Jewels of Sultans Crown

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PRIVATE TOUR: From historic • Breakfast daily and 8 dinners Roman Hippodrome; once home to chariot and majestic Istanbul to surreal • 11 nights SUPERIOR hotels. STANDARD races, gladiatorial Cappadocia, all the classics and DELUXE hotel options are also battles and public executions, before trying available upon request. Accommodation your hand at a spot of haggling in the Grand of are here with an rating – See Trip Notes for details Bazaar. Tonight there is an optional Turkish added visit to Antalya, Perge • Touring as per itinerary dinner with traditional Turkish entertainment. and Aspendos with some of the • Entrance fees for all included sightseeing Overnight - Istanbul (B) world's most beautifully preserved • English speaking, degree qualified amphitheatres. Turkish tour guide Day 3 : Cappadocia • Airport arrival and departure transfers on Istanbul - Cappadocia. Driving to Ankara days 1 and 12 (one each day) we visit the mausoleum and museum of HIGHLIGHTS AND INCLUSIONS • All relevant transfer and transportation in Kemal Ataturk, one of Turkey’s most revered private modern air-conditioned vehicles leaders, famous for his progressive reform of Trip Highlights Turkish society and his incredible strategic • Istanbul - The Old City, Blue Mosque, What's Not Included command during World War I, thwarting the Hagia Sofia, Hippodrome and Topkapi • International flights and visa Allied attempts at invading Turkey. You will Palace • Tipping - an entirely personal gesture then enjoy a picturesque journey through • Gallipoli Peninsular - ANZAC Cove, the Lakeland before arriving in Cappadocia. Lone Pine, Chunuk Bair, trenches and Overnight - Cappadocia (B, D) COVID SAFE GUIDE battlefields • Troy - Trojan horse and ancient ruins Day 4 : Cappadocia ITINERARY • Anatalya and the ancient city of Perge • Aegean Coast - Kusadasi and Cannakale Day 1 : Istanbul • Roman ruins of Pergamum and Ephesus! Welcome to Istanbul. You will be met • Pamukkale - Thermal pools and Roman upon arrival at the airport by one of our Hierapolis representatives and transferred to your hotel. • Aspendos - Magnificent amphitheatres The • - Silk Road and Mevlana Museum rest of the day is free. Overnight - Istanbul • Cappadocia - Uchisar Castle, fairy chimneys and underground city Day 2 : Old City sights • Ankara - Mausoleum of Ataturk and After breakfast enjoy a full day tour of the Cappadocia. This morning opt for a hot air museum magnificent city of Istanbul. Explore Topkapi balloon ride over the incredible landscape What's Included Palace, Hagia Sofia, the Blue Mosque and the of Cappadocia, before embarking upon a full

