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TURKEY TOUR |
Turkey is a paradise of sun, sea, mountains, and lakes that offers the vacationer a complete change from the stress and routine of everyday life. Images of Turkey recall bazaar stalls filled with vibrant silks and flashy jewels or perhaps sumptuous palaces filled with veiled belly dancers, accompanied by insistent, hypnotic music. A treasure house of history, culture and food (Turkish cuisine is considered one of the world's greatest), Turkey offers much, much more. A country that can truly lay claim to the title "Crossroads of Civilization". |
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Turkey Turquoise Coast Tour |
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TOUR NAME : Turkey Turquoise Coast Tour
TOUR CODE : TR-03
TOUR DAYS : 13 Nights & 14 Days |
Turkey Turquoise Coast Tour HIGHLIGHTS :
Turkey is a paradise of sun, sea, mountains, and lakes that offers the vacationer a complete change from the stress and routine of everyday life. From April to October, most places in Turkey have an ideal climate that is perfect for relaxing on sandy beaches or enjoying the tranquility of turquoise coast. Tour covers Istanbul, Cappadocia, Antalya, Kusadasi and a 5 night cruise upon traditional Turkish Gulet Yatch.
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| TURKEY TURQUOISE COAST TOUR DAYS : 13 Nights & 14 Days |
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| Tour Itinerary |
| Istanbul, Cappadocia, Antalya, Turquoise Coast (cruise aboard a Turkish Gulet), Kusadasi |
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| Day 1 (Sunday) - Istanbul l |
Transfer to hotel upon arrival in Istanbul, meet your Tour Leader, who remains with you throughout your trip.
Istanbul is a sprawling city of 10 million people, extending over two continents, Europe and Asia. Three famous waterways define the city. The Sea of Marmara lies to the south.
The Bosphorus divides the European and Asian sections of the city, and is the route from the Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea. The Golden Horn splits the two European sections, the modern Beyoglu section to the north, and Old Stamboul (Eski Istanbul) to the south, connected by the famous Galata Bridge. Remainder of the day is at leisure. |
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| Day 2 (Monday) - Istanbul -A full day sightseeing tour around the city |
Optional: evening tour "Istanbul by Night" (Show & dinner)
Visits include:
Hippodrome: We begin by visiting ancient Hippodrome, a public arena that once seated as many as 100,000 zealous fans witnessing chariot races, executions, and mock battles. Formerly the center of Byzantine civic life, it is still decorated by the Obelisk of Theodosius, the Bronze Serpentine Column, and the Column of Constantine.
Blue Mosque: We'll also see the famous Sultan Ahmet Mosque. Built between 1609 and 1616 by the architect Mehmet, the building is more familiarly known as the Blue Mosque because its interior gleams with the magnificent paneling of blue and white Iznik tiles.
Topkapi Palace: We visit Topkapi Palace museum, which was the residence for the Ottoman Sultans. This maze of opulent buildings, where the sultans and their courts lived and governed, was the center of the Ottoman Empire between the 15th and 19th centuries. Now Topkapi Palace is one of the world's richest museums.
Grand Bazaar: Our tour will also include a visit to the Grand Bazaar, a labyrinth of streets and passages housing more than 4,000 shops.
Meal included: Breakfast
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| Day 3 (Tuesday) - Istanbul - at leisure |
Optional: "Bosphorus & Two Continents Tour" (Hagia Sophia, Spice Market, Boat trip on the Bosphorus & lunch at a sea-front restaurant)
Meal included: Breakfast
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| Day 4 (Wednesday) - Transfer to Kayseri - Cappadocia |
We transfer to the airport for an hour's flight to Kayseri. An hour's drive from the Kayseri Airport brings us to Cappadocia, a region with one of the most interesting landscapes of the world. We visit Goreme's open-air museum, where you'll discover churches, dating from the ninth century, hidden within the steep cliffs.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner
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| Day 5 (Thursday) - Cappadocia |
Optional: balloon ride (5:00 - 9:00 a.m.) and continue tour program.
Visits include:
Uchisar: We make an early start from Uchisar; this 60-meter high fortress was carved out of a natural hill dominating the area with a breathtaking view of all Cappadocia's surrounding landscape.
Kaymakli: Later a short drive will bring you to the remarkable underground city of Kaymakli. Beginning in the second century AD, as successive armies swept across Asia Minor, the resident of Cappadocia created uniquely defensible communities by digging approximately eight stories down into the volcanic tufa stone.
Avcilar and Pasabag: for photos of a remarkable landscape of tufa cones.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner.
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| Day 6 (Friday) - Cappadocia - transfer to Konya - transfer to Antalya |
After an early breakfast, we start our day by driving to a rug weaving cooperative to enjoy a craft demonstration. Here you'll learn about all aspects of this traditional Turkish art, from cultivating silkworms, to spinning, dyeing, and weaving techniques. Then we'll be driving in a southwesterly direction, through the central Anatolian plain into Konya. Konya has become a place of pilgrimage for Moslems because the leader of the Mevlevis, Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi, Turkish poet and mystic, is buried there.
(For an English version of Rumi's exquisite poetry, try a new edition translated by Coleman Barks.) Even today, the Mevlevi order of whirling dervishes is based in Konya. At the Mevlana Museum you can see the dervishes living quarters, examples of famous artists' calligraphy, and the tombs of Rumi and his male relatives and dignitaries. After lunch we will continue to Antalya over the impressive Taurus Mountains.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner |
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Day 7 (Saturday) - Antalya / Myra / Board Yacht At Fethiye
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Visits include:
Archeological Museum: After breakfast we will visit the archeological museum, once honored as the best museum in Europe.
