DAY 1: Departure from USA
- Board your international flight to start your journey back on time to the ottoman empire. 2 Meals will be served on baord of your overnight flight.
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DAY 2: Wednesday - Arrival to Istanbul / Transfer to Hotel
- Arrival to Istanbul. Meet at the Airport and Transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
- Welcome to Turkey, check in to your hotel and have rest. You will have good days in Turkey following days...
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DAY 3: [Thursday] // Flight to Izmir / Ephesus & House of Virgin Mary
- Pick up early from your hotel and transfer to Istanbul A/P to take a flight to Izmir. Upon arrival, meet and you will have a full day city tour. (Ephesus Ruins, Fountains of Trajan, Polio, Temples of Hadrian and Domition, Library of Celcius, Bouloterion and the Great Theatre, Lunch at a local Restaurant, House of the Virgin Mary) After the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Kusadasi.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 4: [Friday] // Pamukkale & Hierapolis Tour / Antalya
- Your Tour Guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 08:00 and you will have a full day city tour. (Pamukkale Travertens, Hierapolis Ancient Site, Lunch at a local Restaurant, Hot Thermal Pools) After the tour, drive to Antalya and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Antalya.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 5: : [Saturday] // = OPTIONAL = Antalya Old Town & Waterfalls Tour
- Today is free for you explore and enjoy Antalya on your own, or you can have the Optional Antalya Old Town & Waterfalls Tour Your Tour Guide will meet you at your hotel lobby and you will have a full day city tour. (Cable-Car to see the Tunektepe and breathtaking views of pine forests and turquoise Mediterranean sea. Duden Waterfalls, Old Town, Hadrianus Gate, Clock Tower) After the tour, transfer back to your hotel. Overnight in Antalya.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 6: [Sunday] // Konya & Mevlana / Cappadocia
- After breakfast at the hotel, departure to Konya and visit the Philosopher Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi Mevlana Museum in Konya. Lunch at a local restaurant in Konya and then to drive to Cappadocia. En-route visit visit 700-years-old Caravanserail (ancient traders and travellers on silk road). Arrive to Cappadocia and tranasfer to your hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 7: [Monday] // Fairy Chimneys of Cappadocia Tour
- Your Tour Guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 09:30 and you will have a full day city tour. (Goreme Open Air Museum, Devrent Imagination Valley, Pasabag Monks Valley, Avanos, Goreme Panorama) After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 8: [Tuesday] // Underground Cities of Cappadocia / Flight to Istanbul
- Your Tour Guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 09:30 and you will have a full day city tour. (Rose Valley, Pigeon Valley, Derinkuyu or Kaymakli Underground City, Lunch at local restaurant, Ortahisar Village, Avanos Valley) After the tour, you will be transferred back to Cappadocia A/P to take flight back to Istanbul. Upon arrival, meet and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 9: [Wednesday] // Full Day / Best of Istanbul in 1 Day
- Your Tour Guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 09:00 and you will have a full day city tour. (Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Lunch at a local Turkish Restaurant, Hippodromme, Topkapi Palace, Grand Bazaar) After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel at around 17:00. Overnight in Istanbul.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 10: [Thursday] // Departure / Transfer to Airport
- Pick up from your hotel and transfer to Istanbul (IST or SAW) according to your international flight time.
- Meal: Breakfast
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