Discovery Of Turkey is 17 Day Turkey Tour Package is the best and most comfortable way to make visiting and sightseeing in Turkey. While you are making your travel within the Discovery Of Turkey Tour Package, you will be able to visit Turkey with its history, nature, war included almost all the sites that for a long time you will not need to return to Turkey for travel, just you will not like to leave from Turkey, just after this travel.
Discovery Of Turkey Tour Package is available all year round in Turkey.
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DiscoveryOf Turkey Itinerary
Day 01.: Arrival to Istanbul, Transfe to Hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 02.: Breakfast. Full Day Old City Tour in Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 03.: Breakfast. Princess Island Tour. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 04.: Breakfast. Bursa Tour, Skie and Cable Car to Olympos mountain. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 05.: Breakfast. Bosphorus Tour. Overnihgt in Istanbul.
Day 06.: Breakfast. Sapanca, Masukiye Kartepe. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 07.: Breakfast. Fly from Istanbul to Cappadocia. Arrival and Self Discovery overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 08.: Breakfast. Cappadocia Tour I. Overnihgt in Cappadocia.
Day 09.: Breakfast. Cappadocia Tour. Overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 10.: Breakfast. Fly from Cappadocia to Izmir. Arrival and Overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 11.: Breakfast. Ephesus Tour. Overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 12.: Breakfast. Priene, Miletus, Didyma Tour. Overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 13.: Breakfast. Pamukkale Tour. Overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 14.: Breakfast. Pergamon Tour. Overnight in Canakkale.
Day 15.: Breakfast. Gallipoli and Troy Tour. Overnight in Istanbul..
Day 16.: Breakfast. Free Day in Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 17.: Breakfast, Check out from hotel. Transfer to Airport.
DiscoveryOf Turkey Description
Day 01.: Arrival to Istanbul, Transfe to Hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
Arrival to Istanbul and Transfer to Your hotel. Check into Hotel. Relax.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 02.: Breakfast. Istanbul Old City Tour. Overnight in Istanbul.
Byzantine and Ottoman Relics Tour
08:00 AM Pick up from hotel and transfer to meeting point of group and tour guide for the Byzantine and Ottoman Relics tour in Istanbul.
Byzantine and Ottoman Relics Tour departs from hotel with pick up service, our staff will come and take you from hotel to meeting point to meet with tour guide and other paticipants. When every participants of tour come together, tour will be started by a short drive to first point to visit the St. Sophia Church and then continue to the Byzantine Hippodrome, Egyptian Obelisks, German Fountain and walking to the Blue Mosque after visiting the Sultanahmet (Blue Mosque) continue to the bigest covered bazaar, visit the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. In the Afternoon after lunch, tour will continue with Topkapi Palace wihch was used as a government building in the Ottoman periods period and then continue to Rustem Pasha Mosque which is one of the smallest and the one of the most beautiful mosque in old city of Istanbul. After visiting the Rustem Pasha Mosque, the tour will be ended. At the end of the tour, return to hotel.
17:00 - 17:30 PM is the end of the tour, then participants will be transferred back to their hotel and Byzantine and Ottoman Relics Tour will be ended.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 03.: Breakfast,Princess Island Tour. Overnight in Istanbul.
Princess Island tour (Full day)
08:00 AM Pick up from hotel and transfer to meeting point of group and tour guide for the Princess Island tour in Istanbul.
Princess Island Tour has pick up service from the hotels in Istanbul. Our staff will come and take the participants from hotel to meeting point to meet with tour guide and other paticipants. When every one come together, Participants will be taken to BoatCruising in MARMARA SEA to PRINCES' ISLANDS, retreats for the Byzantine princes are famous for their beautiful pine woods and beaches. The largest and most enjoyable of the islands is Buyukada. There you can enjoy a ride in a horsedrawn carriage among the pine trees after relaxing on the beaches in the numerous coves of its coast. Evening return to Istanbul and transfer to hotels. Princess Island Tour will be ended. At the end of the tour, return to hotel.
17:00 - 17:30 PM is the end of the tour, then participants will be transferred back to their hotel and Princess Island tour will be ended.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 04.: Breakfast, Bursa Tour, Skie and Cable Car to Olympos mountain. Overnight in Istanbul.
Bursa Tour from Istanbul (Full Day)
08:00 AM Pick up from hotel and transfer to meeting point of group and tour guide for the Green Bursa Tour from Istanbul.
Bursa tour from Istanbul is started from hotel with pick up service and covers the Coverd Bazaar (Silk Market in Bursa), Ulu Camii (Great Mosque), Uludag (Olympos Mountain), 600 years old Pine Tree.
