Turkey Tour Packages from Sydney and Melbourne 2027: Flights, Prices

A Turkey tour package from Sydney or Melbourne starts with a one-stop flight of about 20 to 22 hours to Istanbul, because no airline flies nonstop between Australia and Turkey, followed by 8 to 15 days on a tour that begins in Istanbul. Our 14-day group tour through Troy, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Antalya and Cappadocia, with Gallipoli on the first day, costs from US$2,093 per person, about A$3,076, with 13 hotel nights, two domestic flights, two intercity coach journeys, guided touring and the listed lunches; you book the flight from Australia yourself. Below: the packages in Australian dollars, the flights from Sydney and Melbourne, and the package that fits each NSW and Victorian school holiday in 2027.

Our prices are set in US dollars. The Australian dollar figures are approximate, converted at the Reserve Bank of Australia rate for 13 November 2026 (A$1 = US$0.6804), so the amount in Australian dollars on the day you pay may differ.

Turkey tour packages from Sydney and Melbourne: 2027 prices in AUD

Every package below starts in Istanbul and is priced without the international flight, so the figure is the cost of the trip on the ground. All the group tours except Turkey Highlights list daily departures with no minimum group size (ask us for Highlights dates); the private tours are for your party alone.

Three points matter when you fly from Australia. The 10-day group tour starts lower than the 8-day, US$1,410 against US$1,464, and gives Cappadocia two nights instead of one. The 14-day tour has no arrival day: it begins with a 06:30 to 07:00 pick-up at your Istanbul hotel, so you need a night in Istanbul before Day 1, which is not in the price. And on Turkey Highlights the Istanbul Old City tour (US$120), the Spice Bazaar and Bosphorus cruise (US$115) and the Ephesus tour (US$95) are optional; with all three it comes to about US$2,000.

For comparison, Wendy Wu Tours listed its 17-day Treasures of Turkey on 14 November 2026 from A$11,390 per person, including return flights from Australia and most meals; ours include neither, so add your fare and dinners before comparing. For two people, our 14-day tour comes to US$4,186, about A$6,152, before flights.

Flights to Istanbul from Sydney and Melbourne

No airline flies nonstop between Australia and Turkey. Turkish Airlines flies from both cities to Istanbul Airport under one flight number, stopping in Singapore, on an Airbus A350-900. The timetable operating in November 2026, from Sydney Airport's and Istanbul Airport's flight information and FlightAware's schedules, in local times:

At Sydney, Turkish Airlines uses Terminal 1. Schedules change between seasons, so check the days and times for your own dates before you book.

Photo: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0 au, via Wikimedia Commons

The alternatives each mean a change of plane at the airline's hub:

• Emirates via Dubai. On Emirates' route pages, EK415 leaves Sydney at 06:00 and connects in Dubai to EK121, landing at Istanbul Airport at 18:30 the same day, 20 h 30 min in all; from Melbourne, EK409 at 06:15 makes the same connection in 20 h 15 min.
• Qatar Airways via Doha. QR909 was scheduled out of Sydney at 22:10 on 14 November 2026, and Istanbul Airport listed Qatar Airways arrivals from Doha at 12:20 and 18:40 that day.
• Etihad via Abu Dhabi. EY455 was scheduled out of Sydney at 21:30 the same day, and Istanbul Airport listed Etihad's EY541 from Abu Dhabi at 12:50.
• Singapore Airlines via Singapore. Its own page gives 8 h 15 min to 8 h 30 min from Sydney to Singapore, or 7 h 50 min to 8 h from Melbourne, plus 11 h 15 min to Istanbul, before the connection. Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide connect the same way.

All of these land at Istanbul Airport (IST), on the European side. Fares change daily, so book the flight once we have confirmed your tour dates in writing. Smartraveller rates the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, like Türkiye, "exercise a high degree of caution" (both in versions updated on 8 October 2026), so check the advice for your transit hub before you book.

Matching your flight to the package

• 8- and 10-day group tours. Day 1 is only the airport pick-up, at Istanbul Airport or Sabiha Gökçen, and the drive to your hotel, so an 11:10 or 11:45 landing leaves the afternoon to rest. On the last day you are driven to the airport at a time set by your flight, which suits the 15:20 Sydney and 17:20 Melbourne departures.
• 14-day group tour. Day 1 starts at 06:30 to 07:00 at your Istanbul hotel, so land a day early and add a night and a private airport transfer, from US$60 per group (about A$88) for up to six passengers. On Day 14 you are driven to Istanbul Airport or Sabiha Gökçen, depending on your flight.
• Days of the week. TK23 does not leave Sydney on Mondays or Wednesdays, and TK169 leaves Melbourne only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The 8-day Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Ephesus tour, both 10-day tours and the 14-day tour depart every day, so set the tour date around the flight.

Our guide to Istanbul Airport transfers compares the ways into the city.

School holidays in NSW and Victoria in 2027, and the package that fits

The two states' calendars barely overlap in autumn 2027. Dates are for NSW government schools (Eastern division) and Victorian government schools.

New South Wales

• Summer 2026–27: Friday 18 December 2026 to Wednesday 27 January 2027; students return on Wednesday 3 February. It is winter in Turkey; see Christmas in Turkey and Turkey in January.
• Autumn: holidays Monday 12 to Friday 23 April 2027, but with the Anzac Day public holiday on Monday 26 April and school development days on 27 and 28 April, students are out from Saturday 10 to Wednesday 28 April: 19 days, enough for the 14-day tour, with Anzac Day inside the break.
• Winter: students are out from Saturday 3 July to Monday 19 July (holidays 5 to 16 July). The 10-day tour fits.
• Spring: students are out from Saturday 25 September to Sunday 10 October. The 8- or 10-day tour fits.
• Summer 2027–28: holidays start on Tuesday 21 December 2027; the last student day is Friday 17 December.

