12 Days Turquoise Turkey Tour / per person
- Tour is available every day, all year long.
- You can customize this as you wish.
- You can join our small group tour or we can organise the tour privately only for your party.
INCLUDED
- All accomodation B&B at choise of selected 3-4-5 star, boutique or cave hotels
- All seightseeing tours of the places mentioned in the program
- All meals where shown in the itinerary with this legend (B: Breakfast, L: Lunch, D: Dinner)
- Domestic flight tickets (May be operated by Turkish Airlines, Anadolu Jet, Atlas Jet, Sun Express, Onur Airlines or Pegasus Airlines)
- All tours with English speaking guidance licenced by ministry of culture and tourism
- All transport with new & AC vehicles
- All airport transfer throughout the trip
- All parking fees, ferry tools and petrol
- All entrance fees and taxes
EXCLUDED
- International airfare to Turkey
- Drinks, travel insurance, visas, personel expenses, posters, tips
Detailed Itinerary
Welcome to Istanbul. Our driver will meet you at the airport. You will be transferred to your hotel. You may join our optional Dinner Cruise tour depends on your arrival today.
Overnight Istanbul
Today you will visit Dolmabahce Palace, Spice Bazaar, and a Boat trip on Bosphorus.
Dolmabahce Palace is one of the most glamorous palaces in the world. Dolmabahce Palace was built between 1843-1856 and was ordered by Sultan Abdülmecit I. It was the administrative center of the late Ottoman Empire. After the Turkish Republic when Mustafa Kemal Ataturk come to Istanbul he stayed and welcomed his foreign guests at Dolmabahce Palace. Also, Ataturk spent his last time here.
The Spice Bazaar is in Eminönü, It is one of the oldest covered bazaars of Istanbul. In this bazaar, which is famous for its herbalists, in addition to products suitable for the old tradition such as natural medicines, spices, flower seeds, rare plant roots, and shells; dried nuts, delicatessen products, various foodstuffs are sold. Spice Bazaar is also open on Sundays.
Boat trip on the Bosphorus. An amazing cruise between the two continents, EUROPE and ASIA, along the Bosphorus by the Dolmabahce and Beylerbeyi Palace, wooden villas.
Overnight Istanbul
After breakfast, you enjoy a fully guided tour of the only city to span two continents, visiting Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, and Grand Bazaar. After the tour, we will transfer you to the Istanbul airport and you will take your flight to Izmir. Upon your arrival, we will transfer you to your hotel in Kusadasi.
Overnight Kusadasi
Absorb yourself in history today. Today you visit Ephesus, the Temple of Artemis, and the House of the Virgin Mary. Feel the mystical atmosphere of ancient times. Ephesus is one of the most important ancient cities in the World and it was the capital of Asia Minor.
Overnight Kusadasi
After breakfast, you heading to the magnificent White calcium terraces, known as Cotton Castle (Pamukkale) where you also tour the ancient city of Hierapolis. This city was used in Roman times for their therapeutic powers. Today bring your swimsuit with you because you will have time to enjoy the thermal water of Pamukkale. After the tour drive to Fethiye.
Overnight Fethiye
Visit the picturesque village of Dalyan and discover its gems by boat. Sail through the reeds delta to the ancient city of Kaunos, sea amazing King Rock Tombs, swim and relax at the spectacular Turtle Beach, have a mud bath.
Overnight Fethiye
Tlos ancient city and Yakapark nature park from Fethiye. Tour starts with the pick up from your resort/hotel and drives to the mountain road of Antalya, to Saklikent Gorge which is 50 km away from Fethiye.
During the day, we will visit the ruins of Tlos city which was a Lycian city and the settlement here is 4000 years old. The city is ruined but historians and archaeologists say that the city was one of the most important religious cities of Lycia. The settlement of the city is on the hills and it’s believed in the mythology that Bellerophon lived in Tlos with his flying horse Pegasus and he has a king-type tomb in the necropolis dedicated by citizens of Lycia.
After the mystic air of Tlos, we will go to a trout farm in Yaka village, a hand made heaven with full of water gardens and traditional restaurants. Lunch of fresh trout (or chicken) and a large selection of salads and mezze will be waiting for us here.
And the famous gorge! Saklikent! Saklikent gorge is the second longest gorge in Europe. We have to warn you before you get into the water! It’s icy cold! You can jump into the water and explore the canyon by yourself.
Overnight Fethiye
Continue on to the seaside village of Kas. Here you’ll see charming whitewashed houses covered in bougainvilleas as well as an ancient Greek theatre. Sample the local cuisine and enjoy the night in the town’s quaint center.
Overnight Kas
Drive to Kekova and embark on a boat cruise around the local islands… Hailing from the small village of Ucagiz on the Turkish Mediterranean Coast they married young, bought a boat, and went fishing. Like a lot of our oceans, their home became a victim to overfishing to new and modern methods of reaping the perfect catch. They had a boat, and they had one of the best cooks in the district so they set out to share their love of the sea and their love of food.
The cruise takes you to the settlement of Ucagiz and also to the village of Simena. You’ll also sail from large bays to beautiful protected inlets where you can go for a swim. Onboard the boat you’ll enjoy lunch in Tersane bay. The water here is deep but you can still see the bottom; the shore is lined with the ruins of an ancient city long ago sunken into the clear waters. Look out for rock formations and houses that have been submerged under the clear water.
Overnight Demre
It is the Lycian town of Myra, the home of Saint Nicholas of Myra, the historical man later developed into the figure of Santa Claus.
Myra was one of the most important cities in ancient Lycia. Coins have been found dating back to 300 BC. The city thrived as part of the Roman Empire and many public buildings were built that you will be able to explore. Then drive to Antalya before arriving at Antalya to visit Phaselis ancient city.
