7N 8D Full Package Highlight Turkey Trip

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8 days (approx.)

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Overview

This tour is customize privately for you but you will join group tours or transfer in each places.
This tour is prepared for you to visit the best places in 8 days and nights and covers İstanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus and Pamukkale.
You don't need to find friends to travel together because you will join tours with others in each place you visit. You will travel on your own between the cities, but wherever you go, we will take you to tours with other travellers, providing you a chance to meet new people from all around the world.

What's Included

Breakfast
Lunch
Hotels in each place
All Fees and Taxes
Air-conditioned vehicle
All tours and airport transfers
Day tours in each places
Hot air balloon flight in Cappadocia
Domestic Flight Tickets
Professional English-speaking tour guide in each place for the day tours

Lunch is not included on the day you are not touring
All Dinners
Special Shopping
Drinks

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What To Expect

Day 1

Flight to Cappadocia: This tour is customize privately for you but you will join group tours or transfer in each places.

1 Stop

Day 2

Sunrise Balloon Flight and Day tour in Cappadocia

6 Stops

Cappadocia

05.00-08.00 Sunrise Balloon Ride – 1-hour flight with sunrise.This is the best way to start a day in Cappadocia.Our luxury minivans will pick you up from your hotel and bring you to our office for light breakfast and registration.During this time, our pilots will check the weather conditions for the right take-off point. We will take you there by our minivans and you will watch the preparation of your balloon.The flight will last for 1 hour and we will try to show you as many places as possible. Also, if the weather permits, you will get to watch the sunrise.We will have a traditional champagne celebration at the end of the flight and you will receive the attendant certificate to remind you this adventure in the future. Afterwards, you will be taken to your hotel.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Goreme Panorama

The first destination will be Göreme Panarama where you can have one of the best views of the region. Here you will be informed by our guides about the region and the unique landscape.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Derinkuyu Underground City

Afterward you will visit Derinkuyu Underground City which is the biggest and deepest underground settlement so far. It has 8 levels and is connected with narrow tunnels. You will visit stalls, storages, the church, vinery, kitchen and other sections which are open for visitors. During the visit our guides will provide information about their usage.

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Selime Monastery

Then you will visit Selime Cathedral, which is the biggest rock-cut monastery of the region. The landscape of the town where the Cathedral is located will remind you of the setting of the Star Wars movies.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Ihlara Valley

Next you will have lunch in a local restaurant where you will try some local foods. After lunch you will hike along the Melendiz River in Ihlara Canyon. The overall area of the canyon is 14 km, but you will see the best part of it, which is around 4 km and takes almost 1 hour to hike along. Ihlara Canyon contains more than 100 churches and approximately 10.000 caves which are carved by early christian monks.

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Pigeon Valley

Then you will visit Pigeon Valley, located in Uçhisar, to have one of the best panoramic views of the region. That site also covers lots of pigeon houses which are built by the ancient inhabitants of the region.We will go back to the hotel at around 18.00.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Day 3

Another Cappadocia day tour and Flight to İzmir

7 Stops

Uchisar Castle

The first stop is Uchisar Castle which is the highest rock formation of the region. In the first destination you will be informed about unique formations of Cappadocia by your tour guide. Afterwards, you will have free time to explore the place by yourself.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Goreme Open-Air Museum

The next destination is Goreme Open-Air Museum where you can see Rock-Cut Churches which are carved by early Christian monks. And the churches of Cappadocia are also unique because of the technique that Cristians used to paint the walls. They are known as frescoes which are mostly from 10th and 11th century. Our guides will give you information about Christianity and monastic life of Cappadocia.

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Cavusin

After visiting the Open-Air Museum, the next stop will be Çavuşin which is an Old Greek Village where you can see old houses abandoned after the Population Exchange in 1924.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Avanos Oren Yeri

Lunch in Avanos town. Avanos is located on the banks of the Red River (Kızılırmak), which is the longest river in Turkey. It is famous for pottery works which started around 2nd millenium BC by Hitites. You will have a tour in the town and then you will visit a pottery workshop to learn about red clay work and ceramics. One of the masters will demonstrate how they are making the pots with the ancient technique by free-hand.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Pasabag

Then you will visit Paşabağı where spectacular mushroom-shaped rock formations can be seen. Paşabağı is also called Monks Valley because of the Chapel of Saint Simeon, which is located in the valley.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Devrent Valley

The next stop is Devrent Valley, which is also known as İmagination Valley. Valley contains many animal-shaped rocks, which are mostly in red. Some of the most frequent shapes are a camel, a lizard, an owl, a snake, a chicken, a hand, and a penguin, but they can change thanks to your own imagination.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Izmir

The tour will end at around 16.00 and then we will take you to te airport to catch a flight back to Izmir.When you arrive to the İzmir airport, we will take you to your hotel in Kuşadası for 2 nights.

5 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Day 4

Ephesus Day Tour

6 Stops

Temple of Hadrian

Ephesus is located 3 km southwest of the present-day Selçuk town of İzmir province in Turkey. The City was built by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists in the 10th century BC. It prospered after it was placed under the rule of the Roman Republic in 129 BC. The city was famed for the Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC).During 2 to 3 hours of your visit, you will see the Temple of Hadrian. It is one of the best preserved and most picturesque structures on the Curetes Street. The temple was built before 138 AD by P. Quintilius and was dedicated to the Emperor Hadrian, who visited the city in 128 AD.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

The Odeion

Odeon was constructed in the 2nd century AD by the order of Publis Vedius Antonius and his wife Flavia Paina who were two wealthy citizens of Ephesus. The building seems like a small theatre with seating places, the stage and the orchestra. Odeon was used for different purposes.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Trajan Fountain

It was built in around 104 AD and it is one of the finest monuments in Ephesus. The fountain constructed in honor of Emperor Trajan and the statue of him stood in the central niche on the facade overlooking the pool.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Celsus Ceramic

The Library of Celcus built in honour of the Roman Senator Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus by his son, Gaius Julius Aquila in 110 AD. The library was built to store 12.000 scrolls and to serve as a mausoleum for Celsus. It was the third biggest library in ancient times after the Alexandria and Pergamon. After being destroyed by an earthquake in different centuries, the facade was re-erected by archaeologists in 1970’s.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Ephesus Museum

The Great Theathre was firstly constructed in the 3rd century BC during the reign of Lysimachos, but It was widened and formed its current style that is seen today in the Roman Period. The theatre is the most magnificent structure in Ephesus and is the largest one in Anatolia, as it has the capacity of 25.000 seats.

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)

Next will be Temple of Artemis which is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Day 5

Driving to Pamukkale and Pamukkale Tour

2 Stops

Day 6

Flight to İstanbul

1 Stop

Day 7

İstanbul city tour by walking

4 Stops

Day 8

Half Day Bosphorus Tour (Last Day / Last Tour)

3 Stops

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Public transportation options are available nearby

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Frequently Asked Questions

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Q: What's included in the price?

A: The following is included: Breakfast.Lunch.Hotels in each place.All Fees and Taxes.Air-conditioned vehicle.All tours and airport transfers.Day tours in each places.Hot air balloon flight in Cappadocia.Domestic Flight Tickets.Professional English-speaking tour guide in each place for the day tours. The following is NOT included: Lunch is not included on the day you are not touring.All Dinners.Special Shopping.Drinks. Read more Apr 2025

Cancellation Policy

This tour is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

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