Our staff will come and take you from hotel to meeting point to meet with tour guide and other paticipants. When every participants of tour come together, Green Bursa tour will be started by drive from Istanbul to car ferry port to continue to Bursa via Yalova. When you arrive in Bursa, there will be visiting the Coverd Bazaar that you can shop there after having information from the guide and then continue to visit Ulu Camii (Great Mosque). Afterwards drive up to Uludag (Olympos Mountain) by Cable Car.
First stage cable car is 1.235 m. You will have barbecue lunch in mountain. After that drive up to top of the mountain by bus and you will have free time there and then drive down to city centre to Bursa. On the way, we have a stopover in 600 years old Pine Tree and have rest there. After having rest under the pine tree, continue to return way. Then drive to ferry port to take ferry to Istanbul. At the end of the tour, return to hotel.
21:00 - 21:30 PM is the end of the tour, then participants will be transferred back to their hotel and Bursa Tour will be ended.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 05 .: Breakfast. Bosphorus Tour. Overnight in Istanbul.
Bosphorus and Two Continents Tour
08:00 AM Pick up from hotel and transfer to meeting point of group and tour guide for the Bosphorus and Two Continents tour in Istanbul.
Bosphorus and Two Continents Tour departs from hotel with pick up service, our staff will come and take you from hotel to meeting point to meet with tour guide and other paticipants. When every participants of tour come together, tour will be started by a short drive to first point to visit the Byzantine City Walls and then continue to the Golden Horn and Spice Bazaar after spice bazaar visiting, continue to Cruise on the Bosphorus by boat to discover strait between Asia and Europe for Bosphorus Bridge, Villas on the both site of Bosphorus, Rumeli Castle from the sea. After bosphorus boat cruise continue to the Beylerbeyi Palace which is the last summer house of Ottoman and Climb up to Camlica Hill which has the panoramic view of Istanbul. After visiting the Camlica Hill the tour will be ended. At the end of the tour, return to hotel.
17:00 - 17:30 PM is the end of the tour, then participants will be transferred back to their hotel and Bosphorus and Two Continents tour will be ended.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 06 .: Breakfast. Sapanca, Masukiye Kartepe. Overnihgt. Overnight in Istanbul.
Sapanca, Masukiye, Darica Zoo and Kartepe (Snow Hill) Tour
08:00 AM Pick up from hotel and meeting with the tour group, up on arrival to meeting point, tour will continue to Sapanca.
Sapanca and Masukeyi Tour departs from hotel with pick up service, our staff will comend pick you up from your hotel to meeting point to meet with tour guide and other participants of the tour. When everyone come together, continue to Sapanca Lake.
Participants will be away from the trouble of modern life, feel the nature, sounds of birds walk in between the trees have your lunch in very specific place will make you smiling and feeling happier then before. While you are enjoying the highlights of the escaping from Istanbul to nature which is worth even for one day.
Sapanca and Masukiye tour is also included the Darica Zoo which is the unique zoo in Istanbul, located on the asia side. Istanbul zoo has 200 different kinds of animals and 250 different kinds of plants. There are about 2000 animals. There is also an aquarium and children's petting zoo. It is a big botanical park and one of the biggest zoo in Turkey.
Lunch will be serviced in the forest under a canopy of trees next to a waterfall in Masukiye.
On the way back to Istanbul stop for a traditional turkish tea at picturesque Sapanca Lake.
Kartepe (Kartepe meants Snow Hill) which is well know with the snow and famous for the ski in Turkey.
21:00 PM Will be arrival to hotel in Istanbul and arrival is the end of the Sapanca and Masukiye Tour.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 07 .: Breakfast, Fly from Istanbul to Cappadocia. Arrival, Transfer to Hotel. Relax. Overnight in Cappadocia.
Fly to Cappadocia From Istanbul. Transfer to Hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia
11:30 Pick up from hotel in Istanbul for the Airport.
12:30 Arrival to Airport.
13:50 Fly from Istanbul to Kayseri.
15:20Arrival to Kayseri
16:30 Arrival to Hotel in Cappadocia.
Overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 08.: Breakfast, Cappadocia Tour I. Overnihgt in Cappadocia.
09:30 AM Pick up from hotel for North Cappadocia Tour
North Cappadocia tour's visiting covers the Dervent Valley, Pasabag’s “fairy chimneys, Avanos, Goreme Open Air Museum, Uchisar Rock-Castle. At the end of the tour, transfer to hotel where you will stay the night. Overnight in Cappadocia.
Devrent Valley; Walk through this amazing valley where different fairy chimneys formations that you will be discovered while walking.
Pasabag’s “fairy chimneys; Highly remarkable earth pillars can be seen here, in the middle of a vineyard, hence the name of the place which means: the Pacha's vineyard. Pasabag is also called Monks Valley.
