6 Days/5Nights Turkey Packages Tour covering Istanbul,Cappadocia,Pamukkale and Ephesus by flight.

(Tour will start in Istanbul and will end in Istanbul)

From: $880.00

Start and end in Istanbul! With the in-depth cultural tour Highlights of Turkey, you have a 6-day tour package taking you through Istanbul, Turkey and 3 other destinations in Turkey. Highlights of Turkey Tour includes accommodation as well as an expert English speaking guide during the tours, meals, transport and more.

Nr. of Single Room: USD 1050 pp in single accupancy

Nr. of Double Room: USD 880 pp in double accupancy

Nr. Of Triple Room: USD 830 pp in triple accupancy

Optional Add-on: Hot-air Balloon Ride (Duration: 1 hour): USD 290 per person

Optional Add-on: Whirling Dervish Show (Without Dinner): USD 70 per person

Optional Add-on: Traditional Turkish Night Show with Dinner: USD 80 per person

Optional Add-on: Paragliding with pilot takes around 15 min. with beautiful scenery over Pamukkale : USD 100 per person

Optional Add-on: 1 hour Cappadocia ATV Tour (at end of 1st Day Tour): USD 60 per person

Day 1: Arrival in Istanbul

Arrive at any time. Upon your arrival in Istanbul, you will be met with our company representative in the arrivals area of the airport who will be holding a signboard with your name on it. After meet and greet, you will then be transferred from the airport to your hotel in Istanbul. Rest of the day will be at leisure.

• Overnight in Istanbul

Day 2: Full Day Istanbul Byzantine & Ottoman Relics Tour

After breakfast at approximately 8:30 am, you will be picked up from your hotel to begin the full-day tour. Today on the tour you will visit Hagia Sophia Museum, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, Grand Bazaar, and Topkapi Palace. Lunch will be at a local restaurant. After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel. (Note that Topkapı Palace is closed Tuesday, and Hagia Sophia is closed Monday).

• Overnight in Istanbul
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch

Day 3: Flight to Kayseri/Nevsehir - North Cappadocia Tour

You will be picked up from your hotel for your transfer to the airport to catch your early morning flight to Kayseri or Nevsehir. Upon arrival at the airport, you will be transferred to Cappadocia where you will meet your professional tour guide to begin your full-day North Cappadocia Tour. Your tour will start with a visit to the Devrent Valley to see the unique fairy chimneys. Next you will visit the Pasabag Monk’s Valley to see the mushroom-shaped pinnacles. After this visit, you will drive to the city of Avanos. After lunch, you will visit the beautiful open-air museum of Goreme where the remains of rock-cut churches and Christian settlements date back hundreds of years. Finally towards the end of the day tour before returning to your hotel, you will be able to visit the natural castles of Uchisar. After the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel in Cappadocia for check-in.

• Overnight in Cappadocia
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch

·         Optional Add-on: Hot-air Balloon Ride (Duration: 1 hour): USD 290 per person

·         Optional Add-on: Whirling Dervish Show (Without Dinner): USD 70 per person

·         Optional Add-on: Traditional Turkish Night Show with Dinner: USD 80 per person

Day 4: South Cappadocia Tour - Flight to Izmir

After breakfast at the hotel around 09:30, you will be picked up and met by your tour guide to begin your full-day tour of South Cappadocia. Your tour guide will brief you on the day’s activities. Your tour will begin with a visit to the Red Valley where you will be able to explore the famous rock-cut churches and hike approximately 5 km through the Güllüdere (Rose) Valley. Next you will visit Çavusin village which is famous for its houses and churches of the Christian Clergymen. We will take a break for lunch around noon. After lunch, you will drive to the Pigeon Valley. In the afternoon you will visit the Kaymakli or Ozkonak Underground City where early Christians lived. This will be the end of your full-day tour. At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to the Kayseri or Nevsehir airport for your flight to Izmir through Istanbul. Upon your arrival, you will be picked up and transferred for check-in to your hotel in Kusadasi.

