TURKEY with GULET CRUISE

LAND ONLY

2012

9 days   

Extensions and upgrades available

also available:

TURKEY  10 days, 

TURKEY with gulet cruise on the Aegean Sea  11 days,

Trips for travel agent and spouse / companions

Departs every FRIDAY from May 6 - October 7, 2011

You will be traveling with regular passengers at

Friday

Istanbul

Arrive Istanbul

WELCOME TO TURKEY !!!

You will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel.

  Overnight TITANIC  HOTEL, Istanbul

Saturday

Istanbul

In the morning visit Topkapi Palace which served as the home of Ottoman Sultans for 400 years, the Blue Mosque, which has six minarets and a middle dome of 109 feet, is the next stop before St. Sophia, an originally Christian Basilica, a museum for all regardless of creed.

 Before returning to your hotel visit the Grand Covered Bazaar dating back to XVth century. It covers over 2,000 shops. (b)

OPTIONAL; Dinner with a Turkish show.

   Overnight TITANIC  HOTEL, Istanbul

Sunday

Depart to Ankara, the capital of Turkey and one of the fastest growing cities in the world with a history that can be dated back 3000 years.

Upon arrival visit the Anatolian Civilizations Museum, which also exhibits the remains of Çatalhöyük, the Neolithic village dating back to 6500 B.C. Then visit the Mausoleum of Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey.

Next destination is the mysterious Cappadocia.  (b,d)

  Overnight TOURIST HOTEL, Cappadocia

Monday

Cappadocia

Early morning OPTIONAL Balloon tour.

Sightseeing in this unique corner of the world. Göreme Open-air Museum is full of pink, rose and white tapering columns. These tall free standing cones of stone curve and twist as if pulled from earth like taffy. Others are tall like fairy chimneys.

The caves were settled in the 4^th century as monasteries.

Visit some caves in cliffs to see Byzantine frescoes decorating early Christian churches. Among them are frescoes of St. Helene, who discovered the true cross at Jerusalem and of saints slaying the dragon, symbol of ancient religion.

In the afternoon, first visit to Kaymakli Underground City; carved out of rock and completely self contained. More than 200 people lived on each of seven floors with the last one 250 feet underground. It is connected to Derinkuyu Underground city by six miles of tunnel. The tour of the region also includes Zelve Valley and villages of Çavusin and Avanos. (b,d)

  Overnight TOURIST HOTEL, Cappadocia

Tuesday

Drive to Pamukkale, the cotton fortress, which rises above the fertile Menderes Valley. Hot mineral waters burst from the earth and cascade over steep cliffs forming pools, channels and stalactites. The therapeutic waters here were known to founders of the cure city of Hierapolis in 190 B.C.  

Visit the 13^th century Seljukian masterpiece, Sultanhan Caravanserai before arriving in Konya to visit the Mausoleum of Mevlana. (b,d)

   Overnight  LYKUS RIVER HOTEL, Pamukkale

Wednesday

Pamukkale/Fethiye

Early morning transfer to Fethiye to board your gulet cruise.

(b,d)

Thursday

Start of your cruise.  Depart to Oludeniz, a beautiful small lake adjacent to the sea.

Continue to Gemiler, a site of Byzantine ruins. (b,l,d)

Friday

Gemiler/Gocek/Bedirhan

Depart to Gocek, an area of beautiful inlets and some seaside ruins. Continue to Bedirhan (b,l,d)

Saturday

Cruise to Marmaris. Disembark at noon. (b)

INCLUSIVE FEATURES:

- All hotels (or similar)  as per itinerary

 -Daily breakfast, six dinners

- All transfers and sightseeing by motor coach

- All taxes and service charges

           B  O  N      V  O  Y  A  G  E   !!!

COST PER PERSON

BASED ON LAND ONLY

IF AIR IS NEEDED WE CAN ASSIST  YOU

Travel Agent

Spouse/companion

from  $1300.00

from  $1400.00

from $ 400.00