Grand Turkey Journey

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$365000

Istanbul, Cappadocia, Antalya, Lara Beach, Pamukkale, Izmir

Experience the wizardry of Istanbul around evening time as you sail between two landmasses on a private supper journey.

Find the mysteries of Cappadocian cooking at a real nearby home.

Unwind in the mineral-rich natural aquifers of Pamukkale.

Alongside your private guide investigate Edirne, the previous capital of the Ottoman Empire.

Including a handpicked determination of extravagance and premium facilities.

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  • Activity Level Moderate
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  • Group Size Medium Group
    10
All about the Grand Turkey Journey.

A travel experience like no other

This example schedule was made by specialists and is intended to move your next trip. It is fit to be tweaked to suit your inclinations, tastes, and financial plan so you can interface with neighborhood societies and experience genuine travel on your own terms, and leaving at whatever point you pick.

  • DAY 1

ISTANBUL You’ve Arrived

  • Turkey Welcome Package
  • Airport (with Assistant).

 

  • DAY 2

ISTANBUL Cultural Immersion

  • Full-Day Tour with Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque & Basilica Cistern (7-8 hrs) – Vehicle/Driver/Guide.

 

  • DAY 3

ISTANBUL Creative Cuisine

  • Grand Bazaar, Suleymaniye Mosque, and Spice Market Tour (5-6 hrs) – Vehicle/Driver/Guide.

 

  • DAY 4

ISTANBUL TO CAPPADOCIA Onward and Upward

  • Airport – Vehicle/Guide/Driver
  • Air – Istanbul – Cappadocia [Direct – 1 hr] – Economy
  • Airport – Vehicle/Guide/Driver
  • Whirling Dervishes Ceremony – Vehicle/Driver.

 

  • DAY 5

CAPPADOCIA Lose Yourself in Nature

  • Cappadocia Highlights with Goreme Open Air Museum, Pigeon Valley, and Kaymakli (5-6 hrs) – Vehicle/Driver/Guide.

 

  • DAY 6

CAPPADOCIA High in the Sky

  • Shared Hot Air Ballooning
  • Home Cooking Class (4 hrs) – Vehicle/Driver/Guide.

 

  • DAY 7

CAPPADOCIA TO ANTALYA TO LARA BEACH The Journey Continues…

  • Airport – Vehicle/Guide/Driver
  • Air – Cappadocia – Antalya [Direct – 1hr 5 mins] – Economy
  • Airport Lara & Kundu Area – Vehicle/Guide/Driver.

 

  • DAY 8

ANTALYA TO LARA BEACH Lace Up for Some Fresh Air

  • Gulluk Dag National Park Hiking with Termessos and Duden Waterfalls (8 hrs) – Vehicle/Guide/Driver.

 

  • DAY 9

ANTALYA TO PAMUKKALE A Dazzling Drive

  • Transfer – Private – Antalya – Pamukkale [3 hrs 45 mins ] – Vehicle/Guide/Driver.

 

  • DAY 10

PAMUKKALE It’s All Ancient History

  • Full-Day Tour of Pamukkale with Hierapolis, Laodicea, and Aphrodisias (8 hrs) – Vehicle/Guide/Driver.

 

  • DAY 11

PAMUKKALE TO IZMIR On the Road Again

  • Transfer – Private – Pamukkale – Izmir [4 hrs] – Vehicle/Guide/Driver.

 

  • DAY 12

IZMIR City Streets and Tasty Treats

  • Ephesus Tour (with Lunch, 7-8 hrs) – Vehicle/Guide.

 

  • DAY 13

IZMIR TO ISTANBUL En Route

  • Airport – Vehicle/Guide/Driver
  • Air – Izmir – Istanbul [Direct – 1 hr] – Economy
  • Airport (with Assistant) – Vehicle/Guide/Driver
  • Bosphorus Dinner Cruise (2 hrs) – Private Yacht.

 

  • DAY 14

ISTANBUL It’s All Ancient History

  • Edirne Tour (with Lunch, 9-10 hrs) – Vehicle/Driver/Guide.

 

  • DAY 15

ISTANBUL Until Next Time…

  • Airport – Vehicle/Guide/Driver.