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Jewels of Sultans Crown day sightseeing tour of the region. Discover Day 7 : Pamukkale when the German engineer Carl Humann the surreal landscapes of Cappadocia, visit Antalya - Pamukkale. After breakfast depart rediscovered it when some locals showed the Kaymakli Underground City where early for Pammukale. Remainder of the day at him an interesting and strange mosaic that Christians took refuge from their persecutors leisure. Perhaps try the beautiful thermal turned out to be the Altar of Zeus. Pergamum, and the Open Air Museum in Goreme - where baths of your hotel. Overnight - Pamukkale one of Turkey’s oldest civilised settlements, you can view some of the best examples of (B, D) inhabited since pre-historic times through to Byzantine art in the rock cut churches with Ionic, Roman and Byzantine civilizations. You frescoes and paintings dating back to the 10th Day 8 : Pamukkale will have the chance to visit the ancient century. You will also visit the natural fortress Pamukkale - Kusadasi. After breakfast visit acropolis situated on top of a steep hill and the of Uchisar before the incredible white calcium terraces of aforementioned Altar of Zeus. We continue being given a demonstration of the local Pamukkale and ancient Hierapolis, with its to Troy, the ancient city made famous by handicrafts of hand-made carpets, Turkish Necropolis graveyard of over 1200 graves. Homer’s Odyssey and the fable of Helen, tiles, onyx and potteries. Overnight - The Temple of Apollo, the Plutonium, dating Achilles and Cappadocia (B, D) back to third century BC and the sacred the Trojan horse. Afterwards drive on to pool are some of the highlights of Hierapolis. Canakkale. Overnight - Canakkale (B, D) Day 5 : Konya The shallow thermal waters ripple over a Cappadocia - Konya. Today we drive onward wonderful scattering of ancient roman ruins Day 11 : Gallipoli to Pamukkale via the 13th century Seljukian that lie beneath. This afternoon, en route masterpiece of Sultanhan Caravanserai and to Kusadasi we visit the ruins of the great Konya. In Konya visit the 13th century Temple of Artemis (one of the Seven Ancient Mevlana Museum; the original lodge of Wonders of the World), which is situated in a the Mevlevi Whirling , a mystical marshy basin between Selcuk and Ephesus. Sufi Muslim group. It contains the tomb of Overnight - Kusadasi (B, D) Mevlana, a leading philosopher and mystic of Islam, which remains an important place Day 9 : Ancient Ephesus of pilgrimage. Tonight you have the option to watch a Whirling Dervishes performance. Canakkale - Istanbul. After breakfast cross the Overnight - Konya (B) Dardanelles to visit the evocative battlefields Day 6 : Antalya of Gallipoli. In World War 1 the Allies tried in vain to capture Turkey in order to better supply troops in Europe via access to the Black Sea and also open up better supply routes to Russia. It was on the beaches of the Gallipoli peninsula where the Allies landed Kusadasi. This morning you will drive to the and over 11,000 Anzacs lost their lives. Visit ancient and magnificent city of Ephesus, one key sites such as Anzac Cove, Lone Pine, of the largest and most well preserved ancient Chunuk Bair, The Nek and other Turkish and city’s in the Mediterranean, with Roman Allied trenches. Overnight - Istanbul (B) theatres, fountains, buildings, churches and Konya - antalya. This morning drive to Antalya temples. Ephesus was originally built on the Day 12 : Istanbul and visit the ancient city of Perge, originally north slope of Mount Pion in 1000 BC but Istanbul. Your tour arrangements end after settled by the Hittites around 1500BC. Perge was later relocated to its current location in breakfast. Onward transfer to the airport.(B) has an impressive colonnaded street and is 4th century BC. This afternoon you can visit the site where most of the statues on display a Turkish leather manufacturing house where PRICES / DATES INFO at the were unearthed. Also products are available for visit Aspendos, which is home to one of the sale. Overnight - Kusadasi (B, D) The 'Twin Share' price is per person best preserved when there are 2 persons sharing a amphitheatres in the world. Overnight - Day 10 : Pergamum room. The 'Solo Room' price is applicable Antalya (B, D) Kusadasi - Canakkale. This morning, when a single room is required. Prices departing early we visit Bergama, the site of the ancient city of Pergamum which remained are based on a travelling party of at least hidden from the modern world until 1871

Jewels of Sultans Crown - 12 days updated on 01-10-2021 05:48:36 www.onthegotours.com This information has been compiled with care and good faith. They give an accurate illustration of the proposed arrangements for this holiday. Circumstances beyond our control such as changes in local conditions, inclement weather or other reasons could force us to make changes to UK 020 7371 1113 [email protected] this itinerary. Any costs shown are subject to change, though are an accurate reflection of costs at time of writing. Please also note that visa AUS 1300 855 684 [email protected] requirements are subject to change and are the responsibility of the traveller and not that of On The Go Tours. NZ 0800 44 77 69 CAN 1 866 890 7038 - 2 - USA 1 866 606 2960 SA 0800 990 311 Jewels of Sultans Crown

Jewels of Sultans Crown

2 adults. If travelling solo, an additional ‘1-person’ supplement will apply.

PRICES / DATES 2021

Date Twin Share Single 26 Feb USD 6,295 USD 6,895

Jewels of Sultans Crown - 12 days updated on 01-10-2021 05:48:36 www.onthegotours.com This information has been compiled with care and good faith. They give an accurate illustration of the proposed arrangements for this holiday. Circumstances beyond our control such as changes in local conditions, inclement weather or other reasons could force us to make changes to UK 020 7371 1113 [email protected] this itinerary. Any costs shown are subject to change, though are an accurate reflection of costs at time of writing. Please also note that visa AUS 1300 855 684 [email protected] requirements are subject to change and are the responsibility of the traveller and not that of On The Go Tours. NZ 0800 44 77 69 CAN 1 866 890 7038 - 3 - USA 1 866 606 2960 SA 0800 990 311