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Anatolian Odyssey II

Duration

6 Days 5Nights

Tour Type

The Other Anatolia

Location

TURKEY

Include / Exclude

Meet and greet service by our English-speaking driver at the airport. All transfers by an air-conditioned coach. Accommodation 2 nights in Cappadocia, 1 night in Pamukkale, 1 night in Kusadasi/İzmir; based on breakfast and dinner. All sightseeing tours as mentioned above Sharing Group.Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary. English-speaking tour guide. Included meals as mentioned in the above itinerary. All service charges and taxes.
All transfers by an air-conditioned coach.
Accommodation 2 nights in Cappadocia, 1 night in Pamukkale, 1 night in Kusadasi/İzmir; based on breakfast and dinner.
All sightseeing tours as mentioned above Sharing Group.
Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary.
English-speaking tour guide.
Included meals as mentioned in the above itinerary.
All service charges and taxes.

International Airfare.
Turkey entry visa.
Any optional tours, Personal Spendings, Tipping or extra not mentioned in the itinerary.
Domestic flights.

Tour Plan

Early pick up from your hotel and transfer to Istanbul airport for a flight to Cappadocia. Upon arrival to Cappadocia, transfer to your hotel. Overnight at the hotel in Cappadocia Meals: Dinner

Breakfast at the hotel. Day dedicated to visiting this fantastic region with its spectacular fairy chimneys, unique in the world Goreme Valley, with its cave churches, with paintings from the 10th and 11th centuries; stop at the trogloyta village of Uçhisar, visit Avcilar which has a spectacular landscape, the Devrent Valley with its curious natural rock formations and time for artisan workshops such as carpets and onyx-stones mounted on silver jewelry. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel in Cappadocia. Meals: Breakfast and dinner

Breakfast and departure for Pamukkale (610 km). On the way, stop to visit the Sultanhan Caravanserai, Seljuk inn from the medieval era. Continuation to Pamukkale. Free time in Pamukkale "Cotton Castle", unique in the world with its natural pools of limestone hot springs and the petrified travertine waterfalls. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel in Pamukkale. Meals: Breakfast and dinner

Breakfast at the hotel. Exit for Selçuk-Ephesus (200 km). Arrival and visit to the archaeological area of Ephesus, a city dedicated to Artemis. The Odeon, the Temple of Hadrian, the House of Love, the Library of Celsus, the Agora, the Marble Street and the largest Theater of antiquity. Visit to the House of the Virgin Mary, supposed last dwelling place of the Mother of Jesus. Stop at a leather production center and continue to İzmir- (~ 85 km.), The third largest city in Turkey. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel in İzmir. Meals: Breakfast and dinner

Breakfast at the hotel. Depart for Pergamo, the current Bergama (110 km). Arrival and visit to the ruins of Asclepion, which was the most important hospital in Asia Minor, with its therapeutic center. Continuation to Troy (~ 190 km.). Visit to the famous archaeological city of history that evokes the poetic name of the Iliad saga of Homer. Continuation to Çanakkale (~ 25 km.). Dinner and accommodation at the hotel in Çanakkale. Meals: Breakfast and dinner

Breakfast. We will cross Dardanelles Strait by car ferry and continue to Gallipoli Peninsula. We will visit one of the most emotionally touching places in Turkey, the WWI Battlefields of Gallipoli, including Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, ANZAC Cove, Ariburnu Cemetery, ANZAC Commemorative Site, Respect to Mehmetcik Statue, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, Johnston's Jolly, Turkish and Allied trenches and tunnels, 57. Regiment Turkish Memorial,The Nek,Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial. No accommodation in İstanbul. Meals: Breakfast