5 Days 4 Nights Istanbul to Ephesus Tour

DAY 1 Arrive in Istanbul

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Meet at the airport

Transfer to your hotel

Overnight Istanbul

DAY 2 Istanbul City Tour

08:00 - 08:30

Pick up from your hotel for fully guided Classical Istanbul City Tour

Visiting

• Hagia Sophia Mosque,(Church of the Holy Wisdom),
• Blue Mosque (Closed on Friday Mornings because of Friday Pray),
• Hippodrome,
• Obelisk of Theodosius-Serpentine Column,
• German Fountain of Wilhelm II,
• Topkapi Imperial Palace (Closed on Tuesdays & replaced with Basilica Cistern),
• Grand Bazaar (1461) (Closed on Sundays & replaced with Arasta Bazaar),

DAY 3 Istanbul - Gallipoli Tour

06:00 - 06:15

Pick up from hotel around Taksim area

06:30 - 07:00

Pick up from hotel around Sultanahmet area

Depart for Eceabat by non smoking, A/C minibus

11:20

Arrive in Eceabat

Lunch at a local restaurant in Eceabat

12.30

Depart for Fully Guided Gallipoli Tour

Visiting

• Brighton Beach
• Beach Cemetery
• ANZAC Cove
• Ariburnu Cemetery
• ANZAC Commemorative Site
• Respect to Mehmetcik Statue
• Lone Pine Australian Memorial
• Johnston's Jolly, (Turkish and Allied trenches and tunnels)
• Turkish 57th Infantry Regiment Cemetery
• The Nek
• Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial

16:30

End of the tour - Overnight Eceabat / Canakkale

DAY 4 Troy - Pergamon Tour - Kusadasi

08:00

Pick up from your hotel for fully guided Troy Tour

Visiting

• The Trojan Horse
• Sacrificial Altars
• The 3700 year old city walls
• Houses of Troy I, 3000 B.C. - 2500 B.C.
• The Bouleuterium (Senate Building)
• The Odeon (Concert Hall)
• Current excavations in progress
• Remains of the various cities from Troy I through to Troy IX.

10:30

End of Troy tour & depart for Bergama

13:30

Lunch in Bergama & depart for Fully guided Pergamon Acropolis tour

Visiting

• The ancient Pergamon, which once the ancient world's major power
• Center of learning and the arts
• The Acropolis
• The Library once held 200.000 books
• Temple of Athena
• Temple of Trajan
• Alter of Zeus ( Now at BERLIN MUSEUM )
• The Gymnasium situated on terraces
• The lower Agora
• The Hellenistic Theater with a seating capacity of 10,000
• Temple of Dionysus

17:30

End of the tour & depart for Selcuk / Kusadasi

20:00

Arrive in your hotel in Selcuk

20:30

Arrive in your hotel in Kusadasi

DAY 5 - Ephesus Tour

08:40 - 09:00

Pick up from your hotel for fully guided Ephesus & Virgin Mary's House Tour

Visiting

• The ancient city of Ephesus, which is one of the seven churches in the book of Revelation
• Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
• The Library of Celsus
• The Great Theatre
• The House Of Virgin Mary, a center of pilgrimage for many Christians

16.30

The end of the tour

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Flight,bus ticket, İzmir airport transfer or accommodation can be arranged on request

The package includes

• All transportation by A/C 'NO - SMOKING' vehicles
• Transfer from airport to hotel in Istanbul
• 2 night's accommodation in Istanbul (BB)
• Fully guided classical Istanbul City Tour (lunch & entrance fees included)
• Fully Guided Gallipoli Tour (lunch & entrance fees included)
• One night accommodation in Eceabat / Canakkale (BB)
• Fully Guided Troy Tour (entrance fees included)
• Fully Guided Pergamon Acropolis Tour (lunch & entrance fees included)
• Ferry fees
• 1 night accommodation in Selcuk / Kusadasi (BB)
• Fully guided Ephesus Tour (lunch & entrance fees included)