Marvel Of Turkey Tour ( 5 Days - 4 Nights )

DAY 1: ISTANBUL

Welcome to Istanbul-Turkey. You arrive at the Istanbul Airport, we transfer to your hotel and you stay overnight.

DAY 2: ISTANBUL

Let’s start to explore Istanbul. The first visit is Hippodrome. It was the center of sports activities in Constantinople. Famous with 4 monuments; The German Fountain of Wilhelm II, Egyptian Obelisk, Serpentine Column, and Column of Constantine.

Haghia Sophia, is the most famous museum in Turkey and one of the greatest marvels of architecture. Hagia Sophia was built as a church in the 6th century by Emperor Justinian then in 1453 renovated into a mosque by Ottoman Emperor Fatih Sultan Mehmet. It was converted into a museum in 1935 and welcomed both local and foreign visitors. (Closed on Monday)

Blue Mosque, as known as the Sultanahmet Mosque, this breathtaking building is one of the most majestic Ottoman mosques in all of Turkey. Also, it was built with unique 6 minarets. (Closed on Friday)

Topkapi Palace, which has been home to the Ottoman dynasty for many years, was used for educational administration and as the art center of the state. Get knowledge about the imperial treasury´s sacred Islamic relics, palace kitchens, and weapons. (Closed on Tuesday)

Grand Bazaar, is the biggest market and the most attractive shopping center of Istanbul which has lots of shopping opportunities with carpets, leather, jewelry, Turkish delight, gold, antique tiles, etc.. (Closed on Sunday)

At the end of the tour, you go back to your hotel and your stay overnight in Istanbul.

DAY 3: ISTANBUL-CAPPADOCIA

Early in the morning, you will be picked up from your hotel and drive to the Istanbul Airport and to the Kayseri Airport. After landing, our guide will welcome you and the first place that you visit Goreme Open-Air Museum which is a member of UNESCO World Heritage consisting of five Byzantine Orthodox churches. After we visit Uchisar Castle which has many rooms hollowed out into the rock are connected to each other with stairs, tunnels, and passages.

After the lunch break, we visit Pasabagi (Monks Valley) the mushroom-shaped fairy chimneys with twin and even triple rock caps are very unique even for Cappadocia. We also visit Avanos (Pottery).

The last stop is Devrent Valley which is famous for its unique landscape.

After the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel. And you stay overnight in Cappadocia.

DAY 4: CAPPADOCIA

In the morning, you will be picked up by our guide from your hotel. We visit Cavusin Village (Rose Valley), the Fairy Chimneys look like mushrooms. There are amazing churches and remnants of Christian history. After, we visit Ortahisar Castle similar to Uchisar Castle in style where storage caves can also be observed.

After having time for lunch, we visit Kaymakli Underground City where early Christians lived in fear and faith. On the way back, we visit Panoramic Pigeon Valley where pigeons contributed to the lives of locals with their manure to fertilize the vineyards.

At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel.

And you stay overnight in Cappadocia.

DAY 5: CAPPADOCIA-ISTANBUL

In the morning, you transfer to the airport. And you fly to Istanbul and fly back to your country.

Stores to visit:

Leather Factory, some of the finest leather items manufactured in Turkey often find their way to shops in Italy. Premium grade leather is selected. This is then designed by fine craftsmanship into beautiful leather goods that speak of style and elegance.Among these products that people demand are leather jackets, shoes and belts, all produced in Turkey using traditional methods. If you want to go shopping for a leather in Turkey then a leather wallet or purse is always a good option for a souvenir. Tourists like shopping for leather products in Turkey because it is known that quality and workmanship of leather products are of a high standart.

Onyx Demonstration, Cappadocia has the onyx mines where the highest quality onyx is found (brown-veined green onyx is the highest quality, followed by brown-veined beige). Local artisans are experts at making items of jewelry as well as beautiful vases, chess sets, and numerous other attractive artifacts and knick-knacks. Watch a demonstration of how this very hard and brittle stone is cut, shaped and polished, before seeing the many beautiful onyx products.