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Day 1 - Drive from Istanbul to Gallipoli and Gallipoli Day Tour
Meal: Breakfast and Lunch
06:30 – Our transportation service will pick you up from the hotel you stayed in.
07:00 – The journey will start over Tekirdağ road. We will stop at a stopover on the road and have breakfast. After breakfast, the journey will continue.
11:45 – We will reach the arrive point. We will eat lunch at Çanakkale’s Eceabat district. This, in our Guide Tour, is one of the places where the most important emotional moments experienced, and where the Battles of Gallipoli made in the First World War.
Where will we visit on the Guided Tour?
We will visit places of emotion such as the Anzac Cove, Lone Pine, Australian Memorial, Johnston’s Jolly, the Nek, Chunuk Bair, New Zealand Memorial and Turkish Memorial. After that, we will return to our hotel.
We will stay overnight at the hotel in Eceabat / Çanakkale.
Day 2 - Ancient City of Troy Tour
Meal: Breakfast
08:30 – Check out of the hotel.
After leaving the hotel, the journey to the legendary city of Troy will begin. Our guided tour will take you where the Legendary Trojan Horse is at the place of the legendary story of Trojan Prince, Paris, and Spartan Queen, Helen.
After the Troy Tour, Internal local bus journey to Selcuk / Kusadasi via Izmir will begin where will stay overnight.
Check in the hotel and stay overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 3 - Leisure Day in Kuşadası
Meal: Breakfast
Here, you can visit wherever you want as you wish and explore the city freely. You can make your holiday fun with colorful moments such as joining the boat trips (extra charge), walking on the beach and spending time in the bars amongst the activities you will do.
Stay overnight in Kuşadasi.
Day 4 - Ephesus Day Tour
Meal: Breakfast and Lunch
After breakfast, we check out the hotel to go to the ancient city of Ephesus. Our guided tour will start with a visit to the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Then we will go to Ephesus which is one of the most magnificent cities of ancient times and the Roman period. Here, you will visit important places such as the Agora, Odeon, Curetes Street, public toilets, Celsus Library, Hadrian Temple, Roman Baths, Grand Theater, and Marble Street.
After lunch, Virgin Mary House, which is said to have passed the last days of the Virgin Mary, will be visited.
Stay overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 5 - Pamukkale Tour & Internal Local Bus to Antalya
Meal: Breakfast Lunch
We have breakfast and check out the hotel. And the journey will begin towards the famous Pamukkale with its natural beauties. The Pamukkale Travertine is one of the natural beauties where the water rising from the ground with a temperature of 35 degrees that it creates many small lakes on the mountain and it is a worth seeing place.
You will get a chance to see places such as the ruins of the city of Hierapolis with its basilica, theater, Roman Bath, and Necropolis. Later on, the journey to Antalya will begin by bus. Duration will be around 4 hours. Upon arrival to the bus station in Antalya, met on arrival and transfer to hotel. Check in the hotel.
Stay overnight in Antalya.
Day 6 - Leisure Day in Antalya
Meal: Breakfast
Just like you are in Kusadasi, you are free to go everywhere in Antalya. You can have fun on the beach if you like or you can also take part in boat tours.
Stay overnight in Antalya.
Day 7 - Perge, Aspendos, and Side Tour & Bus to Cappadocia
Meal: Breakfast and Lunch
After breakfast and leaving the hotel, the journey to Perge, which located 18 km east of Antalya and one of the most important cities of Pamphylia, will begin. At the same time, this city, where the Hittites were settled in 1500 BC, lived here in one of Saint Paul journeys. Ancient structures such as colonnaded streets, agora, bath, stadium, and theater will impress you. Marble relief workmanship, especially in the theater, will take you back to antiquity.
Aspendos is one of the best-preserved theaters of the day, with a capacity of 15,000 people. The galleries, decorations, and acoustics are the results of an excellent workmanship. Aqueduct close to the theater was the longest water channel of Anatolia. Aspendos, located 45 kilometers east of Antalya, is reached via an old Seljuk bridge. Lunch will be served in a local restaurant.
Side, located 70 kilometers east of Antalya, hosts many historical buildings. The giant theaters, the agora, the magnificent columns of the Apollo Temple are waiting for you. Today, the large Roman bath used as a museum hosts many archaeological artifacts.
The 10-hours internal local bus to Cappadocia journey will begin after the tour ends.
Day 8 - Leisure Day in Cappadocia
Meal: Lunch
After we arrive in Cappadocia, we will check in to the hotel. It will be good for you to visit Cappadocia freely after a long journey. You can relax in the hotel’s Turkish bath if you want.
And also, you can join an activity with an extra fee. Please, check the extra activities section.
