tour come back to hotel and rest of day is yours.

• Overnight in Antalya.

Day 9: Antalya to Istanbul - End of Tour

(Breakfast Included)

• After breakfast you will have free time in Antalya.

• Today we depart for Antalya Airport for our domestic flight to Istanbul and then back to home.

• We hope your tour was a memorable one and we would like to see you in the future in one of our tours again.