Day 1: Istanbul
Italy – Istanbul
Arrival at the airport where you will be welcomed by our assistant at the point already communicated in
Previously, you will be taken directly to the hotel. Free meals.
Day 2: Istanbul
Istanbul (Breakfast)
We start in the morning with one of our professional guides who will wait for you at the
hotel lobby, from here your day will begin to discover Istanbul on foot to be able to see
the city directly (the hotel is located a few hundred meters from the major attractions),
starting from the Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet) with its over twenty thousand turquoise ceramics.
From here you will move on to one of the most important monuments in Turkey and the world:
Hagia Sophia with its dome defines the landscape of the entire city, from here you will move on to visit
one of the most evocative places: The Underground Cistern, its columns that carry centuries of
history in a fascinating and unique context.
Immediately after lunch free; you will leave for the Byzantine Hippodrome and its monuments inside with all the history of the Roman Empire in one place with centuries of history that pass through it.
At the end of the day you will return to the hotel, dinner will be free Overnight stay.
Optional excursion, dinner and cruise on the Bosphorus with show
Day 3: Ankara
Istanbul – Ankara (Breakfast, Dinner)
Breakfast at the hotel and free morning; Optional excursion visit the Topkapi Palace in the morning
After lunch, at 12:45 we leave for Ankara arriving before dinner time. Dinner at the hotel.
Day 4: Cappadocia
Ankara – Cappadocia (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
You will have the first part of the morning after breakfast at the hotel, to be able to discover the city, meeting with the guide around 10:30, with a visit to the center of the Capital and directed
to one of the most awarded museums in Europe. The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations that contains within itself
millennia of history of civilizations that have inhabited the Anatolian Peninsula, after the visit we will leave for Cappadocia, after lunch with typical Turkish dishes, you will continue the journey towards Ankara. Arrival before dinner at the hotel.
Day 5: Cappadocia
Cappadocia (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
We leave in the morning at dawn to be able to participate in the excursion (optional, paid and
subject to weather conditions) of the hot air balloon ride to admire the
‘lunar’ landscape of Cappadocia and return to the hotel for breakfast. After breakfast, meet with
the guide to begin with the visit of one of the underground cities of the region and the citadel of
Uchisar. After lunch, visit the open-air museum of Goreme, one of the largest
monastic complexes of rock churches and chapels in Turkey and in the world. You will then continue with the Devrent Valley, famous for its characteristic rock formations and pinkish volcanic cones, followed by the Avanos Valley, a village on the banks of the Kizilirmak River (Red River), famous for its terracotta ceramics; return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Optional excursion: whirling dervish show
Day 6: Pamukkale
Cappadocia -Pamukkale (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
After breakfast, depart for Pamukkale. On the way, you will visit an ancient
Caravanserai, typical markets of the Middle East, places of exchange of cultures and trade,
the Seljuk one of Sultanhani. You will stop for lunch with typical dishes of central Anatolia.
In the early afternoon, you will arrive at the ruins of Hierapolis, an ancient Greek city of Phrygia, the
archaeological site has been managed since 1957 by the University of Turin, and its Necropolis. Then visit one of
the most suggestive UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the petrified waterfalls of Pamukkale
(Cotton Castle in Turkish) after which you will go to the hotel before dinner where you can
enjoy the natural thermal waters directly in your hotel room.
Day 7: Izmir
Pamukkale – Izmir (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
After breakfast. The house of the Virgin Mary, where she spent the last years of her
earthly life. You will then stop at a restaurant on the way to Ephesus to taste typical
Aegean dishes. The afternoon dedicated to the visit of Ephesus: the Ruins of Ephesus, the Temple of Hadrian, the
Library of Celsus, the Great Theater. You will then move on to the third largest city in Turkey, as well as one of the cities with the largest number of Italians residing here for centuries: Izmir, the hotel will be very close to the seafront and you can take advantage
to take a tour of the marina and its nightclubs. Dinner will be served at the hotel.
Day 8:
Izmir – Italy (Breakfast)
Our drivers will pick you up at the hotel, after breakfast, to take you to the airport of
Izmir ADB (Smirne) for the return to Italy.
