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WEST
& SOUTH TURKEY 11 NIGHTS / 12 DAYS
Day 1 :
ISTANBUL
Arrive in Istanbul. Transfer to hotel. Rest of the day and evening at leisure.
Day 2 :
ISTANBUL
In the morning drive to the old town. Visit the Blue Mosque and
the Hippodrome where chariot races were held in Roman times and
Hagia Sophia, Church built by th emperor Justinian in the sixth
century. After lunch, tour the Topkapi Palace museum with its
priceless jewelled objects and the Porcelain Collection. Dinner and overnight.
Day 3: ISTANBUL
Morning, visit the Spice Market on the Golden Horn
shores. Cruise along the shores of the Bosphorus by ferry.Drive to the Asian
side of Istanbul and view the city from Camlica Hill then visit
Beylerbeyi Palace. Return to the old city for shopping at the Grand
Bazaar.
Day 4: ISTANBUL
- CANAKKALE
Morning ride for Canakkale. Cross the Dardenells
by ferry boat to Asia. Visit the site of Troy, the homeric
city. Dinner and overnight at Canakkale.
Day 5:
CANAKKALE - IZMIR
After a lovely drive to Pergamum, lunch in town. Visit the
Acropolis of Helenistic Pergamum. Among its buildings are the Altar of Zeus and
the temples of Trajan & Dionysus. Visit the Asclepion, the earliest health
center of Asia Minor. Continue to Izmir. Dinner and overnight.
Day 6: IZMIR -
KUSADASI
Morning drive to Ephesus. Visit the Basilica of St.
John’s, his tomb and the House of Virgin Mary.
Afternoon tour Ephesus with its legendary marble streets, the magnificent
amphitheatre, Hadrian Temple and Celcus Library. Reach Kusadasi for dinner. In
evening stroll through the shops and overnight.
Day 7: KUSADASI
Discover the Ionian cities in the region. Priene famous with
temple Athena, Miletus the political leader of the Ionian
league and Didyma an oracular center with Temple of Apollo.
Late afternoon at leisure in Kusadasi .
Day 8: KUSADASI
- PAMUKKALE
After breakfast drive to Pamukkale. En route visit Aphrodisias,
the city of Aphrodite, an ancient city of sculpture and arts. Tour the theater
and the magnificent stadium. Afternoon arrive to Pamukkale, the "cotton
castle" so named because of limestone hot springs and spectacular
white rock formations. Overnight in Pamukkale.
Day 9:
PAMUKKALE - ANTALYA
After a leisurely breakfast, stroll in the ancient Roman city of Hierapolis
with theatre, baths, necropolis. Continue on the "Turqoise
Coast" of the Mediterranean. Dinner and overnight in Antalya..
Day 10 :
ANTALYA
After a leisurely breakfast, full day exploration of the ancient Pamphylian
cities; Perge with colonnaded streets, and the stadium, Aspendos
theatre whose acoustics unrivalled. After lunch, spend the time at the seaside
town of Side, visited by St. Paul and which was a bishopric of the early
Christian Church. Stay the night at Antalya.
Day 11 :
ANTALYA - ISTANBUL
Transfer to airport for Istanbul flight. Transfer to hotel. Rest of the day at
leisure.
Day 12 :
DEPARTURE
Transfer to the airport for departure flight home.
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