09 Days
Daily Tour
100 people
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Discover the rich history, vibrant culture, and stunning landscapes of Turkey on this 9-day tour. Begin in Istanbul, a city straddling Europe and Asia, exploring iconic landmarks such as the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, and the Hippodrome, followed by a visit to the bustling Ali Pasazade market. Journey to Gallipoli to experience the historic World War I battlefields and Gabatepe Museum. Explore the ancient wonders of Troy and Pergamon before arriving in Kusadasi for a guided tour of Ephesus and the charming Greek-influenced village of Sirince, known for its wines and traditional crafts. Visit Pamukkale’s spectacular calcium terraces and the ruins of Hierapolis, then travel to Antalya to explore its Old City, historic landmarks, and scenic Duden Waterfalls. The tour concludes with a domestic flight back to Istanbul. This journey offers a perfect blend of history, culture, and natural beauty, leaving lasting memories of Turkey’s unique heritage and landscapes.
| DESTINATION | HOTEL CATEGORY & LISTS |
| ISTANBUL | The Central Palace Hotel Istanbul |
| CANAKKALE | 4 Star Troia Tusan Hotel |
| KUSADASI | Odelia Resort Hotel |
| PAMUKKALE | 5 Star Pam Thermal Hotel |
| ANTALYA | 4 Star Ring Downtown Hotel |
Upon our arrival at Istanbul International Airport, your guide will meet, assist and transfer you to the hotel. Istanbul was the capital city of Byzantium & Roman Empires and Ottoman State. It is a most fascinating city, which actually crosses two continents, Europe and Asia. It is a city of amalgamation of museums, bazaars, minarets, mosques, churches, palaces, and restaurants catering to every one’s taste, customs and fifteen million people. Overnight in Istanbul.
After breakfast, we have Istanbul City Tour. Our first visit will be HIPPODROME. Ancient Hippodrome was the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments: the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine. Then we will visit SULTANAHMET IMPERIAL MOSQUE. Across from Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, it was built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, is known as the BLUE MOSQUE because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Izik tiles. Our next visit will be HAGIA SOPHIA GRAND MOSQUE. The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, previously known as the Church of Divine Wisdom, is simply the best of its kind! Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque is the greatest surviving example of Byzantine Architecture. For 1000 years, it was once the largest church in the world, decorated with stunning 6th century golden mosaics. Today it is a mosque. Lunch break at 13:00 pm. After lunch, Travel Shop Group will take you to the ALI PASAZADE, which is a unique atmosphere with reasonable prices for your shopping. Here you will find; Exotic Spices and Herbs, Turkish Baklava, Turkish Delights, Turkish Coffee, nuts and fruits, small souvenirs such as Ceramic Handicrafts, Evil Eyes totems, all naturel olive oil, soaps and many other goods in Souvenir Shops and stores. After the tour, transfer back to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Please Note: Please do not forget to carry headscarf with you for the visit of religious places as Blue Mosque & Haghia Sophia Mosque.
At 06:00 or 06:30 am we depart for Gallipoli in order to visit the battlefields. Two hours later we will give you 20 minutes to relax in a restaurant area. We will arrive in Gallipoli around 12:00 pm. and we will have lunch break, relax a little bit and then depart for tbattlefieldslds. Visit Gabatepe Museum. Start visiting the fields with Ariburnu Cemetery and Anzac Cove because these are the places where the war started. Then Beach Cemetery, Lone Pine and Chunuck Bair. After the tour we will drive you to the hotel. Overnight in Canakkale.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
We depart at 08:30 and drive 30 minutes to get to Troy. Visit the famous archeological and mythological site of Troy, home of the Trojan Horse and Helen of Troy. After Troy tour, 3hour drive to Pergamon. Lunch break around 13:00 pm. and after lunch departure for tour of the magnificent Bergama Museum. It is an impressive Museum, and you may see many important relics from Ancient Pergamon. Pergamon is a city famous for its jewelry, stones and silver. So, on the way, we will visit a jewelry center for 30 minutes. Arrival in Kusadasi around 18:00 pm. Dinner and Overnight in Kusadasi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
After breakfast between 08:30 am, departure from hotel fully guided tour of Ephesus, one of the best-preserved ancient sites in the world en - route, visiting the Temple of Artemis, Curates Street, famous Roman baths, Celsus Library and Grand theatre. Lunch break around 13:00 pm. After the lunch, we will visit a place, which continues to perform one of the oldest arts of Turkey; a carpet-weaving center. After lunch, we will do a Turkish Village Tour. Sirrine’s construction style today belongs to Anatolian Greeks. The houses on the slope are all Original with their white paints. Sirrine Village also has a fantastic reputation for making some of the best wines in Turkey - especially fruit wines. There will be some free time to explore around the village. On the way, we will visit one of the famous leather production centers of the region, where you will have the opportunity to get a good factory rate. On this guided tour, you will avoid the constant nagging and sometimes bullying that is well known in the markets of Turkey. Enabling you to enjoy the shopping experience whilst gaining the knowledge of the ancient craftsmen. Dinner and Overnight in Kusadasi.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
We depart for Pamukkale at 08:00 am. Upon arrival at Pamukkale we have a lunch break until 13:30 pm. Afterwards we shall visit the calcium terraces of Pamukkale (cotton castle) and the ruins of Hierapolis, then walk around this natural phenomenon and have the option of lying in the waters of the natural springs. Denizli/Pamukkale means seaside in Turkish and is located on the Buyuk Menderes River. It is a growing industrial town, known for its textile industry and outlet shopping. You will visit one of the famous textile factories of Pamukkale. Dinner and Overnight in Pamukkale.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
After breakfast, at 10:00 am. we depart for Antalya. The trip is going to take roughly 3 to 4 hours. Once you reach Antalya, check in to your hotel and rest of time is yours. Dinner and overnight in Antalya
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner.
