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THE
ORIENTAL HERITAGE (15 DAYS / 14 NIGHTS)
DAY 1 : ARRIVAL
IN ISTANBUL Meet and assist at Istanbul airport. Transfer to the hotel for
dinner and overnight.
DAY 2 :
ISTANBUL - CANAKKALE Drive to Canakkale via Dardanelles. Visit
Troy, the famous city of
Homeros Iliad. Return to Canakkale for dinner and overnight.
DAY 3 :
CANAKKALE / PERGAMUM /
IZMIR Drive to Izmir via Pergamum. Visit the ruins of
Acropolis, the theater,
the Altar of Zeus,the library. Visit Asclepion which was the ancient
medical center where different psychological methods were used in the
treatment of the patients. Arrival in Izmir and transfer to the hotel for
dinner and overnight.
DAY 4 :
IZMIR / EPHESUS / PAMUKKALE
Breakfast and departure for
Ephesus. Visit the
Basilica of St. John and
The Last Home of Virgin
Mary. Continue to Pamukkale for dinner and
overnight.
DAY 5 :
PAMUKKALE / ANTALYA Visit the natural warm water pools and the ruins of
Hierapolis where we
can see a very big Necropolis. Drive to Antalya for dinner and
overnight.
DAY 6 : ANTALYA
(PERGE/ASPENDOS/SIDE) Full day city tour of Antalya starting with Hadrianus
Gate and the Old City. Continue the tour with Perge, Aspendos theater and Side. Return to
Antalya for dinner and overnight.
DAY 7 :
ANTALYA / KONYA Drive to Konya and visit the Mosque and the Mausoleum
of Mevlana, the founder
of the Whirling Dervishes Order. The museum of Tiles and Sultanhani, the best preserved
Seljuk Caravansary in Anatolia. Transfer to the hotel for dinner and
overnight.
DAY 8 :
KONYA / CAPPADOCIA Departure for Cappadocia and visit the Underground
City of Kaymakli on the
way. Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia.
DAY 9 :
CAPPADOCIA Full day tour in the region including Goreme and Zelve Valleys, Avanos, natural citadel
of Uchisar and Cavusin
Village. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
DAY 10 :
CAPPADOCIA /ANKARA Breakfast and departure for Ankara. Visit the
Hittite Museum, Temple
of Augustus and the Mausoleum of
Ataturk. Dinner and overnight in Ankara.
DAY 11 : ANKARA
/ BURSA Drive to Bursa and
visit the Green
Mosque, Green
Mausoleum, Grand
Mosque and the Old Silk Bazaar. Transfer to the hotel for
dinner and overnight.
DAY 12 :
BURSA / ISTANBUL Drive to Istanbul and transfer to the hotel for
dinner and overnight.
DAY 13 :
ISTANBUL - FULL DAY CITY TOUR City tour of Istanbul including the
Hippodrome, Blue
Mosque, Topkapi
Palace Grand
Bazaar and The Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent. Dinner
and overnight in Istanbul.
DAY 14 :
ISTANBUL - HALF DAY BOSPHORUS TOUR Visit to Spice Bazaar and cruise along the
European and the Asiatic shores of the Bosphorus. Afternoon is free. Return
to the hotel for overnight.
DAY 15 :
DEPARTURE Breakfast and transfer to the airport. |