Turkey Package from Brazil: Dollar Prices, Inclusions, Greece Add-On

A Turkey package for travellers from Brazil costs from $1,286 per person for seven days on the ground in a group, or from $2,250 per person for eight days as a private tour, with the flights inside Turkey included and the flight from Brazil bought separately. Add Greece and the price starts at $3,370 per person for nine days. Our 7-day Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Ephesus tour is the lowest-priced full route on our list.

This page is about the numbers: what each package really includes, what you still pay once you land, how much more a private tour costs, and how a Turkey and Greece trip is priced and put together. All our prices are in US dollars. For the calendar side of the trip, which Brazilian holidays fit which Turkish season, see our Turkey trip from Brazil in 2027 page.

What a package from Brazil actually covers

In Brazil, a pacote sold by a travel agency often bundles the flight from São Paulo (the aéreo) with the hotels, transfers and tours (the parte terrestre). A Turkish tour operator like us sells the land part only. You buy the international ticket yourself, with your own airline, miles and dates, and we take over from the moment you land in Istanbul.

That land part is where most of the work is. On our multi-day packages it normally covers:

• Hotels with breakfast for every night of the route.
• The flights inside Turkey, for example Istanbul to Cappadocia and Cappadocia to Izmir for Ephesus. On our group routes the ticket includes 15 kg of checked baggage and 8 kg in the cabin, which is less than most international tickets allow. Pack with that limit in mind, or pay for extra weight.
• Airport and hotel transfers, so nobody has to find a taxi after a night flight.
• Licensed guides on the touring days, and the entry tickets listed in the itinerary.
• Some lunches on touring days. Dinners are usually not included.

Every tour page lists its own inclusions and exclusions. Read them line by line, because two packages with the same cities can differ by hundreds of dollars on meals and tickets alone.

Turkey-only packages: what they cost

These are real starting prices from our current list, per person sharing a room, without the flight from Brazil. "Group" means you join other travellers on the touring days; "private" means your own guide and vehicle.

Two things stand out. First, a longer group route costs little more than a short one: three extra days on the 10-day group tour add about $124 to the 7-day price. Since the flight from Brazil is the same whatever the length, ten days or more usually gives the best value per day. Second, the private packages include more meals and every museum ticket, so the real gap is smaller than the headline prices suggest.

What you still pay once you are in Turkey

Budget for these on top of the package price. None of them is hidden; they are on the exclusion lists.

• The flight from Brazil. Bought separately; not part of any of the packages above.
• Hot air balloon in Cappadocia. Optional. Our standard sunrise flight is from $199 per person, and flights are cancelled in strong wind.
• Dinners. Not included on most routes; budget for one restaurant meal a day.
• Drinks with lunch. Excluded even where lunch is included.
• Cleopatra Antique Pool at Pamukkale. A separate fee if you want to swim among the ancient columns.
• Entry tickets not in the itinerary. Turkish state museums charge foreign visitors in euros, for example €40 at Ephesus until 31 March 2027.
• Tips. Customary for guides and drivers, and always your choice.

On the entry tickets: museum prices rise from 1 April 2027, with Ephesus going from €40 to €45. Packages that include "entry fees in the itinerary" cover the sites on the plan, but not the extra tickets inside them, such as the Terrace Houses at Ephesus. Our update on Turkey museum prices for 2027 lists the old and new prices site by site.

Group or private: is the difference worth it?

On the same route, a private tour costs roughly 1.3 to 2 times the group price. Compare the eight-day routes: $1,670 per person in a group against $2,250 per person private. For a couple, that gap is about $1,160 for the whole trip, before you count the lunches and tickets the private package adds.

A group package suits you if:

• you travel alone or as a couple and want the lowest price per person;
• you are happy with fixed start times and the guide's pace;
• the trip is mainly about seeing the main sites with a licensed guide.