 

The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance
What is included in this tour?Items that are included in the cost of tour price.
  • One bag and one carry-on per individual for trip moves
  • Breakfast every morning at your lodging, in addition to any dinners demonstrated in the schedule
  • Hello at the air terminal or at your convenience from one of our agents – your master will affirm your meet and welcome area with you
  • Nearby private aides or shared visits that take you through your schedule features and encounters, your last agenda will affirm the kind of visit
  • A private driver for visits and moves (in certain nations our neighborhood private aides likewise go about as your driver – your Destination Expert will examine with you if appropriate)
  • All convenience stays, visits, and moves for booked exercises are covered, except if in any case recorded in the agenda
  • Day in and day out in-objective help from our neighborhood office
  • A completely modified agenda dependent on your inclinations and timetable.
What is not included in this tour?Items that are not included in the cost of tour price.
  • Visa expenses, inoculation expenses, and neighborhood flight charges (when material)
  • Discretionary improvements like room or flight updates, or neighborhood camera or video charges
  • Extra touring, exercises, and encounters outside of your schedule
  • Early registration or late registration from inns (except if in any case indicated)
  • Individual charges like clothing, calls, SIM cards, or room administration
  • Abundance things charges, and where appropriate, stuff excluded from your toll
  • Snacks, meals, and beverages (drunkard and non-heavy drinker), except if determined in the agenda
  • Tips for administrations and encounters
  • Visas (except if noted)
  • Travel protection, which we offer and can be bought after you’ve booked your visit
  • Your worldwide airfare – kindly can let your master say whether you’d prefer to get estimating from our Air Team.
  1. Day 1 ISTANBUL

    You’ve Arrived

    An invite bundle with a city map, e-tickets (if significant), and some other touristic data that we consider you may discover helpful will be sitting tight for you upon your landing in your first lodging on your outing.

    Upon appearance in Istanbul, you will be welcomed by an English-talking guide. Your delegate will help you facilitate gatherings with your private driver and go with you to the air terminal.

  2. Day 2 ISTANBUL

    Social Immersion

    Investigate the features of Istanbul’s celebrated Golden Horn on an entire day visit, joined by a private guide and driver. Start by visiting the fancy home of the kings of the past, the Topkapi Palace. Wonder about its unfathomable design and extravagant stylistic theme as your guide acquaints you with the historical backdrop of the Ottoman realm. Proceed to Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul’s most prestigious constructions that rules the Golden Horn’s horizon. Enter this lofty complex and feel promptly in wonderment of its sheer glory and magnificence. Take in the perplexing mosaics and tiling and let your guide clarify how Hagia Sophia is an engineering impression of the city’s entrancing past. Then, investigate the underground Basilica Cistern, the biggest of the few hundred repositories worked underneath the city to give its occupants water. Walk around the faint corridors and watch out for the Medusa heads gladly guarding this antiquated innovative marvel.

    Your next stop today is the Blue Mosque. Head inside and be astonished at its magnificent inside and the famous blue Iznik tiling that acquired the mosque its name. Proceed to the close by Hippodrome for a brief look at what used to be the center of the nearby community life hundreds of years prior. Move to the Chora Church, quite possibly the most awesome instances of Byzantine design in Istanbul. Visit the on-location exhibition hall for a chance to see the value in the superb, Christian-roused frescoes and mosaics. Your visit closes when you are moved back to your inn.

  3. Day 3 ISTANBUL

    Inventive Cuisine

    Experience Istanbul’s vivacious markets and investigate quite possibly the most praised mosques in the city on a secretly guided visit. Start your day with a visit to the Grand Bazaar, one of the most seasoned canvassed markets on the planet. Joined by your private guide, walk around the lively paths dabbed with innumerable shops and open your faculties to this mixture of shadings, sounds, and fragrances. Watch the handy nearby craftsmen and specialists work on their magnum opuses and evaluate your dealing abilities. Proceed to the Süleymaniye Mosque and appreciate a guided visit through this unmissable and great construction that has molded the scene of Istanbul for quite a long time. Stroll through the tremendous, vaporous insides and watch out for probably the best instances of calligraphy around there. Head to the neighboring nurseries for an opportunity to see the value in dazzling vistas of the Golden Horn and Bosphorus. Then, advance toward the Spice Bazaar, otherwise called the Egyptian Market. Meander through this enamoring commercial center with your guide and take in the horde of sights, flavors, and smells. Stop by various slows down selling fragrant spices and debauched treats, or maybe get a cup of hot Çay and just watch the nearby life pass by.

  4. Day 4 ISTANBUL TO CAPPADOCIA

    On the up and up

    A private exchange will be provided from your lodging in Istanbul to the air terminal.

    Load onto a flight in Istanbul with the administration to Cappadocia. The flight span is around 60 minutes.

    A private vehicle with a driver and guide will give an exchange between the air terminal and your lodging.

    This evening, get the exceptional chance to observe a customary Whirling Dervishes Ceremony. Meet your private driver for an exchange to the Sarihan Caravansarai where this evening’s occasion is occurring. Prior to the ceremonial starts, set aside some effort to investigate the Saray, accepted to have been implicit 1249. The Whirling Dervish Ceremonies are a significant piece of Turkish culture and have been put among the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. This intriguing type of love and otherworldly reflection represents the human’s enchanted excursion and profound climb flawlessly. Notice the dervishes play out this astonishing, serious dance and watch their excellent pieces of clothing become animated as they keep on turning to the hints of customary music. Around evening time’s life-changing occasion will keep going for roughly 60 minutes. After the service closes, you will be moved back to your inn.

