Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale and Bodrum
Turkey, 11 Days · Tour including beach holiday
Departure on 22/03/2025 from London
From
£1,395
per person
Culture, landscapes and sea on an unforgettable trip
If you're looking to combine culture and relaxation on a trip, then this is the option for you. A journey through the most emblematic places of the ever-fascinating Turkey, brimming with history, mystery, legends and some of the most famous landscapes in the world: Istanbul, Ankara, Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Ephesus and Izmir.And - as the perfect ending - surrender to the pleasures of the beaches at one of the most fashionable places on the Turkish coastline: Bodrum, the ancient Halicarnassus.What’s not to love?
Archaeological
Departure date:Departures from March 2025 till December 2025
Departures from:London, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow
Travel details
City of origin - Istanbul
Departure with destination Istanbul. Transfer to hotel. Overnight stay.
Istanbul
Includes:
Breakfast
Breakfast at hotel. Day at your leisure with optional city tour along the Bosphorus and around the Sultanahmet district. Overnight stay at hotel.
Istanbul - Ankara
Includes:
Breakfast
Dinner
Breakfast at hotel. Morning at your leisure with optional tour "Turkish Soap Opera and the Grand Bazaar". At the prearranged time, departure by coach to Ankara, crossing over Istanbul's intercontinental bridge. Arrival in the country's capital. Dinner at hotel and overnight stay.
Ankara - Cappadocia
Includes:
Breakfast
Dinner
Breakfast at hotel. Tour around the Turkish capital, including the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations and the mausoleum of Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic. Departure for Cappadocia, visiting en route the underground city, built by Christian communities to protect themselves from Arab attacks. Arrival in Cappadocia, dinner and overnight stay at hotel.
Cappadocia
Includes:
Breakfast
Dinner
At dawn, possibility of an optional excursion by hot air balloon, flying over the spectacular landscape of Cappadocia. Breakfast at hotel followed by a day exploring this fantastic region, one of a kind in the world, stopping at places like the Goreme Valley, with its rock churches decorated with paintings from the 10th and 11th centuries; the troglodyte village of Uçhisar; and the Derbent Valley, with its curious natural formations. Time at your leisure to visit local craft workshops selling rugs and semi-precious stones. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.
Cappadocia - Pamukkale
Includes:
Breakfast
Dinner
Breakfast and departure to Pamukkale. En route, a stop-off to visit a caravanserai dating back to the Seljuk kingdom. Arrival and overnight stay. Time at your leisure in this place known as 'the cotton castle', unique in the world for its thermal pools of calcareous origin and its petrified waterfalls. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.
Pamukkale - Ephesus - Izmir
Includes:
Breakfast
Dinner
Breakfast. Departure to visit the ruins of Ephesus, a city dedicated to Artemis, visiting the Odeon, the Temple of Hadrian, the House of Love, the Library of Celso, the Agora and the House of Virgin Mary, said to be her final resting place. Stop-off at a leather production centre and onward journey to Izmir, the third largest city in Turkey. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.
Izmir - Bodrum
Includes:
Breakfast
Breakfast at hotel (if the flight and transfer schedule allows). Transfer to the airport. Flight from Smyrna to Bodrum. Arrival and transfer from the airport to the selected hotel in Bodrum. Free time. Overnight stay.
Bodrum
Free day. Overnight stay.
Bodrum
Free day. Overnight stay.
Bodrum - City of origin
At the scheduled time, transfer to the airport. Flight with destination the city of origin. Arrival. End of the trip and our services.
Your trip includes
Return flight.
Accommodation in selected hotels or similar category.
Transfers as per itinerary.
Transport in air-conditioned vehicles appropriate to the size of the group.
Visits in a guided tour that are detailed in the program and not considered as optional.
English-speaking local guides from Ankara to Izmir.
Half-litre bottle of water per person on the minibus/coach.
Onboard WiFi on the minibus/coach.
Diet: 7 breakfasts, 5 dinners.
Flight from Smyrna to Bodrum.
Transfer from the airport to the hotel in Bodrum.
Stay in selected hotel in Bodrum.
Selected meal plan in Bodrum.
Transfer from the hotel in Bodrum to the airport.
Insolvency protection.
Your trip doesn't include
Electronic Visa to enter in Turkey.
Tips for drivers and guides (payment at destination; we recommend €3 per person per day for guides and €2 for drivers).
Any other service not previously mentioned as included.
Expected Hotels (or similar)
In this section you will find a selection of hotels according to the category specified in the itinerary.
Category B
Barin Hotel
Laleli Gonen Hotel
Hotel Buyuk Keban
Grand Ant Hotel
Category C
Hotel Vicenza
Ramada By Wyndham Istanbul Old City
Yigitalp Hotel
Category E
Occidental Taksim
Arts Hotel Taksim
Ramada By Wyndham Istanbul Taksim
Nippon Hotel
Konak Hotel Taksim
Category F
Barceló Istanbul
Radisson Blu Hotel, Istanbul Pera
Elite World Istanbul Taksim Hotel
Important remarks
- The Grand Bazaar and the Egyptian Bazaar will remain closed on religious holidays, Sundays and national holidays. Please consult.
- The tours include cultural stops at local workshops so you can learn about the production of traditional crafts.
- If you'd like to have rooms with double or twin beds during your trip, please let us know in advance.We'll do everything possible to fulfil your wishes, but we can't guarantee anything as it's all subject to availability when you check in at each hotel.
- Please provide the passport details of passengers within 48 hours of making the booking, as requested by the national government for all visitors to Turkey.
- Triple rooms in Europe are generally rooms with twin beds or a double, in which a folding bed is installed to accommodate the third person. Due to the inconvenience this causes, we advise against using this option as far the possible.
- During congresses and special events, the confirmed hotels and other accommodations may be different to those indicated.
- During the circuit by Europe, only one suitcase and one carry-on bag per person are allowed.
- Check-in time at the hotel on the day of arrival depends on each establishment, but in no case will it be before 3:00 p.m., unless otherwise indicated.
- Mandatory payments at destination made by credit card may be subject to bank charges and currency exchange rate variations (please check with your bank). For this reason, and in order to avoid possible discrepancies in the amounts, we recommend paying in cash.
- You can book the hot air balloon flight in Cappadocia or Pamukkale prior to departure. Ask us for prices. Flights are always weather permitting and subject to authorisation from the Turkish Civil Aviation Authority.
- During the International Marble Fair in Izmir in April, accommodation can be confirmed in Kusadasi.
- The Ataturk Mausoleum in Ankara may be closed to visitors without prior notice due to governmental ceremonies. In the event of such ceremonies, the mausoleum will be open to visitors from the outside.
- For the departures on 29 March and 7 June, on the occasion of religious holidays, instead of the Grand Bazaar, Istiklal Avenue with its local shops will be visited, and instead of the Spice Bazaar, the New Yeni Camii Mosque will be visited.
- The order of the itinerary may be altered for logistical reasons, without prior notice, but no scheduled trips will be cancelled (except in the case that adverse weather conditions prevent its realisation).
- A credit card is considered a guarantee, so sometimes you will need one for check-in at hotels.
- Prices are calculated based on admission fees to the sights as of the date of publication. If there is an increase in these prices, you will be promptly informed.
- If you are a person with reduced mobility, please contact us to confirm the suitability of the trip.
- Consult the necessary documentation to enter the destinations visited and for transit in the countries where air stopovers are made.