Turkey Tour Package 9 Days, Private: Istanbul, Cappadocia & Troy

Your guide collects you from the hotel lobby or the cruise port to start the Old City tour. Stops:

• Hagia Sophia: among the most visited landmarks in Istanbul, and a symbol of the many cultural and religious layers of Turkey's past, with deep meaning for both Christians and Muslims.
• Topkapi Palace Museum (highlights): for nearly 400 years the centre of Ottoman government, and a great example of Oriental architecture that shows how powerful the empire was.
• Blue Mosque: built for Sultan Ahmed I in the early 1600s. Its design, its tiles and the light that shifts through the day give it a character all its own.
• Hippodrome / Sultanahmet Square: the setting for chariot races in Roman times. Here you see the Egyptian Obelisk, which dates from Byzantine times, and the German Fountain that stands there today.
• Grand Bazaar: among the biggest and oldest covered markets on earth, with over 4,000 shops selling rugs and carpets, leather, ceramics, handicrafts, clothing, gold and silver.

Once the tour is over, your private guide takes you back to the hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

Your guide picks you up at the cruise port or in the hotel lobby for a day around the Bosphorus. The stops:

• Spice Market
• Bosphorus Cruise: a public ferry ride that crosses between the European and Asian sides, with views of Galata Tower, Dolmabahce Palace, Beylerbeyi Palace, Rumeli Fortress, historic Ottoman mansions, the Bosphorus Bridge and the mosques along the shore.
• Dolmabahce Palace
• Taksim Square
• Cicek Passage
• Istiklal Street

*If you would rather cruise the Bosphorus on a private yacht, just tell us.

To close the day, a drive of about 5 hours brings you to your Ankara hotel. Overnight in Ankara.

The morning begins when your private guide collects you for the Anatolian Civilizations Museum.

Then you drive on to Cappadocia, a trip of around 4 hours, and start the North Cappadocia tour as soon as you arrive. Stops:

• Uchisar Castle
• Goreme Open Air Museum
• Valley of Monks (Pasabag)

Your guide and driver then drop you at your hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.

(Optional) Very early, a pickup takes you to a hot air balloon flight lasting one hour above the Cappadocia valleys. After landing, a small celebration takes place in the valley and you receive a flight certificate at a short ceremony, before a transfer back to the hotel for breakfast.

Your private guide and driver come for you at 10:00 am to begin the day's tour. Your guide explains each of these sites:

• Kaymakli Underground City
• Rose Valley
• Love Valley
• Pigeon Valley
• Ortahisar Castle
• Mustafapasa (Sinasos)

You are then dropped back at your hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.

Your guide collects you early in the morning. The day begins in the town of Avanos and Devrent Valley.

Next comes the drive to Konya, roughly 3 hours. There your guide explains:

• Mevlana Museum
• Konya Archaeological Museum

When the tour ends you transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Konya.

An early start: your guide and driver collect you for the drive of about 5 hours to Pamukkale. Your local guide rides with you and explains the sites you pass.

In the ancient city of Hierapolis you see:

• Necropolis
• Roman Baths
• Domitian Gate
• Latrina
• Frontinus Street
• Agora
• Byzantium Gate
• Triton Fountain
• Cathedral
• Temple of Apollo
• Plutonium (described from outside, as excavations are still going on)
• Theater

(Optional, extra cost) If there is time, a swim in the Cleopatra Pool is possible.

After the tour your guide travels with you to the Denizli hotel. Overnight in Denizli.

The morning drive to Ephesus takes about 2 hours, and your local guide talks about the places you pass on the way.

At Ephesus the guide walks you through each of these stops:

• The Great Theatre
• The Library of Celsus
• Hadrian's Temple
• Harbour Street
• The Terrace Houses
• The House of the Virgin Mary
• The Isa Bey Mosque

When the visit is over, the driver and guide bring you to the hotel. You stay the night in Izmir.

In the morning you leave Izmir for Bergama, about 2 hours by road, with your local guide describing the sites on the way.

The Pergamon tour covers:

• Pergamon Ancient City
• The Acropolis
• The Asclepion with its theatre

Afterwards a drive of around 3 hours takes you towards Troy and on to your hotel in Canakkale. Overnight in Canakkale.

Your private guide and driver are waiting at 9:00 am for a tour of Troy, its ancient cities and the legends around them. Sights:

• The Trojan Horse
• Troy Museum
• The altars used for sacrifices
• City walls dating back 3,700 years
• Houses from Troy I
• The Bouleuterion (Senate Building)
• The Odeon (Concert Hall)
• The ruins of each city built on the site, from Troy I through Troy IX

When the tour ends, you transfer back to Istanbul and your hotel.

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