Turkey (3 Nts Istanbul, 2 Nts Cappadocia, 3 Nts Antalya Itinerary)


Day 01 Arrive to ISTANBUL (-) Upon arrival at Istanbul Ataturk Apt meet with our assistant and private transfer to the hotel (early check-in subject to availability but we’ll do our best to arrange it). Rest of the day free at leisure. Lunch and dinner excluded. Overnight at Hotel / Istanbul.

Day 02 Istabbul (B)

After breakfast depart from the hotel for Half-Day city tour on sic basis. Visits to St. Sophia, Byzantine Hippodrome, in which stand the obelisk brought from Egypt by Theodosius and the Serpent Column taken from Delphi by Constantine. Blue Mosque, which has six minarets and a middle dome of 109 feet and Grand Covered Bazaar (closed on Sundays) dating back to 15th century. It covers over 4,000 shops under one roof. After the tour back to the hotel. Lunch and dinner excluded. Overnight at Hotel / Istanbul.

Day 03 Istabbul (B)

Breakfast at hotel. AM free for leisure. Afternoong at around 13:00hrs hotel pick-up for Half-Day city tour on sic basis. Visits to City Walls, Golden Horn and cable car to Pierre Loti Hill. Then, Bosphorus Cruise along the Bosphorus, the winding strait separating Europe & Asia. Bosphorus coastline is a delightful mixture of the past and the present where one can enjoy the grand splendour and quaint beauty of the ancient wooden mansions, palaces of marble, fortresses, and small fishing villages. Rumeli Fortress (from the boat, no interior visit) and Leander’s Tower (from the boat, no interior visit). After the tour back to the hotel. Lunch and dinner excluded. Overnight at Hotel / Istanbul.

Day 04 Istanbul / Kayseri / CAPPADOCIA (B,D) After breakfast private transfer to Ataturk Apt to take a domestic flight to Kayseri. Upon arrival at Kayseri Apt meet with our assistant and sic transfer to the hotel. Rest of the day free at leisrure. Lunch excluded. Dinner and overnight at Hotel / Cappadocia.

Day 05 CAPPADOCIA (B,L,D) After breakfast depart from the hotel for Full-Day city tour on sic basis. Visit Dervent Valley, Pasabagi Fairy Chimneys and Avanos Village. After lunch at a typical local restaurant Pigeon Valley and the natural citadel of Uchisar will be visited, followed by Goreme Open-Air Museum, which is full of pink, rose and white tapering columns. These tall free standing cones of stone curve and twist as if pulled from earth like taffy. Others are tall like fairy chimneys. The caves were settled in the 4th century as monasteries. Visit some caves on the cliffs to see Byzantine frescoes decorating early Christian churches. After the tour back to the hotel. Dinner and overnight at Hotel / Cappadocia

Day 06 Cappadocia / Konya / ANTALYA (B,L,D) After breakfast meet with our tour guide and drive to Konya with a visit to 13th century Selcuk caravanserai "Sultanhan" en route. After lunch visit the mausoleum of Mevlana, the great mystic poet and Islamic spiritual leader, who founded the sect of ''Whirling Dervishes''. Continue to Antalya. Dinner and overnight at Hotel / Antalya.

Day 07 ANTALYA (B,D) Breakfast at hotel. Day free at leisure. Lunch excluded. Dinner and overnight at Hotel / Antalya.

Day 08 ANTALYA (B,D) Breakfast at hotel. Day free at leisure. Lunch excluded. Dinner and overnight at Hotel / Antalya.

Day 09 Depart from Antalya (B) Breakfast at hotel. Day free at leisure till transfer to the apt. PM private transfer to Antalya Apt to take a domestic flight to Istanbul for your international flight connection to India.