20 Days Private Western Turkey Tour Package

Our representative meets you at Istanbul Airport with a name sign and takes you to your hotel by private van.

After check-in the rest of the day is free to explore Istanbul on your own. Overnight in Istanbul.

Your guide meets you in your hotel lobby to begin the Old City tour. You will visit:

• Highlights of Topkapi Palace Museum
• Hippodrome / Sultanahmet Square
• Hagia Sophia
• Blue Mosque
• Grand Bazaar

At the end of the tour your guide accompanies you back to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

Your guide meets you in your hotel lobby or at the cruise port to begin the Bosphorus tour:

• Spice Market
• Bosphorus Cruise: by public ferry between the European and Asian shores, passing Galata Tower, Dolmabahce Palace, Beylerbeyi Palace, Rumeli Fortress, old Ottoman mansions, the Bosphorus Bridge and waterfront mosques.
• Dolmabahce Palace
• Taksim Square
• Cicek Passage
• Istiklal Street

*Please let us know if you would prefer a private yacht for the Bosphorus cruise.

At the end of the tour your guide accompanies you back to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

Your private guide and van pick you up at 8:00 am for Troy and Canakkale, the legendary home of Helen and the Trojan Horse. You will visit:

• The Trojan Horse
• Troy Museum
• The sacrificial altars
• The 3,700-year-old city walls
• The houses of Troy I
• The Bouleuterion (Senate Building)
• The Odeon (Concert Hall)
• Remains of the successive cities from Troy I to Troy IX

After the tour you are taken to your hotel in Canakkale. Overnight in Canakkale.

Your guide meets you in the hotel lobby. You will visit:

• Pergamon Ancient City
• The Asclepion
• The Altar of Zeus
• The Acropolis
• The Red Basilica
• Sirince village

After the tour you are taken to your hotel in Kusadasi. Overnight in Kusadasi.

Your guide picks you up from your Kusadasi hotel and introduces the history of Ephesus before you explore the ancient city. With your guide's explanations you will visit:

• Great Theater
• Celsus Library
• Temple of Hadrian
• Harbor Street
• Terrace Houses
• House of the Virgin Mary
• Isa Bey Mosque

After the tour your guide and driver drop you off at your hotel. Overnight in Kusadasi.

At 9:00 am your guide meets you at the hotel. Today you visit:

• Priene: one of the best-preserved Greek cities in the world.
• Miletus: home of a famous school of philosophy, with a remarkably well-preserved theatre.
• Temple of Apollo at Didyma: the seat of a famous oracle, once linked to Miletus by a sacred road.

After the tour you return to your hotel. Overnight in Kusadasi.

Your guide meets you at the hotel for the Laodicea tour. You will visit:

• Laodicea
• Temple of Zeus
• Theatre
• Monumental Fountain
• Caracalla Fountain
• Odeon
• Church
• Syria Avenue
• Gymnasium and Stadium
• Aphrodisias Ancient City

After the tour you are taken to your hotel in Pamukkale. Overnight in Pamukkale.

At 9:00 am your private guide and driver pick you up for the Pamukkale tour, home to the natural calcium pools formed by thermal water.

You will visit:

• The calcium pools
• Necropolis
• Roman Baths
• Domitian Gate
• Latrina
• Frontinus Street
• Agora
• Byzantium Gate
• Triton Fountain
• Cathedral
• Temple of Apollo
• Plutonium (explained from outside because of ongoing excavations)
• Theater
• Hierapolis

(Optional, extra cost) If time allows, you can swim in the Cleopatra Pool.

After the tour you are driven to Dalyan. Overnight in Dalyan.

Your guide meets you in the hotel lobby. You will enjoy:

• A boat ride through Dalyan's canals
• The ancient city of Kaunos
• The Lycian rock tombs
• Iztuzu Beach, home to sea turtles

After the tour you are taken to your hotel in Fethiye. Overnight in Fethiye.

Your guide meets you in the hotel lobby. With your guide's explanations you visit:

• Xanthos Ancient City
• Patara Ancient City
• Letoon Ancient City

At the end of the tour you return to your hotel in Fethiye. Overnight in Fethiye.

You are picked up from your hotel for a 3-day Blue Cruise: time to relax, swim in the crystal-clear Mediterranean and enjoy wonderful views.

Today you visit:

• Butterfly Valley
• Oludeniz (the Blue Lagoon)

The gulet anchors at St. Nicholas Island. Overnight on board.

Today you visit:

• Kas
• Kekova Island

The gulet anchors in a bay between Kas and Kekova. Overnight on board.

Today you visit:

• The Kekova Sunken City
• Myra
• The coves of Demre

The gulet anchors below Simena Castle. Overnight on board.

After breakfast you return to Cayagzi harbour at around 10:30-11:00 am, where your driver and guide meet you and take you to Antalya.

You will visit:

• The Old Town of Antalya
• Duden Waterfalls

At the end of the tour you are taken to your hotel. Overnight in Antalya.

At 10:00 am your private guide and driver pick you up. You will visit:

• Perge: an ancient Pamphylian city on the route of St. Paul, including its stadium.
• Aspendos Theatre: one of the most complete Roman theatres in the world.
• Manavgat Waterfalls
• Side and its beautiful streets

After the tour you are driven back to your hotel. Overnight in Antalya.

At 9:00 am your private guide and driver pick you up for the drive from Antalya to Cappadocia via the spiritual city of Konya. On the way you have time to see the centre of Konya.

It is a long drive from Antalya. Your guide tells you about the sites along the way.

In Konya you visit:

• Mevlana Museum
• Karatay Madrasa
• Ince Minaret Madrasa

After lunch in Konya you continue to Cappadocia and are taken to your hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.

(Optional) Early in the morning you are picked up for a one-hour hot air balloon flight over the valleys of Cappadocia. After landing there is a small celebration in the valley and a flight certificate ceremony, and then you are taken back to your hotel for breakfast.

At 10:00 am your private guide and driver pick you up for the North Cappadocia tour, which includes:

• Uchisar Castle
• Goreme Open Air Museum
• Avanos
• Valley of Monks (Pasabag)
• Devrent Valley

After the tour your guide and driver drop you off at your hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.

Your private guide and driver meet you at your hotel at 10:00 am for the South Cappadocia tour. With your guide's explanations you will visit:

• Kaymakli Underground City
• Rose Valley
• Love Valley
• Pigeon Valley
• Ortahisar Castle
• Mustafapasa (Sinasos)

After the tour you are transferred to the airport for your flight to Istanbul. Our representative meets you on arrival with a name sign and takes you to your hotel by private van. Overnight in Istanbul.

A free day in Istanbul to explore the city at your own pace. You are transferred to Istanbul Airport in time for your international flight.

This is the end of our service. Thank you for travelling with us; we look forward to welcoming you again.