TURKEY 7 DAYS PACKAGE

Istanbul

Welcome to Turkey, Istanbul Airport. Meet with TRIPSTART staff and transfer to your hotel for your first night. Transfer from airport & check in to your hotel

Dinner will be served at Indian Restaurant. Overnight in Istanbul. (D)

Istanbul

Visit the most important popular sites of Istanbul in one full day tour. St. Sofya, Byzantine Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace.

Lunch and dinner will be served at Indian Restaurant. Overnight in Istanbul.

Istanbul – Cappadocia

After an early breakfast, transfer to the airport to take a flight to Kayseri.

Upon arrival, drive to Pasabag (Monk's Valley) to see the most interesting mushroom-shaped pinnacles. Drive to the city of Avanos. In the afternoon visit another beautiful open air museum at Göreme where the remains of rock-cut churches and Christian settlements date back hundreds of years. Lastly, before returning to your hotel, visit the natural castles at Uçhisar. Overnight in Cappadocia. (B,L,D)

Cappadocia

This morning, we head to Pigeon Valley and then Red Valley. After visiting cave churches we head to underground city afterwards visit Cavusin village and lastly Avanos town where we learn about hand-made potteries. Overnight in Cappadocia.

Cappadocia

Depart from your hotel for Derinkuyu Underground city to visit the huge refugee settlement carved by early Christians, where they could hide from persecutors. From Derinkuyu continue to the beautiful valley of Ihlara, Formerly known as peristerema. Explore the famous rock-cut churches and hike 4 km through the valley. On the way back visit the monasteries ın Selime village. Overnight in Cappadocia.

Istanbul to home

After breakfast, transfer to the airport to take a flight to home via Istanbul. Upon arrival, proceed the tour;

CITY WALLS The first breach of the walls was by the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the second by the cannons and troops of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror in 1453.

DRIVE BY BUS TO GOLDEN HORN As a natural and extremely secure harbor, the Golden Horn has played an important role in the development of Istanbul. The inlet separates the European shore into two. It is approximately 8 km long, and the widest part is the entrance from the Bosphorus. Two streams drain into this inlet at its far end.

SPICE BAZAAR (EGYPTIAN BAZAAR) The air here ıs filled with the enticing aromas of cinnamon, caraway, saffron, mint, thyme and every other conceivable herb and spice.

BOAT TRIP ON THE BOSPHORUS An amazing cruise between the two continents, EUROPE and ASIA, along the Bosphorus by the Dolmabahçe and Beylerbeyi Palaces, wooden villas and mansions up to the Rumeli Fortress.

THE RUMELI FORTRESS(FROM THE SEA) (NO INTERIOR VISIT)

İstanbul had been besieged many times before Mehmet the Conqueror took the city in 1453,but it managed to defend itself with the help of the Roman city walls.

Overnight in Istanbul.