7 Days Turkey Tour inc. Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Ephesus

Day 1: Arrive in Istanbul

Upon your arrival in Istanbul, we will welcome you and you’ll be transferred to your hotel.

You may spend the rest of your day free to relax.

Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 2: Istanbul Old City Walking Tour (B, L)

Following your breakfast, we will pick you up from your hotel for a full-day Istanbul Old City Walking Tour in Sultanahmet.

Highlights you will visit: Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque, Hagia Sophia, The Hippodrome, The Obelisk of Theodosius, Serpent Column, German Fountain, Grand Bazaar, Topkapi Palace, Hagia Eirene Church.

In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel.

You will spend the night in Istanbul.

Day 3: Flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia – Full-Day North Cappadocia (Red) Tour (L)

Early in the morning, you will be transferred to the airplane terminal from your hotel for a flight to Cappadocia.

Upon your arrival to Cappadocia, we will welcome and transfer you to our Cappadocia office for a full-day North Cappadocia Tour.

Highlights you will visit: Goreme Open Air Museum consisting of five Byzantine Orthodox churches, Devrent Valley, and Pasabag where you will see animal and fairy-tale-like rock formations, the ancient towns of Urgup and Avanos – famous with their red clay pottery. You will have fun trying to make pottery after a small demonstration.

In the end, you will be accompanied back to your hotel.

You will spend the night in Cappadocia.

Day 4: Full-Day South Cappadocia (Green) Tour – Bus from Cappadocia to Pamukkale (B, L)

Optional Hot Air Balloon Ride in Cappadocia is available on this day.

Following your breakfast and check-out from your hotel, your full-day South Cappadocia Tour will start.

Highlights: Hiking in Red & Rose Valley, Cavusin Village – one of the oldest settlements in the region with its cave houses, Love Valley, Kaymaklı Underground City, Pigeon Valley, and Uchisar Castle.

In the end, you will be transferred to our office for free time before the bus.

Late evening, you will be transferred to the local bus terminal to catch a 10-hour night bus for Pamukkale.

Day 5: Arrive in Pamukkale – Full Day Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tour (B, L)

Upon arrival at Denizli (Pamukkale) bus station, we will be waiting for you holding a sign with your name on it, in order to transfer you to the hotel. Here, we will provide you with a day-use room to refresh and relax until your tour departure time. After your refreshment, breakfast, and check-out from the hotel, your full-day Pamukkale and Hierapolis Tour will start.

Deriving from springs in a cliff almost 200 m high overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have created at Pamukkale (Cotton Palace) an unreal landscape, made up of mineral forests, petrified waterfalls, and a series of terraced basins. We will also visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hierapolis which is one of the sacred sites of Turkey, and dates back thousands of years, also admire the white limestone terraces, known as the travertines of Pamukkale.

We will see Necropolis – a large burial site generally it was located outside the settlement including the Sarcophagus of a general of Marcus Aurelius. You will a chance to swim in the famous Cleopatra Swimming Pool.

In the end, you’ll be transferred to Kusadasi.

You will spend the night in Kusadasi.

Day 6: Full-Day Ephesus Tour – Flight from Izmir to Istanbul (B, L)

Right after your breakfast and check-out from your hotel, the full-day Ephesus Tour will start with a pick-up.

Highlights we will visit: Temple of Artemis – considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Library of Celsus – while most libraries serve only the function of archiving books and documents, this one served as the final resting place of Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, in whose honor the library was built, Ephesus Ancient City – with its marvelous highlights, The House of Virgin Mary – is believed to be where she lived and died.

Also, we will see old theatres, and hammams, passing through the harbor.

In the end, we will transfer you to Izmir Airport for your flight to Istanbul.

We will welcome and transfer you to your hotel, upon your arrival.

Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 7: Departure from Istanbul (B)

Following your breakfast and check-out from your hotel, you will be transferred to the international airport for your departure flight.

We will end this memorable journey here.