Cappadocia , Konya , Pamukkale , Ephesus
5 NIGHTS 6 DAYS TURKIYE TOUR PACKAGE
| Tour Name: | 5 NIGHTS 6 DAYS TURKIYE TOUR PACKAGE | |
| Type: | Guaranteed Departure Small Group Tour | |
| Start Point: | Cappadocia | |
| End Point: | Ephesus | |
| Operates: | Every day departure from Cappadocia | |
| Duration: | 5 Nights / 6 Days | |
| Transport | (According to size of your party) Minivan / Minibus | |
| Hotel: | Cave Hotel & 5 Stars and 4 Stars Hotels | |
| Group Size: | Minimum 1 Person |
Meet with your guide or driver at the Airport
Transfer to Cappadocia Hotel
Overnight in Cappadocia
Meal: No Services
Hotel: Cappadocia Caves Hotel or similar (Cave Hotel)
OPTIONAL: HO AIR BALLOON TOUR
*Goreme Open Air Musuem - (We see the famous rock-cut churches&monasteries of Cappadocia with frescoes from 10-13 C AD.These churches have the best wall paintings of Cappadocia).
*Uchisar Cave Houses and Pigeon Houses - We enter to one of the cave houses which are used as a cafeteria today and have an apple tea and see the interior of the cave house.
*The Pigeon Valley - The valley which is housing thousands of dovecotes dug out into the cliff of the valley by the farmers of Cappaocia to collect the guano and fertilize the farms in the past.
*Pasabagi Fairy-Chimneys Valley known as Monks Valley as well.Here we see the natural mushroom ike rock formations and monks cells inside the rock formations.
*Avanos - Historic Pottery Town of Cappadocia. The first settlement in Avaos was established by the hitites on the bank of the Red River which provided abundance of red clay to the settlers.This art has been practised in Avanos since then.
*Dervent Valley – also called as Pink or Imagination valley with Its famous pink rock formations.Here depends on your imagination power you will see many rock formatins look like different figures..The most remarkable one is the siting stone camel...
*Urgup Fairy Chimneys - They are the symbol of Cappadocia with their caps on top. There are 5 mushroom -like rocvk formations just like a family
*Rose Valley -One of the best places to watch the sun set in Cappadocia .The color of the valley turns to pink even red in the end of the day .
***The sun set is optional. If you have time we will show you the sun set. Otherwise we just see the valley in the end of the day and go back to your hotel
Meal: Breakfast
Hotel: Cappadocia Caves Hotel or similar (Cave Hotel)
Pick up from Hotel and drive to South of Cappadocia to see the hidden settlement of the Christians, Underground city and Ihlara Valley :
*Derinkuyu Underground City (The biggest underground settlement in the world ) and listed by Unesco in the world heritage list.
*Ihlara Valley ( walking 3 km and visit rock-cut churches and troglodytes )
*Selime Monastery (The biggest rock-cut monastery in Cappadocia)- Photo stop
After Selime departure to KOnya .On the way we stop to see Sultanhani CAravansarai.
*Sultanhan Caravanserai- It was built on silk road as a hotel in 13 C AD for the silk road merchants . Sultanhani Carvansarai The biggest caravanserai in the world.
Meal: Breakfast
Hotel: Anemon Konya Hotel or similar (4*)
Today we will visit Konya
We explore Konya city wich was capital city of Selcuk Empire in 12 th and 13 th C.
*Konya Mevalana Museum -The Ruling Monastery of The Mevlevi religious Order which isbased on human love and tolerance.
*We see Mevlana tomb ( the founder of Mevlevi Religous order and mystic ), The dervishes rooms , The kitechen , Belonging of Mevlana and dervishes belonging.
*Ince Minareli Madrasah ( A University from 13 C AD Seljuk Era
*We drive around Egirdir Lake which is sourounded by mountains and has the clearest water in Turkey.
Meal: Breakfast
Hotel: Tripolis Hotel or similar (4*)
Departure from hotel at 09:00 am and visit :
*Hierapolis and White-Travertine of Pamukkale (listed by Unesco in the world heritage list) and Hierapolis Ancient city's ruins and depart to Ephesus . Upon arrival we visit :
*Artemis Temple -It was the biggest temple of the pagan world in 7 C BC and pilgrimage place of the pagans.It was counted amoung the wonders of the ancient world
*Leather fashion show and shopping opportunity and check in hotel
Meal: Breakfast
Hotel: Marti Beach Hotel or similar (4*)
In the morning Ephesus Tour and afternoon departure to Izmir Airport
*Virgin Mary House : it is believed that Virgin Mary stayed at this house in her ladt days when she came with Saint John to this house )
*Ephesus Ancinet City (excluding Terrace Houses ) The biggest Roman City of Asia Minor in 3 rd C AD. Ephesus antique city was almost as same as modern city of the day. There are Agoras, Roman baths, Odeaon , Temples, Library, Roman Theather , Harbour, monumantel fountains * Saint John Basilica was a great church in Ephesus constructed by Emperor Justinian in the 6th C AD over tomb of Saint John
1600 pm departure to Izmir Airport .
Meal: Breakfast