An astounding 6-day tour visits the must-see historic sites in Istanbul with a side trip to discover Cappadocia’s lunar landscape and learn about the history of Anatolia and the culture of Turkey. This Istanbul and Cappadocia tour package includes accommodation in hotels, sightseeing tours, as well as an expert guide, meals, domestic flight tickets, and airport transport.
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You’ll be picked up from the airport by a chauffeur and transferred to the Ottoman-style hotel in central Sultanahmet. Check in to your hotel and enjoy the rest of the day at your leisure in Istanbul.
Overnight → Istanbul
Experience → Bosphorus Dinner Cruise
You will be picked up at your hotel. Join a regular group tour (private guided tours are available on request) to explore some of the most important sights in the historical Sultanahmet area. Visit the Blue Mosque, the St. Sophia Museum, the Byzantine Hippodrome, the Obelisk, and Topkapi Palace (excluding the Harem). The tour will finish with a visit to the dazzling Grand Bazaar, where you’ll hunt for local treasures. The evening will be free.
Overnight → Istanbul
Meals Included → Breakfast, lunch
Experience → Watching a Whirling Dervish Ceremony (Sema)
This morning, start the tour with a visit to the bustling spice market, a colorful bazaar heaped with various sweets and spices. Then take a relaxing Bosphorus cruise between Europe and Asia, where you can see the various historical sites that line its shores. After your cruise, drive through the Bosphorus Bridge and stop at Camlica Hill for panoramic views over Istanbul. Finally, stop at the Dolmabahce Palace for an interior visit. Return to the hotel. Evening at leisure.
Overnight → Istanbul
Meals Included → Breakfast, lunch
Experience → Scrub up in a Hammam (Turkish Bath)
Transfer to the Istanbul airport. Fly to Cappadocia. Begin with a gentle stroll through Red and Rose Valley’s orchards, unusual volcanic rock formations, and rock-cut houses. Visit the old Christian village of Cavusin, followed by lunch and then an excursion to Pigeon Valley. In the afternoon, visit Kaymakli Underground City, which hid local Christians from Arab invaders, Ortahisar Castle, and Mustafapasa Greek village. Drop-off at your Cappadocia cave hotel.
Overnight → Cappadocia
Meals Included → Breakfast, lunch
Pick up from your hotel to explore Devrent and Monk’s Valley and see the extraordinary mushroom-shaped rock pinnacles, or “fairy chimneys.” Continue on to the small village of Avanos, famous for clay pottery design. After lunch, proceed to the Goreme Open Air Museum, featuring the most impressive rock-carved churches and Byzantine frescoes in all of Cappadocia. Finally, enjoy a view of the moonscape valleys from the rock-perched natural citadel at Uchisar. Transfer from the hotel to the airport. Fly back to Istanbul. Transfer to your hotel in Istanbul.
Overnight → Istanbul
Meals Included → Breakfast, lunch
Experience → Hot Air Ballon over Cappadocia
Spend a final morning absorbing Istanbul’s sensual feast before transferring to the airport. Soon you will make your way home, but you can always extend your trip and experience more of Turkey.
Meals Included → Breakfast