• Overnight in Kusadasi
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch

Day 5: Pamukkale & Hierapolis Tour

After breakfast around 8:00 am you will be picked up from your Kusadasi hotel and taken to the meeting point in Selcuk where the full group will first meet. You will then begin the Pamukkale tour with a drive from Selcuk starting at 8:30 am to Pamukkale which will be around 3 hours. En route to Pamukkale after 1.5 hours, there will be a 10 minutes stop for a restroom break. Upon arrival around 11:45 am, the group will be first taken to have lunch and after lunch, at around 1:00 pm you will begin your guided tour of the Pamukkale and Hierapolis area with a profession licensed tour guide. In Pamukkale, you will see the Cotton Cliffs, one of the natural wonders of the world formed by deposits of calcareous salts. Also, you will visit the ancient ruins of the City of Hierapolis with its basilica, theatre, and Roman Baths. At the end of the guided tour, you will have some free time to explore the area on your own. As an option, you may choose to swim in the Pamukkale antique pools (at own expense) during this free time. The tour guide will inform you about the exact meeting point and time. At the end of the tour around approximately 4:00 pm, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Kusadasi at around 7:00 pm.

• Overnight in Kusadasi
• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch

·         Optional Add-on: Paragliding with pilot takes around 15 min. with beautiful scenery over Pamukkale : USD 100 per person

·         Optional Add-on: Swimming in the Ancient Cleopatra’s Pool : USD 15 per person

Day 6: Ephesus Tour - Flight from Izmir to Istanbul Airport – End of Services

After breakfast at the hotel around 08:30, you will be picked up and met by your tour guide to begin your full-day tour of Ephesus. Your tour guide will brief you on the day’s activities. You will first visit the Temple of Artemis which was once one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Next, you will visit the world-famous ancient Greco-Roman City of Ephesus, the most well-preserved example in the world. After visiting this impressive site, you will have a break for lunch. After lunch, you will visit the House of Virgin Mary, where it is believed she spent her last days. This is a holy place for both Christians and Muslims. Afterwards, you will visit the Isabey Mosque. At the end of the tour around approximately 4:00 pm, you will be transferred to Izmir airport for your late evening return flight around 7:00 – 10:00 pm (1 hour 20 minutes flight duration) to Istanbul. END OF OUR SERVICE and TOURS.

• Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch

·         Optional Add-on: Sirince Village Tour; which is an old Greek village and is well-know for its quaint beauty and wine tasting and production. Here you will have one hour free to explore on your own without a guide the different foods and wines of the area and visit various small traditional village shops: USD 10 per person

What’s INCLUDED in the Tour Price:

• All transfers mentioned in the itinerary
• Domestic flight tickets as per the itinerary
• 2 night(s) in Istanbul at a 4-star or special-class hotel including breakfast
• 1 night(s) in Cappadocia at a cave hotel including breakfast
• 2 night(s) in Kusadasi at a 4-star special-class hotel including breakfast
• Professional licensed English speaking Local guides during the tours

·         Transport non-smoking De-Luxe A/C Mini Van (included gasoline) with Professsional Driver.

• Meals as per itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch)
• All Ticket fees mentioned by the itinerary
• Local taxes and service charges

What’s EXTRA:

·         Personal Expenses on the tour

·         Drinks at Lunch

·         International Flight Ticket; Any international flights are not included in this price. We always recommend that you arrive 1 day prior to your tour starting date.

·         Drop off transportation service from Istanbul New Airport OR Sabiha Gökçen Airport to Istanbul Hotel upon returning to Istanbul

·         International airfare & airport taxes

·       Visas,border or port taxes

·         Hot Air Balloon Riding

·         Any optional tours

·         Drinks with meals (except the drinks served with breakfast)

·         Any gratuities for Guide & Driver

·        Travel insurance.

IMPORTANT INFORMATIONS:

• The order of the itinerary is indicative and subject to change, but all visits described will take place.

·         Travel insurance is not included in the package. It is not mandatory to have, however, we highly recommend the travelers to have travel insurance. 

·         During the tours Licensed-Professional Tour Guides included. This is not a continues tour that starts and ends with the same guide & driver/vehicle. In each region/tour, you will have different local guides & drivers/vehicles.

·         Modern Non-smoking A/C Vehicles designed for Tourism Transportation.

• This is a regular group tour, but if requested at cost can be provided as a private tour
• The regular group tour has shopping stops included in the tour
• Vegetarian lunch option available upon request

·         Breakfast at the Hotel and Lunch during the tours included. Generally, breakfast at the Hotel is at between 07:30 - 10:00 am. In case you have an early morning flight, you may miss breakfast time at your Hotel. However, if you talk to the reception of your hotel a day earlier and request for breakfast-box, they may help you on this hand. 

• Please note that the Blue Mosque is not open for visitation on Fridays as it is closed for religious prayer services. You will only be able to visit the outside of the Blue Mosque area on tours operated on Fridays. No visitation will be allowed inside the Blue Mosque for tourists on Fridays.

