BOSPHORUS CRUISE
( Daily Morning Tour )

Length: Half day
Duration: 4 hours
Price: 45 € (per person) 
Operated: Daily
Guide in: English, German, Italian, Spanish, French

What is Included?

• Hotel pick-up & drop-off

• Private boat or ferry boat

• Entrance fees as per itinerary

• Guide and air-conditioned vehicle

• V.A.T. (%20 sales tax)

Highlights of This Tour:
We begin with a brief visit to the 17th century  Spice Bazaar one of  Istanbul’s most colorful and bustling attractions. Next, we take an unforgettable cruise along the Bosphorus, the majestic strait that runs through Istanbul, linking Europe and Asia.From our cruise boat, we view the dramatic sights lining the Bosphorus’ wooded shores: mosques, a bridge that for a time was the world’s longest and the massive Rumeli Hisari , a fortress built by Fatih the Conqueror in just three months as he prepared to take Istanbul. Also noteworthy are the 19th century mansions of the Ottoman elite and the Sultan’s fanciful gingerbread palaces and hunting lodges.

HIGHLIGHTS OF OLD ISTANBUL WALKING TOUR

(Daily Mornnig or Afternoon)

Length: Half day
Duration: 4 hours
Price: 30 € (per person) 
Operated: Daily
Guide in: English, German, Italian, Spanish, French

What is Included?

• Hotel pick-up & drop-off

• Guide and air-conditioned vehicle

• V.A.T. (%20 sales tax)

Highlights of This Tour:
Enjoy an exceptional opportunity to take in the highlights of this magnificent city strolling through the squares, mosques, and palaces of Old Istanbul on a small group tour.

Taking in all the major sights of Old Istanbul and the Historic Peninsula, including the majestic façade of Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque with its six lofty minarets, Hippodrome Square where chariots once thundered through the afternoon and important monuments like the Milion Stone, erected in the 3rd century BCE as the center point of the Byzantine Empire, the German Fountain, the Sultan Ahmet III Fountain, as well as Hagia Eirene and the Outer Courtyard of Topkapi Palace, followed by the bustling Grand Bazaar, this half-day walking tour with an experienced professional guide is the perfect way to orient yourself in the city and decide which sites you will want to visit in detail.

Please note that all sites are seen only from the exterior and admissions to sites are not included in the tour. The Highlights of Old Istanbul Walking Tour is available as both a morning and an afternoon tour.

BURSA & CUMALIKIZIK VILLAGE
( Full day )

Length: Full day
Duration: 12 hours
Price: 115 € (per person) 
Operated: Mondays, Thursdays & Saturdays
Guide in: English, German, Italian, Spanish, French

What is Included?

• Hotel Pick-up & drop-off

• Entrance fees as per itinerary

• Lunch daily (Excluding beverages)

• Guide and Air-conditioned Vehicle

• Cable car & Ferry boat fees

• V.A.T. (%20 sales tax)

Highlights of This Tour:
We travel by ferry to Yalova, then by luxury coach to Bursa, the first capital of the Ottoman Empire and one of the great treasure houses of Islamic architecture. We will visit the Green Mosque and the neighboring Green Mausoleum, both world-renowned for their superb tile decoration, as well as the late 14th century Great Mosque and the Koza Han, which for centuries was the center of the silk trade. After enjoying a cable car ride up the slopes of Mount Olympus ( Turkish Uludag ), we drive to the village of Cumalikizik. This is one of the best preserved Ottoman villages in Turkey with scores of picturesque houses built in the traditional style. Lunch is at one of Bursa’s finest Turkish restaurants, the Darüzziyafe, where we will enjoy the finest Ottoman cuisine in a historic setting where Sultan Murat the Second once dined.

EPHESUS
( Full day )

Length: Full day
Duration: 9 hours
Price: 450 € (per person) 
Operated: Daily
Guide in: 
English, German, Italian, Spanish, French

What is Included?

• All transfers

• Guide and air-conditioned transport

• Return flight ticket

• Lunch at a local restaurant

• Entrances and parking

• V.A.T. (%20 sales tax)

Highlights of This Tour:
We catch an early flight to the city of İzmir on the Aegean coast, then drive south to the antique city of Ephesus. This is one of the world’s richest and most rewarding archaeological sites with impressive ruins dating from the Classical Greek, Hellenistic, Roman and early Byzantine period. It is also closely associated with the beginnings of the Christian faith. In addition to being the city to which the Letters to the Ephesians were written, St. John and St. Paul both visited the city and the Virgin Mary herself is said to have spent her last days nearby. Among the highlights of our tour of Ephesus will be the antique theatre, the famed Library of Celcius, the brothel, the vast Basilica of St. John, the Mosque of İsabey, the Temple of Artemis ( one of the Seven Wonders of Ancient World ) and a group of recently excavated early Byzantine mansions that feature incredibly well-preserved floor mosaics and frescoes. At Ephesus, the past comes to life in a pageantry of architectural and artistic marvels the like of which can be found almost nowhere else in the world. Finally we will make a short pilgrimage to the House of the Virgin Mary, which stands high on a mountainside overlooking the Aegean Sea the Greek island of Samos.

