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DAY 1 SAT Board your overnight flight to
Turkey from USA.
DAY 2 SUN Arrival in Istanbul Upon arrival,
meet with TurkeyVision representative and
transfer to your hotel. Attend briefing about
your journey at 7 pm. Dinner and overnight at
hotel.
DAY 3 MON Istanbul After breakfast, visit
treasure-filled Topkapi Palace (residence of the
Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th
century) with its terraces overlooking the
Marmara Sea, the Bosphorus, and the Golden
Horn. Lunch and visit the Blue Mosque,
recognizable by its six minarets. Built between
1609 and 1616 for Sultan Ahmet I, the interior is
decorated with some 21,000 blue Iznik tiles.
Visit the Hippodrome, where political, cultural,
and athletic activities took place during Roman,
Byzantine, and Ottoman times. End the day at
the historic Grand Bazaar. Dinner is on your
own. Overnight at hotel. • MEALS BL
DAY 4 TUE Istanbul > Bolu (160 mi)
In the morning, visit the imposing Hagia Sophia,
which marked the apogee of Byzantine Emperor
Justinian's reign. Thereafter there is the
possibility of an optional Cruise on the
Bosphorus, separating Asia from Europe
and connecting the Marmara Sea to the
Black Sea. Relish the best views of the city
and its historic monuments. Lunch at a
seafood restaurant along the Bosphorus. In
the afternoon, drive to Bolu. Dinner and
overnight. • MEALS BLD
DAY 5 WED Bolu > Ankara > Cappadocia
(300 mi) In the early morning, drive to
Ankara, the nation’s capital since 1923.
Explore The Museum of Anatolian
Civilizations with its rich collection from the
Hittite, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk,
and Ottoman periods. Visit the Mausoleum
of Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey.
After lunch, continue to Cappadocia. Dinner
and overnight. • MEALS BLD
DAY 6 THU Cappadocia (30 mi)
After breakfast, take a full day to discover
Cappadocia. Visit the Goreme Valley, an
open-air museum with rock-hewn churches
(7th-13th centuries) adorned with biblical
Old port, Antalya © Izzet Keribar
A journey worth taking!
Come and experience the
vast culture, art, and
history of Turkey.
With exceptional price and
value, this is an unbeatable
combination for the
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frescoes. At a handicraft center, learn about
the arts of rural Turkey and watch a
demonstration on hand-made rugs. Tour an
Underground City. Dinner and overnight at
hotel. • MEALS BLD
DAY 7 FRI Cappadocia (120 mi)
In the morning, drive to Soganli Valley to visit
its rock-cut churches. Barbecue lunch in
Soganli. In the afternoon, marvel at the cave-
dwellings and fairy chimneys of the Avcilar
Valley and the Kiliclar Valley. Take photos at
Uchisar and Pigeon Valley, best vista points
en route to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.
• MEALS BLD
DAY 8 SAT Cappadocia > Konya > Antalya
(350 mi) After breakfast, drive to Konya. En
route, stop at the Sultanhani Caravanserai,
Anatolia’s largest staging post for merchants
during the Seljuk period in the 13th century.
In Konya, visit the Museum of Mevlana
honoring the famous mystic poet and founder
of the Sufi Order of the Whirling Dervishes.
After lunch, continue to Antalya. Dinner and
overnight. • MEALS BLD
DAY 9 SUN Perge > Aspendos (55 mi)
Visit two magnificent sites: Aspendos, a
treasure with the world’s best-preserved
Roman Theater, and Perge, a spectacular
Greco-Roman city. On the return to Antalya,
discover the tradition of jewelry-making by
visiting one of the largest jewelers of Turkey.
Later in the afternoon, visit Old Antalya -
Kaleici and stroll through the picturesque
streets of the old port. Dinner and overnight
at hotel. • MEALS BLD
2. DEPARTURE DATES
ON BELOW SATURDAYS
Prices
LAND
only
Prices
AIR & LAND
from New York
$1.580 $2.347
$1.580 $2.598
$1.580 $2.598
$1.580 $2.723
$1.580 $2.723
$1.580 $2.723
March 23
April 20
May 04
October 05
October 19
November 02
RATES Land only rates do not include international or domestic
flights. Air & Land rates are based on the Turkish Airlines' tariff of
October 2012 and are subject to change. Airport taxes are included
in our Air & Land rates. NOT INCLUDED Visits and services not
mentioned in program. Insurance. Personal expenses and all
beverages. Gratuities to the guide and driver. Visa fee.
