Have breakfast in the hotel. Then our guide will lead you to explore the Istanbul Old City. We will firstly visit Sultanahmet Mosque. For walls there were decorated with more than 20,000 blue and white tiles, it has a more popular name – the Blue Mosque. Then we’ll continue our Turkey tour to go to the ancient Roman Hippodrome. Afterwards, We’ll also visit the Hagia Museum opposite the Blue Mosque, a building used to be a church during the period of the Roman Empire. It then was taken as a mosque for 481 years and changed into a museum until 1935. Therefore it is a rare religious architecture in the world as well as a fusion of Eastern and Western cultures. After lunch, you’ll be guided to Topkapi Palace, the imperial palace like a small city within Istanbul; and Grand Bazaar, one of the largest fairs of the world. After the visits today, we will transfer you back to the hotel.

• Overnight in Istanbul
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch
• Accommodation: Muyan Suites OR Deluxe Golden Horn Hotel OR Askoc Hotel

After breakfast at the hotel, the guide will transfer you to the wharf for a two-hour Bosporus Cruise. It is a great way to enjoy the amazing views of European and Asian areas in Istanbul. You can see Dolmabahce Palace, Bosporus Bridge, Camlica Hill, and many Ottoman-style buildings on the cruise trip. After the cruise, we will send you to the airport for an afternoon flight to Izmir. On your arrival at Izmir Airport, you will be picked up and transferred by our driver to the hotel in Kusadasi. The rest of the day is on your own to explore Kusadasi, a beautiful and charming seaside town.

• Overnight in Kusadasi
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast
• Accommodation: Derici Hotel OR Efe Boutique Hotel OR Marina Hotel

We will drive to visit Ephesus ancient city after breakfast. Ephesus ancient city is the best-preserved Roman city in the world currently, including Marble Street; Celsus Library, one of the three major libraries in the Byzantine era; the Temple of Hadrian, which was named after the Roman Emperor Hadrian with the statue of snake-haired Madusa exquisitely carved on the front of the interior wall; the Trajan Fountain and Great Theater where Saint Paul preached. We will then arrange lunch for you at a Turkish restaurant and take a short break. After lunch, you’ll be guided to the Ephesus Archeological Museum and the Temple of Artemis, which is the most famous ancient site in Turkey and one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. We will also visit the House of Virgin Mary, as it is considered to be the place where the Virgin Mary spent her last 5 years. After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel.

• Overnight in Kusadasi
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch
• Accommodation: Derici Hotel OR Efe Boutique Hotel OR Marina Hotel

You’ll check out this morning, please pack your luggage in advance and prepare your swimsuit, because you will have the opportunity to swim today in the hot spring pool in Pamukkale. Our guide will drive you to Pamukkale in 2.5 hours, 224km. There are high-quality hot springs since ancient times. Clean hot spring waterfalls flow slowly and formed natural pools gradually with deposited calcium continually. Because the calcium ponds are as white as cotton, looking like a castle made from cotton in the distance, so Pamukkale was named Cotton Castle. After lunch, we will visit Hierapolis ancient city on the mountain top of Pamukkale, where you’ll see a large number of cemeteries, beautifully carved Roman stone pillars, amphitheaters, and city gates. At the end of the guided tour, you will have some free time to explore the area on your own. As an option, you may choose to swim in the Pamukkale antique pools (at your own expense) during this free time. Return back to the hotel and we’ll stay overnight in Pamukkale.

• Overnight in Pamukkale
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Accommodation: Colossae Thermal Spa Hotel OR Richmond Termal Hotel

Early this morning we will leave for Konya, taking approximately 5 hours (400km). Upon reaching Konya, you will meet your private professional English-speaking local tour guide to begin your tour of Konya. Your tour will start with a visit to the Mausoleum of Mevlana. Mevlana is the most famous sage of Turkey, who was not only the founder of Whirling Dervishes but also the spiritual leader of Islam. Thus it is a holy temple for all Muslims. Then we’ll continue the private tours of Turkey to visit Sultanhani Caravanserai, a 13th-century caravan station survived and well protected on the ancient Silk Road. After lunch at a local Turkish restaurant, we’ll go on the drive to Cappadocia for about 2.5 hours, 165km.

• Overnight in Cappadocia
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch
• Accommodation: Holiday Cave Hotel OR Heaven Cave House OR Dedeli Konak Cave Hotel

After breakfast at the hotel, the guide will pick you up to start the wonderful North Cappadocia tour, which is the highlight of our 9 days Turkey tour. You will visit the Goreme Open Air Museum with more than 30 rock cave churches, most of which are Byzantine-style with beautiful frescoes. Then we’ll visit Avanos, a small town making pottery. Lunch will be at a local restaurant. After lunch, we’ll go to the Devrent Valley, where the Martian landscape lies in Cappadocia. And you will see many tall and natural stone pillars of mushroom shape in Pasabag Monk Valley, so it is also called Fairy Chimney valley. On the way back to the hotel, we will also pass by the Love Valley, where you can take stunning evening views of Cappadocia. After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel.

• Overnight in Cappadocia
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch
• Accommodation: Holiday Cave Hotel OR Heaven Cave House OR Dedeli Konak Cave Hotel

For you will check out today, please pack your luggage beforehand. After breakfast, the guide will lead you to have your South Cappadocia tour. First, you’ll go to Uchisar Castle, which is Cappadocia’s highest and largest Fairy Chimney that had been used as a defensive fortress in ancient times. Here you can overlook the whole Cappadocia, so remember to leave enough memory for your camera. Then we’re going to hike in the Red Valley noted for many stone-carved churches. After 2 hours of hiking to arrive at Cavusin village, you can visit two well-known churches, namely Great Basilica and Cavusin Church. After lunch, we’ll drive to visit Pigeon Valley and Kaymakli Underground City. Kaymakli is the largest underground city in Cappadocia, with more than 100 tunnels. At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to Kayseri or Nevsehir airport for your late evening return flight to Istanbul. Upon your arrival in Istanbul, you will be met at the airport and transferred from the airport to your hotel.

• Overnight in Istanbul
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch
• Accommodation: Muyan Suites OR Deluxe Golden Horn Hotel OR Askoc Hotel

After breakfast at the hotel, you will check-out from your hotel in Istanbul (hotel check-out is before 11:00 am) and will then be transferred to the Istanbul International airport according to your flight details. This will be the end of our tour and services.

• Included Meal(s): Breakfast