5 Days Turkey Tour

Early this morning your driver will collect you from the hotel for the transfer to the airport and your one-hour flight to Cappadocia. On arrival, our representative will meet you at the exit and take you to our office, where you can leave your luggage before setting off on a guided tour of northern Cappadocia. You will take in the sweeping panorama from Esentepe, see the Byzantine-era Uchisar Castle from below, and explore Pasabag, Devrent and the Three Beauties valleys — among the most striking landscapes in the region. The day continues in the old towns of Urgup and Avanos, the latter famous for its red-clay pottery, where you are welcome to try your hand at the wheel. Afterwards you will be transferred to your hotel.

A sunrise hot-air balloon flight comes highly recommended — for many, the standout moment of the whole trip. After breakfast and check-out, your guide will collect you for a tour of southern Cappadocia, taking in Meskendir and Rose Valley with their red rock formations and fine walking, the cave houses of Cavusin and the aptly named Pigeon Valley. The panorama from Love Valley is unforgettable, and you will explore the Kaymakli Underground City, descending past rooms, wine cellars, tombs and stables carved out centuries ago. The tour ends around 5:00 pm, when you will be transferred to your hotel.

After breakfast and check-out, we set off for Pamukkale, stopping along the way in Konya — the adopted home of Rumi (Mevlana), the Sufi mystic who inspired the Whirling Dervishes, and once one of the great trading cities of the Silk Road. We arrive in Pamukkale at the end of the day and check into the hotel for an overnight stay.

After breakfast and check-out, your guide will collect you at the set time for a full day at Pamukkale and Hierapolis. You will visit the gates of ancient Hierapolis, its necropolis and fine ancient theatre, and the famous travertines — the calcified pools and cascades whose panorama, gleaming like a snow-covered mountain, is one of the trip's most striking sights. There is the chance to swim among the ruins in Cleopatra's pool or visit the Hierapolis Archaeology Museum. At the end of the tour you will be transferred to the lovely resort town of Kusadasi (Bird Island).

After breakfast and check-out, your guide will collect you for a tour of Ephesus. You will visit the Temple of Artemis — one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World — the 25,000-seat amphitheatre, the famous Library of Celsus, the Temple of Hadrian and the harbour street of the ancient city, ending at the House of the Virgin Mary, her final home. Afterwards you will be transferred to the airport for the one-hour flight to Istanbul, where our representative will meet you and take you to your hotel. This brings your tour to a close, and we hope to welcome you again.