Phaselis Ancient City, founded in 693 BC, was an important port city in history. This port city has a rich history and is crucial for its ruins, historical amphitheater, aqueduct, agora, and baths.
The remains of the ancient city of Phaselis start at the seashore. The ancient port city is covered with pine and cedar trees and even on the hottest days of summer can be visited in comfort. There is a well-preserved theatre which is used for evening performances during the Phaselis Art Days.
Overnight Antalya
The day is yours enjoy the free day. Your hotel located in an old castle in Antalya. Old Castle located near the Mediterranean Sea.
Overnight Antalya
Upon your flight time, we will transfer you to Antalya airport to fly back to Istanbul to take your international flight.
Have a safe trip back home and thanks for choosing Smart Turkey Tours.
Bosphorus Dinner Cruise with Turkish Entertainment
We will pick you up from Hotel at approximately 07:45 pm and transfer you to the Istanbul Kabatas Port from where your Dinner Cruise will commense.
You are in for a treat with our exciting dinner Cruise that presents you the beauty of Istanbul at night while
cruising the Bosphorus. You will dine on a delicious assortment of authentic Turkish Cuisine, PLUS you enjoy an outstanding Turkish Night of entertainment which will feature traditional dances from the seven different regions of Turkey as well as an oriental belly-dance show. Your performance will include Ottoman dancers, Romany Gypsy Girls, belly dancers, and the Asuk Masuk comedy team, etc. This is a night you will not forget and one loved by ALL our customers who have attended previous cruises. Your dinner cruise ends at about midnight,
at which time we will transfer you to the Hotel. .(50Euro Per Person)
Hamam
Well, the ritual is simple. You will find yourself in the warm Hamam ,a room filled with the sound of splashing water, the scent of soap, and wafting steam through which daily concerns and worries cannot penetrate. In the gentle moist heat your body relaxes, and your nerves are soothed. You sit down at one of the marble wash basins which line the walls, and adjusting the temperature of the water to a delicious warmth, dip the copper bathing bowl into the basin and tip the water over your head and body. Waves of relaxation seem to pour right through you as the water envelops your body.
Laying on the warm stone in the center of the room, your attendant will pour hot water on you and begin to scrub every square inch of your body. Basically, every millimeter of dead and dirty skin is scrubbed off, even the skin between your fingers and toes.Then you are given fresh towels and again brought to Sogukluk (the cool room) to rest, dry off and marvel at your glowing, soft as a baby’s skin.
Hodja Pasha Dervish Show Istanbul
Near the mighty Hagia Sophia Basilica and the magnificent Topkapi Palace, Hodjapsha Cultural Center is a delightful piece of the city’s striking cultural mosaic. Transformed from a large 15th-century hamam (Turkish bath), it now welcomes visitors under its high dome ceilings to showcase some of the best of this vast country’s traditions.
Watch the mystical ritual of the Mevlevi Order, whose whirling dance has been declared a UNESCO Heritage
of Humanity. The Sema ceremony is a journey through man’s spiritual ascent to “perfection” through mind and love-a truly unmissable and astonishing experience of music and moves.
Paragliding Tour
Sea, beach, hotels, bars, pubs, festivals and sports. All in one. Oludeniz. Also well-known worldwide as Blue Lagoon. A well known paragliding place which also holds festivals twice a year with pilots from all over the world showing their best skills. Its not easy to describe paragliding or the feeling of flying but from 7 to 70, every single person should try this once in their life!
This is not an extreme sport. Actually paragliding is one of the easiet sport to learn. Imagine it as a sight seeing tour from air. You will take off from the top of Babadag mountain which is 1600mt (or 1900mt depends on the weather conditions) high and start a slow descent floating to the sandy beach with highly experienced pilots.
Trust us, you will fall in love with the panoramic views of the surrounding. A video and many photos of your flight will be recorded and available on your request.
We will collect you from your hotel and drive you to Oludeniz. After the short meeting we will jump on the trucks are drive to top point of mountain. After preparation of parachute, harnes and helmet and a short education to passenger we will take off and start to fly. Our journey will take 25 mins to 45 minutes maximum. Depends on the weather conditions pilots can change the flight duration for security reasons.
This is a “once in a lifetime experience!”
Rafting on Dalaman River Tour
Rafting on Dalaman River is one of the most booked daily excursion in Fethiye area. The river has 3 to 4 rapid level. Rafting is an outdoor adventure sport and here in Dalaman river you will have a chance to turn this adventure sport into a great fun day out with our experienced and qualified guides and staff. They will help and guide you downstream on the boat and they will guarantee that you will get wet and have a wild adventure.
Tour will have two parts. After education and briefing you will do the first part of the rafting. After the lunch second part will start. There will be a group of people on each boat and a professional guide. You will row down the stream and sometimes let the flowing water take guide you on the river. After the tour you can buy photos and videos of the tour.
Scuba Diving Tour
We promise you that you will see a different life under the water. Don’t worry, you do not have to be professional or experienced to dive. There are professional teachers who will teach you how to and guide you all the day. You will definitely do diving again after this fantastic adventure.
We are organizing daily diving trips to all. We start in the morning, leave the harbour with our diving gullet and head to the diving point. On the way our professional trainers and teachers will teach you how to dive and give you information about the equipment and the diving area. During the dive our instructors will always watch you and guide you. After the fabulous dives we will turn back to harbour around 18:00.
Everybody is welcome on board. Even if you don’t want to dive but watch your family or friends diving, come with us. There is meal on the boat and PADI and BSAC dive courses are available too.
Follow us! You will tell your friends about the underwater life for many years…
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