10-day Private Cultural Tour around Turkey from Istanbul
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Overview
Start and end in Istanbul! With the In-depth Cultural tour of Turkey In 10 Days. You have a 10 days tour package taking you through Istanbul, Cappadocia, and more destinations in Turkey. Includes accommodation, flights, an expert guide, insurance, meals, transport, and more.
Inclusions
- 9x Breakfast
- 9x Lunch
- Accommodation included: 9 nights
- All entrance & parking fees, ferry, tolls and petrol
- All tours with English speaking guidance licensed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- All transport with new & AC vehicles
- All accommodation
- All local taxes
- Domestic flight tickets
- Entry/Admission - Hagia Sophia Mosque
- Entry/Admission - Topkapi Palace
- Entry/Admission - Dolmabahce Palace
- Entry/Admission - Bosphorus Strait
- Entry/Admission - Pierre Loti Tepesi
- Entry/Admission - Troy (Truva)
- Entry/Admission - Pergamon Antik Kenti
- Entry/Admission - Ancient City of Ephesus
- Entry/Admission - Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)
- Entry/Admission - Pasabag
- Entry/Admission - Goreme Open-Air Museum
- Entry/Admission - Red Valley
- Entry/Admission - Kaymakli Underground City
- Entry/Admission - Mevlana Muzesi
- Entry/Admission - Karatay Medresesi Museum
What to expect
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive Istanbul - Airport Transfer
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
Welcome to Istanbul. Our driver will meet you at the airport. You will be transferred to your hotel.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul - Recital Hotel (or similar)
Day 2: Explore the Old City
Stop At: Hagia Sophia Mosque, Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
After breakfast, Our guide will meet you at reception to start the tour. You will visit first Hagia Sophia. It is a Late Antique place of worship in Istanbul, designed by the Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. Built-in 537 as the patriarchal cathedral of the imperial capital of Constantinople, it was the largest Christian church of the eastern Roman Empire (the Byzantine Empire) and the Eastern Orthodox Church, except during the Latin Empire from 1204 to 1261, when it became the city's Latin Catholic cathedral. In 1453, after the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, it was converted into a mosque. In 1935, the secular Turkish Republic established it as a museum. In 2020, it re-opened as a mosque.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Topkapi Palace, Cankurtaran Mahallesi Gulhane Park, Near Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
then you head to Topkapi Palace. The Topkapı Palace is a large museum in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet Mah At Meydani Cad No 7, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
Depends on the pray time you will visit Blue Mosque which is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. A functioning mosque also attracts large numbers of tourist visitors. It was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah, and a hospice.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Hippodrome, Binbirdirek, Sultan Ahmet ParkI No:2, Istanbul Turkey
Hippodrome of Constantinople is a square in Istanbul, Turkey. Previously, it was a circus that was the sporting and social center of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Grand Bazaar, Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4, 000 shops on a total area of 30, 700 m2, attracting between 250, 000 and 400, 000 visitors daily.
You will have time for shopping in one of the first shopping malls in the world.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul - Recital Hotel Sultanahmet (or similar)
Day 3: Jewels of Istanbul
Stop At: Dolmabahce Palace, Visnezade Mahallesi Dolmabahce Cd, Istanbul 34357 Turkey
After you meet with your guide at the hotel, you will visit Dolmabahce Palace which has built-in 19th century is one of the most glamorous palaces in the world. It was the administrative center of the late Ottoman Empire with the last of Ottoman Sultans was residing there.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Camlica Hill, Turistik Camlica Cd. Uskudar, Istanbul Turkey
after Dolmabahce Palace, you will pass across the Bosphorus by driving and reach Camlica Hill on the Asian Continent side of Istanbul. You can see the Bosphorus, two of the bridges which link each side of Istanbul, the Old City of Istanbul, and more.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
you will take a boat to Bosphorus Strait for about 1 and a half hours. During your tour, you will see more palaces, mentions, and famous restaurants just on the side of Bosphorus.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Pierre Loti Tepesi, Idris Kosku Cad. Eyup, Istanbul 34050 Turkey
after lunch, A flyover by Cable Car, enjoy the beautiful view of Golden Horn from Pierre Loti hill.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Misir Carsisi (Spice Market), Rustem Pasa Mahallesi, Erzak Ambari Sok. No:92 Eminonu - Fatih, Istanbul 34116 Turkey
The Spice Bazaar is one of the largest bazaars in the city. Located in the Eminönü quarter of the Fatih district, it is the most famous covered shopping complex after the Grand Bazaar.
