Turkey Packages from Dubai: 4 to 10 Days with Private Car and Guide

With Get Turkey Tours, a 4-day Istanbul package from Dubai starts at $250 per person, and a 6-day trip combining Cappadocia with Istanbul, domestic flights included, starts at $450. Longer trips of 8 and 10 days cover four regions. What you pay depends on the season, the hotel and the package contents, so contact us for the current figure. If you hold a UAE passport you need no visa. Flying direct from either Abu Dhabi or Dubai takes around 5 hours, and Turkish time is just one hour behind the Emirates. You choose the hotel on its own, anything from a 4-star room to a Bosphorus palace.

The packages we offer travellers from Dubai

Guests who contact us from the Emirates usually have anything from a long weekend up to ten days. Here is what we offer for those trip lengths:

Three pages hold the full lists: our Turkey packages covering several cities, which bring in Ephesus, Pamukkale or Antalya; the packages for Istanbul; and the packages for Cappadocia. We sell these same trips to travellers from the whole of the UAE, so Abu Dhabi and Sharjah are served just like Dubai. Each price is per person and assumes at least two people travelling. Children are charged less; tell us how old they are and we will confirm the figure.

Included in the price and left out of it

The price covers meeting you at the airport and taking you back, every guided tour in the plan with its entry tickets, and lunch on the days you tour. The combined packages also cover the domestic flights linking Istanbul and Cappadocia. To take one case, the 6-day trip to both places includes a tour of the Old City, a private tour of Istanbul, a dinner cruise on the Bosphorus, and both Cappadocia day trips, the Green Tour and the Red Tour.

You pay separately for your flights from the UAE, the hotels, dinner on most evenings, drinks at meals, tips and the hot air balloon in Cappadocia. The balloon price shifts with the month and the type of basket. Travellers often leave it out of their budget, and in spring and autumn it is the first thing to sell out.

You choose hotels on each package page. The standard Istanbul option is Hilton or a hotel in the same class, and the standard Cappadocia option is a cave-style hotel. In each city you may go up a category, and the rate for your dates is then added to the package price. Already have accommodation? You can book the package with no hotels at all.

Visa rules for UAE citizens and residents

Turkey does not require a visa from UAE citizens. The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that holders of UAE ordinary and official passports are exempt for stays of up to 90 days within any 180-day period (we checked in October 2026). You pay no fee and fill in no application.

Many people who ask what a Turkey visa costs from the UAE are residents travelling on a different passport. For them the Emirates ID makes no difference; only the passport counts. Certain nationalities can enter without a visa, others may apply online for a conditional e-Visa, and others must get a visa before departure, either from the consulate general in Dubai or from the Turkish embassy in Abu Dhabi. Whether there is a fee, and how much, also depends on the passport. Before buying flights, look up your situation at evisa.gov.tr, the official site, and if your family members hold different passports, check each person one by one.

How far is Turkey from the UAE by air

As the crow flies, Istanbul lies roughly 3,000 km from Dubai and about the same from Abu Dhabi. Direct flights last around 5 hours. Turkey keeps UTC+3 throughout the year while the UAE uses UTC+4, so on the way out you win back an hour.

• Dubai: direct services to Istanbul with flydubai, Turkish Airlines and Emirates.
• Abu Dhabi: direct services to Istanbul with Etihad and Turkish Airlines.

You can land at either of two airports. Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) is on the Asian shore, and Istanbul Airport (IST) is on the European one. From SAW the ride to the Old City takes longer, so let us know which airport your ticket shows when you book. Travellers from the UAE heading to Cappadocia normally change planes in Istanbul, and that domestic leg is part of the combined packages. Should a direct UAE to Kayseri flight be available on your dates, the Cappadocia trips can begin in Kayseri.

Four days in Istanbul, or six with Cappadocia

Guests from Dubai most often ask us whether two more days for Cappadocia are worth it. Our frank view: on a first visit with kids younger than about seven, keep to Istanbul. In four days you can see the Old City and the Bosphorus and still shop for a day, with no second flight and no balloon alarm at 4 a.m. That is precisely what our Istanbul city packages are designed for. Couples, honeymooners and families whose children are older should add Cappadocia. Its valleys and cave hotels feel nothing like the city, and two nights in the region are plenty.

With six days or longer, the 6-day package beats booking two trips apart. Flights, transfers at both ends and both Cappadocia tours have already been scheduled to fit together. Our guide to combining the two places sets out the daily plan and helps you decide between two or three nights in Cappadocia.

Longer routes with Ephesus and Pamukkale

If you have 8 to 10 days, the packages covering four regions bring in Ephesus, among the best-preserved Roman cities in the world, and the white travertine terraces at Pamukkale. You reach both by flying within Turkey to Denizli or Izmir, and those flights are included. Travellers who enjoy history and can handle early mornings get the most from these routes. Families hoping for days by the pool will not. Ephesus and Pamukkale are hot in July and August, with very little shade. That makes Istanbul and Cappadocia the better choice for a summer break from the UAE, and the Aegean the better choice in spring or autumn.

Every longer itinerary, Istanbul with Antalya among them, is listed among our routes through several regions.

Your private car and airport transfers

All packages come with a Mercedes Vito, or a comparable vehicle, for the airport runs, used by your group alone. If you arrange the flights and hotel yourself but still want a car, our airport transfers in Istanbul are charged per car for a maximum of six passengers. We greet you at arrivals and track your flight, and reaching a central hotel normally takes 45 to 90 minutes. We also price a Vito with driver for 8 hours around the city per car.

Bigger families usually find two cars simpler than one large van on the narrow streets of old Istanbul. Request child seats at booking; we supply them on request, but they are not in the car as standard. If you would like an upgrade, the luxury vehicles appear on the same Istanbul transfers page.

Food, shopping and the best months

Nearly every restaurant in Turkey serves halal meat, and pork seldom appears on menus. Some places do serve alcohol, so let us know if you would like tour-day lunches at restaurants that do not. The Grand Bazaar is shut on Sundays. When the first day of Eid comes, many museums and the bazaars shut or shorten their hours, which is worth knowing since a large share of UAE visitors come over the Eid holidays. For more on shopping streets and day trips with the family, read our Istanbul guide for visitors from the Gulf.

Visitors from the UAE come in the largest numbers in July and August, when hotel prices peak and the Old City is packed in the mornings. April, May, September and October cost less and suit the Cappadocia balloons and Ephesus better. From December to February it is cold and rainy. Cappadocia under snow looks lovely, but more balloon flights get cancelled.

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