THE IMPERIAL TOUR
( Daily Morning Tour )

Length: Half day
Duration: 4 hours
Price: 70 € (per person) 
Operated: Everyday except Friday and Sunday
Guide in: English, German, Italian, Spanish, French

What is Included?

• Hotel pick-up & drop-off

• Entrance fees as per itinerary

• Guide and air-conditioned vehicle

• V.A.T. (%20 sales tax)

Highlights of This Tour:
We begin our tour of the Sultanahmet district, the heart of old Istanbul, at Hagia Sophia. Built by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century AD, this church is one of the marvels of world architecture. Its massive dome dominates the skyline of old Istanbul. It is famed for its mosaics, including glittering portraits of emperors and empresses. Next we visit the Blue Mosque, which owes its name to the exquisite tiles adorning its interior. Dating from the 17th century, it is the only imperial mosque with six minarets.The Hippodrome, the stadium of ancient Byzantium, held 100,000 spectators and featured objects from all corners of the empire. Of these, an Egyptian obelisk and a bronze sculpture of three entwined serpents from Delphi survive. The Grand Bazaar, was the commercial heart of the old city and its 4,000 shops are full of treasures – including carpets and kilims, silks, jewelry, ceramics, icons, and leather goods. Wandering through the Grand Bazaar, indulge in some shopping, Ottoman style.

TROY AND GALLIPOLI
( Full day; upon request )

Length: Full day
Duration: 12 hours
Price: 600 € (per person) 
Operated: Daily (min. 2 persons)
Guide in: English, German, Italian, Spanish, French

What is Included?

• Hotel Pick-up & drop-off

• Guide and Air-conditioned transport.

• Ferryboat fees

• Lunch (Beverages excluded)

• Entrances and parking

• V.A.T. (%20 sales tax)

Highlights of This Tour:
Early departure for Troy, scene of Homer’s Illiad, the story of the Trojan War and the first great work of Western literature. Here Achilles, Hector and Agamemnon performed their heroic exploits in their attempts to recapture Helen, whose face launched 1,000 ships. Today, Troy is the subject for a major Hollywood film, starring Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom. The site dates back to the very early Bronze Age (2500 BC) and was discovered by the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in the late 19th century. The city was destroyed and rebuilt many times, with the result that the site consists of many layers, one city atop the other. To the layman, perhaps the most impressive feature is the massive ramparts. After visiting the site, we then drive to Canakkale and cross the Hellespont to explore the First World War battlefields of the Gallipoli peninsula. This was the scene of the world’s first modern amphibious landing, planned by Winston Churchill, and one of Turkey’s greatest military victories of modern times, but it was won at the cost of enormous losses on both sides, particularly among the heroic ANZAC troops.

CAPPADOCIA
( Two days )

Length: Full day
Duration: 9 hours
Price: 550 € (per person) 
Operated: Daily
Guide in: 
English, German, Italian, Spanish, French

What is Included?

• All transfers

• Guide and air-conditioned transport

• Roundtrip flight ticket

• Lunch at a local restaurant

• Entrances and parking

• V.A.T. (%20 sales tax)

Highlights of This Tour:
On our way to Cappadocia, we fly to Ankara or Kayseri and drive south to Uchisar in the midst of Cappadocian heartland, where we will be staying at one of Cappadocia’s unique boutique cave hotels. Cappadocia is a region unlike any other. Its extraordinary landscape is composed of soft volcanic stone that wind and rain have sculpted into fantastic clusters of multicolored spires and pinnacles. What is more, the softness of the stone encouraged the medieval Christian inhabitants of the region to carve out of the living rock literally hundreds of churches, monasteries towns and villages. A trip to Cappadocia is a magical experience you will never forget. On our way to Uchisar we will stop off at the magnificent 13th century Selcuk Caravanserai known as Agzikarahan, at one of the region’s famous ‘ underground cities’. These go down many storeys into the earth and are among the marvels of medieval engineering. Once in Uchisar, we will visit the great rock-hewn citadel that looms over the town. On our second day we will visit the open-air museum of the Göreme Valley, which contains the region’s highest concentration of painted churches. The frescoes are among the masterpieces of Byzantine art. A short distance beyond Göreme lie the villages of Avcilar and Cavusin, both of which have many cave-dwellings, and the dramatic Zelve Valley.