A private package is worth the difference if:

• you travel as a family, with older parents or with small children, and want to set the pace;
• you want to start early at Ephesus or Hagia Sophia, before the crowds and the heat;
• you need a guide in Portuguese for the whole trip, which is much easier to arrange privately;
• you want to change the plan on the day, for example an extra morning in Cappadocia if the balloon is cancelled.

For a full comparison of group days across Turkey, our page on small group tours in Turkey lists the shared day tours in each region.

Turkey and Greece: the combinations and their prices

The flight from Brazil is long, so many travellers add Greece to the same trip. Our combined tours are priced like this:

The inclusions differ in ways that matter for the price:

• Flights and ferries. The 12-day tour includes every flight and ferry ticket in the itinerary. The 13-day tour includes the flights from Istanbul to Cappadocia and back, Istanbul to Athens and Santorini to Athens, plus numbered-seat ferries from Piraeus to Mykonos and Mykonos to Santorini. The 15-day private tour includes a flight or ferry from Turkey to Athens and the ferry from Athens to Santorini.
• Meals. Breakfast is included throughout. The 13-day tour adds half board on the inland Turkish section; lunches and dinners are otherwise extra.
• Entry tickets. The 12-day tour lists entrance fees in Turkey; the 13-day tour lists the archaeological sites and museums in its description, including the Acropolis Museum with a guide.

Greece is at its best from May to October, which fits Brazilian holidays in July and the long weekends of the second half of the year. For the order of the two countries and the ways to cross, see our guide to Greece and Turkey tours in 2027.

Entry rules, flights and time zones for both countries

Turkey. The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists Brazilian ordinary passport holders as exempt from a visa for travel of up to 90 days. You do not need an e-Visa, so ignore any website that offers to sell you one.

Greece. Greece is in the Schengen area, which Brazilians can visit without a visa for short stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period. The EU's Entry/Exit System registers your fingerprints and photo at the first Schengen border instead of stamping your passport; registration has no cost. The EU also plans to introduce ETIAS, an online travel authorisation for visa-free visitors, so check the official EU site before you travel in 2027.

Flights. Turkish Airlines flies nonstop between São Paulo–Guarulhos (GRU) and Istanbul Airport (IST). For Turkey and Greece, ask for a multi-city ticket: São Paulo to Istanbul, and Athens back to São Paulo with a connection. That avoids paying twice for the long leg.

Clocks. Turkey is six hours ahead of Brasília all year. Greece is one hour behind Turkey in winter and on the same time in summer, when Greece moves its clocks forward.

Paying from Brazil and booking a Portuguese-speaking guide

Paying. We quote and charge in US dollars, so there is no reais price to compare; your bank converts the amount when you pay by card, and Brazilian cards add IOF on purchases abroad. Once in Turkey, cards work in most hotels, restaurants and larger shops, and you need some Turkish lira in cash for taxis, small cafés, tips and bazaar stalls. Reais are not exchanged everywhere, so bring dollars or euros to change, or withdraw lira from a bank cash machine.

Guides. Our standard guide language is English. A Portuguese-speaking guide is arranged on request, subject to availability. A Spanish-speaking guide can also be requested on the same terms, and many Brazilian travellers are comfortable with Spanish. Ask as early as possible, especially for July. Our page on the Portuguese-speaking guide in Istanbul explains how the request works.

Shorter options. If you only have a week and want Istanbul and Cappadocia alone, our Istanbul and Cappadocia packages for Brazilians compare six, eight and ten-day versions, and Istanbul city tours in Portuguese covers the city days.

Tours that cover this

• Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Ephesus, 10 days: group route with domestic flights, from $1,410 per person.
• Turkey Tour Package 8 Days, private: Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus and Pamukkale with your own guide, from $2,250 per person.
• Turkey and Greece Tour, 12 days: Istanbul, Cappadocia, Athens and the islands with flights and ferries, from $4,195 per person.
• Aegean Legends, 15 days, private: Turkey's classic route plus Athens and Santorini, from $4,200 per person.

For more routes, browse our multi-day trips or our general page on Turkey tour packages from Brazil. If you want a route built around your own dates, see the tailor-made Turkey tour page.

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