You will have time for shopping in this historical bazaar.
Duration: 45 minutes
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul - Recital Hotel Sultanahmet (or similar)
Day 4: Gallipoli – Full Day Guided Tour
Stop At: Gallipoli Peninsula, 17502 Pazarlı/Gelibolu/Çanakkale, Turkey
After breakfast, you say goodbye to Istanbul. One of the most emotionally touching places in Turkey today you visit the WWI Battlefields of Gallipoli. Includes Anzac Cove, Lone Pine, Chunuk Bair, Memorials, and Trenches.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Canakkale
Day 5: Troy& Pergamon – Full Day Guided Tour
Stop At: Troy (Truva), Tevfikiye Koyu, Intepe, Canakkale Turkey
This morning you visit the legendary City of Troy, home of the famed Trojan Horse.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Pergamon Antik Kenti, Bergama Turkey
After we leave Troy we will drive to Pergamon for 3 and a half hours. The city is centered on a 335-meter-high (1, 099 ft) mesa of andesite which formed its acropolis.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Kusadasi
Day 6: Explore Pamukkale (Cotton Castle)
Stop At: Pamukkale, Pamukkale
After breakfast, you heading to the magnificent White calcium terraces, known as Cotton Castle (Pamukkale) where you also tour the ancient city of Hierapolis. This city was used in Roman times for its therapeutic powers. Today bring your swimsuit with you because you will have time to enjoy the thermal water of Pamukkale.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Kusadasi
Day 7: Explore Ephesus & Fly to Cappadocia
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
We start the tour with Ephesus, which was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era, it was one of twelve cities that were members of the Ionian League. The city came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC.
Duration: 2 minutes
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkey
After Ephesus we proceed to The Temple of Artemis or Artemision, also known as the Temple of Diana, which was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis (associated with Diana, a Roman goddess).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkey
The House of the Virgin Mary is a Catholic shrine located on Mt. Koressos in the vicinity of Ephesus, 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) from Selçuk in Turkey.
After the tour, we will transfer you to the Istanbul Airport and you will take your flight to Cappadocia. Upon your arrival, we will transfer you to your hotel.
Duration: 45 minutes
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Cappadocia
Day 8: Explore Cappadocia – Full Day Guided Tour
Stop At: Devrent Valley, Devrent Mevkii No:1 Urgup Yolu, 50500 Turkey
We start to explore Cappadocia with Devrent Valley (also spelled as Dervent Valley) reveals many different rock formations and is only a 10-minute drive from Goreme. The small fairy chimneys in the valley form a lunar landscape, or moonscape, by their strange look. The valley also has many animal-shaped rocks.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Pasabag, Urgup Turkey
Pasabag or Pasha's Vineyard is situated on the Zelve road between the popular town of Goreme and traditional pottery-making town Avanos. Here you can find spectacular cone topped rock pillars known as Fairy Chimneys standing tall throughout the vineyard, Pasha was a in important officer in Ottoman times when the region was captured. However Pasabag is more commonly known as Monks Valley, it earned its name from the many monk refuges carved into the soft rock cones.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Avanos, Avanos, Cappadocia
Drive to the city of Avanos. The most famous historical feature of Avanos, which is still relevant and very visible today, is its production of earthenware pottery; it is also the most economic activity in the town. The ceramic trade in this district and its countless pottery factories date right back to the Hittites, and the ceramic clay from the red silt of the Kızılırmak has always been used. It is a popular destination because of its attractive old town with cobbled streets, and views over the river.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Goreme Open-Air Museum, Merkez, Muze Cd., Goreme 50180 Turkey
In the afternoon visit another beautiful open air museum at Goreme where the remains of rock-cut churches and Christian settlements date back hundreds of years.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Uchisar, Uchisar, Cappadocia
Lastly, before returning to your hotel, visit the natural castles at Uchisar. After the tour, we will be back at our hotel.