  5. Day 5 CAPPADOCIA

    Lose Yourself in Nature

    Cappadocia’s fantasy landscape has started the minds of experienced searchers from around the globe for quite a long time. Today, investigate the features of this entrancing region accompanied by your private driver and guide. Start your experience by visiting the Goreme Open Air Museum. This UNESCO World Heritage Site exhibits some staggering instances of Byzantine workmanship and wonderful frescos in a progression of chapels cut into the rough environmental factors. Allow your manual to acquaint you with the rich history of this entrancing territory as you walk around the otherworldly scene. Proceed to the pleasant Pigeon Valley, one more normal diamond of this shocking piece of Turkey. Relish in its magnificent landscape and remember to take a lot of photos. Wonder about the supernatural stone arrangements and look out for the innumerable pigeon houses etched into the slopes around you. Then, move to Kaymakli for a chance to investigate one of Cappadocia’s underground urban areas. Dive into the underground maze and become familiar with the entrancing story of the seventh-century Christians who set up these homes trying to escape mistreatment. Feel flabbergasted at this strange settlement and like the sharp resourcefulness of its makers as you clear your path through the thin sections. Your visit finishes up when you are moved back to your lodging.

  6. Day 6 CAPPADOCIA

    High in the Sky

    There is basically no more excellent approach to encounter Cappadocia and its uncommon scenes than from onboard a sight-seeing balloon. Earlier today, join individual experience searchers and get a chance to see the value in perhaps the most idyllic dawns of your lifetime. Empower on a light-free breakfast while your group finishes the important arrangements before take-off. When everybody is ready, your airplane raises gradually into the morning sky and the brilliant vistas of Cappadocia quickly unfurl before your eyes. Watch many inflatables agreeably lift up over the skyline in anticipation of perhaps the best show. As the sun creatures its lethargic climb, the warm beams light up your peaceful environmental factors. Float over the glorious slopes and valleys of Cappadocia and get a genuine feeling of the area’s fantasy territory. After about an hour noticeable all around, your pilot creatures the delicate plummet and terrains the inflatable. Appreciate a glass of nonalcoholic champagne as remembrance endorsements are conveyed to all visitors. This present morning’s visit closes when you are moved back to your inn.

    Get a once in blue moon freedom to gain proficiency with the insider facts of Turkish food in a cooking class facilitated at a real Cappadocian family. The class happens at the home of the Duran family in the little town of Ayvali. Take in cooking methods from ’Mother Havva’ and set up the plans with your own hands with the assistance of her child, Mr. Tolga. As well as figuring out how to plan neighborhood dishes, you will likewise be making sweets and cakes. When the food is prepared, appreciate the feast you have recently set up in the curious encompasses of the Duran family home. As a blessing, your hosts will give you composed plans for every one of the dishes that you have made.

  7. Day 7 CAPPADOCIA TO ANTALYA TO LARA BEACH

    The Journey Continues…

    A private vehicle with a driver and guide will give an exchange between the air terminal and your lodging.

    Get onto a trip in Kayseri, Cappadocia with the administration to Antalya. The flight length is roughly one hour and 5 minutes.

    A private vehicle with a driver and guide will give an exchange between the air terminal and your inn.

  8. Day 8 ANTALYA TO LARA BEACH

    Ribbon Up for Some Fresh Air

    The pleasant hilly district outside of Antalya is home to remains of noteworthy settlements and a bounty of untamed life. Today, joined by your private guide and driver, venture inland to see the value in the delightful scenes of Gulluk Dag National Park. Your visit starts in the old city of Termessos where you get knowledge of how individuals used to live in this generally unpleasant territory. Set aside the effort to investigate the remaining parts; stroll past the incapacitated dividers, see Hadrian’s victorious curve, and post for age-old storages. Visit the city’s theater and walk around burial places dispersed all over and concealing unprecedented locales, for example, Lion-adorned stone caskets. The Gulluk Dag National Park likewise incorporates a reproducing territory for wild goats and deer, and it might just be the last shelter of the Anatolian lynx. With a smidgen of karma, you may likewise have the option to spot incalculable butterflies that occupy the region.

    Since you have burned some serious calories, take a mid-day break prior to moving to Duden Waterfalls. The cascades, shaped by the Duden River, are found upper east of Antalya, and end with an emotional drop off a rough precipice, straightforwardly into the Mediterranean Sea. Following a monotonous day loaded up with experience, you will be dropped off back at your lodging.

  9. Day 9 ANTALYA TO PAMUKKALE

    A Dazzling Drive

    A private vehicle with a driver and guide will give a trade from Antalya to Pamukkale. The harsh travel time is three hours and 45 minutes.

