7 Days 6 Nights Turkey Cultural Tour

When you arrive to Istanbul, you will be picked up from the airport and drive to your hotel.

Visited Sights:  The Old city  “Sultanahmet”  – Grand Bazaar – Blue Mosque – Hagia Sophia – Hippodrome – Obelisk of Theodosius – German Fountain of Wilhelm II  – Serpentine Column – TopkapiPalace
After breakfast enjoy a full-day tour of “Sultan Ahmet Center”, the heart of the “Old City” from where the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires were ruled. Start with a visit to the Hagia Sophia, one of the greatest marvels of architecture. Then continue with the majestic Blue Mosque, famous with it’s blue Iznik tiles. See the historical Hippodrome of ancient times, Serpentine Column, Obelisk of Theodosius and German Fountain of Wilhelm II are the monuments decorating the Hippodrome.  After lunch, proceed with Grand Covered Bazaar, the most attractive shopping center and the biggest “souk” in the world . Final visit to Topkapı Palace, residence of Ottoman Sultans exhibiting imperial treasury. After tour transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

Please Note: St. Sophia Museum is closed on Mondays, Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays and The Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays.

Highlights:

Cruise on the Marmara Sea
Heybeliada
Lunch
Buyukada
Cruise back to Istanbul
Back to hotels

We will pick you up from the hotel and you will go by ferry to that magnificent islands.

Buyukada, the largest and most visited island in Istanbul. The most important and charming side of all these islands is that there is no traffic jam, even, there are no any autos, motorcycles etc.You can only see bicycles and horse drawn carriages around you, called phaetons which will be used by us to tour the island and the scenery  with arty mansions draped with purple and white bougainvilleas flowers, fragrant of more inactive and admirable era.

At the end of the tour. You will be transfered to your hotel.

Early in the morning, you will picked up our Professional tour guide

Spice Bazaar: It opened the doors in 1664 with wide variety of products. Here is the ideal place to find Turkish delights, spices, saffron, the best Turkish coffee, tea and much more. Enjoy shopping in the ancient and mystical atmosphere during free time.

Bosphorus Cruise: get ready to see these beautiful moments in the Bosporus Strait which is a natural canal between two continents: Asia and Europe. There will be chance to witness the incredible views of both side from the ship, including Dolmabahce palace, Ortakoy district, some of the best and most expensive villas in the world and much more. Our boat will also cross from under the hanging bridge that was built in 1973 to connect Asia and Europe.

Rumeli Hisari is historical construction that built by Mehmet the Conqueror. It took 4 months to built it before Mehmet conqured Istanbul.

Our tour guide will show you the places around the Bosphorus. You can see the magnificent buildings during the boat trip.

At the end of the tour you will be transfered to the Airport to fly Kayeri for Cappadocia Tour.

We will pick you up from hotel with our Professional tour guide. We will go directly Goreme Panoramic View Point. Our Professional Tour Guide will give you all information about Cappadocia and explain all details. You can see amazing Goreme view and almost all Cappadocia and take magnificent photos.

The next stop will be Derinkuyu Underground City which biggest, deepest and largets underground city in Cappadocia. The most biggest Underground city has 8 levels at the under of ground. There are different sections on the each level like kitchen, sitting room, rest room, missionary schools, tombs and more. Your guide will explain to you all details about that underground city.

Get ready to visit Ihlara Valley. Here is the biggest and deepest canyon of Cappadocia. We will visit Agacalti Church. Then start to walk nearby Melendiz River through the Belisırma village placed in Ihlara Valley almost 3 km.

After lunch we drive to Selime Monastery. Here is also known as a cathedral and oldest cathedral of Cappadocia. You will see kitchen, missionary school, church, small churches while visiting here.

Almost one hour later we will arrive Uchisar, Pigeon Valley. You can see unique panoramic view of Pigeon Valley, take photos, explore hundreds of pigeon houses, feed the pigeons.

After tour we drop you your hotel or wherever you want.

We will pick you up from hotel with our Professional tour guide. We will go directly Uchisar Castle. Our Professional Tour Guide will give you all information about Cappadocia and explain all details. You can see amazing Cappadocia view and take magnificent photos.

Our next stop will be Goreme Open Air Museum which is a member of  Unesco World Heritage List. There are gorgeous churches from Byzantine Orthodox. Get ready to see amazing frescoes and mosaics from the Bible.

After lunch time, you will visit Avanos. Avanos was center of terracota arts in B.C. 2000 Hittite times. You will see traditional pottery demonstration art. The clay used in pottery demonstrationis getting from passing heart of town Kizilirmak which second longest river of Turkey known as holy in antique times.

Then we visit Pasabagi (Monks Valley) the mushroom shaped fairy chimneys with twin and even triple rock caps are very unique even for Cappadocia. The next stop is Devrent Valley which is famous for its unique landscape.

Our last stop will be Love Valley. You will see a another unique rock formation in Cappadocia. Now it is time to back your hotel and we take you back to your hotel or wherever you want.

After breakfast you will have free time until we depart to airport for our domestic flight to Istanbul and then switch to international terminal to catch home-bound flight.