Türkiye Tours
8 days
per person
Meeting point
Istanbul Airport, the first exit door
Included
Breakfast at the hotels and lunch at restaurants
Türkiye Highlights Tour offers a carefully curated journey through Türkiye’s most iconic destinations, blending ancient history, natural wonders, and vibrant culture. Designed for travelers seeking depth, comfort, and authenticity, this tour showcases the essence of Türkiye in one unforgettable experience.
Türkiye Highlights Tour is a wide look at Türkiye’s heritage, bringing the country’s best-known landmarks and landscapes into one journey. From cities shaped by empires to striking natural formations and quiet villages, each stop opens a different chapter. You walk ruins that still carry earlier civilizations, meet traditions that are still lived, and see landscapes that feel both dramatic and calm. Bustling streets, archaeological sites, and nature’s own work sit in the same program. With a local guide, comfortable hotels, and the transfers in place, the tour asks you to meet the country through its famous sights and through the stories, people, and spirit around them.
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After you land at Istanbul Airport you are met at the first exit door and taken to your hotel in Istanbul. The night is in Istanbul.
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Visited sights: Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, the Hippodrome, the Obelisk of Theodosius, and the Grand Bazaar. Breakfast and lunch are included. The tour is on foot. After breakfast at the hotel, the guide picks you up for a full day in the old city. The silhouettes of Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque shape the skyline. Topkapi Palace is the Ottoman palace where the sultans lived. At the Hippodrome you see the gathering place of Roman Constantinople and the Obelisk of Theodosius, still standing with its carved faces. The last stop is the Grand Bazaar, Türkiye’s largest covered market, in the heart of the old city, with time to walk through it. After the tour you are taken back to your hotel for the night in Istanbul.
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Visited sights: the Basilica Cistern, Galata Tower, the Spice Bazaar, the Bosphorus, Rumeli Fortress, Taksim and Istiklal Street, the French Cultural Institute, Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church, Ağa Mosque, and Çiçek Pasajı. Breakfast and lunch are included. After breakfast, the guide picks you up from the hotel. The Basilica Cistern is the largest of the hundreds of ancient cisterns under the city. Next are Galata Tower and the 17th-century Spice Bazaar. On the Bosphorus you see the waterway between Europe and Asia, and Rumeli Fortress, built to control the strait. The day ends in Taksim and on Istiklal Street: the French Cultural Institute, Hagia Triada, the largest Greek Orthodox church in Istanbul, Ağa Mosque, and Çiçek Pasajı. After the tour you are taken back to your hotel for the night in Istanbul.
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Visited sights: the calcium terraces, the Hierapolis museum, the Hierapolis theatre, the Roman bath, and the Temple of Apollo. The Cleopatra pool is optional. Lunch is included. You are picked up from your hotel and taken to the airport for the flight to Denizli. The flight lasts about an hour. On arrival you are met at the first exit door by a representative holding a sign with your name. At Pamukkale you see the white travertine terraces left by the hot springs, the “cotton castle” the town is named for. After lunch you visit Hierapolis, a UNESCO World Heritage site: the museum, the theatre, the Roman bath, and the Temple of Apollo. In antiquity people came here to be healed. Walking the terraces is part of the tour. Swimming in the Cleopatra thermal pool is optional. At the end of the day you drive to your hotel in Kusadasi. The night is in Kusadasi.
Package arriving in Istanbul.
From
TRY 64,900
1–16 people
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Visited sights: Ephesus, the Temple of Artemis, and the House of the Virgin Mary. Breakfast and lunch are included. After breakfast you drive to Ephesus. In the ancient city you see the Temple of Hadrian, the Library of Celsus, the theatre, the baths, and the old harbour. After lunch you visit the House of the Virgin Mary, where she is believed to have spent her last days. Then you see the site of the Temple of Artemis, known as one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. At the end of the day you fly from Izmir Airport to Cappadocia. On arrival you are met at the first exit door and taken to your hotel. The night is in Cappadocia.
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Visited sights: Devrent Valley, Pasabag (Monk’s Valley), Avanos, Goreme, and the Open Air Museum. Breakfast and lunch are included. After breakfast, the guide picks you up from the hotel. The day covers Devrent Valley and its chimneys, Pasabag, Avanos, the Goreme valley, and the Open Air Museum, where churches and early Christian dwellings cut from the soft rock are still standing. After the tour you are taken back to your hotel for the night in Cappadocia.
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Visited sights: Red and Rose Valley, Gulludere Valley, Cavusin Village, Kaymakli or Ozkonak Underground City, Ortahisar, Uchisar Castle, Pigeon Valley, and Three Beauties Valley. Breakfast and lunch are included. After breakfast at the hotel, the guide picks you up and the southern tour begins. In Red and Rose Valley the rock colour changes through the day, and there is a short walk in Gulludere Valley. In old Greek Cavusin you visit the houses and churches linked with Saint John the Baptist and Nikephoros Phokas. After lunch you see Kaymakli or Ozkonak, one of the widest underground cities in Cappadocia, used by people sheltering from raids and disaster. Uchisar Castle is the highest point of the region and the place for a panorama of Cappadocia. Pigeon Valley looks back at the castle, and pigeons still live in the dovecotes. The last stop is Three Beauties Valley, known for its vineyards and the view. At the end of the day you fly from Cappadocia Airport back to Istanbul. You are met at the first exit door and taken to your hotel. The night is in Istanbul.
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Breakfast is included. You are taken to the airport four hours before your international flight. Check-in is self-service. That is the end of the service.
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If the experience does not happen as promised, you receive a refund.
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Before, during, and after the trip, support is available in Turkish and English.
