Türkiye Tours
9 days
per person
Meeting point
Istanbul Airport, the first exit door
Included
Breakfast at the hotels
A 9-day, 8-night tour through Istanbul, Antalya and Trabzon. Kaleiçi, Uzungol and Sumela are on the route.
The tour starts in Istanbul, where mosques, palaces and neighbourhoods show East and West side by side. The Old City is walked. The next day you see the Basilica Cistern, the Galata Tower, the Spice Bazaar and the Bosphorus. That night is still in Istanbul. On day 4 you fly to Antalya. The Antalya day covers the Düden waterfalls, Kaleiçi, the old harbour, Hadrian’s Gate, the Tunektepe cable car, and a boat trip of about an hour from the old harbour. You then fly to Trabzon for Uzungol and Sumela. The return flight is at the end of day 8. The tour ends in Istanbul.
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After you land at Istanbul Airport, a Solandra representative meets you at the first exit door and takes you to your hotel. The night is in Istanbul.
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Visited sights: Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, the Hippodrome, the Obelisk of Theodosius, and the Grand Bazaar. After breakfast the guide picks you up from the hotel for a full day in the Old City on foot. You see the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, once home to the Ottoman sultans, the Hippodrome, and the Obelisk of Theodosius. The Hippodrome is where the crowds of old Constantinople gathered; the obelisks are still standing. The last stop is the Grand Bazaar, the large covered market at the heart of the old city. There is time to walk it. At the end of the tour you are taken back to your hotel. The night is in Istanbul.
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Visited sights: the Basilica Cistern, the Galata Tower, the Spice Bazaar, the Bosphorus bridge, and Rumeli Fortress. After breakfast the guide picks you up. The Basilica Cistern is the largest of the hundreds of ancient cisterns under Istanbul. The Galata Tower is one of the towers on the skyline. There is time in the Spice Bazaar, which dates from the 17th century. You then go to the Bosphorus bridge, which links Europe and Asia, and to Rumeli Fortress. At the end of the tour you are taken back to your hotel. The night is in Istanbul.
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After breakfast you fly from Istanbul Airport to Antalya. You are met at the first exit door and taken to your hotel. The night is in Antalya.
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Visited sights: the Düden waterfalls, the old harbour, Kaleiçi, Hadrian’s Gate, the Tunektepe cable car, and a boat trip of about an hour from the old harbour. You are picked up at the main entrance of the hotel. You visit the Düden waterfalls. In Kaleiçi you see Ottoman houses and the park that looks over the water. The old harbour and Hadrian’s Gate are on this walk. You go up Tunektepe by cable car. A boat from the old harbour runs along the cliffs of Antalya for about an hour. At the end of the tour you are taken back to your hotel. The night is in Antalya.
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After breakfast you fly from Antalya Airport to Trabzon. You are met at the first exit door and taken to your hotel. The night is in Trabzon.
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Visited sights: a tea factory, the Sürmene knife outlet, the Uzungol viewing terrace, the artificial dam lake, and the artificial waterfalls. After breakfast the guide drives you to Uzungol in a private vehicle. At a tea factory on the way you hear how the tea is made. Then you stop at the Sürmene knife outlet. Anything you buy is a personal expense. The road follows the Solakli Valley, through villages on the slopes, into Uzungol. The first stop is the viewing terrace above the lake. The drive continues along the Haldizen Valley to the artificial dam lake and the artificial waterfalls. At the end of the tour you return to your hotel in Trabzon. The night is in Trabzon.
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Visited sights: Altindere National Park, Hagia Varvara Church, Sumela Monastery, Atatürk Mansion, Ortahisar, Gülbahar Hatun Mosque, Zağnos Bridge, Fatih (Ortahisar) Mosque, Trabzon Hagia Sophia Mosque, and Boztepe Hill. After breakfast you drive to Sumela Monastery in Altindere National Park. The road to the park takes about an hour. Inside the park you continue by shuttle. The last 300 metres are on a path through the forest. Hagia Varvara Church is among the sights. After lunch you return to the centre of Trabzon. Atatürk Mansion is one of the city’s houses of civil architecture. You see it with its original furniture and its garden. On the way you see Trabzon Castle, Gülbahar Hatun Mosque and tomb, Zağnos Valley, the historical Zağnos Pasha Bridge, and Ortahisar. You visit Trabzon’s Hagia Sophia Mosque, which is not the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, and the works in its garden. Fatih (Ortahisar) Mosque is also among the sights. The last stop is Boztepe, for a view over the city. At the end of the day you fly from Trabzon Airport back to Istanbul. You are met at the first exit door and taken to your hotel. The night is in Istanbul.
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You are taken to Istanbul airport four hours before your international flight. Check-in is self-service. That is the end of the service.
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