Istanbul - Cappadocia 7 days combination + Gulet Cruise 7 days
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Itinerary
Day 1 - Istanbul
Arrival in Istanbul airport and meeting just outside the arrival's gate with a sign bearing your name. Transfer to your hotel and check- in. Overnight Istanbul.
Day 2 - Istanbul
Full day guided sightseeing in Old Istanbul. Discovery of Sultanahmet, Blue Mosque, St. Sophia, Hippodrome, Topkapi Palace and Grand Bazaar. Overnight Istanbul (B)
Day 3 - Bosphorus Cruise with Dolmabahce
The tour starts with a visit to the exotic and aromatic Egyptian Spice Market. You may buy spices, caviar, and almost anything imaginable. Continue over the Galata Bridge and the Golden horn. We will visit the “Selamlik” chambers of the incredible 19th c. Dolmabahce Palace. We continue up the Bosphorus and cross over to Asia to Camlica Hill for a view of Istanbul. After lunch visit the Sadberk Hanim Museum, with its well-organized archaeological and ethnographical sections. The Bosphorus cruise begins in the afternoon (ferry). We pass by the Rumeli Fortress and you will enjoy crossing from continent to continent traveling down the Bosphorus, which is lined with old Ottoman seaside mansions, marble palaces and small fishing villages.
Overnight Istanbul (B)
Day 4 - Istanbul - Cappadocia
Take the morning flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia, arrival and transfer to Cappadocia. Tour to Underground city, Soganli valley, Sobessos mosaics, Keslik monastery and Mustafapasa old Greek town Overnight Hotel Cappadocia. (B.L)
Day 5 - Cappadocia
Full day guided discovery of Cappadocia. Visit to Goreme Open Air Museum, Uchisar Castle, Fairy Chimneys, Avanos Overnight Hotel Cappadocia. (B.L)
Day 6 - Cappadocia
Walking in Ihlara Canyon, a "mirage" in the Steps of Anatolia up to Belisirma village, the ancient Peristrema: "Valley of the Sky" along the Melendiz River. Rock-cut churches, spread across a wild plantation, surprise you with their successfully painted representations from the Bible. Lunch in Belisirma a local restaurant by the river. Stop by Selime, a village with cave houses at the end of the canyon and a "star wars" like landscape. Overnight Hotel Cappadocia. (B.L)
Day 7 - Cappadocia - Marmaris
In the morning, transfer to airport in Kayseri and fly to Dalaman. Transfer to Cruise and: Boarding the yacht in Marmaris in the afternoon, welcome drink and informations about the yacht and the tour program, overnight in the harbour of Marmaris.
Day 8 - Gulet Cruise
Departure after breakfast. Cruising about 2 hours, we reach Ekincik. From Ekincik, you can make a boat trip to the ancient city of Kaunos, Lycian rock tombs and mud baths where you can take a bath in sulfurous mud. The journey will be made in the labyrinth of the delta of Dalyan Çayı, surrounded with thick vegetation of reed. Here, also in the beach of İztuzu, famous for the sea turtles called Caretta Caretta. Dinner and overnight in one of the bays of Ekincik
Day 9 - Gulet Cruise
Cruising approx. 3.5 hours till Ağalimanı behind Kap Kurdoğlu. Swimming and lunch here. In the afternoon, arrival in the bay of Manastır. Swimming breaks here and in the neighborhood (Kleopatra and Hamam bays). Dinner and overnight.
Day 10 - Gulet Cruise
Visiting other lovely places in the Gulf like Tersane and/or Yassıca islands. Late in the afternoon arrival in Göcek or Fethiye for dinner and overnight.
Day 11 - Gulet Cruise
Embarking the yacht in Fethiye . After lunch, cruising to Ölüdeniz. (Charter yachts are not allowed to enter the inner side of the bay of Ölüdeniz.) a long swimming stop here and than cruising to Gemile Island for overnight.
Day 12 - Gulet Cruise
A long cruise approx. 4 hours along the Dişibilmez and Baba islands will bring us again to the region of Ekincik. Overnight in one of the bays here.
Day 13 - Gulet Cruise
Cruise to Inceada - Gebekilise. In the afternoon cruising till Turunç with swimming stops in Kadırga and Kumlubük. Last dinner on board. .
Day 14 - Gulet Cruise
Disembarking in Marmaris after breakfast, transfer to Dalaman for your flight to Istanbul - END OF TOUR .
B = Breakfast L = Lunch
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Remarks
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