International & domestic flights (except Air & land rates).
FLIGHTS Please call us for more information about flight rates,
airport taxes, business class upgrade, add-on rates from most U.S.
cities and more.
Single Supplement $615
PRICES per person in double room
DAY 13 THU Selçuk > Pergamum >
Çanakkale (260 mi) In the morning, depart
for Pergamum, the capital of the Attalid
dynasty. Visit this ancient city where
parchment was invented. Highlights include
the Acropolis with the ruins of the agoras,
temples, palaces, the library which
contained 200,000 volumes, the podium on
which stood the Zeus Altar and the
impressive theatre built into the steep
hillside which provides a wonderful
panorama of the surroundings. In the lower
part of the ancient city, visit the Asclepion,
a sanctuary and a healing center dedicated
to the god of healing, Asclepius. Lunch and
drive to explore the ancient city of Troy
whose history covers a period of about
3,400 years with nine layers of settlements
Continuation to Çanakkale. Dinner and
overnight. • MEALS BLD
DAY 14 FRI Çanakkale > Istanbul (210 mi)
In the morning, cross the Strait of the
Dardanelles by ferry to Gallipoli, where the
dramatic battles of WWI took place.
Ponder the battlefields at the Gallipoli
Historical National Park. Continue to
Istanbul. Lunch en route. Dinner and
overnight. • MEALS BLD
DAY 15 SAT Istanbul
After breakfast, day on leisure. You are free
for lunch and dinner. Overnight at the hotel.
• MEALS BLD
DAY 16 SUN Departure
Transfer to the airport. • MEALS B
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DAY 10 MON Antalya > Sagalassos >
Pamukkale (209 mi) Leaving Antalya, travel
over the Taurus Mountains to the Greco-
Roman city of Sagalassos, a recently
excavated archeological gem. After lunch,
drive to Pamukkale. Dinner and overnight.
• MEALS BLD
DAY 11 TUE Pamukkale > Selcuk (143 mi)
In the morning, admire the unreal
landscape at the "Cotton Castle” of
Pamukkale with its white terraces of
limestone deposited by thermal waters
through the ages. See the ancient spa,
Hierapolis, still used today. Discover the
necropolis, one of the largest cemeteries
from antiquity to the present. After lunch,
drive to Aphrodisias, the ancient site
dedicated to the goddess of beauty, love,
and fertility. Appreciate Anatolia’s best-
preserved stadium. At this site which drew
artisans to its school of sculpture, enjoy the
Temple of Aphrodite, the Tetrapylon, and
the Theater. Continue to Selcuk / Kusadasi.
Dinner and overnight. • MEALS BLD
DAY 12 WED Ephesus
After breakfast, discover one of the world’s
best places to visualize an ancient Roman
city. View the remains of the Temple of
Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World. After lunch, visit also
Ephesus Museum where you will discover
statues of Artemis. You will end the day by a
mini fashion-show which let you appreciate
leather production in Turkey. Dinner and
overnight at hotel. • MEALS BLD
Hagia Sophia © Izzet Keribar
Escorted tour 16 days
GUARANTEED DEPARTURES SATURDAY
Operates with a minimum of 2 passengers
$113
Land only $1,580
Air & Land $2,347
per night
from
Land only from
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INCLUDED
• Arrival and departure transfers.
Transportation by comfortable, air-conditioned
vehicles. • Accommodation in double room in
specified hotels or similar.
• Entrance fees according to the itinerary.
• 15 breakfasts, 12 lunches, 11 dinners.
YOUR ADVANTAGES
• Departures in the best periods: Spring&Autumn
• Escort by a professional guide-lecturer.
HOTELS
Istanbul: Klas Hotel 4* or similar
Bolu: Koru Hotel 4* or similar
Cappadocia: Yiltok Hotel 4* or similar
Antalya: Khan Hotel 4* or similar
Pamukkale: Collossae Hotel 4* or similar
Selcuk / Kusadasi: Panorama Hill SC or similar
Canakkale: Akol Hotel 4* or similar
NO HIDDEN COST
SIGHTSEEING INCLUDED PER ITINERARY
Gallipoli