Stay overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 9 - Travel to the North of Cappadocia
Meal: Breakfast and Lunch
On this day, you can join the hot air balloon flight with an extra fee. You can book a balloon ride in the extra activities section.
09:45/10:00 – Our travel team will come to pick you up from your hotels. After meeting with other people in the group, our guided tour is ready to explore the North of Cappadocia. After visiting the Dervent Valley, you will experience an incredible moment with the harmony of the wind formed between the fairy chimneys in Pasabag. Lunch at Avanos where the place of Pottery.
Live moments that will not be forgotten with the works of the Byzantine period exhibited at Goreme Open Air Museum. We complete the tour with a visit to the Uchisar Rock-Castle, giving you a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia. At the end of the tour, we will come back to the hotel.
Stay overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 10 - Travel to the South of Cappadocia & Fly to Istanbul
Meal: Breakfast and Lunch
On this day, you can join the hot air balloon flight with an extra fee. You can book a balloon ride in the extra activities section.
After you eat and leave the hotel, you will discover the Red Valley where the churches carved into the stone placed. We will hike the Güllüdere valley and visit the village of Çavuşin. The Old Çavuşin village was abandoned a few decades ago due to landslides. The two most important churches in Cavusin are the Great Basilica dedicated to St.John the Baptist (located on the cliff above the village) and Cavusin Church or the “Great Pigeon House” in the name of a visit of the famous Cappadocian Emperor Nicephorus Phocas.
After lunch, our address will be the Pigeon Valley. We will visit the Kaymakli Underground City afternoon, where the First Christians lived in fear. The former name is Enegup, which has nearly one hundred tunnels of the underground city, which is one of the most interesting underground settlements in Cappadocia. After leaving, we will visit the castle at Ortahisar.
At the end of the tour, go to Cappadocia airport and fly back to Istanbul.
Arrive at Istanbul. It is the end of the 10 Days Spirit of Tukey Itinerary.
Popescu –
Absolutely fabulous Turkey experience despite covid lockdowns. From dealing with the official travel consultant who was all very accomodating to my requests to our very patient and knowledgable tour guides. Everyone did their best to accommodate all the requests, the tour vans were comfy and the sights were well worth it. The tour package is very reasonably priced also. Gallipolli in Canakkale was not exactly a trip highlight, and while I understand that is mostly for people from Australia and New Zealand I feel like that part could be skipped until those countries reopen and we could visit Troy & Assos firstly. Driving five hours to see cemeteries was very depressing, we would proffer adding a beach day for free in Kusadasi or another day in the Cappadocia region because we definitely did not have enough time there. The rest of the tour was magical, food for the most part was nice. The hot air balloon and Zelve Mapping show were some activities I highly recommend to add to the tour program. Would definitely tour in Turkey with this company again. It was a fabulous Turkey tour. Thank you.
Leila –
We saw tours for various areas on their web. When we contacted on whatsapp to review them, a very pleasant person, Tuna, kindly greeted us and answered all our questions, without any pressure to purchase services. They told us that you can make programs according to your own wishes, and we liked it very much. We did the program together. We were informed of the services by Tuna, who was also extremely pleasant and informative. Excellent service for tailor-made trips in Turkey. It was a really lovely trip to Turkey and we learned so much. Many thanks, Toursce Travel team!
Ana –
Efficient tour package organized by Ahmet. Ahmet was very accommodating and helpful in organizing our 4-day tour. He is also always available to answer our questions on Whatsapp and help with our problems. We enjoyed a lot of Epheso, Troy, Pamukkale, and Cappadocia tours very much. The local tour guides were very good and the arrangements very organized. Thank you!
Benjamin –
I and my family (7 people) had joined the 10 days Turkey tour. That was a nice tour with its all arrangements, guiding, hotels, touring in each site, and all transportation. Thank you.
Maheswaran –
Great Turkey Experience
10-Day Turkey Classics Tour from Istanbul: Gallipoli, Troy, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Antalya, and Cappadocia. We loved the tour plan, felt safe, got to see the ruins of Troy, Pergamon, Gallipoli, Kusadasi, Ephesus, Pamukkale & Hierapolis, head out to Antalya, and then Cappadocia. We had 10-16 people in our party. All had slightly different tour itineraries – some started earlier, others got off before us. The tour buses were comfortable. Our local tour guides Arzu, Oguz, Ugur, Aysun, Deniz, and Ada were knowledgeable and caring, he spoke very good English and took care of everyone’s needs. All hotels were chosen with care, we especially loved the one in Kusadasi, Antalya, and Cappadocia. Pamukkale was a bit crowded with students, but Cappadocia was out of this world. We didn’t get to fly the balloons due to wind in Cappadocia, We only wish we had more time in Cappadocia like 2 more nights. We are very pleased with this travel company and our tour package. Thank you very much, guys.