Private As We Travel 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.

You will spend the night in Istanbul.

Day 2: Full Day 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 (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 for a full-day North Cappadocia Tour.

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 (B, L)

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

Following your breakfast, 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.

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

You will spend the night in Cappadocia.

Day 5: Transfer to Pamukkale via Konya (B)

Following your breakfast and your check-out from the hotel, we will depart for Pamukkale.

On our way, we will visit Konya, which has been a home for the first Christian settlement and sanctuaries, also known as the embraced home of Rumi (Mevlana), the Sufic spiritualist who established the Whirling Dervish. Besides, Konya was one of the most vital exchanging centers on the Silk Road in the past. You will stop at Mevlana Rumi Museum.

In the end, we will arrive in Pamukkale to check in for your hotel.

You will spend the night in Pamukkale.

Note: There will not be a guide but our driver will be accompanying you on this day, and lunch is not included in your program. There are a variety of options close to Mevlana Museum to enjoy local flavors (Sifa Restaurant, Bolu Restaurant, Nezih Konya Mutfagi, etc.) and our driver can direct you if you like.

Day 6: 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 a beautiful hotel/resort in Kusadasi to check-in.

You will spend the night in Kusadasi.

Day 7: 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 8: Departure from Istanbul (B)

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

We will end this memorable journey here.