Our itineraries are flexible and can be adjusted according to your preferences and the time you have available.
Contact us for a personalised program.
Journey of Mr. I, accommodation in B &B's,
Transport by bus and group tours, April 2017
BUDGET: 80 € per day and per person
8 DAYS / CAPPADOCIA, EPHESUS, PAMUKKALE & GALLIPOLI - on a shoestring, budget tour
22/04 - ISTANBUL - CAPPADOCIA
Night bus to Cappadocia. Overnight in the bus.
23/04 - CAPPADOCIA
Arrive in the morning. Free day to enjoy the village and a small hike in the valley.
Overnight www.elyseegoreme.com
24/04 - CAPPADOCIA(mini group tours)
We`ll head off by car to the Open Air Museum of Göreme, where a big number of rock churches, monasteries and a refectory allow you to bring alive in your imagination how the Byzantine clergy lived at that time. Your guide will help you understand the meaning of the well preserved frescoes that you will see in the churches. From there, we`ll go to the amazing Pasabag Fairy Chimney valley which is probably one of the best places to understand the unique geological phenomenon of this incredible region. You`ll see fairy chimneys with multiple “hats” and how hermits lived in them. We`ll pass through the Devrent valley, yet another amazing fairy chimney valley, on our way to the village of Ürgüp with its traditional old houses. We`ll end of the day in Avanos, to visit the local potters, a tradition thousands of years old in the village.
Overnight Cappadocia (B/L)
25/04 – CAPPADOCIA (mini group tours)
We head off by car to the underground city of Derinkuyu, 8 floors deep. We`ll then hike down the magnificent Ihlara canyon from Ihlara to Belisirma whilst visiting some of its Byzantine rock churches. Lunch by the river. We drive onto the fairy chimneys of Selime and then return to your hotel.
In the early evening, a night bus to pamukkale. Overnight in the bus. (B/L)
26/04 – PAMUKKALE - SELCUK
Take a local bus to Selcuk. Overnight www.urkmezhotel.com
27/04 -EPHESUS
Our first stop is the Virgin Mary’s House. Then visit Ephesus; the walking tour will take you through one of the most magnificent excavations in the world. See the Odeon, The Fountain of Trajan, the five terraces of apartment houses, the stream baths of Scholastic, the temple of Hadrian and impressive library of Ephesus. The Grand Theatre, where Saint Paul preached, is the largest theatre is antiquity with capacity of 24.000 seats. You will return to the bus through the Arcadian Way, where Mark Anthony and Cleopatra once rode in procession. The visit of Ephesus Open Air Museum takes nearly 2 hours. After the lunch break, the next stop on your tour is the Temple of Artemis (Diana), built in a honour of the Greek Goddess of hunting, wild nature and fertility, deemed as one of the Seven wonders of the ancient world. Overnight in Selcuk (B/L)
28/04 - SELCUK - CANAKKALE
Fully Guided Pergamon Acropolis Tour.
Ancient Pergamon was once the ancient world's major power and center of learning and the arts. We will visit The Acropolis that had the library, once held 200.000 books, Temples of Athena and Trojan, Alter of Zeus- now at Berlin Museum, the Gymnasium situated on terraces, the lower Agora. In the afternoon, arrival in Canakkale and check-in at the hotel. In the evening, enjoy a 4 Corners Documentary FATAL SHORE As well as the GALLIPOLI MOVIE starring, Mel Gibson.
Overnight in Canakkale www.helenhotel.com (B/L)
29/04 - TROY-GALLIPOLI-ISTANBUL
Fully Guided Troy Tour. Visit the famous archeological and mythological site of Troy, home of the "Trojan Horse" and "Helen of Troy".
Depart ure for Fully Guided Gallipoli Tour visiting : Kabatepe Museum, Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, ANZAC Cove, Ariburnu Cemetery, ANZAC Commemoration Site, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, Johnston's Jolly (Turkish & Allied trenches & tunnels), 57th Regiment Turkish Memorial, The Nek, Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial. Arrival in Istanbul before midnight.
Complimentary drop-off service is provided to the hotels (B/L)
PRICE: 555 € per person, based on 2 persons in a double room.
The price includes:
5 nights accommodation
Meals as per itinerary (B=Breakfast L=Lunch)
All daily group tours as mentioned
Entrance fees to the main sites on tours
2 bus tickets