Turkey Tour Packages from Jordan 2027: Istanbul, Trabzon and Cappadocia from $699

Turkey tour packages from Jordan start with us at $699 per person (about 496 Jordanian dinars) for 4 days in Istanbul with the hotel, airport pick-up, a full guided day in the Old City and a Bosphorus cruise, and Jordanian passport holders need no visa for tourist stays of up to 90 days. The flight from Amman to Istanbul takes about 2 hours 40 minutes, and the two countries keep the same clock all year. Every option, from a long weekend to 8 days with Cappadocia or Antalya, is on our Turkey tour packages page.

We are a TÜRSAB-licensed A-group agency, no. 15751, and have run private tours in Istanbul since 2010. Families from Amman, Irbid and Zarqa tend to ask us the same questions: is the food halal, where do we pray on Friday, does the guide speak Arabic, and is Trabzon worth the extra flight. This page answers them with our real prices, then sets out a 7-day family plan.

Turkey tour packages from Jordan: prices and what is included

Every package in the table below is private: your family, your guide and your driver, with no strangers on the bus. Prices are per person with two sharing a room, and they include hotels with breakfast, airport transfers both ways, guided days with lunch and entrance tickets. International flights from Amman are not included, so you can book Royal Jordanian, Turkish Airlines or Pegasus on whatever dates fit your leave.

The cheapest way in is our 4-day Istanbul package: a middle-class hotel in Sultanahmet, the Old City with Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapı Palace and the Grand Bazaar, and half a day on the Bosphorus. Families who want more time usually pick one of our Istanbul tour packages of 6 or 8 days, which add Dolmabahçe Palace and the Asian shore and leave afternoons free for shopping.

Prices vary by season, hotel and what's included, so ask us for today's price. The dinar figures use the fixed rate of 0.709 dinars to the dollar and are rounded, and the Eid weeks, July and August cost more because hotels raise their rates.

Do Jordanians need a visa for Turkey?

No. According to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, holders of ordinary Jordanian passports are exempt from visas for tourist trips, up to 90 days within any 180-day period counted from the first entry. You do not need an e-visa either: you hand over your passport at passport control in Istanbul and walk through.

Two practical points. Make sure your passport is valid for several months beyond your return date, and carry your return ticket and hotel booking, because the officer may ask to see them. Rules can change, so check evisa.gov.tr or the Turkish Embassy in Amman before booking.

If some family members hold another nationality, such as residents of Jordan with Syrian, Iraqi or Egyptian passports, their rules are different and each must check for their own passport. We ask about this on every family booking so that nobody gets a surprise at the airport.

Direct flights from Amman to Istanbul, Antalya and Trabzon

Istanbul is the easy one. Turkish Airlines and Royal Jordanian fly daily from Queen Alia Airport (AMM) to the new Istanbul Airport (IST), and Pegasus flies to Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) on the Asian side. Scheduled time is 2 hours 35 to 2 hours 45 minutes; Royal Jordanian's evening flight RJ163, for example, leaves Amman at 17:55 and lands at 20:30.

Direct flights to Trabzon and Antalya are mostly seasonal, from early summer into autumn. Outside those months you connect in Istanbul: the domestic flight to Trabzon takes 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours, and to Antalya about 1 hour 20 minutes. Seasonal timetables change every year, so check the airline's website before you fix your dates.

Which Istanbul airport you land at matters more than people think. The drive from the airport to your hotel takes 45 to 90 minutes depending on traffic, and Sabiha Gökçen is usually the longer ride in evening traffic. Our car meets you at either airport, with the driver holding a sign with your name.

There is no time difference: Jordan moved to UTC+3 all year in 2022, and Turkey has kept the same time since 2016, so the children's sleep and the prayer times you are used to stay as they are.

A 7-day family plan: Istanbul and Trabzon

This is the plan we suggest most often to Jordanian families in summer: four days in Istanbul on the package, then three days on the Black Sea. Drives are short, afternoons leave room for a rest or a park, and it ends in the green mountains that many families come for.

• Day 1: land at IST or SAW, private transfer to the hotel, evening walk in Sultanahmet Square.
• Day 2: guided Old City tour with Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Hippodrome and Topkapı Palace, lunch included.
• Day 3: Bosphorus cruise, Dolmabahçe Palace and tea in Ortaköy, then free time at the Grand Bazaar.
• Day 4: free morning, prayer at Eyüp Sultan Mosque and the cable car up to Pierre Loti hill, then an evening flight to Trabzon.
• Day 5: Trabzon city tour with Trabzon's Hagia Sophia, the Atatürk Mansion and Boztepe hill.
• Day 6: Uzungöl day trip by way of the Karester and Lustra highlands.
• Day 7: fly home to Amman, direct in summer or via Istanbul.

