Travel Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival to Istanbul.
Welcome to Istanbul. Arrival in Istanbul and transfer to your hotel. We meet you at Istanbul Airports and transfer you to your Hotel located in the Old City area-Sultanahmet. According to your arrival time you can either check in to the hotel and relax or do an orriantation walking tour around the Hippodromme Square yourself.
Overnight in Istanbul
Day 2: Istanbul – Old City Tour (B,L)
After having breakfast at the Hotel, Our guide meets you and We start our day trip around 09:00 am
We see how old meets new when you visit Istanbul's five "must-see" historic sites. The sites include :
Begin with a visit to Topkapi Palace, the main residence of the Ottoman Sultans, with its jewel encrusted treasury and elegant four courts. After a lunch break, visit the main sights around Sultanahmet Square, including the famous Hagia Sophia Museum, once the largest church in the world for 1000 years, and decorated with stunning 6th century golden mosaics. Then visit the Blue Mosque, designed with 6 delicate minarets and a striking blue Iznik tiled interior. Nearby, take a stroll through the site of the ancient Hippodrome, once the sporting ground of chariots and political riots, and see the Egyptian Obelisk, Serpentine Column and Fountain of Wilhelm II. Finally, visit the Grand Bazaar, where you can shop or haggle with local merchants over unusual antiques, colorful spices, beautiful jewelry and richly textured fabrics.
End of tour return to hotel.
Overnight in Istanbul
Day 3: Bosphorus & Two Continets Tour (B,L)
This tour starts after breakfast, when you are picked up from the hotel or port by our private guide. Proceed to the mouth of the Golden Horn, to explore the bustling Egyptian Spice Market of 17th century origin - a colorful bazaar heaped with spices, Turkish sweets, dried foods and much more. Next we take a Bosphorus Cruise Sightseeing Boat Trip * (2 hr boat ride) up Istanbul's winding straits for a chance to relax and admire the shoreline of beautiful mosques, lavish palaces and decadent villas - you'll see Dolmabahce and Beylerbeyi Palaces, Ottoman summer mansions and Ortakoy mosque, the defensive Rumeli Fortress and Bosphorus Bridge - one of the world's largest suspension bridges, all alongside passing fishing boats, yachts, huge cargo ships and tankers. After a lunch break back on shore, we will visit the interior of the sumptuously decorated Dolmabahce Palace, the 19th century lavish Ottoman residence on the Bosphorus. Finally, the last stop on this Bosphorus river tour will be at the picturesque hill of Camlica, where you can enjoy a coffee and panoramic view of the passing boats on today's tour route from the beautiful cobbled square overlooking the Bosphorus.
End of tour return to hotel.
Overnight in Istanbul
Day 4 : Gallipoli Tour (B,L)
Gallipoli Daily Tour- Istanbul to Gallipoli
Pick up from the hotel at 06:30 am in Istanbul and drive to Gallipoli National Park. Lunch en route. Tour to;
Kabatepe War Museum is located within the Gallipoli Historic National Park there's an exhibit of photographs of soldiers, their uniforms, weapons, and other findings from the battlefields.
Anzac Cove is a small cove on the Gallipoli peninsula. It became famous as the landing site and main base of Anzac’s during the World War I in 1915.
The Lone pine with its sweeping views over the Aegean and down the Gallipoli peninsula, Turks and Australians lived, fought and died.
Chunuk Bair Heights is one of the three high points on the Sari Bair range. These were the main objectives of the Anzacs' offensive of early August 1915 when they tried to break out of the stalemate with the Turks in the Anzac sector.
Original tunnels and trenches at Johnston Jolly, New Zealander Memorial, the Nek Cemetery, Brighton Beach and more..
End of tour transfer to hotel .Overnight in Canakkale.
Day 5 : Troy & Pergamon Tour (B,L)
After having breakfast , Pick up from the hotel at 08:30 am and travel to Troy .
Visit the archaeological site of this 5000 years old city, Troy is the legendary city and center of the Trojan War, as described in the Epic Cycle, and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. We see the Megaron houses, a small roman Theatre & Bouletarion, city walls, small site museum and a reconstructed wooden horse.
Lunch en route.
Pergamon early in the morning to see High City –Acropolis with the Sanctuary of Trajan & Athena, Library, The Hellenistic Theater with a seating capacity of 10,000.Lunch in downtown Bergama in a faily restaourant.Than we drive 3 km down from hill to see;Asclepion which was known as the first place of medical science. Notable structures in the Asclepion include the Roman theater ,Stoa, Temple of Asclepius, an underground passageway . Drive to Canakkale.After Check in to hotel we walk the shores of Dardanels and see the Trojan Horse
End of tour , continue to Selcuk(Ephesus)
Overnight in Selcuk or Kusadasi
Day 6 : Ephesus Tour (B,L)
Visit the House of Virgin Mary, where she is said to have spent her final years. Continue on to the white-marble Ancient City of Ephesus, to see spectacularly restored monuments such as the great Library of Celsus, the Agora, Hadrian's Gate, Odeon, Trajan Fountain, Domitianus Temple, Theater and Roman Latrines. After lunch, enjoy a short stroll through the picturesque Village of Selcuk, then visit of St. John's Basilica, A part of the site, was built in the 6th century AD, under emperor Justinian I over the supposed site of the apostle's tomb. It is now surrounded by Selçuk.
The Temple of Artemis, one of the seven wonders of ancient world was a famous place of pilgrimage for centuries.
End of tour Return to hotel
* Stay in Selcuk or continue to Samos and Greek Islands by ferry from Kusadasi.
