Tour programme:
- After being met at the airport and taken to the hotel, you can relax, take a bath and have dinner at the hotel’s cozy restaurant. After that, walk in the area near the hotel, a little, as the real journey will begin tomorrow.
- 2 Day (Monday)
- After breakfast (08:15) your trip to Ankara begins! (~450 km) Today you will visit the huge Ataturk Museum – a place where everything related to the Republic of Turkey is stored: from the exclusive cars of its founder Ataturk to the huge panoramas that recreate the events of the Turkish War of Independence in the 20s of the last century. Then we will visit the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, where you will see for the first time objects created by people forty thousand years ago. Walk along the walls of the fortress of Ankara and go to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel restaurant (19:00 - 20:00).
- 3 Day (Tuesday)
- After relaxing at the hotel and breakfast (08:15) you will go to Cappadocia. (~250 km). On the way stop at the second largest salt lake in Turkey. Today you will begin your acquaintance with Cappadocia. You will see a magnificent view of the mountain plateau, strewn with churches, monasteries and houses in the rocks. Visit the Valley of Love, the Valley of Fey, the Valley of Doves and more. In the evening, for an additional fee, you will be offered to attend the performance "Dervishey night" (21:00 - 22:00). Dinner at the hotel (19:00 - 20:00).
- 4 Day (Wednesday)
- If desired, at dawn, you can fly in a balloon for an additional fee. After breakfast (departure at 08:15 - 08:30) your acquaintance with Cappadocia will continue. You will visit the valleys with unique rock formations, the underground city of Kaymakli, the Goreme monastery complex with unique frescoes in dozens of churches carved directly into the rocks. Then you will visit the ceramics workshop, where unique products will be created, and you can even try to create a vase on a pottery wheel with your own hands. You will also see the process of making traditional Turkish carpets and see the “aircraft carpet”. Dinner and hotel stay (17:00 - 18:00). If you wish, you will be incendiary. "Turkish Night" (21:30 - 23:30).
- Day 5 (Thursday)
- Breakfast (departure at 08:15 - 08:30). First stop from 09:00 to 10:30 (sanitary). Moving to Konya (~220 km), where you will visit the Mevlana religious complex. Mevlana is an ancient oriental monastery, a refuge of monks, poets and philosophers. The center of Sufi culture founded by Mevlyana Rumi - its role in the poetry of the East is comparable to Pushkin's role in Russian poetry. Rumi is also the founder of the Order of Dervishes, dancing monks. (Departure from Konya from 12:00 to 14:00. Lunch from 14:00 to 16:00. Second stop from 16:00 to 18:00. Then departure to Pamukkale (~420 km). After arriving at the hotel 18:00 - 20:00 dinner.
- 6 Day (Friday)
- From the very morning after breakfast (departure from the hotel at 08:00 - 08:15) you will visit the ancient cemetery of Gierapolis. Huge crypts, keeping cool and dusk for two millennia, will amaze you with their size. After that, you will visit the travertine terraces in Pamukkale - beautiful white mountains, on which g flows.
- Hot mineral water, forming natural pools. For an additional fee, you can visit the Cleopatra pool (departure from Pamukkale from 11:30 to 12:00). Lunch at 12:30. Sanitation stop at 14:30. Then move to the ancient city of Selcuk (~190 km) where you will visit the ancient city of Ephesus - one of the centers of early Christianity, the House of the Virgin, where you can make a wish (it will come true!), and the remains of the temple of Artemis, burned by Herostratus. Settlement in a cozy hotel by the sea in the city of Kusadasy. Dinner (19:00). After dinner, you can walk around the city and enjoy the atmosphere of the Aegean Sea.
- 7 Day (Saturday)
- Breakfast (departure from the hotel at 08:00 - 08:15). In an hour, Izmir. Lunch at 13:00. Moving to Pergamum (~190 km). After relaxing at the hotel, you will visit the capital of the Pergamon Kingdom, from which the word "parchment" is derived. Touch the walls of the ancient library, where the book first appeared in its current form. Then you will visit the luxurious temple of Emperor Trajan, see the altar of Zeus and the magnificent mountain theater. Today you spend the night and have dinner in a cozy hotel on the seafront in the city of Aivalik (arrival with 17:00 to 18:00).
- 8 Day (Sunday)
- Breakfast in the morning (departure from the hotel at 07:30) and transfer to the legendary Troy (~145 km). Visit the place where Odysseus captured Troy with a clever plan. See the field where Achilles dragged Hector's body behind the chariot. Then cross the Dardanelles Strait (12:00 - Canakkale, 13:30 - lunch, 16:00 - Sanitary stop). Arrival in Istanbul (~360 km) from 19:00 to 20:00, where your trip will end.
- In seven days you will visit 10 ancient and modern cities of Turkey, get acquainted with 5 ancient civilizations of the world, overcome the border of Europe and Asia, visit more than 20 unique architectural ensembles, see at least a thousand ancient artifacts, relics, frescoes and statues, the total age of which is not less than 100 thousand years.
- The tour program ends on Sundays with the arrival of the group at the New Istanbul International Airport. The estimated time of arrival is 20:00. When choosing a flight for tourists following this route, please note that the return flight on the last day of the tour (on Sundays) should not be earlier than 22:00.
- The discount is valid if the child is placed in a room with two adults.
- The tour price includes: group transfer New airport - hotel - New airport; accommodation in hotels 3-4 *; meals (breakfast + dinners, drinks at dinner are not included); comfortable crossings by bus; services of a Russian-speaking tour guide; entrance tickets to museums.
- In addition, the following are paid:
- - Transfer for tourists arriving and departing from Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Payment for a car 1-6 people one way - 60 euros.
- - Visa; additional excursions; tips to guide, driver and hotel staff (optional).
- group transfer New Airport - Hotel - New Airport
- Accommodation in 3-4* hotels
- Meals (breakfasts + dinners, drinks at dinner not included)
- Comfortable bus transfers
- English-speaking tour guide services
- Entrance fees to museums.
Tourists arriving at and departing from Sabiha Gökçen Airport pay extra for the transfer to and from the hotel. The fee for a car for 1-6 people one way is 60 euros.
- Visa
- Optional excursions
- Gratuities to the guide, driver and hotel staff (optional).
Surcharge for the first rows (seats 1-2/5-6 for the driver and 7-8 for the guide)
40 EUR per person
Please check availability in advance.