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Tour Name : Istanbul-Cappadocia Package Tour By Plane
ISTANBUL- CAPPADOCIA
Duration: 5 nights 6 days Istanbul + Cappadocia Tour
Tour Operated: F.I.T Private Request
Languages: English
Feel two most famaous destinations of Turkey with ease and in comfort.Included excellent accommodations,sightseeings and domestic flights
Domestic Flight;
After your arrival to Istanbul Airport,get to domestic flight to Cappadocia is a region in Turkey which lies between three provinces. It is one of Turkey’s most popular tourist destinations for its amazing topographic features and impressive views. The Cappadocia Region is the place where nature and history beautifully come together. In strange rock formations, shaped during the historical period, humans carried the signs of a civilization, with carving houses and churches and decorated them with frescoes.As soon as arrival of Cappadocia pick up at the exit of first gate by local guide. (Holding a sign with your name on it) Transfer to hotel. Free time
Overnight in Cappadocia.
Today start with Love valley where you can discover the spectacular rock formations, magical fairy chimnies and our guide tells you about history of Cappadocia and volcanic formation of fairy chimnies. We will visit Carpet School.After you will visit the Paşabağları ( known as a Fairy Chimney Valley ) and you have chance to see many fairy chimnies with one body and multiple caps and then we drive to Avanos town famous with embark on an educational tour to learn art of pottery making and carpet weaving.We spend approximately one hour for the lunch.After lunch we drive to Devrent valley where you can see various types of fairy chimnies like mushroom shape and animal shape and then we through to Ürgup and Ortahisar rock-cut castle to watch view of old Greek house which was built in 1800s and visiting Pottery Workshop Dinner
Overnight in Cappadocia.
Today, you can see magnificent view of Uçhisar Castle ( Esentepe Panoramic View ) Esentepe which offers an amazing collection of natural and cultural marvels. In simply strolling through the Esentepe Village you will be surprised at the peculiar ‘fairy chimney’ rocks that were naturally crafted by the elements. and Onyx Jewellery Workshop & Center, Onyx is a natural stone related to travertine and marble, all of which are mined in Turkey. You can find different colours including green, white, black and pink. These workshops often sell gold and silver jewellery in traditional Turkish and modern designs and semi-precious gems.After lunch we drive through the Derinkuyu Underground City to explore hand –carved tunnels and underground city.The christians communities lived in underground city as a refugee and you will see the usual rooms such as stables , kitchens,cellars ,storages rooms,churches,wineries. Cappadocia Airport,get to domestic flight to Istanbul . pick up at the exit of first gate by local guide. (Holding a sign with your name on it) Transfer to hotel. Overnight in Istanbul
Today, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Gate where he enters Istanbul in 29 th May 1453. On top of the gate rough translation is as perfollowing “On Tuesday Morning, 29 May, 1453 the Conqueror Mehmet II and his army entered Istanbul through a hole that the cannons opened in this region.visit Hippodrome of Constantinople was a horse racing track that was the sporting and social center of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire and the largest city in Europe in that time.
Then Blue Mosque – (Sultan Ahmed Mosque) is a magnificent mosque that has blue tiles adorning the wall of its interior and the only mosque in Istanbul with six minarets and a treasury of some of Turkey’s greatest artworks and artifacts and finally The Topkapi Palace – the seat of the Ottoman Empire after it shifted its capital from Bursa to Istanbul. It is today, a museum palace with a wide collection of Kitchen wares and Porcelains, Treasuries, Royal Antiques, Courtyards, Holy Relics and etc..Overnight in Istanbul.
Today,start withSpice Bazaar. is one of the oldest bazaars in Istanbul, known in Turkish as the Egyptian Bazaar. There are many shops where you can buy spices, sweets, dried fruits and nuts, teas and coffees. Last stop will be Ayub Al – Ansar mosque and mausoleum. The Eyüp Sultan Camii (Eyüp Sultan Mosque) is one of the most holy and important mosques in all of Turkey. It is so revered because it located on the site of the tomb of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (Eyüp Ensari in Turkish) – who was both a friend and standard bearer for the Prophet Muhammed, and was killed during the first Arab siege of Constantinople (674-678). Overnight in Istanbul.
After Breakfast Transfer to the airport for your flight back home, bringing back wonderful memories and superb souvenirs from your Turkish vacation