13/5 CAPPADOCIA • KONYA • PAMUKKALE • APHRODISIAS • EPHESUS • İZMİR (Journey to Anatolian Civilizations)                                          5 Days Package Program / Departures only on Tuesday & Sunday                              By Plane-Train-Bus

Day 1 Early morning flight or night bus/train to Ankara. Visit to ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS (HITTITE) MUSEUM and MAUSOLEUM OF ATATÜRK in Ankara. Continue to Cappadocia via SALT LAKE and Seldjoukian AĞZIKARAHAN CARAVANSERAI. Dinner and overnight in CAPPADOCIA.

Day 2 Full day tour of Cappadocia. Citadel of UÇHİSAR, open-air museum of GÖREME VALLEY with "Fairy Chimneys", UNDERGROUND CITY OF KAYMAKLI, PAŞABAĞ (Monks’) VALLEY and AVANOS. Dinner and overnight in CAPPADOCIA.

Day 3 Early departure for KONYA, city of the "Whirling Dervishes". On the way, visit the 13th century Seldjoukian Caravanserai SULTANHAN. Visit to the MUSEUM of MEVLANA, world famous philosopher and poet and the theological school of the whirling dervishes. Dinner 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 the Goddess of Love, Aphrodite. Dinner and overnight in KUŞADASI.

Day 5 Visit to the ancient lonian city of EPHESUS, the Roman capital of Asia Minor, HOUSE OF VIRGIN MARY and ST. JOHN BASILICA. Lunch and drive to İzmir for evening flight or night bus to İstanbul. (Train does not operate -bus return- from İzmir to İstanbul)

* Sunday departures can be extended to 7 days terminating in İstanbul also including Pergamum & Troy (please see Tour 13/7)

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Tour Includes:
Round trip tickets, transfers, half-board accommodation at 4* hotels (breakfast & dinner), professional guidance, museum entrance fees, lunch during tours and V.A.Tax (18%); excludes drinks and transfer from the bus station to the hotel in İstanbul in the bus package.

By Plane: 1 hour / way
By Train: approximately 10 hours to Ankara
By Bus: approximately 7 hours to Ankara – approximately 7 hours from İzmir