Turkey Classics Tour
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✈️ Flights to Turkey (IST)
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Turkey Classic Tour is a 7-days small group, English guided tour starts from Istanbul. Wander around the battlefields of Gallipoli, see some impressive Roman ruins, the beautiful Aegean Coast, Pamukkale, and the jewel in Turkeys crown – Cappadocia with its amazing underground cities and surreal landscape. Discovering Anitkabir, the mausoleum of the famed Mustafa Kemal Ataturk at Ankara before heading back to Istanbul.
🏁 Tour Itinerary: Turkey Classics Tour
Day 1 – Gallipoli Battlefields (D)
Early morning departure from Istanbul for the Gallipoli Gallipoli Peninsula, one of the most emotionally touching places in Turkey. Here we will visit the WWI Battlefields of Gallipoli including the Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair Memorials, ANZAC Cove, Johnston’s Jolly, The Nek, and original trenches and tunnels.
Overnight Çanakkale.
🏚️ Hotel Option: Büyük Truva Hotel or similar.
Day 2 – Troy, Acropolis of Pergamon (B, D)
This morning, step back in time as we visit Troy, home of the famed Trojan Horse, and then tour the magnificent acropolis of Pergamon. Its impressive temples and library made Pergamon a renowned cultural and political center in its time.
Overnight Kuşadası.
🏚️ Hotel Option: Boutique Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel or similar.
Day 3 – Ephesus – Kusadasi (B, D)
Absorb yourself in history today with a guided tour of Ephesus and a visit to the site of the Temple of Artemis. Feel the mystical atmosphere of the ancient city and theatre before continuing to the former Greek village of Sirince, famous for its fruit wines. Carpet weaving has long traditions in Turkey and at the carpet village, we learn how the carpets are made by hand and what determines their value.
Overnight Kuşadası.
🏚️ Hotel Option: Boutique Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel or similar.
Day 4 – Pamukkale – Hierapolis (B, D)
This morning we will enjoy a display of locally handcrafted leather goods before heading to the magnificent white calcium terraces, known as Travertines, in Pamukkale where we also tour the ancient city of Hierapolis. Take a dip, amongst ancient columns, in the hot springs that were used in Roman times for their therapeutic powers.
Overnight Pamukkale.
🏚️ Hotel Option: Doga Thermal Hotel or similar.
Day 5 – Silk Road – Konya (B, D)
Today we travel the ancient Silk Road visiting Sultanhani Caravansary and the Mevlana museum in Konya along the way. Tonight, don’t miss the optional traditional Turkish folklore evening!
Overnight Cappadocia.
🏚️ Hotel Option: MDC Cave Hotel Cappadocia Hotel or similar.
Day 6 – Cappadocia – Goreme – Underground City (B, D)
Marvel at the lunar landscape of Cappadocia through the Goreme Valley Open Air Museum, the fairy chimneys and explore the many levels of an underground city.
Overnight Cappadocia.
🏚️ Hotel Option: MDC Cave Hotel Cappadocia Hotel or similar.
Day 7 – Ankara (B)
Early morning departure to the nation’s capital, Ankara where we visit Anitkabir, the mausoleum of the famed Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, before returning to Istanbul. Our tour concludes with the arrival of Istanbul at approximately 7 pm.
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Stephen –
Wonderful and affordable trip, Göksu is a phenomenal guide who made me and my group feel welcomed and informed. Göksu’s historical knowledge is abundant and just the right amount of time was spent at the sites visited.
Rajeev –
This was the best guided tour I’ve had anywhere in the world. Lucky to have had an outstanding tour guide Chgman ( pardon the spelling). He spoke good English, explained Turkey from it’s original inhabitants to now with mastery and humor, passionate about the land, highly knowledgeable, at all times guiding us to the best in food, sights and opportunities to shop. For a land the size and beauty of Turkey with it’s long history we were able to do in 7 days what might have taken several weeks: Istanbul, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, the Aegean coast, Troy, then inland geography Pammukale, Konya, Cappadocia of the terrain and balloons, and Ankara. Stayed at nice hotels including a cave hotel, an experience. Driver Saifullah always in suit and tie, drove us flawlessly. This tour is the one to take to get introduced to Turkey, far surpassed expectations! Chgman was punctual, precise, a great teacher, always looking out for our comfort in setting the pace for the trip, an amazing guide.
Dan –
The Turkey tour was awesome. I traveled during the pandemic and had a blast. Gallipoli and Cappadocia were the highlights for me. The tour guide and driver were excellent as were the accommodations. I would highly recommend this trip.
Colleen –
The Turkey Classics tour would have been excellent – until the very end. We enjoyed our guide, driver and the sites. Our biggest disappointment was being charged too much for the airport transfer in Cappadocia – the last day. (all of the airport transfers we had in Turkey on our own were about an hour long and we paid only $45-50 for the van – for 4 people and luggage) Instead you charged us $49 PER PERSON for the same length of trip! That was 4 times as much as all the other transfers we had. Too much! But we did not know the area and didn’t know we could get a taxi instead. We had already paid for plane tickets from Cappadocia to Istanbul at our own expense saving the company from completing the last day of the tour. But then to be over-charged for the airport transfer made a bad impression on us and changed our view of the tour. It was disappointing. Unfortunately, I will not be able to rate the tour very well because of this issue on the last day Sincerely, Colleen Dwight