cruise 

 
1st Day
Landing off to Istanbul and meeting at the airport, transfer to the hotel, free time
2nd Day
Sultanahmet - Old IstanbulMeeting at the reception at 9.00 am. First of all, we start our trip with Topkapı Palace which has been an administrative center of the Ottoman Empire for nearly 400 years. Topkapı Palace is the palace where Ottoman Sultans lived and used as the administration center of the State during 400 years of the 600-year history of the Ottoman Empire. Once upon a time nearly 4000 people lived there. Topkapı Palace was built in 1478 by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, and has been the official residence of the Ottoman Sultans and the administrative center of the state for about 380 years until the construction of Dolmabahçe Palace by Sultan Abdülmecid. Today the area of ​​the palace is 80.000 m² and it was located at an area of approximately 700,000 m² during the years of establishment. Then we are visiting Harem which has been the subject of television series. This is a private and prohibited place where the Sultan lived with his family.
In Harem, there are 300 rooms, 9 baths, 2 mosques, 1 hospital, wards and 1 laundry. After we get some information about the Harem life, we are going to the Ayasofya Museum. Ayasofya was a Patriarchal Cathedral with basilica plan which was built at the old city center in Istanbul's historic peninsula center by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian between the years of 532-537 A.D. and was converted into a mosque by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, after Istanbul was conquered by Turks in 1453. It has been serving as a museum since 1935. Ayasofya is a domed basilica type building which incorporates the basilica plan with the central plan in terms of architecture, is considered to be a turning point in the history of architecture with its dome transit and conveyor system. Here we see the frescoes in the museum and we are having lunch at the famous “Sultanahmet Köftecisi”.
After lunch, we are entering Alman Çeşmesi (German Fountain), Dikilitaş (Obelisk), Yılanlı Sütun (Serpentine Column), Örme Sütun (Stone Obelisk) located in Sultanahmet Meydanı (Sultan Ahmet Square) which was known as Hippodrome in the Byzantine era and we are also entering Sultanahmet Cami (Blue Mosque) which was built by Architect Sedefker Mehmed Aga in the name of Sultan 1.Ahmed. We are browsing around the architecture which is known as the Blue Mosque because of the blue tiles in it and we are returning to the hotel.
3th Day
We start our tour from Mısır Çarşısı (Egyptian Bazaar) located in Eminönü district. It is a place where the goods and spice are sold which are brought from Egypt during the era of Ottoman Empire, and that’s why it is named as Egyptian Bazaar. Then we are going to Bosphorus from here.
Bosphorus Tour: The Strait of Istanbul (Bosphorus) which connects the Sea of ​​Marmara and the Black Sea is world-famous for the feature of linking the continents of Asia and Europe. Anatolia and Rumeli Fortresses which were built before the conquest of Istanbul are located at the narrowest part of the Istanbul Strait. The waterside residences lined up along the Bosphorus are the beautiful examples of Ottoman architecture. From here, we are heading towards Beylerbeyi.
Beylerbeyi Palace: The palace was built by the architect Sarkis Balyan between 1861-1865 in the name of Sultan Abdulaziz. While the interior decoration of the palace is intensified with neo-classical architectural features, the exterior decoration relied on the Ottoman architectural style. The palace was used as the summer palace of the sultans as well as for Sultans’ visits from time to time. After Beylerbeyi, we heading towards Çamlıca hill lastly.
Çamlıca Hill: Çamlıca Hill has the distinction of being the top of the highest hill of Istanbul. The hill, which has the height as 267 meters above sea level, is one of the places often visited by local and foreign tourists. When the top of the hill is reached, the spectacular views of the Bosphorus will meet you.
 
4th Day İstanbul-Kapadokya
Transfer from the airport to Cappadocia according to the flight time. In Cappadocia region, 60 million years ago, interesting erosion images and Fairy Chimneys emerged by the soft layers that have been eroded by the wind and rain throughout millions of years and which were made of the lavas and ashes that Mountains ErciyesHasandağı ve Güllüdağ sprayed.  3 volcanos and 1 river are essential for the formation of a capped fairy chimney.  And in the world, this is only seen in Cappadocia. There are hundreds of churches, monasteries and chapels that were firstly built by Christians. There are 5 underground cities that are open to visit. This number is 20 with the ones that are not open to visit. We start our tour with the Devrent Valley. After, trip to Pasabagi Fairy Chimneys which is also known as  Keşişler Vadisi (Valley of Monks) where multi-headed Fairy Chimneys are present. The trip to Avanos Pottery Workshop, lunch, trip to Göreme Open Air Museum, and returning to the hotel.
 
5th Day
Breakfast.Meeting at  09:15 in the morning  .Mustafapaşa(Sinasos-old Greek houses),Taşkınpaşa,Soğanlı Valley and churches.Lunch. Derinkuyu Underground city.Göre panaromic view.Uçhisar Castle.Return to otel,dinner and accommodation in Cappadocia.
 
6th Day
Meeting at the reception at 09:00 a.m.3 km hiking at Ihlara Valley. Trip to Kaya churches of 13th century in the Valley. We are having lunch in the Valley next to Melendiz stream. Trip to Selime Monastery.Kaymaklı Underground city . Returning to hotel.
 
7.th Day
Breakfast in early morning and departure to Pamukkale  via Konya. Visit of Mevlana Museum in Konya and Lunch,then arrival in Pamukkale  and we spend the night in Pamukkale.
 
8.Day
After breakfast in the morning, we start the day with Hierapolis. After visiting Pamukkale travertines, we are browsing around the ancient city of Afrodisias on the way. Then we set off to go to Bodrum. The accommodation will be provided on the boat.
 
9th day
After the breakfast and the 3 hours of boat trip, we will go to Knidos which was of prime importance in the 4th century BC and which is still one of the most important Dorian ancient cities found in the meeting point of Mediterranean and Aegean. At this point, we will be able to see the remainings of 2 ancient harbours. Then we will continue our boat trip from the big harbour in the east.
 
10th day
After the breakfast, we will go to Kişebükü. We will have a lunch and swimming break. We will lastly stop by Çökertme for the dinner and the night. The accommodation will be provided on the boat.
 
11th day: We will start the day by heading for Orak Island where we will have lunch and swimming break. Around noon, we will stop off in Çiftlik. Then we will go to Bodrum Harbour for the dinner.
 
12th Day
After breakfast, we are visiting Priene which is an old Ancient Greek city. After having lunch at a local restaurant, we are going to Didim. In Didim, we are visiting the temple of Apollo which is having a unique beauty and which is known as the land of prophecies. We spend the night in Kuşadası.
 
13th Day
After breakfast we go to Efes (Ephesus) and in Ephesus we are first visiting Virgin Mary. In afternoon, we are going to St John Bazilika and Temple of Artemis. We spend the night in Kuşadası after full-day Ephesus tour.
 
14.day
Dropping you off at the airport according to your flight time.