12D9N Turkish Dreams from Dynasty Travel

Highlights:

Istanbul - Canakkle - Troy - Pergamon - Kusadasi - Selcuk - Pamukkale - Antalye - Konya - Cappadocia - Ankara - Bolu

12D9N Turkish Dreams

From $2088 SGD + tax $530 SGD

SINGAPORE - ISTANBUL

- Welcome to a unique experience
- Assemble at Singapore Changi Airport

Meals: Meals on Board

ISTANBUL - CANAKALE

- Meet and greet by your tour guide and embark on a tour of Old Istanbul Sultan Ahmet area
- Visit Hippodrome, the center of chariot races during ancient Roman & Greco period
- Visit Blue Mosque, one of the largest religious complex and icon of Istanbul
- Visit St. Sophia Church Museum, 2000 yrs old church turned mosque and current museum - an architectural marvel of all time.
- After lunch, drive approximately 4.5 hours to the car ferry dock
- Cross the Dardanelles (approximately 30 minutes car-ferry) to Canakkale for the night

Meals: Lunch / Dinner

CANAKKALE - TROY - PERGAMON - KUSADASI

- Visit the ruins of ancient Troy
- Picture taking with the Trojan Horse
- Approximately 2 hours’ drive to Bergama
- Ascend by cable-car to the site of ancient Pergamon
- Visit ruins of the Acropolis
- Approximately 3 hours’ drive to the Aegean coastal town of Kusadasi
- Check in hotel for dinner and the nightt

Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

KUSADASI - SELCUK - PAMUKKALE

- 20 minutes’ drive to the town of Selcuk
- Walking tour of the marble city of ancient Ephesus, one of largest and most outstanding archeological site in existence
- Visit the House of Virgin Mary, the final resting place of Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ
- After lunch, drive approximately 3.5 hours to Pamukkale, another major attraction of Turkey. (Pamukkale is a thermal region with abundance springs. Most hotels have thermal pools facilities, please be advised to bring along your swim wear)

Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

PAMUKKALE - ANTALYA

- Walking tour of ancient Roman city Hierapolis
- Visit Cotton Castle (a region of spectacular cascading terraces of limestone deposits that look like snow from far)
- Visit textile centre
- Approximately 4.5 hours’ drive to Antalya - the principal resort city of the Mediterranean strip
- Explore Kaleici Old Town; walk through the ancient Roman walls and the Hadrian Gate, Clock Tower and Palm Street. (Nowadays the old town with the marina, protected old style Turkish houses , cafes , restaurants, textile bazaar and spice bazaar)

Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

ANTALYA - ASPENDOS - SIDE - ANTALYA

- Visit Aspendos Theatre, the best preserved Roman theatre in Turkey
- Visit Manavgat Waterfall
- Experience Manavgat river cruise with lunch on board (approximately 2.5 hours)
- Have fun bargaining at the local bazaar
- Later afternoon, visit Side Old Town and the ruin of Temple of Apollo
- Dinner at local restaurant with views of Mediterranean sunset
- Free time to shop at Side before returning to hotel for the night.

Recommended Optional Tour: Live Performance at Gloria Aspendos Arena - “Fire of Anatolia”

Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

ANTALYA - KONYA - CAPPADOCIA

- Approximately 4.5 hour drive to Konya, the famous old capital city of the Seljuk Turks
- Visit the Mausoleum of Mevlana, a great philosopher, poet and the father of the Mevlevi Order (Whirling Dervishes)
- Lunch at Horozluhan, an ancient caravanserai restored restaurant with exotic setting and ambience
- Continue to Cappadocia - "The Land of Beautiful Horses", a region covered with volcanic lava that eroded over millions of years, sculpting it into one of the most beautiful landscapes in the world
- Arrive hotel for check in and dinner
- Relax and proceed to a cave restaurant for an exotic night of Belly dancing and folklore.
- Return to hotel for the night. Recommended Optional Tour: 1.Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Tour over Cappadocia 2.Gondola Ride along the Kizilirmak (Red) River 3.Jet boat Adventure

Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

CAPPADOCIA

- Enjoy full day tour of Cappadocia
- Visit Underground Cities (mysterious underground settlements which existed since Bronze Age)
- Visit Goreme Valley (a region created from erosion of volcanic rocks with the iconic “Fairy Chimney”)
- Visit Goreme Open Air Museum (a compound of rock cut churches since 6th century)
- Visit Uchisar (an old village) consisting small dwellings carved into huge rock
- Cave houses visit (if time permits)
- Visit Avanos ceramic & pottery showroom (a chance to learn the making of handmade ceramic arts)
- Visit Turkish carpet showroom (a chance to witness the making of the famous Turkish carpets)

Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

CAPPADOCIA - ANKARA - BOLU

Approximately 4 hours’ drive to Ankara, the capital of Turkey
- Picture stop at Lake Tuz (or Salt Lake, the second largest lake of Turkey)
- Arrive Ankara and visit The Citadel of Ankara (Hisar) and walk the narrow winding streets that reminiscent old Turkey lifestyle
- Lunch in local restaurant
- Visit Ataturk Mausoleum (the final resting place of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk - “Father of modern Turkey”)
- Drive to forested countryside town Bolu for the night

Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner

BOLU - ISTANBUL

- Approximately 3.5 hours’ drive back to Istanbul
- Tour the Topkapi Palace (Home of the Ottoman Sultans for nearly 400 years)
- Shopping time at the 500 years old Grand Bazaar Recommended Optional Tour : 1.Bosphorus River cruise. 2.Full day Istanbul explorer tour with Bosphorus River Cruise, Dolmabache Palace, Spice (Egyptian) Bazaar, Underground Water Cistern (Yerebatan) and shopping in local Shopping Mall

Meals: Breakfast / Lunch - Chinese Lunch / Dinner

ISTANBUL - SINGAPORE

- Morning at leisure
- Transfer to airport for onwards flight.

Meals: Breakfast

SINGAPORE

- Arrival back in Singapore

Agency: Dynasty Travel

12D9N Turkish Dreams

From $2088 SGD + tax $530 SGD

Agency: Dynasty Travel

12D9N Turkish Dreams

From $2088 SGD + tax $530 SGD

Agency: Dynasty Travel