Istanbul - Cappadocia - Ephesus - Cruise Turkey or 7 nights Hotel stay - 11 days (PRIVATE)
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Itinerary
Day 1 - Istanbul - Cappadocia
Take a flight from Istanbul to Kayseri. Arrival and meeting at the airport with your guide and driver. Transfer to hotel. Tour to Underground city, Soganli valley, Sobessos mosaics, Keslik monastery and Mustafapasa old Greek town.
Overnight Hotel Cappadocia.
Day 2 - Cappadocia
Guided discovery of Cappadocia. Visit to Goreme Open Air Museum with cave churches, devrent imagination valley, Uchisar Rock Castle, Fairy Chimneys in Pasabag, Avanos. Overnight Hotel Cappadocia.
Day 3 - Cappadocia - Ephesus
Drive to Ihlara Valley, on the way, visit to Crater Lake of Narligol. 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. On the way back, visit to Caravanserai of Agzikarahan, a safe stop for camel caravans on the legendary Silk Road.
Take the evening flight from Kayseri to Izmir (Sunday, Monday, Thursday - direct flights by Sunexpress - Departure: 19:30pm Arrival: 20:30pm, the other days via Istanbul by Turkish airlines) . Arrival and meeting at the airport and transfer to your hotel.
Overnight Sirince or Kusadasi near Ephesus.
Day 4 - Ephesus
Visit to the ancient city of Ephesus. We will spend several hours walking in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, Caesar, Cicero, Apostles Paul and John and many other familiar historical names. The recently opened Slope Houses where the wealthiest Romans lived are an excellent example of sensitive excavation and presentation. The mosaics and frescos are spectacular. Tradition has it that Virgin Mary was brought here by St John after the Crucifixion and lived her final years near the city of Ephesus on an isolated mountaintop. A lovely chapel is constructed on the site tended by Franciscans and open to visitors. It has been designated a pilgrimage site by the Pope. Overnight Sirince or Kusadasi near Ephesus
OPTION 1 ( Day 5 - 11 - one week cruise )
Day 5 - Drive to Fethiye or Marmaris : 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 6 - 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 7 -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 8 - 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 9 - 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 10 - 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 11 - Cruise to Inceada - Gebekilise. In the afternoon cruising till Turunç with swimming stops in Kadırga and Kumlubük. Last dinner on board.
Disembarking in Marmaris after breakfast. Transfer to Dalaman airport for your flight.
OPTION 2 ( Day 5 - 11 - one week hotel stay )
Rixos - Bodrum
- ( 5 stars )
Built on a 187.000 square meters field surrounded on all sides by pine trees in a charming atmosphere, Rixos Bodrum is located on the most precious area of the Bodrum peninsula: The Zeytinlikahve bay. Covered with the Mediterranean / Turkish pine union and with scrubs of the same union, the Zeytinlikahve bay is on the Milas Bodrum Road. The establishment is 10 km. from the city centre and is at a distance of 25 km. from the Bodrum airport.
Private tour rates
Remarks
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