Islamic Heritage Turkey Tour (7 Days & 6 Nights)
Highlights: Istanbul, Bosphorus, Bursa, Edirne, Konya
Operates: All year-around / By flight & coach
Package Rate: Please fill the form and tell us your travel dates & choice of hotels
Optional Tours: Turkish Bath (Hamam), Turkish Night Show & Whirling Dervishes Performance
Note: Islamic Heritage Turkey tour is insuranced by TURSAB (Association of Turkish Travel Agencies)
Day 1 Arrival to Istanbul
Upon clearing customs at Istanbul Ataturk or Sabiha Gokcen Airport, you will be met by one of our staff who will arrange your transfer to your hotel. You will have the rest of the day to spend at your own pace. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 2 Blue Mosque & Museum of Islamic Art (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)
Your tour will start with a visit to the legendary Sultanahmet Mosque, decorated with beautiful 17th cent Iznik tiles. Continue with a stroll around the historical Hippodrome where chariot races were held in the Roman and Byzantine era. Continue on to the Museum of Islamic Art or enjoy an aftenoon noon pray at Suleymaniye Mosque. Spend the rest of the day at the exhilarating Grand Bazaar of Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 3 Green Bursa & Grand Mosque (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)
Today ou will be driven to Bursa and with your arrival you will start with a visit to Green Mosque called the "Jewel of Bursa" appropriately name because of its beauty, both inside and out continuing with a visit to the Green Mausoleum. Stop and join in an afternoon pray at the Grand (Ulu) Mosque. Spend some time at Bedesten, the Koza Han (Silk Producer's Bazaar) and the covered bazaar. Enjoy dinner at the Daruzziyafe restaurant where you can sample the finest Ottoman cuisine in a historic setting where Sultan Murat II once dined. After the tour you will be driven back to Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 4 Edirne, Selimiye Mosque (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)
In the morning, start your tour of Edirne with a visit to the ruins of the ancient palace of the Sultans, which also hosts many beautiful mosques. One of the most important monuments in this ancient province is the Selimiye Mosque, built in 1575 and designed by Turkey's greatest master architect, Mimar Sinan, hosting the tallest minarets in Turkey, at a high of 70.9 meters. Continue to another famous site, the Beyazit II Mosque, a great monument with its complex construction comprising many facilities used in those times. After the tour of Edirne, you will be driven back to Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 5 Flight to Konya / Konya Tour / Flight to Istanbul (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Istanbul Ataturk Airportfor the flight to Konya. On your arrival to Konya Airport, you will be met and start the full day tour of Konya, capital of the Seljuk Empire. During the sightseeing tour of Konya, visit the Mausoleum and Museum of Mevlana, home of the famous Whirling Dervishes. The ceramics museum of Karatay, once an Islamic School, built in 1251. Lunch will be in a local restaurant in Konya. After lunch, Ince Minare, Alaaddin camii & Palace ruins, Aziziye Camii and Konya Bazaar. After the tour of Konya, you will be transferred to Konya Airport for return flight to Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 6 Bosphorous Cruise & Asia Sightseeing Tour (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)
Pick up from your hotel to visit Spice Market and followed by a boat cruise through the Bosphorus, the strait dividing the European and Asian continents, Following lunch break in the afternoon, visit the luxuriously opulent Beylerbeyi Palace, the last summer residence of the sultans. A drive to the Asian part of Istanbul crossing the Intercontinental Bosphorus bridge to visit Camlica Hill The highest point where you can overlook Istanbul and take nice pictures. Then you will be transferred back to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 7 Istanbul / Home (Meal: Breakfast)
After you have checked-out from your hotel, we will arrange for the transfer to Istanbul International Airport for your onward flight. Have a nice trip and thanks for choosing Commodore Tour & Travel
What's Included:
* Hotel accommodations in choice of preferred class
* Professional Tour Guides licensed by the Ministry of Tourism
* Noted sightseeing tours on regular group or private guided basis
* Main entrance fees to sights mentioned by the itinerary
* Meals mentioned by the itinerary - Vegeterian meals available
* Required land transport including roundtrip airport transfers with A/C non-smoking minivans
* Required internal flight tickets (Istanbul/Konya/Istanbul)
* Local taxes & handling services