DAY 1: Depart from USA
- Board your international flight to start your journey back on time to the Ottoman Empire. 2 Meals will be served on board of your overnight flight.
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DAY 2: Arrival to Istanbul & Transfer to Hotel
- Arrival to Istanbul, Your personal Right Travel Agent will meet you at Istanbul airport you will get the tour documents and briefing about your tour. Transfer to your hotel, Overnight in Istanbul.
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DAY 3: Full Day City Tour, Byzantine & Ottoman Relics
- After having breakfast at hotel, you will have a full day city tour.
- Hippodrome: The former center of sportive and political activities of Constantinople. You will be able to see the Obelisk from Egypt, Serpentine Column from Delphi and fountain of Willhelm II.
- The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has also become a popular tourist attraction. The design of the Sultan Ahmed Mosque is the culmination of two centuries of both Ottoman mosque and Byzantine church development. It incorporates some Byzantine elements of the neighboring Hagia Sophia with traditional Islamic architecture and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period.
- The Topkapi Palace is among the monuments contained within the "Historic Areas of Istanbul", which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985, and is described in Criterion iv as "the best example[s] of ensembles of palaces of the Ottoman period. Construction began in 1459, ordered by Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Byzantine Constantinople. The palace complex consists of four main courtyards and many smaller buildings.
- The Grand Bazaar "Covered Bazaar" in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 3,000 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. The Grand Bazaar is located inside the walled city of Istanbul, in the district of Fatih and in the neighborhood bearing the same name. It stretches roughly from west to east between the mosques of Beyazit and of Nuruosmaniye. The Bazaar can easily be reached from Sultanahmet and Sirkeci by tram. Transferred to your Hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 4: Full Day City Tour, Bosphorus & Two Continents
- After having breakfast at hotel, you will have a full day city tour. Spice Bazaar (Egyptian Bazaar), mystical smells of different aromas of various spices.
- LUNCH: Full Course Deluxe Menu at a charming restaurant.
- Dolmabahce Palace was ordered by the Empires 31st Sultan, Abdulmecid I, and built between the years 1843 and 1856.
- The Great of Persia (522 BC - 485 BC), as recorded by the Greek writer Herodotus in his Histories, Mandrocles of Samos once engineered a pontoon bridge that stretched across the Bosphorus, linking Asia to Europe, so that Darius could pursue the fleeing Scythians as well as move his army into position in the Balkans to overwhelm Macedon. After the tour you will be transferred to your Hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 5: Flight to Ankara, Ankara Tour & Cappadocia
- Pick up early from your hotel and transfer to airport to take a flight to Ankara. Upon arrival your Tour Guide will meet you at airport and Visit to the world-wide famous Anatolian Civilizations Museum also known as Hittite Museum and the Mausoleum of Ataturk, the burial place of the Turkish hero. Then departure for Cappadocia and lunch on the way.
- After a picturesque trip along the Salt Lake visit to the 13th century Seljukian Caravanserai Agzikarahan. Arrival to the Cappadocia region and overnight.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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DAY 6: Full Day City Tour, North Cappadocia
- After having breakfast in the hotel visit to the Pigeon Valley near Uchisar then proceed to the Open Air Museum in Goreme through Avcilar Valley and visit to the early Christian churches decorated with unique frescoes depicting various scenes from the Bible.
- Lunch in a restaurant and then visit to Kaymakli Underground City, the place early Christians hid from persecutors. Pasabagi in Zelve region and Avanos with shopping facilities for the world-wide famous handicrafts. Overnight in Cappadocia.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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DAY 7: Cappadocia, Konya, Pamukkale
- Early departure for Pamukkale. On the way visit to the 13th century Seljukian masterpiece Sultanhan Caravanserai and arrival in Konya.
- Lunch. After visiting the Mausoleum of Mevlana, the world-wide famous mystic, proceed to Karatay Theological School in which beautiful tiles are on display. Drive to Pamukkale and overnight.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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DAY 8: Pamukkale Tour, Antalya
- In the morning visit to the ancient Hierapolis with the Theatre, Apollo Temple and magnificent Necropolis, the graveyard. Then drive to Aphrodisias and lunch. Later visit to the ruins and the museum. Drive to Antalya and overnight.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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DAY 9: Perge & Aspendos Tour, Antalya
- Full day to discover ancient Hellenistic and Roman treasures, including the unspoiled ruins of Perge, the magnificently preserved 15,000 person theater of Aspendos and Manavgat Waterfalls. Overnight in Antalya.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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DAY 10: Flight to Istanbul, Free at leisure
- After breakfast at the hotel transfer to Antalya Airport to take a flight to Istanbul. Upon arrival, meet and transfer to your hotel. Afternoon is free for you to explore Istanbul by your own. Overnight in Istanbul.
- Meal: Breakfast
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DAY 11: Departure, Transfer to Airport
- Your Personal Right Travel Agent will meet you at your hotel and share your good memories with him/her. You will be transferred to Istanbul Airport according to your International Flight time.
- Meal: Breakfast
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