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Embark on an 8-day Touch of Mediterranean Tour in Turkey, exploring Istanbul's palaces and bazaars, venturing into Cappadocia's surreal landscapes, experiencing Antalya's coastal beauty, and concluding with the ethereal Pamukkale. Expertly guided tours, comfortable accommodations, and memorable experiences await on this journey through Turkey's Mediterranean treasures.
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
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.
Today you will visit the Rüstem Paşa Mosque, Spice Bazaar, and take a boat trip on the Bosphorus. The Rüstem Paşa Mosque, located in the Eminönü district, is known for its stunning Iznik tilework featuring intricate floral and geometric patterns. Built in the 16th century by the famous architect Mimar Sinan for the Grand Vizier Rüstem Paşa, it is a masterpiece of Ottoman architecture. The Spice Bazaar is also in Eminönü. It is one of the oldest covered bazaars in Istanbul, renowned for its herbalists. In addition to traditional products such as natural medicines, spices, flower seeds, rare plant roots, and shells, the bazaar offers dried nuts, delicatessen products, and various foodstuffs. The Spice Bazaar is also open on Sundays. The boat trip on the Bosphorus is an amazing cruise between two continents, Europe and Asia, along the Bosphorus. You'll see landmarks like the Beylerbeyi Palace and wooden villas lining the shore. After the tour, we will transfer you to the Istanbul Airport and you will take your flight to Cappadocia. Upon your arrival, we will transfer you to your hotel. Overnight Cappadocia
Marvel at the lunar landscape with a fully guided tour of Cappadocia, visiting Devrent Valley to see the unique fairy chimneys. Drive to pasabag (Monk’s Valley) to see the most interesting mushroom-shaped pinnacles. Drive to the city of Avanos. In the afternoon visit another beautiful open-air museum at Goreme where the remains of rock-cut churches and Christian settlements date back hundreds of years. Lastly, before returning to your hotel, visit the natural castles at Uchisar. After the tour, we will be back at our hotel. Overnight Cappadocia
After having breakfast at the hotel, we will again depart for a full day Cappadocia tour. Depart from your hotel to visit Red valley, and explore the famous rock-cut churches and hike 5 km through the Güllüdere valley. Then visit Cavusin village. This village is famous for the houses and churches of the Christian clergymen. After lunch Drive to the pigeon valley. In the afternoon visit Kaymaklı underground city. Where early Christians lived in fear and faith. After the tour, we will transfer you to Cappadocia airport and you will take your flight to Antalya. Upon your arrival, we will welcome you and transfer you to your hotel. Overnight Antalya
After breakfast, you will discover Antalya City. First, you will be driven west side of the city as first round trip Tunektepe cable car ride will happen when we reach the top great view of mediterranean sea and city sight after that heading to Duden Waterfall will be visiting almost one-hour free time and lunch will be given at waterfall as the last place Karpuz Kaldıran Waterfall will be visited which is where the river is falling to the sea. After the tour back to the hotel. Overnight Antalya
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. Overnight Antalya
After breakfast, our tour concludes and we say goodbye and transferred to the airport. Fly back to Istanbul.
Yes, the tour can be customized to suit your preferences. You can join a small group or arrange a private tour exclusively for your party.
Accommodations are provided at your choice of selected 3-star, 4-star, or 5-star hotels, boutique hotels, or cave hotels, with breakfast included.
Pack comfortable walking shoes, lightweight clothing for warm days, a jacket for cooler evenings, modest clothing for visiting religious sites, and essentials like sunscreen, a hat, and personal medications. You may take your swimsuits for your Pamukkale visit for exploring the spring water entirely.
Visa requirements depend on your nationality. Many nationalities can obtain an e-Visa online before arrival. Check the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs website or consult your local Turkish consulate for detailed information.
Amazing tour where you can visit most of the well-known places in Turkey. The attention of Smart Turkey Tours was amazing! And our tour guide Ege definitely made it an outstanding experience with his knowledge and humor! I particularly liked the tour in Ancient Ephesus. Don't miss the Air Balloon trip in Kappadokia if the weatherpermits it; it's an once in a lifetime experience! The price is also very good for what is offering. I would absolutely recommend it!
I had misconception of Turkey until I met Smart Turkey Travel Agency in one of the travel fairs in 2019 in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. With their detailed explanation and assurance, my friend and I signed up with Smart a Turkey for Istanbul-Kusadasi-Cappadocia trip. It was a good experience with all the transfers, hotel arrangement and activities. We chose to go back to Turkey and extended to Greece (Athen-Mykonos-Santorini) for a more relax arrangement. It’s still good in the arrangement despite transfer to wrong airport for flight to Athens from Istanbul and it gave me heart attack. The agency should also have other suggestions on activities for us to replace hot air balloon in Cappadocia as we failed 2 attempts due to weather condition.
We were a group of 10 adults and 3 toddlers and we had a blast! Everything was arranged as per our discussion with Yelize. Yelize went out of her way to make sure everything goes smoothly. We started from Istanbul and covered Antalya, Kusadasi and Cappadocia over the next week and returned back to Istanbul to catch our flights back home. Our tour guides Fatma and Safak were excellent! Right from general information to history to even watching our kids while we took pictures.. For everything they were always patient and helpful. Since we had kids they would especially advice us where we could take our strollers and where we couldn't. We even had few vegetarians in the group and they would always make sure the restaurants they chose for lunch had veg options as well. Istanbul and Cappadocia had a pleasant climate. Antalya and kusadasi were really hot and sunny. Each place was unique in its own way.. The landscape and history.. so it's really hard to pick the highlight. We were also lucky to have had the hot air balloon experience at Cappadocia. I would highly recommend smart Turkey tours of you are looking for a hassle free personalised experience!
An extremely professional and well organized tour considering we had three young children in our entourage. Right from the pre booking phase when Yeliz was in touch with us, trying to accommodate our requests and tailoring the itinerary to our needs till the airport drop off at the end of our tour, the services provided by Smart Turkey were 5 star. A shoutout and special mention to our tour guides, Fatma in Istanbul and Safak who took us around Pamukkale and Ephesus, were both well read, approachable and accommodating to the needs of the kids. Yeliz was always available over the phone and even went out of her way to do our web check ins for the domestic flights! The only let down was the hotel booked in Antalya(Mediterrea Art Hotel-Avoid at all costs) and the tour guide in Cappadocia who just seemed to be going through the motions without any real interest. Overall, an extremely pleasant holiday of 8 days in Turkey, made all the more enjoyable and memorable by the delightful and personalized service we received from this wonderful company.
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