(special Add-on Airfares other US gateways) 14 nights accommodations in superior first class hotels: (or similar)
~3 nights: Hotel Yusufpasa,
Istanbul
~1 nights: Hotel Nazlihan, Assos ~2 nights: Kalehan Hotel Selcuk ~1 nights: Hotel Lycus River, Pamukkale
~1 nights: Hotel Forestgate, Gocek
~2 nights: Hotel Harpy, Kalkan
~1 nights: Hotel Aspen, Antalya
~2 nights: Hotel Urgup Evleri, Cappadocia
~1 nights: Hotel Yusufpasa,
Istanbul Service charges and hotel taxes Breakfast daily and 6 dinners Arrival and departure transfers Touring by modern air-conditioned motorcoach Professional Tour Director throughout Luggage handling Sightseeing and admissions fees as per itinerary
Not Included: Optional tours, Lunches, Beverages with dinners, Airport tax (approx. $200-$380).
Travel Insurance optional at $99-$219. Tips to your guide & driver ($6 per day). Items of a personal nature. Add-on airfare from your hometown (see special rates at
Add-on Airfares)
Sample Day-by-Day Itinerary:
Day 1 - Depart USA
Depart from New York's JFK airport on your overnight flights to Turkey.
Day 2 - Arrive Istanbul
Upon arrival you will met at the airport and transfer you to your hotel where you will be introduced to your guide and fellow travelers. Afternoon is at leisure.
Day 3 - Istanbul Full day tour to Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, and
Camlica Hill on the Asian side. Optional: Dinner with belly dancing entertainment.
Day 4 - Istanbul
Morning walk through the Egyptian (spice) Bazaar to the pier and embark a ferry for a guided, half-day Bosphorus waterway cruise and tour, afternoon tour of St. Sophia Basilica followed by free time to explore the exotic Covered Bazaar.
Day 5 - Istanbul - Gallipoli - Dardanelles -
Canakkale - Assos Morning departure for Gallipoli and visit Anzac Cove, Lone pine cemetery
Chunuk Bair, Gabatepe War Museum then across the Dardanelles to Canakkale
visiting Troy we continue to Assos for overnight.
Day 6 - Assos - Tahta Kuslar - Pergamum - Selcuk
Morning drive through the olive forests and stop by a olive museum, Then we visit an ethnographical museum in Tahta kuslar (wooden birds) village. The last stop of day will be Pergamum acropolis. Overnight in Selcuk.
Day 7 - Excursion to Ephesus, Mary's House &
Sirince
Morning tour of glorious ruins at Ephesus, explore 2,000-year-old marble streets, a theater, the library of Celsius, a gymnasium and Hadrian’s Temple. Take a short drive to see St. Mary's stone cottage where she stayed later in life accompanied by St. John, and visit also traditional village of Sirince. Overnight in Selcuk.
Day 8 - Selcuk - Aphoridisias - Hierapolis - Pamukkale
Morning drive to the ruins of Aphrodisias (you know what this is about) set
against the foot of a picturesque mountain range and then Tour the Roman health
spa ruins of Hierapolis, Overnight in Pamukkale.
Day 9 - Pamukkale - Caunos – Dalyan – Gocek
In the morning we drive to Dalyan and take a fishing boat through a maze of
reeds to Caunos viewing intriguing Lycian temples and tombs carved into the face
of a cliff. Overnight in the picturesque town of Gocek.
Day 10 - Gocek - Patara – Saklikent – Kalkan
Morning drive to Patara with Roman ruins and a huge beach for free time,
afternoon visit Saklikent Canyon. Drive along the unique Mediterranean coast
line to Kalkan for overnight.
Day 11 - Kalkan
Day of leisure or join the Optional: day cruise on turquoise clear waters to the
picturesque Kekova Islands, their underwater ruins mand a hill top fortress at a
quaint village. There is opportunity to swim and snorkel if desired, so bring
your swimsuit and towel. Return to Kalkan for overnight.
Day 12 - Kalkan - Myra – Finike – Antalya
Morning drive to Myra, to visit the home church of St. Nicholas (the authentic
and original Santa Claus). A short stop in Finike and early afternoon arrival to
Antalya. Free time to discover the old town harbor. Dinner at local restaurant.
Day 13 - Antalya - Aspendos – Konya – Cappadocia
Morning drive to Aspendos the roman city on the foot of the Taurus mountains,
continue to Konya, tour Mevlana’s Mausoleum, founder of the Whirling Dervishes,
finally arrival to the “moon-like“ landscape of Cappadocia. Tonight
Optional: Whirling Dervishes performance in a 13th century Caravan inn.
Day 14 - Cappadocia
Early Morning Optional: Balloon Tour. Experience of floating through volcanic
valleys, fairy chimneys and caves with the sunrise of Cappadocia. After
breakfast visit the Byzantine frescoed chapels at Goreme then continue to
Ozkonak, the eight-story underground city, and a local pottery making village,
Avanos. Overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 15 - Cappadocia - Ankara – Istanbul
Early morning drive to Ankara, afternoon tour of the Ataturk Mausoleum and
Anatolian Civilizations Museum then transfer to airport or hotels as
appropriate.
Day 16 - Istanbul - USA
After breakfast transfer to the airport for your return flights home.
14 nights accommodations in superior first class hotels: (or similar) 