Duration: 45 minutes
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Cappadocia
Day 9: Explore Cappadocia – Full Day Guided Tour
Stop At: Red Valley, Nevsehir Ortahisar, Nevsehir 50650 Turkey
After having breakfast at the hotel, we will again depart for a full-day Cappadocia tour. Depart from your hotel to visit Red valley, and explore the famous rock-cut churches and hike 5 km through the Güllüdere valley.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Çavuşin, 50502 Çavuşin/Avanos/Nevşehir, Turkey
Then visit Cavusin village. This village is famous for the houses and churches of Christian clergymen.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkey
After lunch Drive to the pigeon valley.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkey
In the afternoon visit Kaymaklı underground city. Where early Christians lived in fear and faith.
Duration: 1 minute
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Cappadocia
Day 10: Explore Turkey - Departure from Turkey
Stop At: Sultanhani Kervansarayi, SultanhanI Zafer Mahallesi Sehit Murat Caddesi No 3, Sultanhani 68190 Turkey
Today you travel to Konya following the ancient Silk Road. On the way, you will see Sultanhani Caravansary which is the biggest and the most beautiful caravansary from Selcuk Turks Period.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Mevlana Muzesi, Mevlana Cd. No:1, Konya 42030 Turkey
Once arrive in Konya you will visit the Mevlana Museum. It is the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian Sufi mystic. It was also the dervish lodge (tekke) of the Mevlevi order, better known as the whirling dervishes.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Karatay Medresesi Museum, Alaaddin Meydani, Konya Turkey
After Mevlana Museum you will visit Alaaddin Mosque and Karatay Madrasa which are remained from the Seljuk Period of Anatolia.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Our tour concludes and we say goodbye and transferred to the airport. Fly back to Istanbul.
Meals included:
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No accommodation included on this day.
Day 1: Arrive Istanbul - Airport Transfer
Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
Welcome to Istanbul. Our driver will meet you at the airport. You will be transferred to your hotel.
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul - Recital Hotel (or similar)
Day 2: Explore the Old City
Stop At: Hagia Sophia Mosque, Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
After breakfast, Our guide will meet you at reception to start the tour. You will visit first Hagia Sophia. It is a Late Antique place of worship in Istanbul, designed by the Greek geometers Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. Built-in 537 as the patriarchal cathedral of the imperial capital of Constantinople, it was the largest Christian church of the eastern Roman Empire (the Byzantine Empire) and the Eastern Orthodox Church, except during the Latin Empire from 1204 to 1261, when it became the city's Latin Catholic cathedral. In 1453, after the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, it was converted into a mosque. In 1935, the secular Turkish Republic established it as a museum. In 2020, it re-opened as a mosque.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Topkapi Palace, Cankurtaran Mahallesi Gulhane Park, Near Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
then you head to Topkapi Palace. The Topkapı Palace is a large museum in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet Mah At Meydani Cad No 7, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
Depends on the pray time you will visit Blue Mosque which is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. A functioning mosque also attracts large numbers of tourist visitors. It was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah, and a hospice.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Hippodrome, Binbirdirek, Sultan Ahmet ParkI No:2, Istanbul Turkey
Hippodrome of Constantinople is a square in Istanbul, Turkey. Previously, it was a circus that was the sporting and social center of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Grand Bazaar, Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 4, 000 shops on a total area of 30, 700 m2, attracting between 250, 000 and 400, 000 visitors daily.
You will have time for shopping in one of the first shopping malls in the world.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul - Recital Hotel Sultanahmet (or similar)
Day 3: Jewels of Istanbul
Stop At: Dolmabahce Palace, Visnezade Mahallesi Dolmabahce Cd, Istanbul 34357 Turkey
After you meet with your guide at the hotel, you will visit Dolmabahce Palace which has built-in 19th century is one of the most glamorous palaces in the world. It was the administrative center of the late Ottoman Empire with the last of Ottoman Sultans was residing there.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Camlica Hill, Turistik Camlica Cd. Uskudar, Istanbul Turkey
after Dolmabahce Palace, you will pass across the Bosphorus by driving and reach Camlica Hill on the Asian Continent side of Istanbul. You can see the Bosphorus, two of the bridges which link each side of Istanbul, the Old City of Istanbul, and more.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
you will take a boat to Bosphorus Strait for about 1 and a half hours. During your tour, you will see more palaces, mentions, and famous restaurants just on the side of Bosphorus.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Pierre Loti Tepesi, Idris Kosku Cad. Eyup, Istanbul 34050 Turkey
after lunch, A flyover by Cable Car, enjoy the beautiful view of Golden Horn from Pierre Loti hill.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Misir Carsisi (Spice Market), Rustem Pasa Mahallesi, Erzak Ambari Sok. No:92 Eminonu - Fatih, Istanbul 34116 Turkey
The Spice Bazaar is one of the largest bazaars in the city. Located in the Eminönü quarter of the Fatih district, it is the most famous covered shopping complex after the Grand Bazaar.
