Colors of Turkey Program (9 days)

• 1 person: US$ 899.
• Group of 2 people: US$ 530 per person.

• Pickup and drop off at the airport.
• Shared transportation.
• 8 nights hotel accommodation.
• Meals:
• Breakfast (day 2 to 9).
• Dinner (day 2 to 6).
• Entrance fees to attractions.
• Guided tours.
• Food.
• WiFi on the bus from day 2 to 7.
• Spanish-speaking guide.

• Plane tickets.
• Lunch.
• Drinks.
• Extra expenses.
• Service fee (US$ 50 per person).
• Tips (optional).

• Topkapı Palace and Grand Bazaar (day 2): US$ 78 per person.
• Balloon Flight in Cappadocia (day 4): US$ 300 per person*.
• Folklore Show and Belly Dance (day 4): US$ 60 per person.
• Bosphorus and Sultanahmet District (day 8): US$ 95 per person.

*Price subject to confirmation some days before the program begins.

1. Select your departure date from the calendar.
2. Select the number of people.
3. Click “Add to Cart.”
4. Pay the full price of the program online.

Comfortable clothes.

Comfortable shoes.

Sunglasses.

Sunscreen.

Hat for the sun.

Hat for the cold.

Gloves.

Water bottle.

Day 1: Arrival in Istanbul

We will pick you up at Istanbul airport to take you to the hotel where you will spend the first night.

Day 2: Istanbul - Ankara

After enjoying breakfast at the hotel, you will have the morning free, or you can sign up for an optional trip to Topkapı Palace and Grand Bazaar. With this activity you will be able to visit Topkapı Palace, the residence and administrative centre of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire. You will then have free time to explore the Grand Bazaar (closed on Sundays, religious holidays and 29 October), a building that houses more than 4,000 shops inside.

Later you will depart towards Ankara (450 km), passing through the Istanbul Intercontinental Bridge. You will arrive in the country's capital where your hotel accommodation awaits you with a delicious dinner.

Day 3: Ankara - Cappadocia

After having breakfast at the hotel, you will visit the capital of Turkey and visit the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations with an exhibition of Paleolithic and Neolithic remains, and the Mausoleum of Ataturk, dedicated to the founder of the Turkish Republic. Later, you will leave for Cappadocia (290 km). On the way, you will visit the underground city built by Christian communities to protect themselves from Arab attacks. This city preserves the stables, common rooms, meeting room and small rooms for families. Finally, you will arrive at the hotel in the Cappadocia region where you will have dinner.

Day 4: Cappadocia

On the fourth day you can take the optional trip that will give you the chance to participate in a hot air balloon ride, a unique experience, over the rock formations, fairy chimneys, natural formations and lunar landscapes.

You will enjoy breakfast at the hotel and then visit this fantastic region with its spectacular fairy chimneys, unique in the world. Then, you will move to the Goreme Valley, with its rock churches and paintings from the 10th and 11th centuries. You will also make a stop at the troglodyte village of Uçhisar. You will visit Avcilar, a place with spectacular landscapes. You will also see the Derbent Valley, with its curious natural rock formations and you will have time to visit artisan workshops for carpets and onyx, semi-precious stones mounted on silver jewelry. The day concludes with dinner and accommodation at the hotel. After dinner, you will have the possibility to go out for a folklore and belly dancing show (optional) with an open bar of local alcoholic drinks.

Day 5: Cappadocia - Pamukkale

After breakfast you will head towards Pamukkale (610 km). During the tour you will have a stop to visit the Sultanhan Caravanserai, a medieval Seljuk inn. Then, in Pamukkale, you will have free time to visit the Cotton Castle, unique in the world with its natural limestone hot spring pools and petrified travertine waterfalls. At the end of the day, after dinner, you can rest at the hotel.

Day 6: Pamukkale - Ephesus - Izmir

After breakfast at the hotel you will leave for Selçuk-Ephesus (200 km). Once in Ephesus you can visit the archaeological area, a city dedicated to Artemis, the Odeon, the Temple of Hadrian, the House of Love, the Library of Celsus, the Agora, the Marble Street and the largest theatre of antiquity. You will also visit the House of the Virgin, supposedly the last resting place of Jesus' mother. You will have a final stop at a leather production centre and finally you will arrive in Izmir, where you will have dinner and stay at a hotel.

Day 7: Izmir - Bursa - Istanbul

After breakfast at the hotel, you will head to Bursa, the first capital of the Ottoman Empire between 1326 and 1364. You will visit the Green Ottoman Mosque (Yesil Camii), the Silk Market in the Yesil district and the Green Mausoleum. Finally, you will arrive in Istanbul to rest.

Day 8: Istanbul

After enjoying breakfast at the hotel, you will have a free day with the possibility of signing up for an optional tour: Bosphorus and Sultanahmet District, a full-day activity with lunch. Here you will leave the hotel to visit the Egyptian Bazaar (spice market) and then take a boat trip along the Bosphorus, the strait that separates Europe from Asia, where you can enjoy the great beauty of Istanbul's forests, its palaces and the yalı, wooden mansions built on both banks. After lunch, you will visit the Sultanahmet district with the Roman Hippodrome Square, the Blue Mosque, unique among all Ottoman mosques, and the splendid 6th-century Hagia Sophia Basilica. Finally, you will return to the hotel to rest.

Day 9: Departure from Istanbul

After breakfast at the hotel, if the flight and transfer schedule allows, we will take you to the airport where the activities conclude.

• You can cancel the program at least 7 days in advance to receive a 100% refund of the amount paid for the reservation. After this period, no refund will be made.