8 Days -Turkey Package Tour

8 Days Turkey Tour Package from Istanbul ( Group Tour )

” 8-Day Turkey Trip from Istanbul Package” starts from Istanbul and returns to Istanbul. It covers the most famous & popular destinations of Turkey; Istanbul old city, Ephesus, and Cappadocia! In addition, it offers you have Hot Air Balloon Flight opportunity, and a stay in the Cave/Stone Hotel which can be the highlight of your whole Turkey Trip! Turkey Trip Package includes; Airport Transfers, Return Flight Tickets, Entrance Fees to the Museums, Local Guides, and Lunch.

Day 1 – Arrival to Istanbul

Welcome to Turkey! Upon landing to Istanbul New Airport(IST) or Sabiha Gökcen Airport(SAW), you make your self-check-in with the flight information provided to you after you booked this tour and take your flight to Cappadocia. Upon arrival at Cappadocia Airport, our team will welcome you at the exit gate inside the domestic terminal where you will see our team holding a sign which is your name on it. Then there will be approximately an hour transfer distance to Cappadocia, your stay will be in Cappadocia.

Day 2 – Red Tour  (Open Air Museum & Monks Valley )

Tour DepartureTime: 9:30

Returning Time to Your Hotel: 16:00-16:30

** You will be picked up from your hotel before departure time and join the tour. After the tour, you are dropped off at your hotel.

Red tour Cappadocia includes 9 stops.

1. Uçhisar Castle View
2. Open Air Museum
3. Love Valley Panoramic View
4. Paşabağ (Monks Valley)
5. Lunch Break
6. Imagination Valley (Devrent Valley)
7. Avanos Town / Pottery Demonstration
8. Ürgüp / The Three Beauties
9. Cappadocia Carpet Factory

Day 3 –Green Tour  (Ihlara Valley & Underground City Tour)

Note: Hot-Air Balloon tour is optional for this morning.

The tour will depart at 9.30 am and you will be picked up from your hotel by your guide before departure time.

Green tour Cappadocia includes 7 stops.

1. Göreme Panorama View
2. Kaymaklı Underground City
3. Ihlara Valley (3,5 km hiking)
4. Selime Monastery
5. Lunch Break
6. Uchisar Pigeon Valley
7. Onyx Center Visitation (Gemstones demonstration )

At the end of the tour transfer back to hotel and overnight stay in Cappadocia.

Day 4 – Flight From Cappadocia to İzmir

We will pick you up from the hotel according to your flight time and transfer you to the airport. Your flight time to İzmir is about 1 hour and 35 minutes. (some days direct, some days connection flight via Istanbul).  Upon landing at İzmir Airport, our team will meet you at the exit gate inside the domestic terminal. Then you will go a 40-minute drive to get to your hotel. Relax and enjoy your safe journey.

Free Time. Overnight stay in Kuşadası  

Day 5 – Pamukkale and Hiearapolis Tour

Breakfast at the hotel and make your check-out. At around 08:00 – 08:30 am meet your tour guide at the reception and drive 3 hrs for a full-day tour of Pamukkale Hot Springs & Hierapolis Ancient City

Pamukkale is a natural site containing hot springs and travertines; terraces of mineral carbonates left by the water flowing with its temperate climate throughout the years. While exploring the Pamukkale Hot Springs, we will also see some ancient artifacts from the Hierapolis Ancient City which is located by the side of Pamukkale. The natural sources of Pamukkale have been used as a spa

since the 2nd century BC, and people come to get some cure. At the end of the explanation given by your guide, you will have free time to swim or take some individual time around the Pamukkale.

During your time you may swim in the white terraces of Pamukkale(no extra cost), or in the Cleopatra Pool/Antique Pool(have an additional charge) filled with marble columns from the Roman temple of Apollo & Agora of the Ancient City Hierapolis. At the end of the tour transfer back to the hotel and overnight stay in Kusadasi.

Day 6  –Ephesus & House Of The Virgin Mary Tour

After breakfast at the hotel, your guide will pick you up at 09:00-09:30 am and start full-day tour of Ephesus. You will start your visit with one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world; Artemis Temple, city ruins of Ephesus as Hadrian Temple, Celcius library, theater, and hamams, passing through the old harbor path. Then you will feel the holy atmosphere of exceptional Isabey Mosque. You will have your lunch in a traditional Turkish restaurant.

In the afternoon you will visit the House of the Virgin Mary where she spent her last 5 years, which is recognized by the Vatican as a pilgrimage destination for Christians, visited by Pope Leo XII and Benedict XVI.

End of the tour we will transfer to Izmir Airport to take the flight to Istanbul. After arrival, Our representative will welcome you at the exit gate inside of the international terminal holding a sign with your name. Then we will take you to your hotel in Istanbul. Overnight stay in Istanbul

Day 7  –Istanbul Old City & Walking Tour  

After breakfast at the hotel, your guide will pick you up at 09:00-09:30 am and start full-day tour of Istanbul. The first step of the city tour is HIPPODROME, The center of sports activities with its four monuments; The GERMAN FOUNTAIN OF WILHELM II, the Egyptian Obelisk, the SERPENTINE COLUMN, and the COLUMN OF CONSTANTINE.

The BLUE MOSQUE The most famous mosque of Istanbul is known as the BLUE MOSQUE as well because of its beautiful blue Iznik tiles.(Visit is not possible on Friday due to Friday Prayer)

THE HAGIA SOPHIA GRAND MOSQUE This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great, in the 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural marvels of all time. (Visit is not possible on Friday due to Friday Prayer)

GRAND BAZAAR(COVERED MARKET) In this labyrinth of streets and passages are more than 4000 shops with each trade having its own area; the goldsmiths’ street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts, such as handpainted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brassware and trays, water ewers, onyx ware and meerschaum pipers.

(Grand Bazaar closed on Sunday, replaced with Arasta Bazaar)This tour is finished at Grand Bazaar 

At the end of the tour transfer back to the hotel and overnight stay in Istanbul.

DAY 8: Transfer to the airport (Breakfast included)

Breakfast and pick up at your hotel for transfer.

According to your international flight schedule, you will be transferred to the airport 4 hours before your flight. You can do the self-check-in.

End of our service for 8-day Turkey Package tour.