You will have time for shopping in this historical bazaar.
Duration: 45 minutes
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul - Recital Hotel Sultanahmet (or similar)
Day 4: Gallipoli – Full Day Guided Tour
Stop At: Gallipoli Peninsula, 17502 Pazarlı/Gelibolu/Çanakkale, Turkey
After breakfast, you say goodbye to Istanbul. One of the most emotionally touching places in Turkey today you visit the WWI Battlefields of Gallipoli. Includes Anzac Cove, Lone Pine, Chunuk Bair, Memorials, and Trenches.
Duration: 4 hours
Meals included:
•
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Canakkale
Day 5: Troy& Pergamon – Full Day Guided Tour
Stop At: Troy (Truva), Tevfikiye Koyu, Intepe, Canakkale Turkey
This morning you visit the legendary City of Troy, home of the famed Trojan Horse.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Pergamon Antik Kenti, Bergama Turkey
After we leave Troy we will drive to Pergamon for 3 and a half hours. The city is centered on a 335-meter-high (1, 099 ft) mesa of andesite which formed its acropolis.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Kusadasi
Day 6: Explore Pamukkale (Cotton Castle)
Stop At: Pamukkale, Pamukkale
After breakfast, you heading to the magnificent White calcium terraces, known as Cotton Castle (Pamukkale) where you also tour the ancient city of Hierapolis. This city was used in Roman times for its therapeutic powers. Today bring your swimsuit with you because you will have time to enjoy the thermal water of Pamukkale.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Kusadasi
Day 7: Explore Ephesus & Fly to Cappadocia
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
We start the tour with Ephesus, which was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era, it was one of twelve cities that were members of the Ionian League. The city came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC.
Duration: 2 minutes
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkey
After Ephesus we proceed to The Temple of Artemis or Artemision, also known as the Temple of Diana, which was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis (associated with Diana, a Roman goddess).
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkey
The House of the Virgin Mary is a Catholic shrine located on Mt. Koressos in the vicinity of Ephesus, 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) from Selçuk in Turkey.
After the tour, we will transfer you to the Istanbul Airport and you will take your flight to Cappadocia. Upon your arrival, we will transfer you to your hotel.
Duration: 45 minutes
Meals included:
•
•
Accommodation included: Overnight in Cappadocia
Day 8: Explore Cappadocia – Full Day Guided Tour
Stop At: Devrent Valley, Devrent Mevkii No:1 Urgup Yolu, 50500 Turkey
We start to explore Cappadocia with Devrent Valley (also spelled as Dervent Valley) reveals many different rock formations and is only a 10-minute drive from Goreme. The small fairy chimneys in the valley form a lunar landscape, or moonscape, by their strange look. The valley also has many animal-shaped rocks.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Pasabag, Urgup Turkey
Pasabag or Pasha's Vineyard is situated on the Zelve road between the popular town of Goreme and traditional pottery-making town Avanos. Here you can find spectacular cone topped rock pillars known as Fairy Chimneys standing tall throughout the vineyard, Pasha was a in important officer in Ottoman times when the region was captured. However Pasabag is more commonly known as Monks Valley, it earned its name from the many monk refuges carved into the soft rock cones.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Avanos, Avanos, Cappadocia
Drive to the city of Avanos. The most famous historical feature of Avanos, which is still relevant and very visible today, is its production of earthenware pottery; it is also the most economic activity in the town. The ceramic trade in this district and its countless pottery factories date right back to the Hittites, and the ceramic clay from the red silt of the Kızılırmak has always been used. It is a popular destination because of its attractive old town with cobbled streets, and views over the river.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Goreme Open-Air Museum, Merkez, Muze Cd., Goreme 50180 Turkey
In the afternoon visit another beautiful open air museum at Goreme where the remains of rock-cut churches and Christian settlements date back hundreds of years.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Uchisar, Uchisar, Cappadocia
Lastly, before returning to your hotel, visit the natural castles at Uchisar. After the tour, we will be back at our hotel.
