ITINERARY
Day 01 Arrival
Transfer to your hotel, the rest of the day is at leisure.
Day 02 FD Istanbul
Breakfast in your hotel, visit Topkapi Museum, Blue Mosque, Hipodrome, Hagia Sophia
(just from outside), Grand Bazaar. (B)
Day 03 Cappadocia
Arrive in Kayseri Airport and visit to Devrent Valley where various types of fairy
chimneys are abundant. We will walk through this amazing valley. Thereafter visit
Pasabagi (Monk's Valley) with multiple stems and caps, peculiar to this area. After
visiting Pasabagi, drive to Avanos which is known for the pottery, a craft dating back to
the Hittite period. The red clay which is worked by local craftsmen comes from the
residue in the Kizilirmak River, the longest river of Turkey. Further to the time for lunch
proceed to Goreme Open Air Museum (Dark Church is excluded; entrance requires
additional admission fee) to visit the churches, chapels and monasteries carved into the
fairy chimneys from the 10th to the 13th centuries with frescos painted on the walls.
Thereafter time to take photos in the neighboring valleys before going back to the
hotels.(BLD)
Day 04 Cappadocia
Meet at the hotel lobby in the morning and drive to Ihlara Valley, created from the ashes
of the volcanic Mt. Hasan. After hiking through the valley, which is watered with
Melendiz River by Belisirma, proceed to Selime with hollowed out citadel and churches
where fairy chimneys rest on the steep hillside. Stop at Yaprakhisar village to take
photos. In the afternoon, visit to Derinkuyu Underground Village where dwellings with
stables, cellars, storage rooms, refectories, churches and wineries were used as refuges
for the Christian communities. Thereafter transfer to your hotel. (BLD)
Day 05 Izmir (Kusadasi)
After breakfast transfer to the airport for the flight to Izmir. Upon your arrival transfer to
your hotel and overnight in Kusadasi.(B)
Day 06 Kusadasi-Ephesus
After Breakfast a full day tour of Ephesus, and the Virgin Mary's stone cottage. Transfer
to Izmir airport end of service.(B)