Day 1 – Arrival to Cappadocia Dinner Included
Welcome to Turkey! Upon your arrival in Cappadocia, our representative will warmly greet you at the airport and assist with your transfer to your hotel. Enjoy the drive as you catch your first glimpses of this vibrant city. Once you arrive at the hotel, check-in and settle into your room. Take some time to relax or explore the surroundings at your leisure as you prepare for an unforgettable journey through Turkey.
Optional Tour: Turkish Bath Tour, or join the optional Selcuk Turkish Night Show and see the traditional Anatolian dances.
Day 2 – Cappadocia Underground City & Goreme Open Air Museum Tour Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
After breakfast between 08:00 am and 09:30 am pick up from hotel. Final timing one day before will be given you by your tour consultant. We will drive you to Ozkonak Underground City, one of the best preserved Underground cities in Cappadocia. Than visit to Uchisar Castle, the highest point of Cappadocia. After Uchisar, you visit Goreme Open Air Museum, the Heart of Cappadocia. Goreme Open Air Museum is famous for frescoes dating to 10th century describing the life of Jesus Christ and monks.
Next stop is Cavusin, which is an abandoned village with old cave Greek houses. After Cavusin you go to the restaurant in Avanos to have lunch. After lunch, you visit a pottery work shop, to see how to make potteries. Then you go to Love Valley. Love Valley Cappadocia is a hidden valley with scenic formations to say the least. Despite the resemblance to man hood, these amazing rock formations are far from man-made. After Love Valley you visit another workshop to see Cappadocian handwoven carpets and kilims.
Next stop is Devrent Valley, which is also called Imagination Valley, where you can see natural rock formations looking like animals. Then you head to a wine shop in Urgup for wine tasting. Last stop is Three Beauties, three beautiful fairy chimneys with their hats, which is the symbol of Cappadocia. This tour will end approximately at 18.00 and you will be back to your hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 3 – Cappadocia to Mount Nemrut Tour Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
Depart Kayseri for Mount Nemrut in Adiyaman along the Silk Road via the 13th Century Karatay Han. We divert off the Silk Road route to visit the mountain top tomb of King Antiochus I. One of Turkey’s most iconic sites the tomb of Antiochus was lost for nearly 2,000 years and was only rediscovered in the 1890’s by a government railroad surveyor. Overnight Nemrut.
Day 4 – Nemrut to Gaziantep Tour Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
After breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we’ll go towards the direction of Gaziantep in Southeast Turkey. We will pass through many beautiful cities of Anatolia during the journey. Travel time will be very enjoyable as the mountains, natural landscapes are accompanied by chats. We will visit the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep Castle and the Coppersmiths Bazaar. Then, we will go to a local restaurant serving delicious kebabs. Overnight in Gaziantep.
Day 5 – Gaziantep to Sanliurfa-Göbeklitepe Tour Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
After breakfast, we depart and our first stop Halfeti. We reach Halfeti by passing through the peanut trees which are the most famous in the region because of nuts. Halfeti is left under the water of a dam and we will see the beautiful nature and sunken city via a boat trip. After Halfeti, our stop will be Gobeklitepe which is considered as the recently discovered starting point of history.
We will leave Göbeklitepe and arrive to hotel in Şanlıurfa. Our hotel is located in the city center. We’ll walk to see symbolic significance the Fish Lake (Balıklıgöl) and explore the surrounding streets. Together we will walk by the local handicraft shops, walk through the narrow streets filled with spices, visit small shish kebab restaurants.
Optional Activity: “Sıra Gecesi” – a fun night and long dinner waiting us. Local traditional music group with a live performance. We strongly recommend you to participate.
Overnight in Urfa.
Day 6 – Şanlıurfa Tour Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
We will leave the hotel, after breakfast. We will visit the Sanlıurfa Archeology Museum and Haleplibahce Mosaic Complex with magnificent artifacts. Last stop before Mardin is Harran. Here you will find famous conical houses and other traces of history and cross sections of old life.
After Harran, we will reach Mardin by late afternoon. We will visit Ulucami (Grand Mosque), the Virgin Mary Church and walk the stone paved streets of Mardin. Then, we will make check-in hotel which is made of traditional stone walls. Overnight in Mardin.
Day 7 – Mardin Tour Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Included
We will stay for two days in the city of Mardin, the beginning point of the Mesopotamia plain. The ancient city of Dara, Madrasahs, Deyrulzafaran Monastery seat of the Patriarch of Antioch will be places to see. Of course, we will feel the street culture and taste the delicious kebabs of the East. Overnight in Mardin.
Day 8 – Departure from Mardin Breakfast Included
After breakfast pick up from your hotel and transfer to Mardin Airport for your domestic flight to Istanbul Airport and then back home.
One of Grandoria’s adventures concludes after breakfast. We hope you have enjoyed your journey through Turkey. Wishing you all the best and a pleasant flight. Transfer from the hotel to the airport will follow.
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