Duration: 45 minutes
Meals included:
•
•
Accommodation included: Overnight in Cappadocia
Day 9: Explore Cappadocia – Full Day Guided Tour
Stop At: Red Valley, Nevsehir Ortahisar, Nevsehir 50650 Turkey
After having breakfast at the hotel, we will again depart for a full-day Cappadocia tour. Depart from your hotel to visit Red valley, and explore the famous rock-cut churches and hike 5 km through the Güllüdere valley.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Çavuşin, 50502 Çavuşin/Avanos/Nevşehir, Turkey
Then visit Cavusin village. This village is famous for the houses and churches of Christian clergymen.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkey
After lunch Drive to the pigeon valley.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkey
In the afternoon visit Kaymaklı underground city. Where early Christians lived in fear and faith.
Duration: 1 minute
Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in Cappadocia
Day 10: Explore Turkey - Departure from Turkey
Stop At: Sultanhani Kervansarayi, SultanhanI Zafer Mahallesi Sehit Murat Caddesi No 3, Sultanhani 68190 Turkey
Today you travel to Konya following the ancient Silk Road. On the way, you will see Sultanhani Caravansary which is the biggest and the most beautiful caravansary from Selcuk Turks Period.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Mevlana Muzesi, Mevlana Cd. No:1, Konya 42030 Turkey
Once arrive in Konya you will visit the Mevlana Museum. It is the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian Sufi mystic. It was also the dervish lodge (tekke) of the Mevlevi order, better known as the whirling dervishes.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Karatay Medresesi Museum, Alaaddin Meydani, Konya Turkey
After Mevlana Museum you will visit Alaaddin Mosque and Karatay Madrasa which are remained from the Seljuk Period of Anatolia.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Our tour concludes and we say goodbye and transferred to the airport. Fly back to Istanbul.
Meals included:
•
•
No accommodation included on this day.
Time of tour
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10-day Private Cultural Tour around Turkey from Istanbul
10/19/2022 - 2/28/2023
| Monday - Sunday : | 08:00 AM - 09:00 PM |
| Monday - Sunday : | 08:00 AM - 09:00 PM |
Meeting point
Traveler pickup is offered
We will hold a sign with your name.
Airports
We will hold a sign with your name.
Airports
- Istanbul Airport, TayakadIn Terminal Street No. 1, Istanbul 34283 Turkiye
Additional information
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Infant seats available
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Near public transportation
- Stroller accessible
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Face masks provided for travelers
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Exclusions
- Drinks, visas, personal expenses, porters, tips
- International airfare to TURKEY
- Meals not listed
- Entry/Admission - Sultanhani Kervansarayi
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
ahonas
May 2022
A fun few days with family and friends where we visited Istanbul, Antalya and Cappadocia. Our guide was very warm and welcoming and quite knowledgeable too. We could truly enjoy the Turkish experience with the food and the locations we visited.
A fun few days with family and friends where we visited Istanbul, Antalya and Cappadocia. Our guide was very warm and welcoming and quite knowledgeable too. We could truly enjoy the Turkish experience with the food and the locations we visited.amsuresh15
May 2022
Excellent tour experience with more personal care provided by the Smart Turkey Tour operators. We two family friends of 8 members visited Cappadocia, Izmir, Pamukkale, Antalya and Istanbul for a 8 days tour. An amazing experience with great care provided by Smart Turkey Tour team. The tour guide ...
