7 Days: Turkey Highlights

Enjoy your breakfast, then ETB Tours Egypt private guide will meet you at your hotel to start old Istanbul day tours & Visit:

• Topkapi Palace, which was used by the Ottoman Sultans from the 15th to 19th centuries ago & converted into museum where you will see the impressive collection of priceless jewels, crystal, silver & porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and relics of the prophet Mohammed.
• The Blue Mosque, built for Sultan Ahmet I.
• The ancient Hippodrome with Obelisk of Theodosius, Snake Pillar and German Fountain of Wilhelm II.
• Walk through the back streets of Old Istanbul and visit the Yerebatan underground Cistern.
   
• Overnight Istanbul.

ETB Tours Egypt will meet at the hotel & transfer you to take the early morning flight from Ataturk Airport in Istanbul to Cappadocia. 
ETB private guide will meet you at the airport to start Coppadocia day tours visiting:

•  Kaymaklı Underground City, one of the most interesting underground settlements in Cappadocia. 
•  Sahinefendi ( Sobesos ) - where we see Byzantine Period Mosaic Art & Archaeological excavation site. Villages in the valleys, surrounded by the “table top” mountains, are spectacular. 
•  Keslik Monastery near Cemil, that hides it’s frescoes behind a very thin smoke layer. 
•  Mustafapaşa (Sinasos), an old Greek town with its spectacular old houses; very fine examples of late Greek settlements and architecture. 
• The Red Valley, with its fabulous volcanic rock formations, is in the heart of Cappadocia but away from the tourist crowd. 

Overnight Cappadocia
 

Continue Coppadocia day tours after your breakfast, visiting: 

•    The lunar landscape of Cappadocia: rock formations beyond belief in Devrent valley.
•    Pasabag “fairy chimneys” where the voice of wind mixes with the “songs of fairies” near Zelve. 
•    Avanos, centre of terra cotta work of art since 3000 BC. and a demonstration in a traditional pottery workshop. 
•    The famous Goreme Open Air Museum & see the best examples of Byzantine art in Cappadocia in rock-cut churches with frescoes & paintings (10th to 13th century). 
•    Uchisar Rock-Castle to have a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia. 

Overnight Cappadocia.
 

Pick-up from hotel & take the morning flight from Kayseri to Izmir (direct or via Istanbul).
Our private guide will meet you at the airport & transfer to Ephesus to visit:

• The ancient city of Ephesus & walk in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, Caesar, Cicero, Apostles Paul and John and many other familiar historical names. 

• Terrace Houses, where the wealthiest Romans lived are an excellent example of sensitive excavation and presentation. The mosaics and frescos are spectacular. 

•  Virgin Mary house where lived her final years near the city of Ephesus & has been designated a pilgrimage site by the Pope. 

• Saint John Church where Apostle John spent his final years and he was buried. 

•  Temple of Artemis to see the remains of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 
Overnight Kusadasi near Ephesus.
 

Enjoy your Pamukkale day tours, visiting: 

• Laodicea (present name Denizli) yet one of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor where excavations still going on and an ancient city as beautiful as Ephesus will be uncovered soon. 

• Travertine terraces and Hierapolis which are one of the most spectacular natural wonders that you can see from various mineral springs in a vast white cliff side. About 200 m overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have dripped down over a series of terraced levels and created a fairyland of bizarre solidified cascades and shell-shaped basins. It looks like creations from snow or like balls from cotton. Moreover the water in the basins is changing its color according to how the light enters. 

In the evening, transfer to Denizli airport and take the Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul Ataturk airport. Arrival and transfer to Hotel & Overnight Istanbul.

ETB Tours Egypt will pick-up from hotel 3 hours before flight departure & transfer to Airport back home.