ANCIENT HERITAGE OF ANATOLIA

 ISTANBUL – ANKARA – CAPPADOCIA – KONYA – PAMUKKALE – ANTALYA – ISTANBUL

DAY 1: ARRIVAL AT ISTANBUL’S ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (IST), RECEPTION AND ASSISTANCE WITH AIRPORT FORMALITIES TRANSFER TO HOTEL. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT

DAY 2: IN THE MORNING DEPARTURE FOR ANKARA BY COACH LUNCH ON THE WAY. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT  IN ANKARA.

DAY 3: IN THE MORNING, VISIT TO THE MUSEUM OF ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS AND MAUSOLEUM OF ATATÜRK LUNCH IN THE AFTERNOON, DEPARTURE BY COACH FOR CAPPADOCIA. ARRIVAL AT HOTEL, FOR DINNER AND OVERNIGHT.

DAY 4: ENTIRE DAY DEVOTED TO EXPLORING THIS FASCINATING REGION VISIT TO GÖREME AND UCHISAR LUNCH. IN THE AFTERNOON, VISIT TO ZELVE AND THE SUBTERRANEAN CITY OF KAYMAKLI. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.

DAY 5: IN THE MORNING DEPARTURE BY COACH FOR KONYA VISITING EN ROUTE THE IHLARA VALLEY ACCOMMODATING MANY BYZANTINE CHAPELS CARVED IN THE ROCK AND DECORATED WITH FRESCOES. LUNCH IN AKSARAY. ARRIVAL AT KONYA. IN THE AFTERNOON TOUR OF THE CITY INCLUDING OF MEDRESE (THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL) OF KARATAY WHERE TODAY LOVELY PIECES OF SELJUK EARTHEN WARE ARE IN DISPLAY; THE INCE MINARE (SLENDER MINARET) ANOTHER ISLAMIC THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL NOW SHELTERING WOOD AND ROCK CARVINGS; AND THE ANCIENT CONVENT OF THE WHIRLING DERVISHES. ARRIVAL IN  PAMUKKALE. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL.

DAY 6: AND DRIVE TO PAMUKKALE. ARRIVAL AND VISIT OF THE RUINS OF HIERAPOLIS, A ROMAN SPA FAMOUS ALSO FOR ITS VAST NECROPOLIS FOLLOWED BY SOME FREE TIME FOR BATHING IN THE WARM WATERS OF PAMUKKALE. LUNCH ON THE WAY. DEPARTURE BY COACH FOR ANTALYA. AN EXCURSION TO THE THREE ROMAN CITIES OF SIDE, ASPENDOS, PERGE. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT IN ANTALYA.

DAY 7: IN THE MORNING ANTALYA MUSEUM. LUNCH ON THE WAY. DEPARTURE BY COACH FOR ISTANBUL.
DINNER AND OVERNIGHT IN ISTANBUL.

DAY 8: TRANSFER TO AIRPORT. ASSISTANCE WITH THE BOARDING AND CUSTOMS FORMALITIES. TAKE –OFF FOR HOME.