Istanbul & Ankara - Cappadocia

ISTANBUL / Friday or Saturday arrival to Istanbul
Arrival to Istanbul airport … Meeting your English speaking assistant and transfer to hotel for check in… Early check in due to the hotel rooms avaibility and usually check in time is after 14.00 p.m. Overnight in Istanbul.

ISTANBUL - Half Day Bosphorus Cruise & Spice Market Tour – ANKARA
Breakfast at hotel, a.m. free time for relaxing… -Afternoon depart for visiting; Bosphorus Cruise Through the waterway separating the two continents, Europe and Asia,with a possibility to take photographs of marble palaces, ancient wooden villas of Ottoman architecture besides modern residentials and luxurious apartments. Spice Bazaar (closed on Sundays) Spice bazaar, also known as the Egyptian Bazaar, is an exotic food market selling spices, dried fruits, caviar and turkish delight.

ANKARA – CAPPADOCIA
Breakfast on board, In the morning visit to the Anatolian Civilizations Museum at which numerous remnants from Stone Age, Neolithic Age, Hittites, Urartians, Phrygians and many others are on display; Mausoleum of Ataturk, the burial place of the national hero who founded modern Republic of Turkey. Then continue on to Cappadocia. After a picturesque trip along the Salt Lake pass by the 13th century Seljukian Caravanserai Agzikarahan. After visiting Kaymakli Underground City, the place early Christians hid from persecutors, proceed to the hotel in Cappadocia for overnight… Dinner & Overnight in Cappadocia Burcu Kaya Hotel or Melis Cave - similar

CAPPADOCIA
Depart from the hotel at 09.30-10.00 depending on the arrival time of the participants and visit the valleys where animal-like natural formations like camels and fair chimneys are abundant. Drive on to Pasabagi in Zelve area where monks used to live in seclusion in rock cut rooms. Proceed to the pottery town of Avanos where Kizilirmak (Hallys), the longest river of Turkey, meanders leaving the red clay on its banks that has been the raw material of pottery for centuries. In the afternoon visit to Open Air Museum in Goreme to visit to the early Christian churches decorated with unique frescoes depicting various scenes from the Bible. Stop by Pigeon Valley near Uchisar. Shopping time for the well-known merits of the area. Dinner & Overnight in Cappadocia.

CAPPADOCIA – ISTANBUL by flight
After breakfast at hotel, transfer to Kayseri or Nevsehir airport for domestic flight to Istanbul Arrival to Istanbul and proceed to hotel for relaxing … Rest of the day free at leisure Overnight in Istanbul.

ISTANBUL Departure
Breakfast at hotel… Free time till departure... Transfer to airport for your return flight to home