6 NIGHTS 7 DAYS GAP TOUR PACKAGE

Cappadocia , Urfa , Mardin

6 NIGHTS 7 DAYS GAP TOUR PACKAGE

Tour Name: 6 NIGHTS 7 DAYS GAP TOUR PACKAGE
Type: Private
Start Point: Cappadocia
End Point: Mardin
Operates: 01 April till 1 st November
Duration: 6 Nights / 7 Days
Transport (According to size of your party) Minivan / Minibus / Coach
Group Size: Minimum 1 Person

Detail

Included

  • Arrival transfer from Cappadocia Airport to Hotel.
  • Departure transfer to Mardin Airport
  • All admission fees (Museum Tickets) in tours
  • Breakfast at hotel
  • 6 Night Accommodations in your choice of hotels (Bed & Breakfast)
  • Transportation with comfortable AC nonsmoking Vehicle
  • Professional guiding services during tours by a licensed Guide
  • All Highway tickets and Parking fees.

Not Included

  • Domestic flight tickets - Can be arranged on request with extra fee.
  • All customary tips to Guide & Driver
  • Dinner and Lunch
  • Drinks
  • All personal expenses
  • Optional Activities

Itinerary

Meet with your guide or driver at the Airport

Transfer to Cappadocia Hotel

Overnight in Cappadocia

Meal: No Services

Hotel: Virtus Cappadocia Hotel or similar (Cave Hotel)

OPTIONAL: HOT 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 Capapdocia ).

*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. 

*Pashabag 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 .

Cappadocia Optional Night Activities;

Whirling Dervish Night Show Tour – A show in a 13th C Caravanserai built on Silk Road.

Turkish Night Show Tour in Cappadocia – Folk dances and Belly Dance shows with Dinner.

Meal: Breakfast

Hotel: Virtus Cappadocia Hotel or similar (Cave Hotel)

Morning Pick up from Cappadocia hotels (Between 09:00 to 09:30)

* Derinkuyu Underground City - The biggest underground settlement in the world which was used as a shelter by Christians of Cappaodcia especially in 7th and 8th C AD.

*Ihlara Valley, enjoy an easy hike through the best part of the valley along the Melendiz stream, look up and see many of Byzantine era  churches, chapels, monasteries and hermits’ caves.

*Belisirma Village- Located in the middle of Ihlara Canyon. The walk ends up at the village and have the lunch here beside the river.

*Selime Monastery - It has a great view looking down the valley. The complexes were carved into volcanic rock outcroppings during the Byzantine period

*Onyx attelier - The local semi precious stones and shopping opportunity 

Meal: Breakfast

Hotel: Virtus Cappadocia Hotel or similar (Cave Hotel)

Departure in the morning to Kahta On the way we will pass through a lot of small villages & visit

*Karatay Caravanserai (Silk Road Hotel was built in 13 C AD).

*Marash (We visit the coppersmiths' street and we have the famous Turkish Ice Cream).

Meal: Breakfast

Hotel: Euphrat Hotel or similar (4*)

Very early in the morning departure up to Mount Nemrut. After get off the minibus walk up to  summit of the mountain thirty  five minutes  where you will see the temple atop of  Mount Nemrut. You will watch the beautiful sunrise between the colossal size statues and heads of the Gods. After sunrise  we have some time to take picture of the statues of the Gods Zeus , Apollon , Hercules, Thyche and the King Anthiocus who financed the temple and dedicated to Gods of Greek and Persians.All the statues facing to the east in  east terrace of the temple .

We walk to the North Terrace and see the uncomplited or eroded reliefs .The North Terrace was  prepareations place  of the rituel .

 We see the west terrace of Nemrut Mountain which is simmetry of the east terrace. We see the same gods statues facing to the west . Drive to Kahta, on the way visit the ruins of the; Arsemia, the summer  capital of Commogane Kingdom, Roman Bridge of Cendere and Tumulus Tomb of Karakus buıit for the woman folk of Royal family of Commogane Kingdom. Breakfast at hotel,

Drive to Sanliurfa-Harran. We will cross the famous Euphrates River and reach Mesopotamia on the way: We will visit Ataturk Dam which is built on Euphrates River and  the biggest dam in the Middle East.

 Upon arrival to Urfa We will visit the cave where it is belived Abraham was born.

Balikli Göl where Abraham was thrown into the fire  and the fire turned to water and the burning firewood  to fish and started to swim around Abraham as mentioned in the Koran .

Walk around oriental covered bazaar of Urfa. It is the biggest covered bazaar of this region.

We see the copper smiths bazaar, the ironsmiths bazaar , Gumruk Han ( a bazaar and hotel from 16 C AD) .

We have tea or coffe at the courtyard of Gumruk Hani where usually hundreds of people are here. 

We  drive to Harran village  mentioned in the book of genesis where Abraham spend last years of his life.. Here we see the mud-bricks houses , the castle from 9 C AD , the ruins of the great Mosque and the city walls.

We enter into one of the mud-bricks houses and try Mirra - the local coffee. 

we drive to hotel and check in 

Meal: Breakfast

Hotel: El-Ruha Hotel or similar (5*)

Today we will visit Gobeklitepen in the morning. Gobeklitepe has been identified as the oldest temple in history of mankind, built around 9000 BC . Still being excavated  and the  almost T shape huge Stones are seated in the temple. We will see several of these  T shaped stones and some reliefs on them and drive to Gaziantep.

We depart to Mardin and visit Mardin city.

Including Kirklar Church which is an Assyrian christian church , Ulucamii Mosque , Kasimiye Madrasah, Dayrul Zaferan Monastery and check in hotel

Meal: Breakfast

Hotel: Yay Grand Hotel or similar (4*)

Departure to Midyat at 08:30 am.

Upon arrival we see Mar Gabriel Monastery , Virgin Mary  Church , State Konukevi, Old House built in local architecture style .

We see the silversmith bazaar and departure to Mardin Airport afternoon

Meal: Breakfast

Hotel: No Services

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