  10. Day 10 PAMUKKALE

    It’s All Ancient History

    Pamukkale’s warm calcium-loaded mineral waters spring from the earth and drastically course over a lofty incline, framing truly amazing white, glimmering travertine pools. Joined by your private guide and driver, investigate this famous common miracle and the intriguing adjoining authentic locales on an entire day visit. Visit the wellbeing spa of Hierapolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and find out about the inceptions of this Roman settlement from your guide. Your visit additionally takes you to the close by remnants of Biblical Laodicea where you will be guided through the tremendous antiquated city, meanwhile appreciating the superb encompassing vistas. Get an opportunity to see this archeological diamond and let yourself be shipped back on schedule as you walk around the lavish sections and leftovers of buildings that withstood the trial of time. Proceed with your day with a visit to Aphrodisias, an acclaimed city named after the goddess Aphrodite. Wonder about this engineering jewel and let your guide acquaint you with its entrancing history. Upon the finish of your visit, you will be dropped off back at your lodging.

  11. Day 11 PAMUKKALE TO IZMIR

    On the Road Again

    A private vehicle with a driver and guide will give exchange from Pamukkale to Izmir. The surmised travel time is four hours.

  12. Day 12 IZMIR

    City Streets and Tasty Treats

    With your private driver and guide investigate the antiquated city of Ephesus, frequently viewed as one of the World’s most noteworthy old-style destinations. Head south from Izmir towards the town of Selcuk. Here, you will set out on an excursion back through time when you visit the remaining parts of this previous city. Joined by your educated guide, stroll through the huge chronicled complex encompassed by moving slopes and find out about the Ephesian life as it was millennia prior. Walk around the Arcadian Way fixed with old structures and old segments and visit the sublime Antique Theater. Stop by the Roman Baths and consider the striking façade of the Celsus Library. Proceed to the close by Shrine of the Virgin Mary. Gain close knowledge into her life and visit the abode where she is accepted to have experienced her last years. Polish off your day with a visit through the Basilica of St. John, a ridge Byzantine church that worked to recognize the Apostle, John. Investigate the vestiges of this earlier terrific strict construction and appreciate the marvelous perspectives on Selcuk and the encompassing mountains. After the finish of the visit, you will be moved back to your inn in Izmir.

  13. Day 13 IZMIR TO ISTANBUL

    In transit

    A private vehicle with a driver and guide will give an exchange between the air terminal and the city or your lodging.

    Load onto a trip in Izmir with the administration to Istanbul. The flight length is around 60 minutes.

    Upon appearance in Istanbul, you will be welcomed by an English-talking guide sitting tight for you before the Gloria Jeans Cafe. Your delegate will help you arrange gatherings with your private driver and go with you to your convenience.

    Experience the wizardry of Istanbul around evening time as you sail in the middle of two landmasses down the amazing Bosphorus straight on a private supper journey. Start by intersecting the noteworthy Intercontinental Suspension Bridge to the Asian side of the city where you will board your personal ship around evening time. Once onboard your vessel, wander the waters of the Bosphorus and like this captivating city from an entirely different point of view. Pass by the rich Ottoman castles speaking the city’s shoreline and post for superb mosques of the Golden Horn. See the lavish waterside manors and current estates that line both the European and Asian shore of Istanbul. Meanwhile getting a charge out of a delectable supper arranged only for you. Around evening time’s experience will be one to recollect. After the finish of your journey, you will be moved back to your lodging.

  14. Day 14 ISTANBUL

    It’s All Ancient History

    Edirne, truly known as Adrianople, is a previous capital of the Ottoman Empire. The city’s brilliant past is obvious right up ’til the present time with the always present mosques, energetic marketplaces, and rich social legacy characterizing its scene. Early today, meet your private guide and driver and head northwest towards the line city of Edirne. Upon appearance, visit the Uc Serefeli Mosque. Set aside the effort to appreciate the minarets, each exhibiting its own special plan, and step inside to visit the sweeping insides. Head to the Selimiye Mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site generally perceived for its magnificence and incredible embellishments. Investigate the lofty complex, be astonished by its enormous vault, and come to comprehend why it is perhaps the most commended structures around there. You will likewise get a chance to walk around the close by covered market. Proceed to one of the city’s notable extensions, worked by the celebrated planner Mimar Sinan, benevolently interfacing the banks of the Tunca River. Advance toward the Ottoman Hospital of Sultan Beyazid. Take a visit through this wellbeing gallery and get comfortable with the historical backdrop of Islamic medication. For the present lunch, test seared liver, a nearby strength, and one of the city’s darling dishes. Your experience closes with a private exchange back to your inn in Istanbul.

  15. Day 15 ISTANBUL

    Until Next Time…

    A private exchange will be provided from your inn in Istanbul to the air terminal.

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