Tailor-Made Turkey Tours

With a tailor-made Turkey tour, the trip follows your dates, your interests and your preferred speed instead of a set group timetable. Get Turkey Tours is a travel agency in Istanbul licensed by TÜRSAB, and our planners on the ground build every private Turkey tour itinerary from a blank page: which cities, which hotels and guides, and the flights and transfers in between.

Distances in Turkey are large. Hundreds of kilometres separate Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus and Pamukkale, so the sequence of stops decides how many hours go on the road and how many go on sightseeing. Getting the route right can free up entire days. For that reason a custom Turkey vacation works best when it is planned by people who operate these routes week in, week out.

Ask for a free itinerary, and one of our planners will send you a day-by-day proposal. There is no charge and no obligation to book.

How We Plan Your Trip

A journey through several Turkish cities has many moving parts. We break it down into three simple steps.

Step 1: Share your ideas

Let us know when you want to travel, how many people are coming and which places are on your list. Mention whatever is important to you, such as the style of hotel, the pace, dishes you want to try, how much walking suits you, the ages of any children, or an anniversary or birthday that falls on the trip. A loose outline is fine, and we help turn it into a plan.

Step 2: Get a proposal made for you

Our planners in Turkey put together a daily itinerary showing the suggested route, private tour choices, hotels in the category you prefer, flights within Turkey and transport on the ground. Before you agree to anything, you get a single, clear price covering the entire trip.

Step 3: Fine-tune, confirm and go

We keep adjusting the plan until it suits you exactly. After you confirm, we make every booking and remain in contact for the whole journey. Our team in Turkey replies on WhatsApp daily between 09:00 and 21:00, Istanbul time.

Regions You Can Combine

A private itinerary in Turkey usually centres on a handful of main regions. This is how they fit together.

• Istanbul: the Grand Bazaar, Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace and a boat trip along the Bosphorus. The city is where most journeys begin or end, usually with two to four days here.
• Cappadocia: underground cities, rock-cut churches, fairy chimneys and balloon flights at sunrise. It is a quick domestic flight from Istanbul, and two or three nights work well.
• Ephesus and Kusadasi: the Great Theatre, the Library of Celsus, the House of the Virgin Mary and the shores of the Aegean, all reached by flying to Izmir.
• Pamukkale: the ancient city of Hierapolis and its white travertine terraces, a simple drive away and easy to pair with Ephesus.

If you have the time and the interest, we can add Gallipoli and Troy, Pergamon, Bursa, Konya, Antalya with the Mediterranean coast, Fethiye, Bodrum or Gobeklitepe. Would you rather begin with an existing route? Look through our Turkey multi-city packages or the full list of tour packages, and we can change any of them for you.

What You Get

A tailor-made tour contains only the services you ask for and nothing you do not need. Most trips include the following:

• Private, licensed guides: guides with an official licence who speak English (other languages can be requested), set the pace around you and shape every visit to what you enjoy.
• Hotels of your choosing: anything from a small boutique cave hotel in Cappadocia to a five-star hotel by the Bosphorus. You decide the category, and we send options with current prices.
• Flights inside Turkey: we book connections with sensible timings between Istanbul, Izmir, Denizli, Antalya and Cappadocia (Nevsehir or Kayseri).
• Private transfers: a meet-and-greet at the airport, transfers to your hotels and drives between cities in comfortable private cars with professional drivers.
• Activities: Turkish baths, cooking classes, jeep safaris, cruises on the Bosphorus, whirling dervish ceremonies, balloon flights and other options, included as you wish.
• Tickets and help on the spot: we reserve museum tickets ahead of time, and our team is there for you for the length of your trip.

Example Routes

The routes below give an idea of what can be done. Treat each one as a draft: the order, the number of days and the hotels all change to match your plans.

7 days: Istanbul with Cappadocia

1. Day 1: Arrival in Istanbul, with a private transfer to the hotel.
2. Day 2: The Old City with a private guide, including Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, the Blue Mosque and the Grand Bazaar.
3. Day 3: A cruise on the Bosphorus, followed by Dolmabahce Palace and finally the Spice Bazaar.
4. Day 4: Fly to Cappadocia and spend the afternoon in Goreme and its surrounding valleys.
5. Day 5: A sunrise balloon flight if you want one, an underground city and Avanos, the town known for pottery.
6. Day 6: A walk through the Red and Rose Valleys, then the flight back to Istanbul.
7. Day 7: A free morning, then the transfer for your departure.

10 days: Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus, Pamukkale

1. Days 1 to 3: Istanbul, including two days with a guide for the Old City and the Bosphorus.
2. Days 4 to 6: Cappadocia, for the valleys, an underground city, the rock churches and a balloon flight if you like.
3. Day 7: Fly to Izmir, then transfer to Selcuk or Kusadasi.
4. Day 8: A private tour of Ephesus that includes the Terrace Houses and the House of the Virgin Mary.
5. Day 9: Drive on to Pamukkale to see Hierapolis and the travertines.
6. Day 10: Fly from Denizli to Istanbul and head home.

14 days: The classic loop of Turkey, coast included

1. Days 1 to 3: Istanbul.
2. Days 4 and 5: Cross the Dardanelles to the battlefields of Gallipoli and the ruins of Troy.
3. Days 6 and 7: On the Aegean coast, first Pergamon and then Ephesus.
4. Day 8: Hierapolis and Pamukkale.
5. Days 9 and 10: The Mediterranean coast and the old town of Antalya.
6. Days 11 to 13: Cappadocia by way of Konya, with a stop at the Mevlana Museum.
7. Day 14: Fly back to Istanbul for your departure.

Reasons to Plan With Get Turkey Tours

• We know the ground: our base is in Turkey and we put these routes together every week, so we know how long the drives really take, which flights connect best and when each site is least crowded.
• Days that bend: begin later, stay longer at the Grand Bazaar, enjoy a slow lunch or pull over for pictures. A private trip means each day follows your wishes.
• A single contact: one licensed agency arranges your hotels, guides, transfers and flights, so you always know whom to call.
• Every kind of journey: family holidays, honeymoons, luxury trips, shore excursions from cruise ships and holidays with friends, each matched to the size of your group and the comfort level you want.

Ask for Your Free Itinerary

Send us your dates, the number of travellers and the places on your wish list. One of our planners will come back with a personal route and a clear price, frequently within a few hours. Ask for your free itinerary, or write to us on WhatsApp at +90 545 307 67 88.

Common Questions

How long should a tailor-made Turkey tour be?

Istanbul and Cappadocia fit into a week. Ten days let you include Ephesus and Pamukkale without rushing, and a fortnight adds room for Gallipoli, Troy or the Mediterranean coast. We will propose a length that suits the places on your list.

Do you book flights within Turkey?

Yes. Where a flight shortens the route, we book domestic connections between Istanbul and Izmir, Antalya, Denizli, Cappadocia or other cities, and we plan the transfers and guided tours around your flight times.

Will my guide be private and licensed?

Both, yes. Each of our guides holds an official Turkish licence as a tour guide. The guide stays with your group only, so you are free to ask anything, choose the pace and spend time on what you care about most.

Does a custom Turkey vacation work for families with kids?

Yes. A private tour suits families well, as the pace, the meal stops and the activities can all be changed around the children. We can recommend family rooms, shorter days of sightseeing and activities that children enjoy.

What is the cost of a private Turkey tour itinerary, and do you charge for a quote?

We price each trip separately, since the cost depends on your travel dates, the hotel category, the size of your group and the services you pick. A quote costs nothing and does not oblige you to book. The full price is shown before you confirm, and once a booking is confirmed our cancellation policy applies.