CAPPADOCIA & ISTANBUL

  Day 1 : CAPPADOCIA

Arrival to Kayseri or Nevsehir airport…Meeting your assistant at the airport and transfer to Cappadocia for check in and freshen up… Early check in due to the hotel rooms avaibility and usually check in time is after 14.00 p.m.
Rest of the day free at leisure for relaxing, shopping etc.

Overnight in Cappadocia

• Rest of the day free at leisure for relaxing, shopping etc.

   After breakfast The History and Adventure Tour starts at 09:30 by pick-up from your hotel. After a 5 minute drive we will start our hike in the beautiful Rose Valley which will take slightly more than one hour. We will see fairy-chimneys, local farms, pigeon houses and cave chapels – as well as take in the wonderful range of rose-colored hues in the valley, changing in intensity depending on the season, time of day and weather conditions. Your guide will give information about the history and the unique formations of Cappadocia during the hike. Our next stop will be Monks Valley (Pasabag), where we will see the mushroom-shaped fairy chimneys and St. Simeon's monk cell. Continuing on our tour, we drive to the town of Avanos to see the 4000 year-old art of kick-wheel Pottery. After which, we will drive to Ibrahimpasa village, which was a Greek village until 1924. 17:00 Turn Back to Hotel

• In the evening optional Whirling Dervish show

  Breakfast at hotel…A.M. transfer to the Kayseri or Nevsehir airport for domestic flight to Istanbul..

  Arrival to Istanbul, transfer to the hotel for check in

• Afternoon depart for visiting;

   Mouth of the Golden Horn, to explore the bustling Egyptian Spice Market of 17th century origin - a colorful bazaar heaped with spices, Turkish sweets, dried foods and much more.
Next we take a Bosphorus Cruise Tour up Istanbul's winding straits for a chance to relax and admire the shoreline of beautiful mosques, lavish palaces and decadent villas - you'll see Dolmabahce and Beylerbeyi Palaces, Ottoman summer mansions and Ortakoy mosque, the defensive Rumeli Fortress and Bosphorus Bridge - one of the world's largest suspension bridges, all alongside passing fishing boats, yachts.

Overnight in Istanbul

  Day 4 : ISTANBUL – Full Day Sightseeing Tour

  Breakfast at hotel…After that you are picked up from the hotel and visiting;

  Sultanahmet Area to begin our tour. The area maintained its importance in the Byzantine and Turkish eras. The baths, temples, religious, cultural, administrative and social centers were all in this district.

   The tour will start with Hippodrome… The Hippodrome was shaped like a gigantic "U" and the imperial box, built like a balcony with four bronze horses on its roof, was situated on the eastern side. The original ground level of the Hippodrome was 4 or 5 meters lower than the present surface. Three monuments have remained to our day: the Egyptian Obelisk, the Serpent Column and the Walled Obelisk.

Next visit is to a Blue Mosque. This imperial mosque is an example of classical Turkish architecture, and it is the only mosque that was originally built with six minarets. Although it is popularly known as the Blue Mosque, its real name is Sultan Ahmet Mosque. Befitting his original profession, its architect Mehmet Aga decorated the interior fastidiously like a jeweler. The walls of the galleries surrounding the three sides of the interior chamber are decorated by over 20,000 exquisite Iznik tiles. The areas above the tiles and the inside of the domes are decorated with paintwork.

  After that we will visit Hagia Sophia, which is considered as one of the eight wonders of the world. It is one of the rare works of this size and age that has survived to our day. The church (called Ayasofya in Turkish) is erroneously known as Saint Sophia in the west. The basilica was not dedicated to a saint named Sophia, but to Divine Wisdom.

  After lunch, tour of Topkapi Palace will start. Topkapi is the largest and oldest palace in the world to survive to our day. it commands an impressive view of the Golden Horn, the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara. The palace is a complex surrounded by 5 km of walls and occupies an area of 700,000 sq. m at the tip of the historical peninsula. The different tiles, woodwork and architectural styles displayed in Topkapi Palace reflects the development of Turkish art and the harmonious existence of differing styles over the centuries.

   Transfer to Grand Covered Bazaar for shopping. The Grand in Istanbul is one of the largest covered markets in the world with more than z58 streets and 6,000 shops. It is well known for its jewelry, pottery, spice, and carpet shops. Many of the stalls in the bazaar are grouped by type of goods, with special areas for leather coats, gold jewelry and the like.

17:30 Return back to the hotel.

Overnight in Istanbul

Day 5 : ISTANBUL – Free Day

  Breakfast at hotel… Full day free at leisure for relaxing, shopping etc.

Overnight in Istanbul

  Day 6 : ISTANBUL DEPARTURE

  Breakfast at hotel, free time till departure… Transfer to the airport for your return flight to home… End of our services