Excellent tour experience with more personal care provided by the Smart Turkey Tour operators. We two family friends of 8 members visited Cappadocia, Izmir, Pamukkale, Antalya and Istanbul for a 8 days tour. An amazing experience with great care provided by Smart Turkey Tour team. The tour guide Jekki and Deniz are awesome and they explained in and out of the places we visited and the tour coordinator METIN provided every support as when needed throughout the tour. A 14 seater sprinter vehicle was provided and we are very comfortable roaming across turkey in that. In all the places our tour guides took care of our breakfast and lunch based on our food choices especially they gave more importance for my family due to we are vegetarian. Overall it was a wonderful experience we had and I recommended Smart tour operators across my network Thanks a lot 👍👏👌debajits2015
May 2022
It was a good paced trip with the opportunity to explore several landmarks of Cappadocia, Antalya and Istanbul. We were paired with a very engaging and helpful tour guide who helped us navigate Turkey brilliantly and made our journey more memorable.
It was a good paced trip with the opportunity to explore several landmarks of Cappadocia, Antalya and Istanbul. We were paired with a very engaging and helpful tour guide who helped us navigate Turkey brilliantly and made our journey more memorable.Sightseer191938
May 2022
I came across about positive feedback of Smart Turkey Tour through google. I sent them an enquiry and within few minutes Mr. Metin from Smart Turkey Tour contacted me with a proposed itinerary. Later we have many conversations with him and changed the itinerary as per our convenience. We were two...
I came across about positive feedback of Smart Turkey Tour through google. I sent them an enquiry and within few minutes Mr. Metin from Smart Turkey Tour contacted me with a proposed itinerary. Later we have many conversations with him and changed the itinerary as per our convenience. We were two families for this Turkey tour. Metin has meticulously made all our transfers to and from airports smooth and all the tour excursions were also arranged in private big vehicles, sufficient enough to carry our luggages too. All the guides were very helpful and knowledgeable. They explained all the places in detail. I will specially like to mention about our guide Zeki in Cappadocia. One of our families was vegetarian. He meticulously planned our lunch menu during our Cappadocia tour. Food in Avanos was really good. Mr. Deniz, our guide from Kusadasi to Antalya via Pamukkale was also very joyful and caring. Mr. Zemeer in Istanbul also helped us a lot to pick souvenirs from good shops in Istanbul. Our tour packages included domestic transfers, breakfast, lunch and hotel stay. I found Smart Turkey Tour quite reasonable from price point of view.Wander35113270806
March 2022
SMART TURKEY TOURS , March 2022 Destination : Istanbul- Bursa- Pamukkale- Konya-Ankara-Istanbul Tour guide : Selcuk Kaya Note: Long review with suggestions of our tour in Turkey From Malaysia We were days away from our trip to Turkey and had still not found any agency that we felt good about....
SMART TURKEY TOURS , March 2022 Destination : Istanbul- Bursa- Pamukkale- Konya-Ankara-Istanbul Tour guide : Selcuk Kaya Note: Long review with suggestions of our tour in Turkey From Malaysia We were days away from our trip to Turkey and had still not found any agency that we felt good about.. finally we came across Smart Turkey Tours , we found that it had good reviews on trip advisor so we contacted them and Metin was so quick in replying us .. within the same day we got full confirmation of the tour with them and made our booking. We also checked about Smart Turkey Tours with the Turkish Embassy in Malaysia and got great reviews with positive support. We made our own hotel bookings, our tour only included lunch ( but not on free days - the days we are on our own , which was 3/ 10 days of our trip ) . Our tour plan was as follows : Arrive in istanbul - Bursa - Pamukkale - Konya- Capadoccia - Istanbul . We had a comfortable clean van taking us from airport and to all our destinations up until Istanbul. The last tour in Istanbul was by foot and tram. Our tour had a balance , we were given sufficient time for everything.. our tour Guide Mr Selcuk filled us up with a lot of information, he was sure not to miss anything, he is well prepared and tells you where everything is , what you need , where to go , etc. To every problem he had a solution and was very prompt. I would say he is a tour guide you can absolutely rely on. He gives you your time and space and looks after you well. As for the food, we were taken to good decent restaurants to try local dishes of the respective cities we were in. All the food was good for us. The portion was just nice for each person. The meal typically includes salad , bread , soup and a main course with mineral water. Any other additional drinks can be purchased at own cost. Overall My family and I had a good time. We enjoyed our tour, everything went well. We would absolutely come back and use Smart Turkey Tours again. Our return transport to Airport was really nice and smooth too through a different van. Note: they also take part is The Matta Fair in Malaysia so you can catch