Discover the History of Turkey

• Arrive in Istanbul, private transfer to the hotel with a private guide.
• Meet your local guide after passing through passport control and collecting your luggage, then enjoy a private transfer to your hotel, which is located in the heart of the old city. Traveling through from the airport, you’ll learn a bit about this exciting city along the way.
• Orientation tour of the neighborhood around the hotel in Sultanahmet. Set in a former jailhouse built in 1919, this elegant hotel is within a 10-minute walk of the Ayasofya, a museum in a former church and mosque, Topkapi Palace, and the 17th-century Blue Mosque.
• Time at leisure, overnight Istanbul.

Full-day Private Walking Tour of Sultanahmet & Bosphorus Cruise

• Private Guided Walking Tour & Bosphorus Cruise

Transfer to Istanbul airport for flight to Cappadocia

• Depart from Istanbul Airport (IST)
• Arrive at Nevsehir Airport (NAV)
• Transfer to Hotel in Cappadocia
• Cappadocia tour with a private guide
• Check-in to the hotel. Situated in a very special geographic region in Cappadocia, this hotel has been designed and created from a distinctive combination of the land and historical features and ruins, some intact and some beautifully restored to their original glory.
• Time at leisure, overnight in Cappadocia

• Cappadocia Tour with Optional Hot air Balloon Ride

• Full-day Cappadocia tour with a private guide. Early morning balloon ride then visit Zelve open-air museum, Kaymakli underground city, Uchisar town, and castle, hiking through Pigeon Valley, Monks Valley, and Avanos handicraft workshop.
• Home Cooking Lunch at Ayvali Village
• Time at leisure, overnight in Cappadocia

• Transfer to Konya with Private Guide.

• Visit Mevlana Museum
  Mevlana Dergahı (Dervish Lodge) which is presently used as a museum formerly the Rose Garden of the Seljuks Palace it was given as a gift to Mevlana’s father Sultanü’l-Ulema Bahaaeddin Veled by Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad. There are two framed inscriptions which are important as they reflect the thoughts and philosophy of Mevlana. The first frame is in Turkish and says: “Either seem as you are or be as you seem”. The second frame is a quatrain of Mevlana in Persian.

  In translation it reads:
  “Come, Come who or whatever you are
  Should you be an unbeliever, a
  Magian or a pagan still come
  Our lodge is not a lodge of despair
  With hundred repentions unheeded you may be, still, come”

• Konya walking tour along the landmarks of the city center
  Visit Aziziye Mosque, Konya Bazaar, Selcuk Alaaddin Keykubat Mosque and Selcuklu Tower.
• Time at leisure, and an overnight Konya

• Transfer to Pamukkale with a private guide
• Pamukkale Tour
  Visit Hierapolis ancient site, picturesque cotton white water terraces, and Aphrodisias Museum.
• Time at leisure, and an overnight Pamukkale

• Private transfer to Sirince
• Tour of Şirince Village
  Drive to Şirince village in Selçuk town and enjoy this cute village in the afternoon at leisure.
• Overnight in Şirince Hotel. In the lovely garden, an array of roses were planted where the ‘Mansion’ gets its name from. In 2001, the building was registered as a historical property and is now being protected with strict guidelines by the government.

• Private transfer to Ephesus Ancient Site
  Visit Ephesus ancient site (one of the most beautiful archeological sites dating back to 1st C AD. The ruins you’ll see are all from the Roman Imperial Period from 1st, up to 6th C AD) including the recently opened Terrace Houses section.
• Time at leisure, and an overnight Sirince.

• Day at leisure in Brodrum

• Check out of hotel in Bodrum
• Time at leisure
• Transfer to Bodrum Milas Airport with private guide
• Depart from Milas-Bodrum Airport (BJV)
• Arrive at Istanbul Airport (IST)
• End of tour. Flight home (booked on your own) or additional services available upon request!