5 Days Express Turkey Escorted Tour

You will be picked up from your hotel early morning and drive to Istanbul Airport. Upon your arrival, you will meet with our staff and transfer to Cappadocia to meet with your guide and other tour participants. Start the Full Day Cappadocia Tour. Our first visit will be 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. After lunch we visit the famous Goreme Open Air Museum to see the best examples of Byzantine art in Cappadocia. We complete the tour with a visit to the Uchisar Rock-Castle, giving you a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia. Overnight in Cappadocia.

Have breakfast at your hotel and meet with your guide to visit Red Valley and explore the famous rock- cut churches. Then drive to Cavusin Village. Old Cavusin Village was abandoned several decades ago due to avalanches. The two most important churches in Cavusin are the Great Basilica dedicated to St. John the Baptist (located on the cliff above the village) and Cavusin church or the “Great Pigeon House” commemorating a visit of the famous Cappadocian Emperor Nicephorus Phocas. After lunch drive to the Pigeon Valley. In the afternoon visit Kaymakli Underground City, where early Christians lived in fear and faith. The ancient name was Enegup. The houses in the village are constructed around the nearly one hundred tunnels of the underground city, which is one of the most interesting underground settlements in Cappadocia. As storage areas, stables and cellars. On the way back visit the natural castle at Ortahisar. Then drive to hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.  

After breakfast at the hotel, check out and leave from Cappadocia.Drive to Konya. We will visit the Mevlana Mausoleum, the great mystic poet and Islamic spiritual leader, who founded the sect of ''Whirling Dervishes'' and visit 13th century Seljuk caravanserai "Sultanhan" in Konya. After visiting Mevlana Museum and Konya City drive from Konya to Pamukkale. Upon arrival to Pamukkale, check into hotel. Dinner and Overnight in Pamukkale. 

After having breakfast at the hotel, check out and ready to explore Pamukkale Calcium Terraces. Pamukkale's terraces are made of travertine, a sedimentary rock deposited by water from the hot springs. In this area, there are 17 hot water springs in which the temperature ranges from 35 °C to 100 °C The water that emerges from the spring is transported 320 metres (1,050 ft) to the head of the travertine terraces and deposits calcium carbonate on a section 60 to 70 metres long covering an expanse of 240 metres to 300 metres. After lunch visit Hierapolis Ancient City, including the magnificently preserved Necropolis, the main Street and Gates, the thermal Baths, Masterpiece Theater and then continue the tour by visiting Leodicia Ancient Site is great religious importance as it is mentioned in the Bible as one of the 'seven churches of Asia. Then Drive to Kusadasi to explore Ancient City of Ephesus tomorrow. Upon arrival to Kusadasi check into hotel. Dinner and Overnight in Kusadasi. 

We will have breakfast at the hotel and ready to explore Ephesus. Our first visit will be Isa Bey Mosque, then drive to an Ancient City of Ephesus which is located on the west coast of Asia Minor, While we are on the Ephesus Tour, we will see Celsius library, the Temple Of Hadrian and the Trajan Fountain in the Ancient Ephesus. After walking on the historical marble street to the Great Theater where St. Paul preached will meet at the end. Afterwards have lunch in a local Turkish restaurant. Afternoon we will visit the House of Virgin Mary, it is believed where she spent recent years of her life. Finally proceeding to Temple Of Artemis (Diana), on the side of one of the seven wonders of ancient World. 

Then drive to airport to take an evening flight from Izmir Airport to Istanbul. Upon arrival to Istanbul Airport, you will meet with our staff at the airport and transfer to hotel. 

We hope to see you for next Turkey Tour with Turkey Travel Bazaar.