Istanbul & Cappadocia Tour Package (6 Days & 5 Nights)
Highlights: Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, St Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace, Grand Bazaar, Spice Market, Boaphorus Cruise, Beylerbeyi Palace, Camlica Hill, Goreme Museum, Avanos, Devrent, Kaymakli Underground City, Rose Calley, Gulludere Valley, Uchisar, Ortahisar
Operates: All year-around / By flight
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: Istanbul & Cappadocia tour package is insuranced by TURSAB (Association of Turkish Travel Agencies)
Day 1 Arrival to Istanbul
Upon your arrival at Istanbul Ataturk or Sabiha Gokcen Airport, you will be met by Commodore Tour & Travel representative and transferred to your hotel in the city of Istanbul, with the remainder of day at leisure. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 2 Historical Istanbul Tour (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)
After breakfast, you will start the day tour of historical Istanbul with a visit to the Topkapi Palace, residance of Ottoman Sultans, famous with royal treasury and elegant four courts. After lunch, proceed the tour with the Hagia Sophia, a great Byzantine architectural masterpiece, whose interior is resplendent with golden mosaics. Then admire the delicate design and Iznik tiles of the Blue Mosque. Explore the ancient Roman Hippodrome with Egyptian Obelisk and Serpentine Column. Finally, stop off at the dazzling Grand Bazaar with over 4000 shops. After the city tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 3 Bosphorus Cruise & Two Continents Tour (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)
Second day Istanbul tour starts with visitof Spice Market & followed by a boat cruise through the Bosphorus, the strait dividing the European and Asian continents. Following lunch break, in the afternoon join for 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. Before driving back to Europe, visit the luxuriously opulent Beylerbeyi Palace, the summer residence of the sultans. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 4 Flight to Kayseri / North Cappadocia Tour (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)
After check-out, you will be transferred to Istanbul Ataturk Airport for the flight to Kayseri. With your arrival, you will be met by your tour guide and transferred to Cappadocia, and join in the first day tour of Cappadocia starting with Devrent Valley to see the unigue fairy-chimneys. Then drive to pasabag (Monk's Valley) to see the most interesting mushroom-shaped pinnacles. Continue to the city of Avanos. In the afternoon visit another beautiful open air museum at Göreme where the remains of rock-cut churches and Christian settlements date back hundreds of years.Lastly,before returning to your hotel, visit the natural castles at Uçhisar. Overnight in Cappadocia.
Day 5 South Cappadocia Tour / Flight to Istanbul (Meals: Breakfast, Lunch)
Check-out from your hotel to visit Red valley, and explore the famous rock- cut churches and hike 5 km through the Gulludere valley (Rose valley). Then visit Cavusin village, which is famous for the houses and churches of the christian clegymen. Drive to the pigeon valley for lunch. In the afternoon visit Kaymaklı underground city, where early christians lived in fear and faith. On the way back visit the natural castles at Ortahisar. Then you will be transferred to Kayseri Airport for the flight to Istanbul. Overnight in Istanbul.
Day 6 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/Kayseri/Istanbul)
* Local taxes & handling services