5 Nights - Istanbul & Cappadocia

Highlights ; Entrance of Bosphorus, Cruise on the Marmara Sea, Wooden Pavillions from 19th Century, Bursa Center, Uludağ Mountain, Green Mosque & its complex, Dervent, Paşabağ, Kızılırmak River, Zelve Open Air Museum, Avanos Center

5 Nights - Istanbul & Cappadocia

Day 01: Arrive IST/SAW Airport & transfer to hotel.

Day 02: Full Day Princess Island Tour With Lunch.
After gathering all guests, we arrive at the Kabataş Pier. Departure is from European side and across the Bosphorus by boat to Princess Islands. Landing at Büyükada which is the largest and the most famous of this Islands chain. After a small tour in the town center and listening to the history of this lovely island, you’ll have time to enjoy the beautiful island shores. As there is no car allowed in the island, this promenade would be an unforgettable memory for you.

Free Time For Lunch at a local restaurant. & Free time in island until evening return time.

Return to the hotel and overnight.

Day 03: Full Day Bursa Cable Car + Shopping Tour with Lunch 

After breakfast at your hotel Depart for Bursa, Early departure let us more time on the mountain. On the way we will drive East of Istanbul, drive through over newly Builded Osmangazi bridge over IZMIT Bay. After arriving Bursa our First attraction is enjoying a ride up the steep slopes of Mount Olympus (Turkish: Uludag) By breattaking Cable car Ride. Back to the city center and visit Bursa: The birthplace of modern Turkish culture and the first capital of the Ottoman Empire. Visit the  Covered Bazaar which for centuries was the center of the flourishing silk trade where merchants from all over the world have met for centuries to trade silk cocoons and fabric. Then we will enjoy the finest authentic Ottoman kebabs in one of the finest restaurants in the area. (Lunch Included)

Day 04: Transfer to IST/SAW Airport
For domestic flight to Cappadocia Region. 
( Flights can be booked towards Kayseri or Nevsehir Airports ) 
And Arrival transfer to your Cappadocia Hotel 

Day 05: Cappadocia Red Tour 

Our first real encounter with Cappadocia almost Martian landscape is in the Dervent valley. We visit Pasabag’s “fairy chimneys”, where the voice of the wind harmonizes with songs of the fairies. From here we pause at Avanos center of terracotta art which is a popular destination because of its attractive old town with cobbled streets, and views over the river and is its production of earthenware pottery, it is also the most economic activity in the town. The ceramic trade in this district and its countless pottery factories date right back to the Hittites, and the ceramic clay from the red silt of the Kızılırmak has always been used. A visit to ceramic & tile center to see how the ceramics made by hand. After lunch we visit the famous Zelve Open Air Museum to see the best examples of Byzantine art in Cappadocia. People of Goreme, at the heart of the Cappadocia Region, realized that these soft rocks could be easily carved out to form houses, churches, monasteries. These Christian sanctuaries contain many examples of Byzantine art from the post-iconoclastic period. These frescoes are a unique artistic achievement from this period. You visit a carpet cooperative, where you'll see how exquisite Turkish carpets are hand-woven.  We complete the tour with a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia.

Day 06: Transfer to ASR/NAV Airport for home-bound flight.

Included

-05 Nights Accommodations /BB
-All tours mentioned above (including entrance fees, taxes & professional guiding) - SIC
-All airport transfers required to complete the program (good model vehicles) – PRIVATE
-Lunches on Bursa & Princess Island Tour
-Transporation for Uludag Cable Car & Ferry to Princess Islands 

Excluded

Personal Expenses / Visa / Airfare / Non Mentioned Meals & Entrance Fees / Drinks on meals 

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