Day 1 · Istanbul
Arrive in Istanbul
You are met at Istanbul airport and driven to your hotel, about 50 minutes away. The rest of the day is free to settle in.
- Travel
- 45 km, about 50 minutes
10 days · 9 nights
From Istanbul's mosques to the Mediterranean and Cappadocia's rock valleys in ten guided days.
Choose your dates when you enquire
Ask about datesTwo nights in Istanbul, then a short flight to the Aegean for Ephesus and Sirince. From there the road runs to the white terraces of Pamukkale, down to the Mediterranean at Antalya and up through Konya to two nights in Cappadocia.
The same person from your first question to the flight home, with a wedding or vow renewal planned alongside if you like.
How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
Istanbul
Day 1 · Istanbul
You are met at Istanbul airport and driven to your hotel, about 50 minutes away. The rest of the day is free to settle in.
Day 2 · Istanbul
A guided day in the Sultanahmet quarter: the Hippodrome and its ancient columns, the Blue Mosque with its blue Iznik tiles, and Hagia Sophia, the great Byzantine church that is now a mosque. After lunch there is time to browse spices, Turkish sweets and coffee before you head back to the hotel.
Istanbul and Kusadasi
Day 3 · Istanbul and Kusadasi
Cruise the strait between Europe and Asia past wooden waterside villas, Dolmabahce Palace and the Rumeli Fortress, then stop for lunch and the Spice Bazaar. In the evening you fly to Izmir and are driven to Kusadasi for dinner.
Ephesus and Sirince
Day 4 · Ephesus and Sirince
A fully guided visit to Ephesus, one of the best-kept ancient cities anywhere, from the Temple of Artemis along Curetes Street to the Library of Celsus and the Great Theatre. After lunch and a carpet weaving centre, there is free time in the hillside village of Sirince, known for its fruit wines, before dinner back in Kusadasi.
Pamukkale
Day 5 · Pamukkale
Drive inland to Pamukkale, check in and have lunch, then walk the white travertine terraces and the Roman ruins of Hierapolis, with the chance to paddle in the warm spring water. Dinner is at your thermal hotel.
Antalya
Day 6 · Antalya
An easy drive south to Antalya on the Mediterranean coast, with a coffee stop on the way. The afternoon is free, with dinner at the hotel.
Day 7 · Antalya
Walk the lanes of Kaleici, Antalya's walled old town, past the old harbour, the clock tower, Hadrian's Gate, the Broken Minaret and the Hidirlik Tower. After lunch you visit the Duden waterfalls, where the river drops towards the sea, and the rest of the day is free.
Konya and Cappadocia
Day 8 · Konya and Cappadocia
A long drive north across the Anatolian plateau, stopping in Konya for lunch and the green-tiled Mevlana Mausoleum, resting place of the founder of the whirling dervishes. You reach Cappadocia in time for dinner at your cave hotel.
Cappadocia
Day 9 · Cappadocia
Go below ground at the Ozkonak underground city, then see the tenth-century frescoes of the Goreme Open Air Museum and the abandoned cave houses of Cavusin. After lunch in Avanos and a pottery workshop, finish among the rock formations of Love Valley, Devrent Valley and the Three Beauties.
Day 10 · Cappadocia
A free morning in Cappadocia, then a transfer to Kayseri airport for your flight to Istanbul and onward home.
The hotels for each stop. Your advisor confirms them, or something just as good, for your dates.
Istanbul · 2 nights
Or similar
Kusadasi · 2 nights
Or similar
Pamukkale · 1 night
A thermal hotel. Or similar
Antalya · 2 nights
Or similar
Cappadocia · 2 nights
A cave hotel. Or similar
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
Turkey
8 days · 7 nights
Antalya → Alanya → Kizkalesi → Cappadocia → Antalya
A self-drive loop that starts and ends at Antalya airport. You follow the Mediterranean east past Side and Alanya to the sea castle at Kizkalesi, then head inland for three nights in Cappadocia before crossing the Taurus Mountains home by way of Konya.
Turkey
11 days · 10 nights
Istanbul → Canakkale → Kusadasi → Pamukkale → Antalya → Cappadocia
After two nights in Istanbul, the road leads to the Gallipoli battlefields and Troy, down the Aegean to Pergamon and Ephesus, inland to Pamukkale and across to the Mediterranean at Antalya. The last stretch climbs to Konya and the cave country of Cappadocia, and you fly home from Kayseri.
Turkey
5 days · 4 nights
Istanbul → Cappadocia
A short pairing of Turkey's two best-known places. Two nights in Istanbul cover the old city and a cruise on the Bosphorus; a short flight then takes you to Cappadocia for an underground city, the cave churches of Goreme and the valleys.
Two nights in Istanbul, then a short flight to the Aegean for Ephesus and Sirince. From there the road runs to the white terraces of Pamukkale, down to the Mediterranean at Antalya and up through Konya to two nights in Cappadocia.
Every trip can be shaped around you before you book.
Arrive early or stay on at the end, in the same hotel or somewhere new.
Your travel expert books flights that fit the first and last day.
Choose a better room or a hotel with a view for the nights that count.
A honeymoon, an anniversary or a birthday, planned into the trip.
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