ISTANBUL TROY GALLIPOLI PERGAMON AND EPHESUS TOURS / 7 DAYS 6 NİGHTS

7 Days

Upon your arrival, our reprensentative will pick you up from Istanbul Ataturk Airport and transfer you to your hotel. During your stay, you will visit the following sights with an experienced and licensed professional tour guide. You will be picked up from hotel and dropped off back to your hotel for the tours listed below. Last day, we will transfer you back to airport according to your flight details. Hippodrome (also visited Obelisk Of Theodosius, Serpentine Column, German Fountain Of Wilhelm II), Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia Museum, Grand Covered Bazaar, Topkapi Palace, Hagia Irine, City Walls (by bus), Golden Horn (by bus), Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar), Bosphour Cruise (you will see from the sea Ciragan Palace Hotel Kempinski, Ortakoy Mosque, Military High School) Bosphorus Bridge, Kabatepe War Museum,
Beach Cemetery (John Simpson’s Grave), ANZAC Cove, Ariburnu (First ANZAC
landing site), Lone Pine Cemetery (Australian memorial), Johnston’s Jolly
(Walking in ANZAC) ,Helen of Troy, Pergamon and  Ancient City of Ephesus . 

Welcome to Istanbul, Turkey! You will access to your hotel by our services. Rest with a 1 night stay before starting your exciting tour tomorrow. Meals are not included.

After breakfast, we will visit to the ancient Byzantine Hippodrome where you will tour the Egyptian Obelisk, Serpentine Column, Fountain of Wilhelm II, the elegant Blue Mosque famous with its heavenly six minarets and the Hagia Sophia Museum, built during the reign of Emperor Theodosius and burned down in the fire of Nika Revolt in 532 A.D. After lunch break at the local restaurant, you will visit the Topkapi Palace (excluding harem), residence and administrative center of the Ottoman Sultans. The day tour will finish with the visit of Grand Bazaar. Overnight will be in Istanbul. (Breakfast and Lunch included.)

After meeting your professionally trained licensed tour guide at the hotel, we will travel to the World War I Battlefields of Gallipoli. We will arrive to Eceabat and take a lunch break at the local restaurant. After lunch you will begin your tour of the Gallipoli Peninsula and will start visiting Kabatepe War Museum, Beach Cemetery (John Simpson's Grave), ANZAC Cove, Ariburnu (First ANZAC landing site), Lone Pine Cemetery (Australian memorial), Johnston's Jolly (Walking in ANZAC). Afterwards, we will visit the Shrapnel Valley (The Trenches), the Turkish Monument, The Nek and Walker's Ridge, and Chunuk Bay (New Zealand main monument). Overnight will be in Çanakkale. (Breakfast and Lunch included.)

After breakfast, we set out for the Ancient City of Troy at 08:45. Your tour guide will explain the history and discoveries of Troy, the Trojan Horse and the mythology surrounding Helen of Troy, from its discovery by Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870s to the present day and ongoing archaeological excavations. Nine cities have been discovered, built on top of each other, dating back to 3500 BC. Then we will continue to Bergama by car. After lunch, we will start the tour of Pergamon with the Acropolis, the steepest Theater of the ancient world, the Temple of Troy and the library. Overnight will be in Kusadasi. (Breakfast and Lunch included.)

After breakfast, at 09:00 you will depart to visit the Ancient City of Ephesus - you will enter the Magnesia Gate and begin a slow, downhill walk towards the ruins of this Roman provincial capital with your tour guide. Your route will take you past the Odeon, Celsus Library, Hadrian's Temple, Trajan's Fountain. The Great Theatre, where St. Paul preached, is the largest theater of antiquity and has a capacity of 24,000 seats. Then we will visit the ruins of the Temple of Artemis. After lunch, we will visit the Virgin Mary's House. At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to Izmir Airport for flight to Istanbul at 19 p.m. You will arrive to Istanbul at 20.00 p.m., we will meet & you will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight will be in Istanbul. (Breakfast and Lunch included.)

After breakfast, our first stop is the Spice Bazaar, a place full of various sweets and spices. In addition, the Spice Bazaar has been one of the largest spice markets in the world since 1665. Then we will board the Bosphorus ferry for an unforgettable cruise on the beautiful Bosphorus that separates Europe from Asia. After cruise, back to hotel with rest of day is leisure. Overnight will be in Istanbul. (Breakfast included.)

Have breakfast at the hotel and wait for us to pick you up. According to your flight time, we will pick you up 3 hours before your flight. You can continue exploring the city if you have enough time before your flight. (Breakfast included.)

Included

  • 4 Nights in Istanbul with breakfast
  • 1 Night in Çanakkale with breakfast
  • 1 Nights in Kusadası with breakfast
  • Entrance fees to the museums mentioned in tour programmes
  • Government licenced Professional tour guides
  • All land transportation and transfers airports/hotels/airports
  • All local taxes & Service charge

Excluded

  • International & Domestic flight ticket,
  • Dinner
  • Personal expenses and tips (optional)

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ISTANBUL TROY GALLIPOLI PERGAMON AND EPHESUS TOURS / 7 DAYS 6 NİGHTS