ITINERARY:

Until December 2021

Day 01 Thursday / Istanbul
Arrival transfer Istanbul airport (new airport) / Hotel. Accommodation chosen hotel / bb

Day 02 Friday / Istanbul
Free day (possibility of taking optional tour)

Day 03 Saturday / Istanbul - Canakkale (Troy)
In the morning departure to Troy, the famous and ancient city of 9 levels. The fame of the city comes from Homer's "Iliad" and the Trojan War against the Greeks, started by the loves of Paris and Helene, which ended with the Trojan horse. Dinner and accommodation in Canakkale, a city located on both sides of the Dardanelles.

Day 04 Sunday / Pergamon - Izmir - Kusadasi (Selcuk)
Breakfast and departure to the ancient city of Pergamum, one of the most important cultural, commercial and medical centers of the past. We will visit the Asclepion, the famous hospital of the ancient world, dedicated to the god of health, Aesculapius. Here lived the famous doctor, Galen. The sleeping tunnels, the small theater for patients, the swimming pools, the long old street and the courtyard with the Ionic columns are the monuments that have come down to us from those splendid times. Continuation to Izmir. Panoramic visit of this beautiful city. Departure for Kusadasi (Pamucak). Dinner and accommodation in Kuşadasi or Izmir (depending on the date).

Day 05 Monday / Kusadasi (Selcuk) - Ephesus - Pamukkale
Breakfast. Departure to Ephesus, the best preserved ancient city in Asia Minor, which during the 1st and 2nd centuries had a population of 250,000 inhabitants. This city monopolized the wealth of the Middle East. During this excursion you will visit the Temple of Hadrian, the Roman Baths, the Library, the Odeon, the Theater of Ephesus as well as the House of the Virgin Mary and the column of the famous Artemision, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Continuation to Pamukkale. On the way, visit a leather workshop. Arrival in Pamukkale and visit of the ancient Hierapolis and the Cotton Castle, a natural wonder of gigantic white waterfalls, stalactites and natural pools formed over the centuries by the sliding of waters loaded with calcareous salts from hot springs. Dinner and accommodation.

Day 06 Tuesday / Pamukkale - Konya - Cappadocia
Breakfast. Departure for Konya, capital of the Seljuk sultans in the 11th century. Visit the 13th century Caravansarai, where the camel caravans used to stop on the Silk Road. Continuation to Cappadocia. Dinner and accommodation.

Day 07 Wednesday / Cappadocia
All day dedicated to exploring and discovering this fascinating region, unique in the world, in which together with its fantastic lunar landscape with beautiful and strange lava formations from the eruption of Mount Erciyas and the action of erosion, we will find infinity of small towns and churches carved out of the rock. The Göreme Valley, an incredible Byzantine monastic complex made up of rock-cut churches with beautiful frescoes, the troglodyte villages of Paşabağ in Zelve, the natural fortress of Uçhisar, Ortahisar. We will pass through the artisanal center of semi-precious stones of Cappadocia, and then through the fairy chimneys of Ürgüp, stone cones crowned by flat rocks; Avanos, village of artisan centers and weaving. We end the day with a visit to a handmade carpet workshop. Dinner and accommodation.

Day 08 Thursday / Cappadocia - Ankara
Breakfast. In the morning visit an underground city. These cities were built as shelters by the Christians of the time and are made up of several floors underground, ventilated by chimneys, where you can admire the common bedrooms, kitchens and dining rooms. Departure to Ankara, the capital of Turkey, passing by the Salt Lake and a 13th century caravanserai (medieval inn). Dinner and accommodation.

Day 09 Friday / Ankara - Istanbul
Breakfast. In the morning we visit the Ataturk Mausoleum and return by road to Istanbul. Accommodation chosen hotel / BB.

Day 10 Saturday / Trf out
Departure transfer hotel / Istanbul Airport.