Istanbul - Ankara - Cappadocia | 6 Days with 1 flight

Breakfast at the hotel . Drive from your hotel to Spice Market for shopping . Free time. Then meet and proceed to take 1,5 hrs Bosphorus Cruise excursion along the bosphorus , that is dividing the 2 continents Asia & Europe . During the excursion you will enjoy the beauty of Istanbul , with its forest , Palaces and wooden old houses built on both continents . Lunch at local restaurant . After lunch visit Sultanahmet Mosque (Blue Mosque)  , Hippodrome and the famous Hagia Sophia . Free time at Grand Bazaar .  

Overnight: Istanbul Meals: Breakfast - Lunch

Breakfast at the hotel . Departure from the hotel to visit Topkapi Palace ( harem section entrance free is not included )  the house of the ottoman sultans . Departure from the hotel to Ankara – the capital of Turkey . Arrival to Ankara in early evening.  Overnight: Ankara Meals: Breakfast - Dinner

Breakfast at the hotel . Visit Anatolian Civilizations Museum where you will see the Neolithic & Paleolithic  ruins from Urartu , Hatti, Hittite, Phrygia  civilizations, then proceed to Mausoleum of Ataturk , the founder of Turkish Republic. In the afternoon drive to Cappadocia . (Without a prior notice, government ceremonies are being held inside the mausoleum. During this time the mausoleum is closed to visits. In case our scheduled visit coincide with these ceremonies, the visit of the mausoleum will be done as panoramic -only photo stop-). En route visit the Underground city  that is one of the biggest underground city in the region, constructed by the first Christians to protect themselves from the attacks .

Overnight: Cappadocia Meals: Breakfast - Dinner

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Breakfast . Full day visit at Cappadocia . Visit Göreme Open Air Museum  - a UNESCO Heritage site , a fantastic region  with it’s cave churches located on the valley. Then proceed to Uchisar Village and then the  spectacular fairy chimneys. Visit  Derbent Valley with and explore the natural rock formations and get a chance to attend the workshops of carpets and onyx-stones . 

Overnight: Cappadocia Meals: Breakfast and dinner at the hotel 

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Optional Tour | HOT AIR BALLOON TOUR 

In the early morning departure from your hotel .  a chance to live this unique experience, an overlooking to Cappadocia from the sky , see the beauty of the region  the rock formations, fairy chimneys, natural formations, lunar landscapes ..

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After breakfast, transfer to Kayseri or Nevsehir Airport for your onword flight to Istanbul. Upon arrival to Istanbul airport end of our services. 

Meals: Breakfast (If the pick up time for departure fligt permits )  Overnight: N/A