Turkey | Discover Turkey 15 days
Turkey | Discover Turkey 15 days
Location
DAY 01: Arrival to Ankara airport meet and assist, City Tour upon arrival, transfer to Hotel for overnight.
DAY 02: Drive to Yozgat to visit the Hittite capital Hattussa (Buyukkale, Lion Gate, Royal Gate, and Yazilikaya). Drive to Cappadocia. Overnight.
DAY 03: Visit the Goreme museum, Drive to various beautiful panoramas (Uchisar, Cavusin, Pasabd, and Derbent).Overnight.
DAY 04: Drive to Ihlara Valley - a 17 km long canyon with many cave churches. We make a 2 hour hike up to the Belisima village. Then it goes to Derinkuyu, an underground city, have lived in the up to 30,000 Christians. Overnight.
DAY 05: Visit to a carpet. Visits to other beautiful natural phenomena in Cappadocia. Overnight.
DAY 06: Drive to Konya. On our way we visit the largest caravanserai in Sultanhani. In Konya Mevlana we look at the monastery, where the famous Whirling Dervishes are at home. Overnight in Konya.
DAY 07: Afternoon drive to Hatunsaray - the biblical Lystra. Possibly in the evening bazaar. Overnight in Konya.
DAY 08: Drive to Yalvac, the Biblical Antioch in Pisidia. Then on to the Edirdirsee Dennizli. If possible temporal Hierapolis - Pamukkale. Overnight.
DAY 09: Visit some cities in the seven communities: Laodicea, Philadelphia, Sardis, and Smyrna. Overnight.
DAY 10: Trip to the ancient capital of Asia - Ephesus. Sightseeing: Celsus Library, Theatre, Temple of Hadrian, Fountain of Trajan, Marble Road, Curettes Street, Nightingale Mountain, the Virgin Mary. Afternoon drive to Miletus. Overnight.
DAY 11: Day trip by boat to the island of Patmos where John received the Revelation. Overnight.
DAY 12: Drive to Pergamum - Tour: Altar of Zeus, Temple of Traja, theater the steepest in the ancient world. Drive to Canakkale. Overnight.
DAY 13: Visit the excavations of Troy and drive to Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.
DAY 14: Morning: Worship. Afternoon Haggia Sophia, Blue Mosque. After dinner, visit the bazaar and group final night in Istanbul.
DAY 15: Morning visit to the palace, etc. then transfer to the airport for Departure
