6 Days Best Of Istanbul and Best Of Cappadocia Package Tour

Upon arrival at Istanbul Airport, you will be greeted by your driver and driven to your hotel. Check in. Overnight in Istanbul.

Meet your guide at the lobby of your hotel. Today’s tour will start with a visit to the Roman Hippodrome, which used to be one of the Roman World's largest stadiums where chariot races and gladiator fights took place.

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Next will be the Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii), the masterpiece of 17th-century Ottoman imperial mosque architecture; famous for its unique, handmade, original Iznik Tiles, impressing visitors with their rich, predominant blue colors and oriental patterns, which have become collective items auctioned at celebrated houses like the Sotheby’s.

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Then proceed to the Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya), built by Emperor Justinian in 537 AD as the biggest and the most impressive Christian cathedral of its style. It is one of the most extraordinary masterpieces in the history of world architecture. This awesome building inspired countless generations with its colossal definition of what the ideal interior space in a domed basilica should be, and with its innovations in weight-support and construction techniques. This exemplifies the very best of Byzantine, Renaissance, Christian and Islamic Art, due to Hagia Sophia’s unique religious and cultural heritage.

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From the Hagia Sophia we will stroll to the magnificent Topkapi Palace, the first residence of the Ottoman Sultans for about 400 years, perfectly nestled at the Historical Peninsula where they ruled three continents and seven seas. Currently, Topkapi Palace offers its visitors great displays of the Ottoman Family Dynasty Collections including; 86 carat Kasikci (Spoonmaker's) Diamond, the Topkapi Dagger, The Golden Throne, The Holy Relics and many more. Visit the Harem Court, the home of the sultans, which gives extraordinary insight to the sultans' lifestyle.

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The Harem Chamber is the only place where the private lives of the sultans took place. Resembling a labyrinth, the Harem Court is the most secret place in Topkapi Palace, where intertwined structures, corridors, large and ostentatious halls are intricately located.

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Next will be the Grand Bazaar (Kapalicarsi). No bazaar, however, is more dazzling than the Grand Bazaar, built in 1461 and has been in service ever since. Along with magnificent mosque complexes, the mother of all bazaars was a monument to the “Rise of Istanbul”- the great master plan of the Turks for the rejuvenation and reanimation of an old imperial capital. It contains 4.000 shops, employing more than 20.000 people all under one roof. Everything imaginable is for sale including; gold and silver jewelry, rugs, carpets, antiques, tiles, leather, souvenirs, but just seeing and experiencing this mother of all bazaars is worth the trip.

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Return back to the hotel for overnight.

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Hotel:  4*  

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Meals:  Breakfast,

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Key Highlights:  Istanbul City Tour,

Breakfast at the hotel. Full Day Istanbul Tour visiting, Spice Bazaar, Cruise on the Bosphorus, Bosphorus Bridge, Beylerbeyi Palace, and Camlica Hill. Fly to Cappadocia and overnight in Cappadocia.

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Hotel: Cave Hotel 5*  

Meals:  Breakfast,

Key Highlights:  Istanbul City Tour, Bosphorus Cruise

After breakfast, you will start to explore Cappadocia  Which means "Land of Beautiful Horses" featuring visits to; Goreme Open Air Museum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where towering fairy chimneys are on display. We will step inside the rock-cut churches and chapels to admire fresco decorations from the early Christian and Byzantine eras.

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Uchisar, is the highest point of the region for taking great pictures of volcanic landscapes and troglodyte dwellings.

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Pigeons’ (Guvercinlik) Valley, where you will admire countless little niche-style carved bird houses, used by human beings since the Neolithic period for obtaining guano for fertilizing their fields.

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Hunters' (Avcilar) Valley, the ideal point to enjoy the breathtaking view of Goreme.

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Avanos village, beautifully located by the shores of Turkey's longest river, Kizilirmak (Red River), is a quaint town of art, where you will have a great educational experience of another major art of the Turks, Turkish Ceramic and world famous Iznik Tiles' making, at one of the world's celebrated master potters' workshops in Avanos village.

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Overnight and dinner at the hotel.

Hotel: Cave Hotel 5*  

Meals:  Breakfast,

Key Highlights:  Optional Hot Air Balloon Tour

After breakfast, you will start your excursion with one of the other highlights of the Cappadocia, which will be an educational experience of The Major Turkish Art of Weaving at its birthplace. Not only will you be amazed by the artistic creations; but rolling, and flying internationally awarded carpets, kilims, cicims, and more, will all take your breath away.

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Then you will continue on a short ride to the deepest and longest tectonically created canyon in the country, lhlara Valley. Your visit will start by walking down the famous 450-stepped staircases, then continue with an easy trekking / hiking path of 2 miles in the valley, which offers unexpected natural beauties and great early Christian era fresco decorations in the hidden rock-cut churches and chapels hewn in the cliffs of the canyon. At the end of the canyon, you will be served a local fresh fish lunch at a traditional restaurant located on the Belisirma River.

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Following, you will be driven back to Cappadocia and stop at Three Beauties (Uc Guzeller), where you will see iconic three fairy chimneys, symbolizing the Cappadocian family, and listen to their tale from your guide. Last call of the day will be at Rose Valley for a great sunset over the fairy chimney-full valleys of Cappadocia.

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Overnight and dinner at the hotel.

Hotel: Cave Hotel 5*  

Meals:  Breakfast,

Key Highlights:  Optional Hot Air Balloon Tour

Early morning, you will be transferred to the airport, and fly to Istanbul. This will be the end of your Tour of Turkey. We will be glad to see you again in Turkey for your next trip.