After breakfast drive to Antalya Old City (Kaleiçi) Marina, Clock Tower, Hadrian's Gate, Broken Minaret, Hıdırlık Tower: Kaleici is a small historic part of Antalyas modern city, also known as the Old City of Antalya. In history it was once the sprawling modern Roman town, then the Byzantine Empire, then Seljuks, and finally the Ottoman Turkish town. The Hadrian's Gate (or Hadrianus Gate or The Three Gates is a triumphal arch which was built in the name of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Antalya's broken wonder is the Broken Minaret of the Korkut Mosque, which itself was built originally as a Roman temple in the 2nd century AD, and thus did not have a minaret at all. Hıdırlık Tower is a landmark tower of tawny stone in Antalya, Turkey, where Kaleiçi meets Karaalioglu Park. It is believed to be built in Hellenistic era on a square plan and later turned into circular tower in 2nd century AD and was used as either a fortification or a lighthouse in the past. We have lunch at the hotel and then depart for Duden Waterfalls. All the streams of the region aim at finding their way into the Mediterranean and they pour down the slopes of the Taurus, sometimes overland, sometimes underground and reaching their destination, result in lovely waterfalls, of which there are more than twenty. After tour come back to hotel and rest of day is yours. Dinner and overnight in Antalya.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Today we departed for Antalya airport for our domestic flight to Istanbul and then back home. We hope your tour was a memorable one and we would like to see you in the future on one of our tours again. Have a nice trip back home and thanks for choosing The Indian Travel Life.
Meals: Breakfast.
As a company, we are always honored to protect the benefits of our guests and business partners, and to always provide the best price, the best package and convenience in cancellation conditions for them. Cancellation policy below is only for land services and we will follow the cancellation policy of airline companies for domestic flights.
We have prepared this tour schedule very carefully for our dearest guests. The specified tour routes that have been prepared by The Indian Travel Life, and it is compulsory to visit the museums, historical places, cultural shopping venues and activities specified in the package. Everything on the tour route has been specially prepared with the knowledge of almost 20 years of The Indian Travel Life, and has been prepared for the comfort, convenience and sensitivity of our guests in the foreground.
This tour program will depart from Istanbul from November 2024 – March 2026.with different Departure dates as mentioned above. Even if there is only one person on the specified start date, our tour will be operated. Our groups generally include between 25 to 30 people.
If the departure dates of our given plan don’t align with your preference or you have a group of
minimum 25 pax, we can arrange a professional guide (in different languages) and vehicle that you have requested for your group on special dates between November 2024 – March 2026.
If you wish to make this program for your own group or if you want to make your own serial group, you must guarantee a minimum of 25 guests and inform us your departure dates in advance so that we can make new reservations in the specified Hotels. Guests need to pay their deposit (30 Euro per Person) so that we can confirm their reservations before they arrive.
Kindly note that we may not be able to make last-minute reservations.
If you want to do marketing about our tours and announce one or more of our departure dates, all you have to do is to secure your place by making a prepayment of 30.00 Euro Per Person. You must notify us with all the names that will participate in our tour before starting the tour. After paying the deposit, you will not be affected by price increases in our tour.
These prices are our guaranteed prices, however, if there are any extreme spikes in the prices in Turkey, the price might be updated excluding already confirmed groups with confirmed names and fixed departure dates. You will be given notice of the price chance 1 week prior. That’s why we kindly request you to inform us about all your confirmed groups.
The prices of this program have been determined with the cooperation of specified hotels. These prices are only valid for accommodation in these hotels and a hotel that is not on the list cannot be requested. If there is a modification in the status of the specified hotels, The Indian Travel Life has the authority to arrange a different hotel in the same category and under the same conditions.
For these programs, we produce an outstanding, experienced, knowledgeable professional guide who speaks English very well. However, if you have special groups of at least 25 people other than our specified groups, we can provide you with guides in other languages. You must take a private tour for a private guide and state your choice in advance.
Many of our tours DO NOT include domestic flights because of the different cancellation policies of airline companies. If you want us to arrange your domestic flights The Indian Travel Life is more than happy to assist you with best possible rates. These flights have a limitation of 15 kg of luggage with 8 kg of in-cabin weight depending on the Airlines. Please abide by these in-flight regulations. You should be present at the Airport an hour prior to flight times. We reserve and book your flight Tickets a week before the travel dates with the names provided by yourselves. If there is a typo or a lettering mistake on the names, our company holds no responsibility for any inconvenience they may experience so it is best to have a copy of the passport provided to your representative.
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