12 Days Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Ephesus Tour with Free Days

After you arrive at Istanbul Airport (IST) or Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW), please exit to the passenger meeting area. Our local team will welcome you outside the airport terminal with a name sign and transfer you comfortably to your Istanbul hotel for check-in and rest.

Overnight stay in Istanbul.

Meal: Breakfast

Free day in Istanbul for rest, shopping, museums, or optional evening activities.

Overnight stay in Istanbul.

Meal: Breakfast & Lunch

08:30 - You will be picked up from the hotel for a day tour.

• Hippodrome: The Hippodrome was the ceremonial and sporting heart of Byzantine Constantinople. Its obelisks and open square still show how imperial Istanbul was organized before the Ottoman era.
• Blue Mosque: The Blue Mosque is one of Istanbul s most elegant Ottoman landmarks, famous for its six minarets, balanced courtyards, and blue Iznik tiles inside the prayer hall.
• Hagia Sophia: Hagia Sophia brings Byzantine engineering, imperial ceremony, Ottoman mosque architecture, and modern Istanbul history together in one extraordinary monument.
• Topkapi Palace: Topkapi Palace was the administrative and private center of the Ottoman sultans for centuries, with courtyards, treasury sections, palace kitchens, and ceremonial spaces revealing court life.
• Grand Bazaar: The Grand Bazaar is one of the world s oldest covered market complexes, where jewelry, textiles, carpets, ceramics, and small workshops keep Istanbul s trading culture alive.

17:00 - The tour ends and we will transfer you back to your hotel.

Overnight stay in Istanbul.

Meal: Breakfast & Lunch

08:30 - You will be picked up from the hotel for a day tour.

• Spice Bazaar: The Spice Bazaar is a colorful Ottoman market filled with spices, sweets, teas, dried fruits, and local delicacies. It gives the day a lively start before the Bosphorus section.
• Bosphorus Cruise: The Bosphorus Cruise shows Istanbul from the water, passing palaces, wooden mansions, bridges, and neighborhoods spread between Europe and Asia.
• Bosphorus Bridge: The Bosphorus Bridge links the two continents and gives the route its symbolic crossing point between Europe and Asia.
• Camlica Hill: Camlica Hill offers one of the broadest panoramic views over Istanbul, with the strait, old city, modern districts, and bridges visible from above.
• Beylerbeyi Palace: Beylerbeyi Palace is an elegant Ottoman waterfront palace on the Asian shore, built for imperial summer stays and visiting dignitaries.

17:00 - The tour ends and we will transfer you back to your hotel.

Overnight stay in Istanbul.

Meal: Breakfast

Breakfast at the hotel and check-out from your rooms.

12:00 - Transfer to the airport for your selected Istanbul-Cappadocia flight. (Pick-up time may change according to flight time, airport, and hotel location.)

15:10 - Fly to Cappadocia from Istanbul. (Flight time may change.)

16:30 - Arrival transfer to your Cappadocia hotel and free time.

Overnight stay in Cappadocia.

Meal: Breakfast & Lunch

09:30 - You will be picked up from your hotel and the Cappadocia Red Route will begin.

• Devrent Valley: Devrent is known for imaginative volcanic rock shapes resembling animals and figures, a light but memorable introduction to Cappadocia s erosion-shaped landscape.
• Pasabag: Pasabag has some of the region s most dramatic fairy chimneys, including multi-capped formations linked with early hermit life.
• Avanos: Avanos sits beside the Red River, whose clay has supported pottery for thousands of years. The stop connects the landscape with a living craft tradition.
• Zelve Open Air Museum: Zelve was once a cave village and monastic settlement spread through several valleys, with abandoned homes, churches, passages, and tunnels.
• Uchisar panoramic view: The Uchisar viewpoint gives a strong panorama over valleys, cave houses, and the castle rock that rises above central Cappadocia.

17:00 - The tour ends and we will transfer you back to your hotel.

Overnight stay in Cappadocia.

Meal: Breakfast & Lunch

09:30 - After breakfast at the hotel and check-out from your hotel, transfer to the tour area.

• Red Valley: Red Valley is known for warm-colored rock walls, hidden cave rooms, and mineral tones that change with the daylight.
• Gulludere Valley: Gulludere combines soft pink rock formations with cave churches, vineyards, and walking paths between old dwellings.
• Cavusin: Cavusin is an old rock-cut village where cave houses and churches climb the cliff face, showing how daily life once blended into stone.
• Pigeon Valley: Pigeon Valley is lined with dovecotes carved into the rocks, once used to collect fertilizer for vineyards, with wide views toward Uchisar.
• Underground City: The underground city reveals tunnels, storage rooms, ventilation shafts, and defensive stone doors built for protection during unstable periods.

17:00 - The tour ends and you will be transferred to the bus station for an overnight intercity bus to Pamukkale.

20:00 - Overnight intercity bus to Pamukkale, around 10 hours with rest stops. (Bus time may change.)

Overnight bus journey to Pamukkale.

Meal: Breakfast & Lunch

06:30 - Early arrival in Denizli and transfer to a freshen-up room before the Pamukkale tour. (Arrival time may change.)

09:30 - You will be picked up from your refreshing room for the Pamukkale day tour after getting some rest, having breakfast, and using the shower.

• Pamukkale Travertines: Pamukkale Travertines are bright white mineral terraces formed by warm calcium-rich water flowing down the hillside.
• Hierapolis: Hierapolis was a Roman spa city built above the thermal springs, with theater, streets, gates, baths, and sacred areas tied to healing water.
• Necropolis: The Necropolis is one of the largest ancient cemeteries in Anatolia, with tombs and sarcophagi spread along the old roads.
• Cleopatra Pool area: The Cleopatra Pool area contains warm thermal water and fallen ancient columns. Swimming is optional and paid locally.

16:30 - Transfer to your hotel in Kusadasi/Selcuk.

Overnight stay in Kusadasi/Selcuk.

Meal: Breakfast

Free day on the Aegean coast.

Overnight stay in Kusadasi/Selcuk.

Meal: Breakfast & Lunch

08:30 - You will be picked up for the tour and transferred to the tour area.

• Ephesus Ancient City: Ephesus is one of the best-preserved classical cities in the eastern Mediterranean, with marble streets, agora areas, fountains, temples, and Roman urban planning still easy to read.
• Library of Celsus: The Library of Celsus is the signature facade of Ephesus, built as both a library and a monumental tomb, showing the city s taste for public grandeur.
• Great Amphitheatre: The Great Amphitheatre could hold thousands of spectators and was used for performances, civic gatherings, and public announcements.
• House of Virgin Mary: The House of Virgin Mary is a peaceful hillside sanctuary above Ephesus, visited for its spiritual tradition and quiet setting.
• Temple of Artemis: The Temple of Artemis was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; only traces remain, but the stop completes Ephesus sacred geography.

16:00 - The tour ends and you will be transferred to Izmir Airport.

19:30 - Flight to Istanbul. (Flight time and airport may change according to season, airline schedule, and operational availability.)

20:50 - Arrival and transfer to your Istanbul hotel.

Overnight stay in Istanbul.

Meal: Breakfast

Free day in Istanbul for personal plans or optional activities.

Overnight stay in Istanbul.

Meal: Breakfast

Transfer to Istanbul Airport (IST) or Sabiha Gokcen Airport (SAW) according to your international flight details.