The Istanbul part is the 4-day package at $699, and the two Trabzon days start from $75 and $80 per person. The Trabzon hotel and the domestic flight are not included, and we can book both for you. The whole combination is explained on our Istanbul and Trabzon package page.

Halal food and prayer times in Turkey

Nearly all meat sold in Turkey is slaughtered the Islamic way, and pork is hard to find even if you go looking for it. What needs attention is alcohol, which many restaurants serve, and a few international chains and hotel buffets. Kebab houses, lokanta canteens with their trays of home cooking, and fish restaurants on the Bosphorus are all easy choices. Our guides pick lunch places with this in mind.

Turkish breakfast is a family meal in its own right: white cheese, olives, tomatoes, eggs, honey with clotted cream (kaymak) and endless tea. Istanbul has a whole street of breakfast cafés in Beşiktaş, packed on Friday and Saturday mornings, so arrive before ten.

Mosques are everywhere, and the call to prayer is heard across the city five times a day. The Blue Mosque closes to visitors at each prayer and for longer at Friday noon, but you can go in to pray with the congregation. Hagia Sophia is a mosque again: worshippers enter the ground floor free for prayer, while foreign tourists visit the upper gallery with a ticket of 25 euros. On tour days we plan around Friday prayer so the men in your family do not miss it.

Trabzon and Uzungöl: why Arab families love the Black Sea

For many travellers from Jordan and the Gulf, Turkey means Trabzon as much as Istanbul. The reason is simple: in July, when Amman is baking, the Black Sea coast is green, misty, much cooler and far more humid.

Uzungöl is the classic day out: a small lake with a mosque on its shore, hotels and tea houses climbing the slopes, and restaurants serving trout. It gets very crowded on summer weekends and during Eid, and rain is common even in August, so pack a light jacket. Our private Uzungöl trip lasts 7 to 8 hours with hotel pick-up.

In the city itself stands Trabzon's own Hagia Sophia, a 13th-century Byzantine church, and about an hour inland the Sumela Monastery clings to a cliff. Three days in Trabzon are enough to see all of this without rushing.

Istanbul with Cappadocia or Antalya

If your family has seen Istanbul before, add a second region. Our Premium Istanbul and Cappadocia package (6 days, from $1,250) includes the domestic flights to Cappadocia, the Red and Green Tours and the Kaymaklı underground city. A sunrise balloon flight is an optional extra; each balloon company sets its own minimum age for children, and flights are cancelled in strong wind.

In summer the Istanbul and Antalya package (8 days, from $1,980) adds the Mediterranean: the Kaleiçi old town, the Düden waterfalls and a boat trip to Suluada island. Antalya is very hot in July and August, so it suits families who want the sea and a pool rather than long walks. The Private Turkey Tour Package (8 days, from $2,250) combines Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus and Pamukkale and works best for adults and teenagers who enjoy history.

Compare every route on our Turkey tour packages page, or start with a few Istanbul tours if you prefer to book flights and hotels yourself.

Best time to travel: Eid 2027, summer and winter

Most Jordanian families travel in three windows. Eid al-Fitr 2027 is expected around 9 March and Eid al-Adha around 16 May; both dates depend on the moon sighting, and the Jordanian government announces the length of the holiday shortly before. March is cool and often wet in Istanbul, fine for museums but not for the Black Sea. Mid-May is one of the best weeks of the year, mild by day and warm enough in the evening for a Bosphorus cruise.

The summer school holidays bring the biggest demand. July and August are hot and crowded in Istanbul and hotel prices peak, while Trabzon and Uzungöl are at their best. Sultanahmet hotels for Eid week fill months ahead, and fares from Amman climb steeply.

From November to February Istanbul is quiet and cheaper, and snow may cover Cappadocia, a sight many Jordanian families ask for by name. Winter days are short, so we start tours earlier.

Arabic-speaking guide and how to book

Arabic is listed among the guide languages on our Istanbul packages, and on private day tours it is available on request and confirmed when you book; the details are on our Arabic-speaking guide in Istanbul page.

Booking is simple. Choose a package or a private Istanbul tour, send us your dates and the children's ages, and we confirm the hotels and the guide in writing. There is no deposit: you book now and pay later, and free cancellation applies as stated on each tour page.

For a quote in Arabic or English, message us on WhatsApp or write through our contact page. Tell us how many adults and children, which Eid or month, and if Trabzon is on your list, and we will send you a plan and today's price for our Istanbul packages.

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