Flights:
Kolkata – Istanbul – Kayseri – Izmir – Kolkata – No Flight Included
Kolkata – Istanbul, Izmir – Kolkata – No Flight Included
Istanbul to Kayseri – No Flight Included
Kayseri to Izmir – No Flight Included
Hotel:
Ramada by Wyndham Istanbul Old City
Turgut Özal Millet Caddesi No: 82
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Meet at the airport Transfer to your hotel. You will be given your room key and the rest of the day is yours to explore Istanbul.
After breakfast there is no better way to escape the bustle of Istanbul for a day than with a visit to the idyllic Princes’ Islands Travel by boat from Istanbul. Enjoy cool breezes and charming sights along the way to Büyükada, the largest Island in the chain. Famous for their mild climates, lush vegetation, and ornate Ottoman Houses, all the islands are unspoiled by traffic. Instead of cars there are carriages, called phaetons, which we will use to tour the island and its beautiful scenery studded with elegant mansions draped with purple bougainvillea, reminiscent of a more leisured and graceful era. We will enjoy our lunch at the best of one of the many excellent fresh fish restaurants that line the waterfront, gazing across the Asian shore of Istanbul, so close – though it feels worlds away. Overnight at Istanbul.
Our first real encounter with Cappadocia almost Martian landscape is in the Dervent valley. We visit Pasabag’s “fairy chimneys”, where the voice of the wind harmonizes with songs of the fairies. From here we pause at Avanos center of terracotta art which is a popular destination because of its attractive old town with cobbled streets, and views over the river and is its production of earthenware pottery, it is also the most economic activity in the town. The ceramic trade in this district and its countless pottery factories date right back to the Hittites, and the ceramic clay from the red silt of the Kızılırmak has always been used. A visit to ceramic & tile center to see how the ceramics made by hand. After lunch we visit the famous Goreme Open Air Museum to see the best examples of Byzantine art in Cappadocia. People of Goreme, at the heart of the Cappadocia Region, realized that these soft rocks could be easily carved out to form houses, churches, monasteries. These Christian sanctuaries contain many examples of Byzantine art from the post-iconoclastic period. These frescoes are a unique artistic achievement from this period. You visit a carpet cooperative, where you’ll see how exquisite Turkish carpets are hand-woven. We complete the tour with a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia.
Transfer from hotel in Cappadocia to airport in Kayseri, to board the flight to Izmir (Seat in coach). On arrival in Izmir, proceed and check in to the hotel in Kusadasi.
The tour starting with Isa Bey Mosque, then drive to an ancient Greek city, later a major Roman city, on the west coast of Asia Minor which called Ephesus, stroll past the celsus library, the Temple Of Hadrian and the Trajan Fountain in the Ancient Ephesus. After walking on the historical marble street the Great Theater where St. Paul preached will meet at the end. Open buffed lunch in a local Turkish restaurant. In the afternoon will visit the carpet cooperative to see how the Turkish carpets are made by hand. Proceed to shrine of Mother Mary, it is believed where she spent recent years of her life. Temple Of Artemis (Diana), on the side of one of the seven wonders of ancient World. At the end Leather Fashion show will be full of fun.
Today, you will be transferred from your hotel in Kusadasi to the airport in Izmir. Later, take a connecting flight from Izmir to Istanbul for your flight back home.
Istanbul - 3 nights
Cappadocia - 2 nights
Kusadasi - 2 nights
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