• St. Sophia is closed on Monday, this will be replaced with the Basilica Cistern (Yerebatan Sarnici)

• Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesday, it will be replaced with the Beylerbeyi Palace

• Grand Bazaar is closed on Sunday

• During religious holidays, the spice market and Grand Bazaar are closed

• You can swim in the Antique pool in Pamukkale. However, please note that there is an extra charge that you will have to pay directly at your own expense before entry to the pools. This entrance fees to the pools is not covered as part of your tour. Please note that you must bring your own towel, swimsuit etc. if you need to use the pools.

• The hot air balloon ride operates in optimum weather conditions. The decision for the flight to take off on any given day is decided by the local government at the last minute depending on weather conditions to ensure passenger safety. If your paid and scheduled hot air balloon ride gets cancelled by the tour company at the last minute for weather conditions, we will provide you with a refund of USD 290.00 for the hot air balloon ride if you have it booked with us.
• The flights from … /to Istanbul generally we use, listed below. However, this may vary due to the availability; 

-From Istanbul - Departure around 06:00 - 08:00 am and arrive to Izmir around      08:00 - 10:00 am 

-From Cappadocia - Departure around 19:00 - 21:30 and arrive to Istanbul around 20:30 - 23:00.

• Please note that your return flight from Izmir to Istanbul will arrive at either the New Airport in Istanbul or at the Sabiha Gökçen Airport depending on the availability of flights on the ticket purchase date.
• If you have a preference to return to a specific airport in Istanbul i.e. Sabiha Gokcen or Istanbul New Airport, you must request your choice of the airport in Istanbul by email prior to your tour booking. Any changes requested once your booking is confirmed will incur an additional cost.
• Upon arrival at Istanbul airport, you will have to arrange your own pick-up service from Istanbul airport to your hotel in Istanbul. This transfer is not included as part of your package tour services with us. Our service ends upon your flight arrival at Istanbul Airport.

• The normal arrival time in Istanbul is between 8:00 – 11:00 pm. If you are planning on reserving your plane back home that same day,      we recommend you book a plane ticket from 1:00 am onwards, to avoid missing your flight.

·         We do not operate big bus tours with 40 people in one bus. We operate Small-Group Tours up to 15 people.

Flexible Arranged Time: Every day of the year on your chosen dates.

WHEN TO BOOK?

• Book as soon as possible to guarantee availability, especially during public holidays and festivities.
• You can book up to 2 days before (Istanbul local time) if there are still places available. If less than 2 days before start of your requested tour date, please contact us by email or phone as it would be a last-minute booking that will need to be checked for availability before your tour reservation is confirmed.

Accommodation in below Hotels 

(or similar hotels depending on vacancy at the time of booking):

***You will stay in 4-Star, Special-Class or Boutique and Cave hotels throughout your tour. You will stay for two nights at the Muyan Suites or Ayasultan Hotel, or similar, in Istanbul, one night at the Holiday Cave Hotel,Heaven Cave House,Travel Inn Cave Hotel, or similar in Cappadocia, and two nights at the Derici Hotel,Efe Boutique Hotel,Marina Hotel,Palm Hotel or similar, in Kusadasi.

The quoted price of this tour covers accommodations in hotels as mentioned above or in similar quality hotels.

If you wish to include a higher quality hotel, we offer two options:

Option 1: We can upgrade your hotel at an additional cost. This cost will be added to the total tour price of the standard package tour.

Option 2: You can arrange your own accommodation on the tour as per your preference. We can offer a new package tour price without including cost of hotel accommodation. If Option 2 is preferred, all services as part of the package tour will be provided except for hotel accommodation.

Please let us know the option you prefer at the time the tour request is made so that we can price the tour accordingly. If no change in hotels is needed and you wish to proceed with the hotels highlighted in our package tour at the quoted tour price then you may book the tour directly online.

How Do I Make Reservation

1.   First of all, please check the tour programs on our website that are suitable for your time and budget.

2.    Then, when you decide on the tour you want to purchase, Select the first day you want to start the tour and click the "BUY TOUR".(The day you choose on the calendar is the first day you start the tour.)

3.    After click the "BUY TOUR" then You are kindly asked to fill all the blanks in the description from page;otherwise the form does not work. When you fill out all the sections comletely, you can finish your payment by paying your booking by clicking the "COMPLETE RESERVATION" button.

4.     If you have any questions or requests about the tours, or if you are interested in tailor-made tours (customised regular or private tours), please email us directly at support@newroadstravelagency.com or call us " 00 90 544 871 9648" or send us a message via whatsapp.

5.      When you want to book the tour, we need to charge all total amount. (Full Payment by your Credit card)

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