8 Day Explore Mystic Turkey Tours

8 Day Explore Mystic Turkey Tours

Tour Highlights
8 day Explore Mystic Turkey Tours program is departing from Istanbul and visiting Gallipoli, Troy, Ephesus, Priene, Miletos, Didyma, Pamukkale, Aphrodisias, and Cappadocia. During your trip, you will have a chance to join and enjoy each mentioned with our local tour guides.

1. Day – Gallipoli Tour
2. Day – Troy Tour – Ephesus
3. Day – Ephesus Tour
4. Day – Priene, Miletos & Didyma Tour
5. Day – Pamukkale Tour
6. Day – Aphrodisias Tour – Cappadocia
7. Day – North of Cappadocia Tour
8. Day – South of Cappadocia Tour – Istanbul

8 Day Explore Mystic Turkey Tours
Day 1: Istanbul To Gallipoli Tour
Meal: Lunch
Pick you up from your hotel @ 06:30 am. Drive to Gallipoli peninsula via Tekirdag and Kesan. We will have a break on the way for breakfast (own expenses) and rest. Arrive in Eceabat. We will have lunch and continue to Anzac Cove.

Gallipoli Guided Tour

• Beach Cemetery (John Simpson’s Grave)
• Anzac Cove
• Ari Burnu (First Anzac landing place)
• Lone Pine Cemetery (Australian Memorial)
• Johnston’s Jolly (Walk in the Anzac trenches)
• View Shrapnel Valley
• Chunuk Bair (Main New Zealand Memorial)
• Turkish Memorial
• The Nek and Walker’s Ridge

End of the first day in Gallipoli, transfer to hotel. Check into hotel and Overnight at the hotel in Eceabat or Canakkale.

Day 2: Troy Tour – Ephesus
Meal: Breakfast
Breakfast & Check out from the hotel. Free morning. Pick up from the hotel and drive to Helen of Troy.

Troy Guided Tour

• The Trojan Horse which was used in the movie Troy
• The Trojan Horse (Did it really exist ?)
• Helen of Troy (Was she the real cause of the war ?)
• The Trojan Wars
• Battle between Achilles and Hector
• The 3200 years old city walls of Troy VI and VII
• The East gate of VI (VIP entrance of Troy VI)
• The Temple of Athena
• Walls of Troy II and Megaron House
• Walls of Troy I (The oldest ruins of Troy)
• The trench of Schliemann
• The ramp of Troy II
• The Scaean Gate
• The Gate of Troy VI (Where possibly the tricky wooden horse was taken)
• Sanctuary (Sacrificing Altars)
• Roman Bath
• Odeon (Music theatre)
• South gate of Troy VI
• Bouleuterion
• Ruins of agora (Market place)

At the end of the tour, bus transportation to Selcuk / Kusadasi via Izmir city. Arrival to Selcuk / Kusadasi. Check into hotel and Overnight.

Day 3: Ephesus Tour
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast at hotel. You will be picked up from your hotel and join to the group and start to the Ephesus day tour. The ruins of the Temple of Artemis, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Then on, to visit Ephesus Ancient City, the best preserved Greco-Roman city in the world. Here you will explore the Agora, Odeon, Curettes Street, public toilets, Celsius Library, Hadrian Temple, Roman Baths, Grand Theatre, Marble Street. After a lunch break depart for the House of Virgin Mary and visit the chapel where she is said to have spent her last day.
End of the Ephesus Guided Tour transfer to back to the hotel. Overnight at hotel.

Day 4: Priene – Miletos & Didyma Tours
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Priene Ancient City. Priene Ancient City, Priene lies in Güllübahce at a distance of 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Söke town nearby Kusadasi, in the Aegean region of Turkey. The city was founded in the 2nd millennium BC. Didyma Ancient City, Didyma (nearby Didim, in the Aegean region of Turkey) was a cult center for the city of Miletus. In ancient times, these two cities were connected to each other by a sacred road that had statues located on either side of it. German archaeologists excavating at the site have shown that the earliest sanctuary here was built in the 8th century BC. Milotus Ancient City, Miletus is located in the vicinity of Söke town, nearby Kusadasi, in the Aegean region of Turkey). The city was built on the seashore in the ancient times. The Miletus people who had founded about 90 colonies in the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions. Overnight at hotel.

Day 5: Pamukkale Tour
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast and check out from your hotel.
Pick up from the hotel and drive to Pamukkale. You will see the Cotton Cilifts. Pamukkale is an extraordinary natural wonder. The calceus waters rise from the ground at a temperature of 35 C and tumple down the mountain from a height of 100 meters, forming a myriad of pools. Cream-colored stalactites are formed as the water overflows from the pools, creating a breathtaking sight unequalled in the world. Also visit the ancient ruins of the City of Hierapolis with its basilica, theatre, Roman Bath and Necropolis. End of the tour check into hotel and Overnight in Pamukkale.

Day 6: Aphrodisias Tour / Bus To Cappadocia
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
Breakfast and check out from the hotel than drive to Aphrodisias; According to recent excavations, the site was occupied as early as the late Neolithic period and developed through the Bronze and Iron Ages. Tetrapylon; It was the monumental gateway which greeted pilgrims when they approached the Temple of Aphrodite. The Temple of Aphrodite; The Temple of Aphrodite was located in the northern section and formed the centre of the city.Odeon; To the south of the temple of Aphrodite, a very well-preserved Odeon (Concert-hall) was discovered in 1962. Baths of Hadrian; Built in the 2nd century B.D, the remains of the baths are facing the Agora gate to the west end of the Portico of Tiberius.The Theatre; The Theatre of the city was built in the second half of the first century B.C on the eastern slope of the acropolis. The Agora; The Agora of Aphrodisias was the large public or market area in the northern part of the portico between the Temple of Aphrodite and the Acropolis. Transfer to bus station, Overnight bus to Cappadocia. Overnight bus duration is 10 hours.

Day 7: North Of Cappadocia Tour
Meal: Lunch
Morning arrival to cappadocia and first day tour of Cappadocia.
North of Cappadocia tour is including to visit Devrent, Monk Valley, Goreme open air museum, Pigeon Valley, Uchisar Castle. After the tour transfer to hotel and stay the night in Urgup or Goreme. Overnight stay in Cappadocia. Overnight in Cappadocia.

Day 8: South Of Cappadocia Tour – Flight to Istanbul
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch
After having the breakfast in the hotel. Check out from the hotel and you will join in the second day tour of Cappadocia. South of Cappadocia tour is including to visit Kizilcukur, Cavusin Village, Derinkuyu Underground City, Ortahisar, Catalkaya.
At the end of the tour transfer to airport and fly back to Istanbul. Upon arrival to Istanbul. It will be the end of the 8 Day Explore Mystic Turkey Tours.

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