Victoria

• Summer 2026–27: Monday 21 December 2026 to Wednesday 27 January 2027.
• Autumn: Term 1 ends on Thursday 25 March and Term 2 starts on Monday 12 April, so the break runs from Good Friday, 26 March, to Sunday 11 April, 17 days. The 10-day tour fits easily; the 14-day tour only if the flights line up on the first and last days.
• Winter: Saturday 26 June to Sunday 11 July. Spring: Saturday 18 September to Sunday 3 October. Term 4 ends on Friday 17 December 2027.

So only the NSW school break covers Anzac Day 2027, and the two autumn breaks share just the weekend of 10 and 11 April. Without children in school, Easter (26 to 29 March 2027) and, in NSW, the King's Birthday on 14 June and Labour Day on 4 October cut the leave a trip needs. For the weather, see the best time to visit Turkey.

What the package price includes, group or private

• Group tours, 8, 10 and 14 days: hotel nights and breakfasts, the domestic flights with 15 kg of checked and 8 kg of cabin baggage, the transfers in the itinerary, guided touring, the entrance fees listed and the lunches listed. Dinners and drinks at lunch are extra. The 8-day tour offers a guide in English, Spanish or Italian; the 14-day tour is guided in English.
• Turkey Highlights, 8 days: seven nights in 4- or 5-star hotels, breakfasts, domestic flights, transfers, the Pamukkale visit, both guided days in Cappadocia and the admission fees in the itinerary; lunches, dinners and the three optional tours are extra.
• Private 8-day tour: your own English-speaking guide and transport on touring days, mid-range hotels with breakfast confirmed with you, lunch on each touring day, every domestic flight and airport transfer, and entry tickets for every museum and site.
• Private Best of Turkey, 15 days: mid-range hotels with breakfast, lunch on each tour day, every domestic flight and airport transfer and entry tickets for all museums and sights, plus a hammam, a Bosphorus lunch cruise and a Turkish night with dinner. It ends at Antalya Airport, so fly home from Antalya or ask us to add a flight to Istanbul.
• Not included on any of them: your flight from Australia, travel insurance, the Cappadocia balloon and personal spending. A balloon only flies when the weather allows; our page on hot air balloon rides in Cappadocia explains the options.

Museum fees rise on 1 April 2027 (Ephesus from €40 to €45, see our 2027 museum prices); on these packages the entrance fees listed in each itinerary are in the price. Before you pay anything, we check the flights and hotels for your dates and send the plan in writing.

Gallipoli and Anzac Day from Sydney

Gallipoli is Day 1 of the 14-day tour: Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, Anzac Cove, Ari Burnu, Lone Pine, Johnston's Jolly, Shrapnel Valley, the Turkish Memorial, The Nek and Chunuk Bair, then a night in Çanakkale. With any other package, add our Gallipoli day tour from Istanbul, from US$134 per person (about A$197): a group day with a licensed English-speaking guide and lunch in Eceabat, leaving at 06:30 and back around 21:00, every day of the week. Anzac Day 2027 falls on Sunday 25 April, inside the NSW autumn break; the Dawn Service needs a free personal pass, and our Anzac Day 2027 page explains it with a week plan. Travelling with New Zealanders? Our Turkey trips from New Zealand page covers their side. For other ways to see the peninsula, read Gallipoli tours from Istanbul and Is Gallipoli worth visiting?

Visa, time difference and money

• Visa. Ordinary Australian passports have needed no visa for tourism or transit since 17 April 2026, for up to 90 days in any 180; passport validity, PR holders and travel documents are covered on our Turkey visa for Australians page.
• Time difference. Turkey keeps UTC+3 all year. It is 8 hours behind Sydney and Melbourne until daylight saving ends on Sunday 4 April 2027, then 7 hours behind until it starts again on Sunday 3 October 2027.
• Money. Turkey uses the lira. Smartraveller says most services accept credit cards and ATMs are widely available, but some taxis may not take foreign cards; see our guide to money in Turkey.
• Insurance. Smartraveller notes there is no agreement between Australia and Türkiye for free healthcare, so take out comprehensive travel insurance, and check that it covers a balloon flight if you plan one.
• Greece as well? See Turkey and Greece tours from Australia for the 13- to 20-day routes.

Tours that cover this

• 14-day Turkey tour with Gallipoli, Troy, Antalya and Cappadocia: from US$2,093 per person (about A$3,076). Group tour, daily departures.
• Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Ephesus, 10 days: from US$1,410 per person (about A$2,072). Two nights in Cappadocia.
• Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Ephesus, 8 days: from US$1,464 per person (about A$2,152). Three domestic flights.
• Private Turkey tour, 8 days: from US$2,250 per person (about A$3,307). Your own guide.
• Gallipoli day tour from Istanbul: from US$134 per person (about A$197).

No prepayment needed: pay on the tour day.

Send us your dates on WhatsApp at +90 545 307 67 88, with your flight times if you have them, and we will send a written plan for the 14-day tour or whichever route suits you. For the wider picture, see our Turkey packages from Australia, two-week routes compared and Turkey tour package prices, or ask for a tailor-made Turkey tour.

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