Avanos; On the banks of the Kızılırmak River in Cappadocia is all about pottery-making.
Goreme Open Air Museum; resembles a vast monastic complex composed of scores of refectory monasteries placed side-by-side, each with its own fantastic church.
Uchisar Castle; is situated at the highest point in Cappadocia Many rooms hollowed out into the rock are connected to each other with stairs, tunnels and passages.
16:00 - 16:30 PM Cappadocia tour will be ended. At the end of the tour, drive to hotel.
Overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 09.: Breakfast, Cappadocia Tour. Overnight in Cappadocia.
09:30 AM Pick up from hotel for South Cappadocia Tour
Red Valley; is one of the most spectacular valleys of Cappadocia with its different kind of rock formations in variety colors.
Cavusin; The town of Cavusin is one of the oldest inhabited areas of Cappadocia, a slow relaxed town, a delight to spend a night.
Pigeon Valley; Panoramic view of Goreme village, stop on the outskirts of Goreme village and look down into Pigeon Valley to see the centuries old pigeon houses carved from the cliffs.
Kaymaklı Underground City; is one of the largest underground settlements in the region. The large area reserved for storage in such a limited area appears to indicate the need to support a large population underground.
Ortahisar; is most pronounced structure is the Castle of Ortahisar situated at a 86 m height cave in the period of Eti. The castle has been used strategically and for accommodation.
16:30 PM is the end of the South Cappadocia Tour, return to hotel.
Overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 10.: Breakfast, Transfer to Airport. Fly from cappadocia to Izmir. Arrival to Izmir. Transfer to Kusadasi. Overnight in Kusadasi.
After Breakfast, You will have free morning in Cappadocia, Transfer to Ariport. Fly from Cappadocia to Izmir.
Upon arrival to Izmir. Transfer to hotel in Kusadasi.
Overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 11.: Breakfast. Ephesus Tour. Overnight in Kusadasi.
08:30 AM Pick up from hotel for the Ephesus Ancient City and Virgin Mary House Tour.
Ephesus Tour is included the sightseeing and visiting the Temple of Artemis, Ephesus ancient City, House of Virgin Mary, Isabey Mosque, Ephesus Antique Theatre, Ephesus Cesus Library, Sirince Village.
Ephesus and Virgin Mary House Tour
Ephesus antique site; Enter through the Magnesia Gate and begin a slow, downhill walk with your guide into the ruins of this Roman provincial capital. Your route takes you past the Odeum, the Celsus Library, the Temple of Hadrian, the Fountain of Trajan and the Great Theater. The Theater had seating for 25,000, was the site where St. Paul preached to the Ephesians, and is used today for a local spring festival.
Temple of Artemis; the temple of Artemision is known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Antic world. It has been built in the areas of Ephesus on a flat area which has over the centuries turned into a swamp.
House of Virgin Mary; Virgin Mary House, It is the place where Mary may have spent her last days. Indeed, she may have come in the area together with Saint John.
Isa Bey Mosque; is one of the most delicate examples of Seljukian architecture, situated below the basilica of Saint John. The mosque was built by the master Syrian architecture Ali son of Mushimish al -Damishki, between the years of 1374 and 1375.
Şirince Village; the village is a small Greek village and well known and related with the Maya calendar in 2012.
16:00 PM At the end of the Ephesus Tour, return to hotel in Kusadasi.
Overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 12.: Breakfast. Priene, Miletus and Didyma Tour. Overnight in Kusadasi.
08:30 AM Departs from Hotel after breakfast, with pick up service to meeting point to meet with tour group and continue to Priene Miletus Didyma Tour.
Priene, Miletus and Didyma Tour will be started after meeting with tour guide and other participants. The tour is Priene, The visiting of the archeological site requires some steep walking up after the car park, following a footpath and some steps through the Hellenistic city walls. And continue to Miletus, The city was built on the seashore in the ancient times. The Miletus people who had founded about 90 colonies in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, after 650 BC. Last Step is Didyma, was a cult center for the city of Miletus. End of the tour return back to hotel
18:00 PM is the end of the tour and at the end of the tour, Transfer to Hotel.
Overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 13.: Pamukkale Tour. Overnight in Kusadasi.
08:30 AM Pick up from hotel for the Pamukkale Tour.
Pamukkale and Hierapolis Ancient City Tour
Pamukkale's terraces; are made of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by water from the hot springs. Pamukkale is a tourist attraction. It is recognized as a World Heritage Site together with Hierapolis. Hierapolis-Pamukkale was made a World Heritage Site in 1988.
Hierapolis Ancient city; the ancient Greco-Roman and Byzantine city of Hierapolis was built on top of the white "castle" which is in total about 2,700 metres (8,860 ft) long, 600 m (1,970 ft) wide and 160 m (525 ft) high.
