Tour Code: FIT/1950

Delightful Turkey SIC Tour

5 Nights / 6 Days
Free & Easy – SIC Tour
Summer Special
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Cities : Cappadocia (3N),Istanbul (2N)

Sightseeing

Cappadocia, Turkey
  • Guided Tour to Goreme Open Air Museum
Istanbul, Turkey
  • Guided Visit to Dolmabahce Palace with Spice Market
  • Enjoy Beautiful Bosphorus Cruise
  • Istanbul City Tour with local lunch

Meals

  • 5 Breakfast
  • 3 Lunch
  • 2 Dinner
Rooms and Rates are subject to change depending on the availability at the time of booking
All Monuments and Museums are from Outside unless mentioned specifically in Inclusions

Day wise travel itinerary

  • Day 1 :India - Istanbul - Cappadocia

    After breakfast at the hotel, we will drive to Cappadocia via Konya. Today’s ride will be fairly long and tiring due to the long distance between Cappadocia and Antalya and lack of convenient lodging location. Drive to Konya to visit to the Mausoleum of Mevlana, the world-wide famous mystic figure. After arrival, we will drop you to the hotel in Cappadocia. Dinner at Hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia 

    • Dinner
  • Day 2 :Cappadocia

    After Breakfast start sightseeing to explore Cappadocia deeply. Visit Goreme, a kind of open air museum that contains the finest rock-out churches and beautiful frescos. After this we visit Kaymakli, the widest Underground City of the region. Then visit Pigeon Valley with many different rock formations and hundreds of pigeon houses. Dinner at Hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.

    • Breakfast
    • Dinner
  • Day 3 :Cappadocia - Istanbul

    After breakfast at the hotel, proceed to Kayseri or Nevsehir Airport for our flight to Istanbul Ataturk Airport. Upon arrival to Istanbul, proceed for lunch. Later visit Golden Horn (from the bus), the arm of the Bosphorus and a natural harbour of the historical peninsula separating the old and the new parts of İstanbul where the first colonies settled during the Byzantines. Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar), mystical smells of different aromas of various spices. Shops selling fruits, vegetables, fish, flowers etc. Bosphorus Cruise, through the waterway separating the two continents, Europe and Asia, with a possibility to take photographs of marble palaces, ancient wooden villas of Ottoman architecture besides modern residential and luxurious apartments. Rumeli Fortress (from the boat - no interior visit), historical armament built by the Conqueror to control and protect the Bosphorus. A unique example of military architecture.Overnight in Istanbul.

    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
  • Day 4 :Istanbul

    After breakfast depart for Tour of "Sultan Ahmet Center", the heart of the "Old City" from where the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires were ruled. Hagia Sophia, one of the greatest marvels of architecture, constructed as a basilica in the 6th century by Emperor Justinian. Blue Mosque, facing Hagia Sophia, famous with its blue İznik tiles and unique with 6 minarets, built in the name of Sultan Ahmet. Hippodrome, center of sportive events (chariot races, athletics) and political activities of the old city. Serpentine Column, Obelisk of Theodosius and German Fountain of Wilhelm II are the monuments decorating the Hippodrome. Grand Covered Bazaar, most attractive shopping center and the biggest "souk" in the world with nearly 4000 shops selling antiques, jewellery, gold, carpets, leather ware and souvenir. Topkapı Palace, residence of Ottoman Sultans exhibiting imperial treasury, sacred Islamic relics of Prophet Mohammed, kitchen, Chinese porcelain, weapons, calligraphy section etc. Live guide commentary is not allowed in special sections. Rüstem Paşa Mosque, designed by the court architect Sinan for the Grand Vizier of Süleyman The Magnificent. A typical sample of Islamic architecture amidst the rows of shops near the Spice Bazaar, famed with its exquisite and colorful tiles set in floral and geometric designs. Overnight in Istanbul.

    • Breakfast
  • Day 5 :Istanbul

    After breakfast depart for Dolmabahçe Palace, recent residence for Ottoman Sultans built by two Ottoman architects Karabet and Nikogos Balyan. Overnight in Istanbul 

    • Breakfast
  • Day 6 :Istanbul - Home

    After breakfast at the hotel, free time at leisure till checkout time and transfer to Istanbul Ataturk Airport for your flight back to home.

    • Breakfast
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Sightseeing

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Guided Tour to Goreme Open Air Museum

One of Turkey's Unesco World Heritage sites, the Göreme Open-Air Museum is an essential stop on any Cappadocian itinerary and deserves a two-hour visit. First an important Byzantine monastic settlement that housed some 20 monks, then a pilgrimage site from the 17th century, this splendid cluster of monastic Byzantine artistry with its rock-cut churches, chapels and monasteries is 1km uphill from Göreme's centre.
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