2014 Turkey tour - shorter itineraries |
| Overnight | Meals | |
| Istanbul | D | Day 1 Arrival in Istanbul- Transfer to hotel and free time. Welcome dinner |
| Cappadocia | BL | Day 2 Istanbul- Full day Istanbul tour including Blue mosque, St Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Basilica Cistern and Grand Bazaar. lunch in local restaurant. Fly to Kayseri to join group. |
| Kahta | BLD | Day 3Stop to see Selcuk tombs in Kayseri. Then drive to Adiyaman / Kahta. |
| Urfa | BLD | Day 4 Nemrut/ Harran- early wake-up to see sunrise on the colossal statues. Drive up Nemrut Dag mountain and then time to explore and photograph this ancient site. . Back to the hotel for breakfast, then depart for Harran. Visit one of the oldest cities in upper Mesopotamia. |
| Urfa | BLD | Day 5 Sanliurfa- visit old city and Gobekli Tepe neolithic site. |
| Mardin | BLD | Day 6 Drive to Diyarbakir; visit old the city with one of the oldest mosques in Turkey. The formidable Byzantine city walls are one of the largest in the world. Then drive to Mardin. |
| Mardin | BLD | Day 7 Mardin- full day in Mardin famous for its finely decorated stone houses |
| Van | BLD | Day 8 Tatvan / Van- See old Selcuk stone bridge on the way and stop for oldest Turkish cemetery with historical headstones. Take a boat out to Akdamar Island to see the Armenian church. |
| Istanbul | B | Day 9 Fly to Istanbul after tour of Van |
| Istanbul | B | Day 10 Transfer to airport for flight home |
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