Demre (Myra): After two hours drive along the Turkish Riviera, we'll arrive at the small town of Demre and the ancient Roman ruins of Myra. We walk in the large theater, still very much intact with marble seats and masks friezes scattered around the elaborately decorated stage area. The conspicuous Lycian house-tombs carved into the cliffs are amazing in their own right. Built in the fourth century BC, they contain some of the earliest examples of Lycian script and funerary bas-reliefs.
St. Nicholas church: Our visit to Demre is completed by visiting the Church of St. Nicholas, built in the fourth century A.D. Saint Nicholas, the Catholic Bishop of Myra, was known as a protector of children, and he showered them with gifts at every opportunity.
In the late afternoon we will drive to the resort Fethiye that has an important marina and overlooks a beautiful bay strewn with islands. Here we board our 14-guest gulet, a replica of a traditional Turkish fishing boat. Today's gulets are built with modern comforts in mind, containing small but cozy cabins with private bath and shower, public areas and broad decks in an area approximately 85 feet long and 21 feet wide. Beautiful craftsmanship combined with ancient artistry makes the gulet the perfect vessel in which to cruise the waters of the Turquoise Coast. You meet our expert captain and his friendly crew. The captain and your trip leader take you on a short tour of the yacht, while discussing your safety and comfort. The yacht is our home for the next five nights. If the weather is good, we'll ship out this afternoon to a nearby cove.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner
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| Day 8 (Sunday) - Gemiler Island / Kayakoy / Soguksu |
Our boat begins cruising before you awake. We have breakfast as we cruise along a lush green coast, with 7,000-foot Babadag Mountain towering above us. We cruise to nearby Gemiler Island, where we see a sixth-century Byzantine monastery and ancient churches and refectories. If you like, you can hike to the top of the island, about a 400-foot elevation, for a breathtaking view of the azure channel below. From here, we drive to Kayakoy, a Greek "ghost town" abandoned by Anatolian Greeks in 1923. From Kayakoy we'll begin a one-hour hike to meet our gulet at Soguksu. We return to our yacht for an afternoon swim
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner |
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| Day 9 (Monday) - Turunc / Yassica Isles / Tersane Island |
After breakfast, we'll cruise to Turunc cove where we will have time to swim. Later on we'll cruise to Yassica Isles we'll anchor to enjoy our lunch. After lunch we will cruise to Tersane Island. The largest island in the Gulf of Fethiye is the Island of Tersane (Dockyard). A deep channel provides entry to the inlet of Tersane Island which was formerly called Telandria.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner |
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| Day 10 (Tue) - Friendship Cove / Lydea / Cleopatra's Bath Tours Hotels Tour |
After breakfast, we cruise across Fethiye Bay to "Friendship Cove". After a swim, we'll hike through forests, meadows, and spectacular coastal scenery to a little-known Greco-Roman site called Lydea. You'll enjoy walking along a pine-shaded trail, smelling wild herbs and hearing the music of goat bells. The walk provides spectacular vistas of the Gocek Lagoon and Bay of Fethiye. Taking less than three hours, the hike involves uphill walking only the first hour or so. We meet the yacht in a spectacular cove which shelters the sunken baths of Cleopatra, built for her by Marc Antonio.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
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| Day 11 (Wednesday) - Dalyan River / Dalyan |
Today we cruise to the mouth of Dalyan River where we are met by a small river boat, which takes us on a side trip, traveling upriver to Dalyan through a maze of small channels lined with bamboo and cattails.
We will see the ancient rock-cut tombs of Caunos and lunch in Dalyan. Then we return to our gulet, cruising to another quiet cove for our last peaceful night on boat.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner |
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| Day 12 (Thursday) - Marmaris / Kusadasi |
We have a short cruise in the morning to a harbor in Marmaris where we meet our small motor-coach, and where we bid a fond farewell to our captain and crew. From here we drive north, parallel to the Aegean Coast but well inland. It takes about four hours to reach Kusadasi, a popular seaside town with a large yacht harbor. On the way we stop for lunch.
Meals included: Breakfast, Dinner. |
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| Day 13 (Friday) - Ephesus |
After an early breakfast, we drive for less than an hour to the world-famous ancient Roman site of Ephesus, one of the largest and best-preserved ancient cities in the world. You can walk on the remarkably intact wide marble street lined by columns and envision ancient Hellenistic and Roman empires, see the theater, walk through temples, visit the baths, and more. After a home hosted lunch at a nice village we visit the Ephesus Museum and the house of the Virgin Mary, where it is believed Mary spent her last days.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
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| Day 14 (Saturday) - Transfer to Izmir Airport. |
After breakfast we'll transfer to the international airport of Izmir for our return flight.
Meals included: Breakfast |
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Note: Tour price does not include domestic flights.
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| TOUR PRICE: As Per Tour Dates |
TOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES:
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2005: 09 Oct
2006: 30 April, 14 May, 08 October |
- Roundtrip airport transfers.
- Sightseeing as per itinerary.
- Modern, spacious, air-conditioned, vehicle for land transportation
- Cruise aboard traditional Turkish Gulet yacht
- Admission fees to sights and museums.
- 29 Meals: 13 Breakfasts, 6 lunch, and 10 dinners
- Parking, Portage, Tipping (except guide, driver), Ferry charges, taxes and tolls.
- Services of a professional tour director.
- Accommodation on twin sharing basis in 5 Star hotels |
Per Person On Twin Sharing Basis: USD 2150.00
Single Supplement: USD 530 |
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2005: 11 Sep
2006: 04 June, 10 September |
Per Person On Twin Sharing Basis: USD 2370.00
Single Supplement: USD 545 |
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| 2006: 09 July, 06 August |
Per Person On Twin Sharing Basis: USD 2,650.00
Single Supplement: USD 550 |
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