8-day Best Of Turkey Tour From Istanbul: Pamukkale, Bursa, Troy, Gallipoli, Ephesus

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Day 1: Istanbul

Pass By: Historic Areas of Istanbul, Istanbul Turkey
Welcome to Istanbul! You will be transferred to your hotel and the remainder of the day is yours, free to explore.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at Sirkeci Mansion Hotel, a boutique hotel in Istanbul

Day 2: Istanbul Old City

Stop At: Hagia Sophia Museum, Ayasofya Square, Sultanahmet, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
After breakfast, you enjoy a fully guided tour of the only city to span two continents, visiting the Blue Mosque, St Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace and the Hippodrome.

Cruise between two continents on the stretch of water that separates Europe from Asia in the afternoon with an optional 'Half day Bosphorous cruise'.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
โ€ข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Sirkeci Mansion Hotel, a boutique hotel in Istanbul

Day 3: Gallipoli Battlefields

Stop At: Gallipoli Battlefield, Eceabat Turkey
One of the most emotionally touching places in Turkey, today we visit the WW1 Battlefields of Gallipoli including Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair Memorials, ANZAC Cove, The Nek, Johnston's Jolly, original trenches and tunnels.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
โ€ข Breakfast
โ€ข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at MD Barbaros Hotel, a special class hotel in Canakkale

Day 4: Troy, Acropolis of Pergamum

Stop At: Troy (Truva), Tevfikiye Koyu, Intepe, Canakkale Turkey
This morning, step back in time as we visit Troy, home of the famed Trojan Horse and then tour the magnificent acropolis of Pergamum. Its impressive temples and library made Pergamum a renowned cultural and political centre in its time.
Duration: 7 hours

Meals included:
โ€ข Breakfast
โ€ข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel, a boutique hotel in Kusadasi

Day 5: Ephesus, Kusadasi

Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
Absorb yourself in history today with a guided tour of Ephesus and a visit to the site of the Temple of Artemis. Feel the mystical atmosphere of the ancient city and theatre before continuing to the former Greek village of Sirince, famous for its fruit wines. Carpet weaving has long traditions in Turkey and at the carpet village we learn how the carpets are made by hand and what determines their value.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
โ€ข Breakfast
โ€ข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel, a boutique hotel in Kusadasi

Day 6: Pamukkale, Hierapolis

Stop At: Pamukkale Thermal Pools, Pamukkale Turkey
This morning we will enjoy a display of locally handcrafted leather goods before heading to the magnificent white calcium terraces, known as Travertines, in Pamukkale where we also tour the ancient city of Hierapolis. Take a dip, amongst ancient columns, in the hot springs that were used in Roman times for their therapeutic powers.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
โ€ข Breakfast
โ€ข Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Colossae Thermal Hotel, a 4 star hotel in Pamukkale

Day 7: Flight back to Istanbul

Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Today you head back to Istanbul. You will be transferred to the airport for your flight and be back in Istanbul, where you will be met and transferred to your hotel in time for a bit of last-minute shopping or exploring.

Meals included:
โ€ข Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at Sirkeci Mansion, a boutique hotel in Istanbul

Day 8: Istanbul

Pass By: Istanbul Airport, Tayakadฤฑn, Tayakadฤฑn ฤฐhsaniye Yolu No:1, 34283 Arnavutkรถy/ฤฐstanbul, Turkey
After breakfast our tour concludes and we say goodbye to our new friends and are transferred to the airport for your onward flight.

Meals included:
โ€ข Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.

Tour leaving from Istanbul

Istanbul was first known historically as Byzantium and then as Constantinople. This is the most populated city in Turkey, and the historical, cultural and economic center of the country. The Bosphorus is one of its main features, this is a strait that divides the city in two, as well as it separates physically Asia from Europe.

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