Turkish Panorama

Upon arriving at the airport, we will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel. Check the information boards in the hotel reception area for details of the welcome meeting with your guide and fellow travelers.

A sightseeing tour of the city. We find ourselves in a city built on two continents. On our tour, we will enter the Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent (the largest in Istanbul). We will see the walls, the Golden Horn, and the fishing district, and we will admire the exterior of Hagia Sofia. After the visit, we will offer tickets and a visit to the Top Kapi Palace, which was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, with its magnificent courtyards and pavilions. At the end of the afternoon, we will provide a transfer to the Taksim neighborhood, the most commercialized and lively area of the city. There will be time to dine in one of its many restaurants, and you can also take the old tram that crosses the area or go to see the nearby Galata Tower.

Boat trip on the Bosphorus. Today we include a boat trip on the Bosphorus that will last about two hours. We will undertake the trip on a boat exclusively for Europamundo travelers. The Bosphorus is a strait that connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara, which separates Istanbul into two parts: the European part and the Asian one. We will enjoy seeing the liveliness of the strait with its multitude of boats. We will pass under the two bridges that unite Europe and Asia and we will admire the palaces of the sultans, the typical wooden houses, and the Ottoman villas. Return to the center of Istanbul. Free time.

We leave early from Istanbul. We continue the route through Turkey. Around lunchtime, we arrive at EPHESUS, the best-preserved ancient city of Asia Minor; 2000 years ago it had a quarter of a million inhabitants. We will visit Saint John´s Basilica, and afterward, the House of the Virgin Mary and the archaeological site (tickets included). We then continue to KUSADASI, a popular coastal town with a lot of atmosphere, commercial life, and a small castle. Dinner and accommodation.

We leave for one of the natural wonders of Turkey, Lake BAFA. We continue to Bodrum, a very beautiful fortified city of Greek origin. You can visit its castle, stroll through its streets full of life and tourism, or go around its sports marina. After lunch, we go on our way to Marmaris, another very beautiful coastal tourist enclave with its castle, its marina, and its fountains. Dinner and accommodation.

We depart for Dalyan, an incredible place next to a beautiful navigable river. We include a boat ride of about two hours to see the Royal Lycian Tombs. Also by boat, we will continue to a large lake where we will stop at the hot springs. If you wish, you can swim in its warm waters or take a mud bath! We allow time to eat at one of the many Dalyan restaurants by the river. We continue to Antalya, where we will have a brief visit to this great coastal city of more than one million inhabitants; Hadrian’s Gate, the Ottoman district, and its great waterfall that falls directly to the sea. Dinner included.

We will leave Antalya towards Aspendos. We will visit the Roman theatre, for many, it is the best preserved in the world. After that, in Side, we will be able to admire the Greek temple of Apollo by the sea. There’s time to walk through its port and streets that are full of life. Traveling through breathtaking landscapes, we cross the Taurus mountains – their peaks stand at over 3500 meters high, and are covered in snow for most of the year. Stop in Karaman where we will see its fortress from the outside. We continue to the Cappadocia region. Nigde, dinner included.

Full day in the fantastic region of Cappadocia, with its lunar landscapes, its churches, and troglodyte villages. We start by visiting Gumusler, an incredible underground monastery of the 7th century with perhaps the best Byzantine frescoes in Turkey. In Kaimacli we will visit the underground city that could house 30,000 people. We will visit Uchisar, a natural fortress. After lunch, we will discover the Goreme Valley with its open-air museum and its churches carved out of the rocks, admission included. Hotel in Avanos. Dinner included.

We have a fantastic day in the interior of Anatolia traveling to the north of the country where the landscapes turn green. Safranbolu, arrive in the early afternoon to get to know this wonderful small city declared a World Heritage Site that was an important stage in the caravan routes. In the courtyard of a magnificent old Caravanserai, we will include a traditional Turkish tea. Dinner included.

Today our stage follows the Black Sea and its green landscapes. In Gokgolmagarasi we include the admission to this magnificent cave with its underground river and its multiple colors. In Eregli, next to the Black Sea, we have time for lunch, we also include the visit to its impressive caves and tombs of Cehenemagzi full of mythology. Arrival in Istanbul at the end of the day.

After breakfast, end of our services.