What's Included

Group transfer New Airport - hotel - New Airport.
Accommodation in 3-4* hotels.
Meals (breakfasts + dinners, drinks not included with dinner).
Comfortable bus transfers.
Services of a Russian-speaking guide.
Entrance tickets to museums.

Not Included

For tourists arriving and departing from Sabiha Gökçen Airport, additional payment is required for transfer to and from the hotel. Payment for a car for 1-6 people one way is 60 euros.

Not Included in the Price:

Tourists arriving at Sabiha Gökçen Airport and departing from Sabiha Gökçen Airport are required to pay an additional fee for transfer to and from the hotel. Payment for a car for 1-6 people one way is 60 euros.

Tour Program

**Day 1 (Sunday) Arrival Day**

After being greeted at the airport and transferred to the hotel, you can relax, take a bath, and have dinner in the cozy hotel restaurant. Then, take a stroll around the hotel area, as the real journey begins tomorrow.

**Day 2 (Monday)**

After breakfast (08:15), your journey to the capital of Turkey, Ankara, begins! (~450 km) Today, you will visit the vast Atatürk Museum – a place that houses everything related to the Turkish Republic: from the exclusive cars of its founder, Atatürk, to huge panoramas recreating the events of Turkey's War of Independence in the 1920s. Then, we'll visit the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, where you'll see artifacts created by people forty thousand years ago. Take a stroll along the walls of Ankara Castle and head back to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel restaurant (19:00 - 20:00).

**Day 3 (Tuesday)**

After resting at the hotel and having breakfast (08:15), you'll head to Cappadocia (~250 km). On the way, there will be a stop at the second-largest salt lake in Turkey. Today marks the beginning of your acquaintance with Cappadocia. You'll see a magnificent view of the mountain plateau, dotted with churches, monasteries, and cliff dwellings. Visit the Valley of Love, the Fairy Chimneys Valley, the Pigeon Valley, and much more. In the evening, for an additional fee, you'll have the option to attend the "Whirling Dervishes" performance (21:00 - 22:00). Dinner at the hotel (19:00 - 20:00).

**Day 4 (Wednesday)**

Optionally, at dawn, you can take a hot air balloon ride for an additional fee. After breakfast (departure at 08:15 - 08:30), your exploration of Cappadocia continues. You'll visit valleys with unique rock formations, the underground city of Kaymakli, the Göreme Monastery complex with unique frescoes in dozens of churches carved directly into the rocks. Then, you'll visit a ceramic workshop where unique items are created, and you can even try your hand at making a vase on the potter's wheel. You'll also see the process of making traditional Turkish carpets and witness the "flying carpet." Dinner and rest at the hotel (17:00 - 18:00). Optionally, you can enjoy a lively "Turkish Night" (21:30 - 23:30).

**Day 5 (Thursday)**

Breakfast (departure from the hotel at 08:15 - 08:30). First stop from 09:00 to 10:30 (rest break). Transfer to Konya (~220 km), where you'll visit the religious complex of Mevlana. Mevlana is an ancient eastern monastery, a refuge for monks, poets, and philosophers. It's the center of Sufi culture founded by Mevlana Rumi - his role in Eastern poetry is comparable to Pushkin's role in Russian poetry. Rumi also founded the order of dervishes – the dancing monks. (Departure from Konya from 12:00 to 14:00. Lunch from 14:00 to 16:00. Second stop from 16:00 to 18:00). Then, depart for Pamukkale (~420 km). After arriving at the hotel from 18:00 to 20:00, have dinner.

**Day 6 (Friday)**

Early in the morning after breakfast (departure from the hotel at 08:00 - 08:15), you'll visit the ancient necropolis of Hierapolis. Huge tombs, preserving coolness and darkness for two millennia, will amaze you with their size. After that, you'll visit the travertine terraces in Pamukkale – beautiful white mountains with hot mineral water flowing down, forming natural pools. For an additional fee, you can visit Cleopatra's Pool (departure from Pamukkale from 11:30 to 12:00. Lunch at 12:30. Rest break at 14:30). Then, transfer to the ancient city of Selçuk (~190 km), where you'll visit the ancient city of Ephesus – one of the centers of early Christianity, the House of the Virgin Mary, where you can make a wish (it will definitely come true!), and the remains of the Temple of Artemis, burned down by Herostratus. Accommodation in a cozy seaside hotel in Kuşadası. Dinner (19:00). After dinner, you can take a walk around the city and enjoy the atmosphere of the Aegean Sea.

**Day 7 (Saturday)**

Breakfast (departure from the hotel at 08:00 - 08:15. After an hour – Izmir (passing through). Lunch at 13:00). Transfer to Pergamum (~190 km). After resting at the hotel, you'll visit the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon, from which the word "parchment" originated. You'll touch the walls of the ancient library, where the book first appeared in its current form. Then, you'll visit the magnificent Temple of Trajan, see the altar of Zeus, and the magnificent mountain theater. Tonight, you'll stay and have dinner in a cozy seaside hotel in Ayvalık (arrival from 17:00 to 18:00).

**Day 8 (Sunday)**

In the morning after breakfast (departure from the hotel at 07:30), transfer to the legendary Troy (~145 km). Visit the place where Odysseus, with a clever plan, captured Troy. See the field where Achilles dragged Hector's body behind his chariot. Then, cross the Dardanelles Strait (12:00 - Çanakkale. 13:30 - lunch. 16:00 - rest break). Arrival in Istanbul (~360 km) from 19:00 to 20:00, where your journey ends.

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Comments (1)

Great experience in Cappadocia Aug 2024 • Couples We had a really full package of services from this company: red and blue tours, jeep tour, balloon flight and airport transfers. Everything was perfectly organized: on time, good cars, good guiding. What was a totally unexpected, but nice thing is that our jeep tour driver was totally top at taking pictures with my IPhone 15: the really knew all the functions it had to make exclusive photos!)) I still have no idea about them, but want to learn now😂 Our guide Eigin, being generally a very nice guy, spoke fluent Russian and knew really a little about Cappadocia and Turkey in general. I would definitely recommend this company as a local provider of enjoyment))

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