
Ephesus - Pergamum - Troy
Day 1: Early morning flight or night bus or train to Ankara. Visit to Anatolian Civilizations (Hittite) Museum and Mausoleum of ATATÜRK in Ankara. Continue to Cappadocia via Salt Lake and Seldjoukian Ağzıkarahan Caravanserai from outside. Dinner at hotel and overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 2: Full day tour of Cappadocia. Citadel of Uçhisar, open-air museum of Göreme Valley with “Fairy Chimneys”, underground city of Kaymaklı, Paşabağ (Monks’) Valley and Avanos. Dinner at hotel and overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 3: Early departure for Konya, city of the " Whirling Dervishes". On the way, visit the 13th century Seldjoukian Sultanhan Caravanserai. Visit to the Mausoleum of Mevlana, world famous philosopher and poet and his theological school of the whirling dervishes. Dinner at hotel and overnight in Pamukkale.
Day 4: Visit to the ancient city of Hierapolis with the ruins of the biggest Necropolis Graveyard, Roman Baths, Basilica, unique formation of petrified calcium cliffs and stalactites. Drive to Aphrodisias, well preserved Greco-Roman settlement, dedicated to Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love. Dinner at hotel and overnight in Kuşadası.
Day 5: Visit to the ancient Ionian city of Ephesus, the Roman Capital of Asia Minor, House of Virgin Mary and St. John Basilica. Lunch and drive to İzmir Dinner at hotel and overnight in Izmir
Day 6: Early departure for Pergamum. After lunch, visits of Aesculapium and Acropolis. Continue to Troy, the legendary town in the Iliad of Homeros. Visit to the Athena Temple. Drive to Çanakkale. Dinner at hotel and overnight in Çanakkale.
Day 7: After breakfast, cross the strait by ferry and drive to İstanbul along the shores of the Marmara Sea. Return to İstanbul by tour bus.


