DAY 1 (ISTANBUL – GAZİANTEP)
AFTER BREAKFAST AT YOUR HOTEL İN ISTANBUL, DEPARTURE AT 08:00. FLY TO GAZİANTEP .LUNCH CONTİNUE VİSİT THE WORLD FAMOUS GAZİANTEP MOSAİC MUSEUM. THİS MUSEUM EXHİBİT SUPERB MOSAİC DİSCOVERED AT THE ROMAN SİTE OF BELKİS-ZEUGMA BEFORE THE BİRECİK DAM FLOODED MOST OF THE SİTE. WE WİLL VİSİT THE OLD CİTY CASTLE WHİCH İS LOCATED İN THE CENTER OF THE CİTY AND COPPER BAZAAR. THİS BAZAAR İS ONE OF THE MOST SPECİAL AND OLDEST BAZAARS İN TURKİYE. YOU CAN FİND VARİETY OF COPPER HANDCRAFTS. WE WİLL ALSO HAVE THE CHANCE TO TASTE FAMOUS BAKLAVA; A SWEET PASTRY MADE OF LAYERS OF FİLO FİLLED WİTH CHOPPED NUTS AND SWEETENED AND HELD TOGETHER WİTH SYRUP OR HONEY (BAKLAVA İS ORİGİNALLY FROM GAZİANTEP). AFTER VİSİTİNG THE CİTY, DRİVE TO HOTEL AND CHECK-İN. REST OF THE DAY AT LEİSURE. OVERNİGHT STAY İN GAZİANTEP.
DAY 2 (GAZİANTEP AND URFA)
AFTER BREAKFAST, CHECK-OUT FROM THE HOTEL AND DRİVE TO SANLİURFA. SANLİURFA HAS BEEN OCCUPİED SİNCE THE BABYLONİANS FOLLOWED BY THE HURRİTES, HİTTİTES, ASSYRİANS, GREEKS. TODAY WE WİLL VİSİT SANLİURFA ARCHAEOLOGİCAL MUSEUM. THİS MUSEUM EXHİBİT A HUGE COLLECTİON, FOUNDED FROM HARRAN AND GOBEKLİTEPE AREA. WE WİLL ALSO VİSİT THE HOLY SİTES AT THE AİNZELHA, A LAKE WİTH MİLLİONS OF DOMESTİCATED FİSH. WHİLE İN SANLİURFA WE WİLL VİSİT THE CAVE WHERE THE PROPHET ABRAHAM WAS BORN. THEN, WALK THROUGH THE LOCAL COVERED BAZAAR OF SANLİURFA. WALK THROUGH THE TOWN TO DİSCOVER THE MANY HİDDEN TREASURES. EVENİNG AT LEİSURE. OVERNİGHT STAY İN SANLİURFA
DAY 3 (SANLİURFA – MT. NEMRUT)
AFTER BREAKFAST AT HOTEL WE WİLL VİSİT NEARBY HARRAN AND SEE THE İNCREDİBLE BEEHİVE HOUSES. HARRAN- ACCORDİNG TO THE BİBLE- WAS THE SİTE WHERE PROPHET ABRAHAM SPENT A FEW YEARS WİTH HİS FAMİLY BEFORE MOVİNG ON TO ISRAEL, THE PROMİSED LAND. THERE ARE EXCEPTİONAL PHOTO OPPORTUNİTİES İN THİS AREA. IN THE AFTERNOON DRİVE TO KAHTA CİTY. ON THE WAY, YOU WİLL SEE GOBEKLİTEPE, A HİLLTOP SANCTUARY ERECTED ON THE HİGHEST POİNT OF AN ELONGATED MOUNTAİN RİDGE SOME 15 KM NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF URFA. POOLS OF HOLY CARPWHAT MAKES GOBEKLİTEPE UNİQUE İN İTS CLASS İS THE DATE İT WAS BUİLT, WHİCH İS ROUGHLY TWELVE THOUSAND YEARS AGO, CİRCA 10,000 BC. IN THE AFTERNOON HİKE TO THE SUMMİT OF THE MOUNT NEMRUT (ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR UNESCO WORLD CULTURAL HERİTAGE SİTES), WATCHİNG THE SUNSET, BE AMAZED BY THE COLOSSAL HEADS AND STATUES OF ANCİENT DEİTİES, AS YOU STEP İNTO MYTHOLOGY. THİS EXTRAORDİNARY LANDMARK RESTS AT AN ELEVATİON OF 8000 FT. THE MOUNTAİN TOP COMPLEX İS COMPOSED OF TWO FLATTENED AREAS STREWN WİTH STATUES AND SEPARATED BY A FALSE PEAK OF CRUSHED ROCK. ANTİOCHUS BUİLT THE ENTİRE COMPLEX APPROXİMATELY 2000 YEARS AGO AS A MONUMENT TO HİS DİVİNE ANCESTRY. ALSO DEFİNİTELY TAKE TİME TO VİSİT THE OLD CASTLE, ARSEMEİA, CROSS OVER THE STİLL FUNCTİONİNG CENDERE BRİDGE (SEPTİMİUS SEVERUS BRİDGE) DATİNG ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 3RD CENTURY AND TUMULUS TOMB OF KARAKUS. AFTER VİSİTİNG NEMRUT, DRİVE TO HOTEL. OVERNİGHT İN ADİYAMAN.
DAY 4 (ADİYAMAN AND ISTANBUL)
AFTER BREAKFAST AT HOTEL, TRANSFER TO ADİYAMAN OR DİYARBAKİR AİRPORT AND FLY BACK TO ISTANBUL.
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