Itinerary
- Day 1
Istanbul
- Start point
- İstanbul Airport, İstanbul Airport Turkey, Arnavutköy, Istanbul 34275, Turkey (Our Guide will be waiting for you with your name written on a board at Exit 13., 06:00 - 23:55)
- Meals
- Dinner (Istanbul street foods and traditional artisan restaurant experience)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Erboy Hotel)
Included Activities
- Welcome meeting at hotel with guide and fellow guests
- Istanbul street food tasting tour
- Visit traditional artisan restaurants and taste homemade-style meals
- Turkish delight tasting with Turkish coffee
- Taste lahmacun (thin dough with minced meat-onion-red pepper mixture)
- Taste kokorec (spiced and skewered sheep's intestines in bread)
- Taste Midye Dolma (mussels with spicy rice and lemon juice)
Optional Activities
- Local drinks tasting: Raki, Beer, and wines (available at supplement cost)
- Day 2
Istanbul
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch at a local restaurant)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Erboy Hotel)
Included Activities
- Guided tour of Topkapi Palace
- Visit Blue Mosque
- Visit Hippodrome Square
- View Hagia Sophia Mosque from exterior
- Visit Grand Bazaar
Landmarks Topkapi Palace Blue Mosque Hippodrome Square Hagia Sophia Mosque Grand Bazaar - Day 3
Istanbul to Thrace Wineries - Canakkale
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch at one of the wineries visited)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Artur Hotel)
Included Activities
- Visit Barel Winery with tasting
- Visit Umurbey Winery with tasting
- Visit Suvla Winery with tasting
- Day 4
Troy - Pergamum - Kusadasi
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch in Bergama)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Efe Boutique Hotel)
Included Activities
- Visit Troy archaeological site including Trojan Horse model, Sacrificial Altars, city walls, and Houses of Troy I
- Guided tour of Pergamon Acropolis
- Visit Zeus Altar at Pergamon
- Visit Hellenistic Theatre at Pergamon
- Visit Great Library ruins at Pergamon
- Visit Gymnasium at Pergamon
- Visit lower Agora at Pergamon
- Visit Temple of Dionysus at Pergamon
- Visit Temple of Athena at Pergamon
- Visit Temple of Trojan at Pergamon
- Visit Olive Oil Museum with production demonstration and olive oil tasting
Landmarks Troy Pergamon Acropolis - Day 5
Ephesus
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch in an authentic restaurant), Dinner
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Efe Boutique Hotel)
Included Activities
- Guided tour of the Ancient Roman City of Ephesus
- Exploration of the Arcadian Way
- Visit to Roman Baths
- Visit to Temple of Hadrian
- Visit to the Celsius Library
- Visit to the Antique Theatre
- Visit to Virgin Mary's House
- Wine tasting at local vineyard/winery
Landmarks Ancient Roman City of Ephesus Arcadian Way Roman Baths Temple of Hadrian Celsius Library Antique Theatre Virgin Mary's House - Day 6
Kusadasi
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch of Turkish food prepared during cooking course)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Efe Boutique Hotel)
Included Activities
- Visit local Aegean village
- Explore Priene Ancient City
- Turkish cooking course at village house
- Lunch of food prepared during cooking course
Optional Activities
- Cotton gardens viewing (seasonal, weather dependent)
- Olive gardens viewing (seasonal, weather dependent)
Landmarks Priene Ancient City - Day 7
Kusadasi to Cappadocia
- Meals
- Breakfast
- Accommodation
- Hotel (1811 Cave Hotel)
- Day 8
Cappadocia
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch
- Accommodation
- Hotel (1811 Cave Hotel)
Included Activities
- Visit Devrent Valley
- Visit Pasabagi Valley
- Visit Avanos pottery town and watch traditional pottery work
- Visit Goreme Open Air Museum with Byzantine cave churches
- View cave wall paintings and frescos
- Visit Underground city
- Visit Uchisar Castle
- Wine tasting at local winery
Optional Activities
- Early morning hot air balloon flight tour
Landmarks Devrent Valley Pasabagi Valley Avanos Goreme Open Air Museum Uchisar Castle - Day 9
Cappadocia to Istanbul
- Meals
- Breakfast
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Erboy Hotel)
- Day 10
Istanbul
- End point
- İstanbul Havalimanı (IST), Tayakadın Mah. Terminal Cad. No:1, Arnavutköy, Istanbul 34275, Turkey (Our tour will conclude with an outbound airport transfer according to your flight time, 00:00 - 23:55)
- Meals
- Breakfast
