10 Days Private Tour of the Best Sights in Turkey

10 Days Private Tour of the Best Sights in Turkey

Experience the scope of Turkey’s fantastic history, stunning landscape, coast, and culture on this magnificent 10-day private tour.

You can choose your accommodation independently to suit your needs and take domestic flights between Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ephesus, Didyma, and Bodrum that are included in the price and see the highlights in each destination learning about each place as you go from a professional guide.

While on the ground, travel comfortably in an air-conditioned minivan visiting some of the best sights that Turkey has to offer including all the sights in Istanbul, Pamukkale, Cappadocia and Ephesus.

Explore some of the best highlights of Turkey and see some of the amazing places of history and stunning landscape that this beautiful country has to offer. Throughout your trip, you’ll visit Istanbul’s highlights, including Hagia Sofia and cruise between two continents on a Bosphorus cruise.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival to Istanbul

Stop At: Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, Sanayi, 34906 Pendik/İstanbul, Turkey
Once you arrive at Istanbul Airport, you will be met by your private driver and transferred to your hotel in Istanbul for the rest of the day at your leisure.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Book your own accommodation

Day 2: Old City walking tour in Istanbul

Stop At: Topkapi Palace, Cankurtaran Mahallesi Gulhane Park, Near Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul 34122 Turkey
Your private guide will meet you, then you will have an Old City walking tour of Istanbul where you will get to visit Topkapi Palace, Haghia Sophia, Hippodrome, Blue Mosque and the Grand Bazaar. Overnight stay in Istanbul.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Book your own accommodation

Day 3: Bosphorus Cruise

Stop At: Istanbul Arkeoloji Muzesi, Alemdar Cad. Osman Hamdi Bey Yokusu Sk, Gulhane, Istanbul Turkey
Today you will visit the Istanbul Archaeology Museum and Basilica Cistern.

You will then take a Bosphorus boat trip and take in all the fantastic sights on offer and then take in all the aromas of the Spice Market where you can purchase every herb and spice you can imagine. Overnight in Istanbul.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Book your own accommodation

Day 4: Istanbul to Cappadocia

Stop At: Goreme, Goreme, Cappadocia
Today you will transfer to Istanbul Airport to fly to Cappadocia and take a Cappadocia tour:

Our first stop is Esentepe, followed by a visit to Uchisar Castle. We then visit the great Goreme Open Air Museum (Dark Church is inside of Goreme) and the Zelve Open-air Museum.

Afterwards, we will visit the magical landscape of the fairy chimneys of Pasabag and Devrent Valley and an overnight stay in Cappadocia.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Book your own accommodation

Day 5: Cappadocia Tour

Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkey
Early in the morning, you have the option to take a hot-air balloon ride (own expense) to see the sunrise on the mystical place.

Then later in the morning, we will head to Pigeon Valley and Red Valley. After visiting some cave churches, we then head to Kaymakli underground city, a maze over eight levels.
Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Avanos Oren Yeri, Kapadokya Cd., Avanos 50500 Turkey
Then, we visit Cavusin village, Sinasos and finally the town of Avanos where we learn about hand-made pottery. Overnight stay in Cappadocia.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Book your own accommodation

Day 6: Cappadocia to Kusadasi

Stop At: Kayseri Erkilet Airport, Ahmet Yasevi Mahallesi, Mustafa Kemal Paşa Blv., 38090 Merkez/Kocasinan/Kayseri, Turkey
In the morning time you will have a private transfer to Kayseri airport and fly to Izmir Airport. Then transfer to Kusadasi for the rest of your day at leisure and stay overnight.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Book your own accommodation

Day 7: Ephesus Tour

Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House), Selcuk 35100 Turkey
Today you will have a tour of Ephesus and see how this city has resurrected, Virgin Mary`s House where it is claimed she spent her final days and the ruins of Temple of Artemis that is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Your lunch will be in a local house in the charming Sirince village set in the mountains where you will meet with a local villager and taste her food in her home.

Drive back to Kusadasi for an overnight in Kusadasi.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Book your own accommodation

Day 8: The Greek city of Priene and Miletos

Stop At: Priene Antik Kenti, Soke/aydIn Güllübahçe mahallesi, Gullubahce Turkey
You will visit the ancient Greek city of Priene from the 4th cent B.C before driving to Miletos and visit this Roman City. The temple of Apollo is one of the best-preserved temples in the world. After lunch, you will drive to Bodrum and stay overnight.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Book your own accommodation

Day 9: Pamukkale tour

Stop At: Aphrodisias Amphitheatre, Geyre, 09385 Karacasu/Aydın, Turkey
In the morning time we will drive to Aphrodisias, the city of Aphrodite; after your visit to this well preserved ancient city, you will drive 1 more hour to Pamukkale for Pamukkale and Hierapolis sightseeing where you will have opportunity to swim in the ancient pool where Cleopatra swam during her visit to this site and see the pure white travertines of Pamukkale.

Transfer to Denizli airport for Istanbul flight and transfer to your Hotel in Istanbul.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Book your own accommodation

Day 10: Departure Day

Stop At: Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, Sanayi, 34906 Pendik/İstanbul, Turkey
Depends on the time of your flight we will pick you up from your hotel and take you to Istanbul Airport
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.