them there at their booth and get all the info you need. Please ask as many questions as possible because you want to know every bit of details of what you pay for and ensure that your holiday is good lahhh. Things I recommend you to check while planning your tour with them are : - MEALS : how many meals are included in the tour, please check if there are meals provided on free days or not . Sometimes there can be a mistake in the itinerary . - VEHICLE : please check on the vehicle whether it is running for you through out the tour ( including your free days) or not , for our case we were not provided with the van on our free days . Clarify this with the agency in the beginning for better arrangements - TIPPING : does the total cost include tipping , will they impose tipping charges later , some agencies ask for this. Smart turkey tour doesn’t but do clarify it again . There was an agency that gave us the total Cost and mentioned on the side that it excludes tipping ( which is mandatory by the way for that agency at 8USD per person per day ! ) - ACTIVITIES : if you are doing hot air balloon in capadocia or any other activities ,please ask them about the name of the company they wish to put you with and look them up , check their reviews. We were told by our tour guide that it is better to book the activities through them but if you think your choice is better then please don’t stop yourself ( at your own risk) . When looking out for hot air balloon companies you can look at things like how many people do they take in the basket.. in one basket typically there are 4 compartment, ours were 5 person in each compartment so it was very tight and crowded, you can find companies that carry 4 person in each compartment. I don’t think the price vary that much. Trust me if u r spending that much for a hot air balloon, then might as well opt for some comfort which would also give you a nice view at all times. Have a nice holiday ! And thank you smart turkey tours !Navigator19679290550
March 2022
I was on solo private tour in end of feb & march 2022 in Turkey. Smart Turkey Tours is like extended family now. Right from planning to executing my entire 10 days was exceptional. Especially if you are traveling alone & female traveller you want someone to ensure your safety, stays and then you...
I was on solo private tour in end of feb & march 2022 in Turkey. Smart Turkey Tours is like extended family now. Right from planning to executing my entire 10 days was exceptional. Especially if you are traveling alone & female traveller you want someone to ensure your safety, stays and then your entire itinerary to be good but in this case it was perfect. Mrs Yeliz my trip planner & manager, right from planning and finalizing my each experiences was outstanding. Her warmth and 24*7 support is beyond words especially when she has 2 babies to take care of. Her expertise you can blindly follow. They have amazing team of tour guides which I call them TOUR Mentors because we learn from their expertise and experiences. First Ms Nesse my Istanbul Tour Mentor she is apt, strong knowledge about history, culture and food. Please note Istanbul is crowded city and you have to follow lot of walk tours which you should enjoy. So you should ready to take trams and metros to experience the city. Another challenging part of my trip was I am Vegetarian and hence food availability options are always less in Islamic countries, but the team ensured with lot of options around food stalls and early mornings hotel breakfast and also kept checking on my taste preferences. I would advice you guys to take all street food options available in Istanbul. With Ms Nese I had some amazing evenings with good food and wines. She will take care of you and she passionate about country too. Then in Cappadocia I met My next Tour Mentor Mr Zeki. What a amazing personality. He is joyful, caring & lovable and more importantly he made me feel like home. His brilliance & knowledge about Cappadocia history, food and experiences and special mention for his photography skills he is perfect companion you should be with. I really enjoyed amazing food options he selected for me and ensured that he took places where I enjoy the most. I have some amazing memories with Zeki and Team in Cappadocia. If you plan Cappadocia then it has to be Zeki! Followed by that, I had my tour continued to Kusadasi, Pamukkale, Izmir and Antalya where I Met Mr Sedar my next Tour Mentor. In one word impeccably knowledgeable about Turkey. He is so well versed with History, Culture, experiences and food not only the cities I mentioned but for entire turkey. We had amazing road trips and spend time together to beautiful destinations. The entire team at smart turkey tours are professionals who have completed their graduation & post grads in tourism that is one plus point they have because that shows their seriousness and passion for making tourism and experience for tourist outstanding. I recommend them to everyone but if you are female solo traveller and don’t know where to start here is brilliant team who will make your Turkey visit most memorable. When I started my trip they were all strangers but left the country with so much love and memories. I recommend Smart Turkey Tours to be part of everyone’s experiences & itinerary.