Turkish Delights & The Enchanting Landscapes of Cappadocia - Simply Guided 2020

Turkish Delights & The Enchanting Landscapes of Cappadocia

€ 1149 10 DAY GUIDED TOUR FROM

1 - 10 SEP 2020

Visiting: Istanbul, Bosporus Cruise, Kusadasi, Ephesus, Sirince, Kusadasi, Pamukkale, Antalya, Duden Waterfalls, Konya, Cappadocia

cities in Cappadocia. Visit the Uchisar Castle, the highest point of Cappadocia. Proceed to Goreme Open Air Museum, the heart of Cappadocia. Goreme Open Air Museum is famous for frescoes dating to the10th century describing the life of Jesus Christ and the monks. Next stop is Cavusin, which is an abandoned village with old cave Greek houses. After lunch, you will visit a pottery work shop, to see how to make potteries. Next stop is Devrent Valley, which is also called Imagination Valley, where you can see natural rock formations looking like animals. Head to a wine shop in Urgup for wine tasting. Your last stop will be the Three Beauties, three beautiful fairy chimneys with their hats, which is the symbol of Cappadocia. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner. DAY 10 - CAPPADOCIA - ISTANBUL – MALTA After breakfast transfer to Kayseri Airport for your flight to Istanbul where you will be in transit for your flight back to Malta. Meals: Breakfast.

knowledge of making fruit wine. On the way you will visit one of the famous leather production centers of the region, where you will have the opportunity to get a good factory rate. After that you will visit Textile. Enjoy the shopping experience whilst gaining the knowledge of the ancient craftsmen.

DAY 1 – MALTA - ISTANBUL Meet the tour manager at Malta International Airport for your flight to Istanbul. Upon arrival transfer to your 4* Ramada hotel & Suites Golden Horn for check in. Meals: Dinner. DAY 2 - ISTANBUL Breakfast and pick up from your hotel for a day tour of old Istanbul city. Visit Topkapi Palace, the great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries housing an exquisite collection of crystal, silver, Chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and their families, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, the Holy Mantle; enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed The Sultanahmet Imperial Mosque built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, is known as the Blue Mosque because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles. Hippodrome Ancient Hippodrome, the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments; the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine. After lunch proceed to the Grand covered bazaar in this labyrinth of streets and passages where one can find more than 4,000 shops with each trade having its own area as the goldsmiths’ street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts such as hand painted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brassware, trays, water ewers, onyx-ware and meerschaum pipes. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner. DAY 3 – ISTANBUL - BOSPORUS CRUISE - KUSADASI After breakfast depart for Bosporus Cruise tour. Enjoy a magical Istanbul Bosporus boat cruise. Enjoy the array of sites you can see from the boat including the Grand Spice Bazaar. This traditional excursion by boat sail along the waterway separating Europe and Asia. After lunch depart for Istanbul Ataturk airport for your flight to Izmir. Transfer from airport to your 5* Suhan 360 hotel in Kusadasi. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner. DAY 4 - KUSADASI - EPHESUS - TURKISH VILLAGE SIRINCE Breakfast and depart for tour of Ephesus, one of the best preserved ancient sites in the world en-route, visiting the Temple of Artemis, Curetes street, famous Roman baths, Celsius Library, Grand theatre and House of the Virgin Mary. After lunch you will visit a place which continues to perform as one of the oldest arts of Turkey; a carpet weaving centre. After lunch proceed for a Turkish Village Tour. Sirince’s construction style today belongs to Anatolian Greeks. The houses on the slope are all original with their white paints. Sirince Village also has a fantastic reputation for making some of the best wines in Turkey - especially fruit wines. You will visit the vineyards and learn how to make fruit wine with Turkish wine makers. In the evening you will be tested about your

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner. DAY 5 - KUSADASI - PAMUKKALE

Breakfast and drive to Pamukkale. 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. After the tour transfer to hotel for check in at your 5* Pam Thermal hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner. DAY 6 – PAMUKKALE - ANTALYA

TURKISH DELIGHTS TOUR 2020

After breakfast depart for Antalya. Upon arrival transfer to your 4* Laren Family Hotel for check in. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner. DAY 7 - ANTALYA – DUDEN WATERFALLS Breakfast and drive to Antalya`s old City. Visit the Clock Tower, Hadrian’s Gate, Broken Minaret and Hıdırlık Tower: Kaleici is a small historic part of Antalya’s modern city, also known as the old city of Antalya. In history it was once the sprawling modern Roman town, the Byzantine Empire, Seljuks, and finally the Ottoman Turkish town. The Hadrian’s 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 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 either used as a fortification or a lighthouse in the past. After lunch 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. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner. DAY 8 - ANTALYA - KONYA – CAPPADOCIA After breakfast proceed to Konya. After lunch visit the imposing green - tiled Mausoleum of Mevlana, the mystic founder of the Sufi sect (Whirling Dervishes). After the Konya Mevlana tour drive to Cappadocia and check into your 5* Wyndham Grand hotel Kayseri. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner. DAY 9 - CAPPADOCIA Breakfast and drive to Ozkonak Underground City, one of the best preserved Underground

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RETURN FLIGHTS MALTA/ISTANBUL//MALTA ONE WAY FLIGHT ISTANBUL – IZMIR ONE WAY FLIGHT CAPPADOCIA - ISTANBUL AIRLINE TAXES AND FUEL CHARGES 9 NIGHTS IN 4*/5* ACCOMMODATION

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9 BREAKFASTS

8 LUNCHES 9 DINNERS

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