Hierapolis Ancient City; The large necropolis is filled with sarcophagi, most famously that of Marcus Aurelius Ammianos, which bears the earliest known example of a crank and rod mechanism. Part of the archeological site of Hierapolis The great baths were constructed with huge stone blocks without the use of cement and consisted of various closed or open sections linked together. There are deep niches in the inner section,[clarification needed] including the bath, library, and gymnasium. The hot springs have been used as a spa since the 2nd century BC, with many patrons retiring or dying there.
16:00 PM The end tour, return to hotel in Kusadasi.
Overnight in kusadasi.
Day 14.: Breakfast. Pergamon and Asclepion Ancient City Tour. Overnight in Canakkale.
10:30 AM After breakfast, you will be picked up from hotel, taken to meeting point of the tour guide and other participants and then drive to Pergamon.
Pergamon Tour is included the visiting and sightseeing of Pergamum Ancient City which is including the library, the hillside theater, the main palace, the Altar of Zeus, and the propylaeum of the Temple of Athena. In the early Christian era, Pergamum's church was a major center of Christianity and was one of the Seven Churches of Revelation, the ancient hospital & health center. At the end of the tour, transfer to hotel.
16:30 - 17:00 PM At the end of the tour, drive from Pergamon to Canakkale.
Arrival to Hotel in Canakkale. Check into Hotel.
Overnight in Canakkale.
Day 15.: Breakfast. Gallipoli and Troy Tour. Overnight in Istanbul.
09:30 AM pick up from hotel and drive to Troy Ancient City.
Troy Tour covers the Trojan Horses one in the Canakkale city and one in the entrance of Ancient city of Troia, Helen of City, The city walls of Troia, The Trench of Troia, Temple of Athena, Ruins of Agora, roman Bath, Odeon, Theatre and more then cross the Dardanelle to Gallipoli.
Gallipoli Tour covers the Beach Cemetery ( John Simpson's Grave ), Anzac Cove, Ari Burnu ( First Anzac landing place ), Lone Pine Cemetery ( Australian Memorial ), Johnston's Jolly ( Walk in the Anzac trenches ), View Shrapnel Valley * Turkish Memorial, The Nek and Walker's Ridge, Chunuk Bair ( Main New Zealand Memorial ). At the end of the tour, drive to Istanbul. Arrival in Istanbul. Check in to hotel.
17:00 PM At the end of the tour, drive to Istanbul and drop off at hotel.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 16.: Breakfast. Free Day in Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.
After Breakfast, You will have free day in Istanbul.
Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 17.: Breakfast, Check out from hotel. Transfer to Airport.
After Breakfast, check out from hotel. According to your flight time, you will be transferred to Airport. Arrival at the airport will be the end of the package.
Accommodations
- 8 Night Hotel Accommodation in Istanbul.
- 3 Night Hotel Accommodation in Cappadocia.
- 4 Night Hotel Accommodation in Kusadasi.
- 1 Night Hotel Accommodation in Canakkale.
Guiding
- Turkish and English Speaking Professional Guide licensed by the Ministry of Tourism in the tours.
Tours
- 1 Day Istanbul Old City Tour.
- 1 Day Istanbul Princess Island Tour.
- 1 Day Bursa Tour.
- 1 Day Spanca Lake, Masukiye Village, Darıca Zoo, Kartepe.
- 1 Day Cappadocia North Tour.
- 1 Day Cappadocia South Tour.
- 1 Day Pamukkale Tour.
- 1 Day Ephesus Tour.
- 1 Night Dinner with Turkish Family in Cappadocia.
Entrance fees
- Museums Ruins, Monuments.
Meals mentioned by the itinerary.
- 16 Breakfast.
- 8 Lunch.
- 1 Dinner With Turkish Family.
Land Transportation
- Hotel pick up and drop off for the tours.
- Arrival and Departure Airport transfers in Istanbul for International.
- Arrival and Departure Airport Transfers in Istanbul, Cappadocia and Izmir for domestic airport.
- All the transportation by non-smoking and air-conditioned mini-van.
Flights tickets
- Flight Tickets from Istanbul to Cappadocia.
- Flight Tickets from Cappadocia to Izmir (Direct or via Istanbul, upto availability)
Charges.
- Local Taxes.
- Service Charge.
Hotel in Istanbul: www.ladydianahotel.com or www.antikhotel.com or similar
Hotel in Cappadocia: www.holidaycavehotel.com or www.urgupincavehotel.com or similar
Hotel in Kusadasi: www.hotelsozer.com.tr or www.alborahotel.comor similar
Hotel in Canakkale: www.canakkalekervansarayhotel.com or www.grandanzachotel.com or similar
