Tour itinerary:

Day 1 (Sunday) Check-in day

After being picked up at the airport and taken to your hotel, you can relax, take a bath and have dinner in the hotel's cozy restaurant. After that, take a walk in the area near the hotel, a bit, as the real journey will begin tomorrow.

Day 2 (Monday)

After breakfast (08:15), your journey to the capital of Turkey, Ankara, begins! ( ~450 km) Today you will visit the huge Ataturk Museum, a place where everything related to the Republic of Turkey is kept: from the exclusive cars of its founder Ataturk to huge panoramas recreating 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 Ankara Fortress and go to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel restaurant (19:00 - 20:00).

Day 3 (Tuesday)

After a rest at the hotel and breakfast (08:15), you will depart for Cappadocia (~250 km). On the way, stop at the second largest salt lake in Turkey. Today your acquaintance with Cappadocia will begin. You will see a magnificent view of the mountain plateau, dotted with churches, monasteries, and houses in the rocks. Visit the Valley of Love, the Valley of the Fairies, the Valley of the Pigeons, and more. In the evening, for an additional fee, you can attend the "Dervish Night" performance (21:00 - 22:00). Dinner at the hotel (19:00 - 20:00).

Day 4 (Wednesday)

If you wish, at dawn, you can fly in a hot air balloon for an additional fee. After breakfast (departure at 08:15 - 08:30), your acquaintance with Cappadocia will continue. You will visit 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'll visit a pottery workshop where unique pieces will be created, and you can even try to create a vase on a potter's wheel with your own hands. You will also see the process of making traditional Turkish carpets and see a "flying carpet". Dinner and rest at the hotel (17:00 - 18:00). If you wish, you will find an incendiary " Turkish Night" (21:30 - 23:30).

Day 5 (Thursday)

Breakfast (check-out at 08:15 - 08:30). The first stop is from 09:00 to 10:30 (sanitary). Drive to Konya (~220 km), where you will visit the Mevlana religious complex. Mevlana is an ancient oriental monastery, a haven for monks, poets and philosophers. A center of Sufi culture founded by Mevlana Rumi - its role in the poetry of the East is comparable to the role of Pushkin in Russian poetry. Rumi is also the founder of the order of dervishes – dancing monks. (Departure from Konia 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 arrival at the hotel at 18:00 - 20:00 dinner.

Day 6 (Friday)

In the morning, after breakfast (check-out from the hotel at 08:00 - 08:15), you will visit the ancient cemetery of Hierapolis. Huge crypts, which have kept cool and gloomy for two millennia, will amaze you with their size. After that, you will visit the travertine terraces in Pamukkale - beautiful white mountains down which the g flows down

Sparkling mineral water, forming natural pools. For an additional fee, you can visit the Cleopatra Swimming Pool (departure from Pamukkale from 11:30 to 12:00, Lunch at 12:30, Sanitary stop at 14:30). Then drive 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 definitely come true!), and the remains of the temple of Artemis, burned by Herostratus. Check-in in a cozy hotel by the sea in the city of Kusadasi. Dinner (19:00). After dinner, you can walk around the city and enjoy the atmosphere of the Aegean Sea.

Day 7 (Saturday)

Breakfast (check-out from the hotel at 08:00 - 08:15. An hour later - Izmir (passing through). Lunch at 13:00). Transfer to Pergamon (~190 km). After resting at the hotel, you will visit the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon, from which the word "parchment" is derived. Touch the walls of the ancient library, where the book in its current form first appeared. Then you will visit the luxurious temple of Emperor Trajan, see the altar of Zeus and the magnificent mountain theater. Today you will spend the night and have dinner in a cozy hotel on the seashore in the city of Ayvalik (arrival from 17:00 to 18:00).

Day 8 (Sunday)

In the morning breakfast (check-out from the hotel at 07:30) and transfer to the legendary Troy (~145 km). Visit the place where Odysseus captured Troy with a cunning plan. You will see the field through which Achilles dragged Hector's body behind the chariot. Then you will cross the Dardanelles Strait (12:00 - Çanakkale. 13:30 - Lunch. 16:00 - Sanitary stop). Arrive in Istanbul (~360 km) between 19:00 and 20:00, where your journey will end.

Result: in seven days you will visit 10 ancient and modern cities of Turkey, get acquainted with 5 ancient civilizations of the world, cross 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 at least 100 thousand years.

The tour program ends on Sundays with the arrival of the group at the International New Istanbul Airport. The approximate 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 child discount is valid if the child is accommodated in a room with two adults.

The tour price includes: group transfer New Airport - Hotel - New Airport; accommodation in 3-4* hotels; meals (breakfasts + dinners, drinks at dinner are not included); comfortable bus transfers; services of a Russian-speaking tour guide; Entrance fees to museums.

Extra charges:

- Transfer for tourists arriving and departing from Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Payment for a car for 1-6 people one way - 60 euros.

-Visa; additional excursions; Gratuities to the 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.