Private Five Places Turkey Tour

Day 1: Arrive in Istanbul

Upon your arrival in Istanbul, we will welcome you and you’ll be transferred to your hotel. You may spend the rest of your day free to relax.

Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 2: Istanbul Old City Walking Tour (B, L)

Following your breakfast, we will pick you from your hotel for a full-day Istanbul Old City Walking Tour in Sultanahmet.

Highlights you will visit: Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque, Hagia Sophia, The Hippodrome, The Obelisk of Theodosius, Serpent Column, German Fountain, Grand Bazaar, Topkapi Palace, Hagia Eirene Church.

In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel.

You will spend the night in Istanbul.

Day 3: Flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia – Full Day North Cappadocia (Red) Tour (B, L)

Early in the morning, you will be transferred to the airplane terminal from your hotel for a flight to Cappadocia. Upon your arrival to Cappadocia, we will welcome and transfer you to our office before your full-day North Cappadocia Tour starts.

Highlights you will visit: Goreme Open Air Museum consisting of five Byzantine Orthodox churches, Devrent Valley, and Pasabag where you will see animal and fairy-tale like rock formations, the ancient towns of Urgup and Avanos – famous with its red clay pottery. You will have fun trying to make potteries after a small demonstration.

In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel.

You will spend the night in Cappadocia.

Day 4: Full Day South Cappadocia (Green) Tour – Bus from Cappadocia to Antalya (B, L)

Optional Hot Air Balloon Ride in Cappadocia is available on this day.

Following your breakfast and check-out from your hotel, your full-day South Cappadocia Tour will start.

Highlights: Hiking in Red & Rose Valley, Cavusin Village – one of the oldest settlements in the region with its cave houses, Love Valley, Kaymaklı Underground City, Pigeon Valley, and Uchisar Castle.

At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to our office to wait for your night bus for Antalya.

Late evening, you will be transferred to the local bus terminal to catch your 10 hours public night bus to Antalya.

Day 5: Full Day Perge, Aspendos Amphitheatre and Manavgat Waterfall Tour (L)

Upon your arrival at Antalya bus station, we will be waiting for you to transfer to our office before your full-day Perge, Aspendos Amphitheatre, and Manavgat Waterfall Tour starts.

Perge was an important city in ancient Pamphylia where there are important monumental structures from the Hellenistic period. It is believed that Perge was founded after the Trojan War by Greek settlers led by the seers Calchas and Mopsus.

Then we will go to Aspendos, the theater here is one of the Roman Empire’s greatest remaining pieces of architecture.

Later, we will visit one of the best Waterfalls in the Antalya region which is Manavgat Waterfall.

In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel.

You will spend the night in Antalya.

Day 6: Free Day to Discover Antalya (B)

Following your breakfast, you will have a whole free day to discover the beautiful city of Antalya.

You will spend the night in Antalya.

Day 7: Free Day to Discover Antalya (B)

Following your breakfast and check-out from your hotel, you will have a free day to discover the beautiful city of Antalya.

Late afternoon, we will transfer you to the local bus terminal to catch your 4-hour bus for Pamukkale.

Upon your arrival in Pamukkale, we will welcome and transfer you to your hotel.

You will spend the night in Pamukkale.

Day 8: Full Day Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tour (B, L)

Following your breakfast, and check-out from your hotel, the full-day Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tour will start.

Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) an unreal landscape, made up of mineral forests, petrified waterfalls, and a series of terraced basins. We will also visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hierapolis which is one of the sacred sites of Turkey, dates back thousands of years, also admire the white limestone terraces, known as travertines of Pamukkale.

We will see Necropolis – a large burial site generally it was located outside the settlement including the Sarcophagus of a general of Marcus Aurelius. You will a chance to swim in the famous Cleopatra Swimming Pool.

In the end, we will transfer you to your hotel in Kusadasi to check-in.

Overnight Kusadasi.

Day 9: Full Day Ephesus Tour – Flight from Izmir to Istanbul (B, L)

Right after your breakfast and check-out from your hotel, the full-day Ephesus Tour will start.

Highlights we will visit: Temple of Artemis – considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Library of Celsus – while most libraries serve only the function of archiving books and documents, this one served as the final resting place of Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, in whose honor the library was built, Ephesus Ancient City – with its marvelous highlights, The House of Virgin Mary – is believed to be where she lived and died.

Also, we will see old theatres, hammams, passing through the harbor.

In the end, we will transfer you to Izmir Airport for your flight to Istanbul.

We will welcome and transfer you to your hotel, upon your arrival.

You will spend the night in Istanbul.

Day 10: Departure from Istanbul (B)

Following your breakfast and check-out from your hotel, you will be transferred to the airport for your international departure flight depending on your flight departure time.

We will end this memorable journey here.