12 Days Turkey Package Tour

12 Days Turkey Package Tour

 – Istanbul, Gallipoli, Troy, Pergamum, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Antalya, Cappadocia

“12 Days Turkey Package Tour” starts from your arrival in Istanbul to visit tourists' popular destinations of ancient cities, marvelous landscapes, and historical memories in Turkey.

This package includes Airport Transfer, Domestic transportation with Flight Tickets, 11 Nights Hotel with Breakfast, Sightseeing Tours with Group, a Professional Tour Guide, and Lunch during tours. All you need is in this package! Just book and enjoy a trip!!

If you would like to extend your stay, to add any optional tour, or to make a small change on this itinerary, please feel free to contact us. We are happy to help you anytime.

ITINERARY

Day 1: Arrival in Istanbul from Your Country
On your arrival at Istanbul Airport (IST) or Sabiha Gokcen Airport, our representative welcomes you with a sign M55 at the exit gate after passport control inside of the international terminal. Then you are transferred to your hotel and enjoy the rest of the time in the city.

Day 2: Free Day in  Istanbul (*B)
After breakfast enjoys Istanbul's old city on your own, your hotel will be within walking distance from Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and other tourist attractions. If you wish to have a guide for Istanbul's old city, you can reserve the Daily Istanbul old city tour or Private Istanbul City Tour as your option. Overnight stay in Istanbul.

Day 3: Gallipoli Tour(*L)
Your guide pick you up from your hotel at 06:30-07:00 am, and we depart for Gallipoli by driving. On our way, a small breakfast packet is served for you in the car. After driving for 5 hours you arrive at Gallipoli and start your visits to different memorials of Dardanelles; Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, ANZAC Cove, Ariburnu Cemetery, ANZAC Commemorative Site, Respect to Mehmetcik Statue, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, Johnstons Jolly (Turkish and Allied trenches and tunnels), and Turkish 57. Infantry Regiment Cemetery, The Nek, Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial. You are going to have your lunch at a traditional Turkish restaurant.
After the tour, you take a ferry to Canakkale and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 4: Troy and Pergamum Tour(*B *L)
Around 08:30-08:45 am, your guide picks you up from the hotel and you join the group to visit Troy Ancient City. You may be surprised by the huge Trojan Horse at the entrance. You discover over 10 ancient cities built one on another dating back to 3500 BC., and Apollo Temple, fortified city walls, the battlefield where Hector and Achilles fought for power, Roman Theater, and Greco-Roman Senate building roundly shaped that hosted deputies of democracy. After Troy, we drive to Pergamum. You are going to have your lunch in a traditional restaurant. Then visit the ancient city of Pergamum which held one of the most important libraries in the ancient world. After the tour, we are going to Kusadasi and take you to the hotel.

Day 5: Ephesus Tour(*B *L)
After breakfast, you are picked up from your hotel around 09:00-09:30 and joined for the full-day Ephesus tour. Your visit starts with Artemis Temple which is one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, and the city ruins of Ephesus including Hadrian Temple, Celcius Library, theater, and hammams, passing through the old harbor path. You have your lunch in a traditional Turkish restaurant. In the afternoon you visit the House of the Virgin Mary where she spent her last 5 years. This is recognized by the Vatican as a pilgrimage destination for Christians, visited by Pope Leo XII and Benedict XVI. End of the tour, we are going back to the hotel and overnight stay in Kusadasi.

Day 6: Pamukkale Tour & Transfer to Antalya by a Private Car(*B *L)
After breakfast, you are picked up from the hotel around 08:00 – 08:30 am to join the group for a full-day tour of Pamukkale. It means “cotton castle” in Turkish and is a natural site containing hot springs and travertine. The white terraces were created by the flowing water with its temperate climate throughout the year. The hot springs of Pamukkale have been used as a spa since the 2nd century BC, and people came to soothe their ailments. We also visit the ancient city Hierapolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The large Necropolis is filled with sarcophagi, including the Sarcophagus of Marcus Aurelius. You have a chance to swim in Cleopatra Swimming Pool. For your lunch, we are going to a local restaurant. After the tour, we drive to Antalya by private car for 3 hours and take you to the hotel.

Day 7: Free Day in Antalya(*B )
After breakfast, it is free time to explore Antalya. You can walk around Kaleici (an old city area) to enjoy its townscape of traditional old wooden or stone houses, or you can join Aspendos Perge and Waterfall tour. As another option, you can relax at the beautiful beach of Antalya. Overnight stay.

Day 8: Free Day in Antalya and flight to Cappadocia(*B )
After breakfast, today is also a free day for you until your departure time to Cappadocia. At the end of the day, we transfer you to the airport to take a flight (Direct flight or via Istanbul flight). After arrive in Cappadocia, we transfer you to the hotel and overnight stay.

Day 9: Northern Cappadocia Tour(*B *L)
Note: Hot Air Balloon Flight is available as an option for this morning.

Your guide picks you up from the hotel around 10:00-10:15 am to join your tour. Your tour starts with visiting Goreme Panorama, a beautiful scenic site with a splendid view over Goreme village, the land of fairy chimneys. Next, you are fascinated by the Open Air Museum, the biggest monastery complex in the region. After your visit to Ortahisar, a typical village with its castle and cave food storage, you are going to one of the interesting places, Fairy Chimney Valley, Pasabag. You can observe the formations of fairy chimneys and also some different types, like three-headed fairy chimneys and the tiniest-neck fairy chimney. Passing through Imagination Valley, Devrent, you have the impression that animals are petrified in the rocks.  For your lunch, please enjoy the restaurant with an open buffet variety. Then, you walk along Red River flourishing Avanos town which is famous for pottery cave workshops dating thousand years back to Hittites, the first civilization of Cappadocia. You are going to have fun trying to make pottery after you see a small demonstration. On the way to your hotel, you get into Love Valley which offers a magnificent view. 

Day 10: Southern Cappadocia Tour(*B *L)
Note: Hot Air Balloon Flight is available as an option for this morning.

Your guide take you from the hotel around 10:00-10:15 am and you join your tour. Your visit starts with Uchisar Castle, the biggest fairy chimney used as a fortress by many civilizations. Then be ready to hike about 4km in beautiful Red Valley passing through Rose Valley. While discovering beautiful rock churches, you can enjoy a Cappadocia-like landscape and arrive at Cavusin village, one of the ancient settlements of the region with its cave houses. For lunch, you are going to a traditional Turkish Restaurant. In the afternoon you will be amazed at Underground City, which is the widest underground city of the region and served many centuries as a refuge for the local people and saved early Christians from Roman persecution. Then you visit Pigeon Valley where lovely pigeons are still living in pigeon houses carved in rocks and have a wonderful view over Uchisar castle. At last, you are going to Three Beauties Valley with its beautiful view over Urgup town, famous for its wine factories.

End of the tour your driver take you to the airport to fly back to Istanbul. On your arrival, our agent meet you at the exit gate in the domestic terminal with your name on a board. Then we transfer you to the hotel.

Day 11: Free Day in Istanbul(*B)
Please enjoy your time in Istanbul. As memories of your trip, Bosporus Tour or Turkish Bath might become a good experience in Turkey. Overnight stay.

Day 12: Departure from Istanbul to Your Country (*B)
According to your flight time, we transfer you to Istanbul Airport (IST) or Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Please check in for your flight by yourself. End of our service.