8 DAYS 7 NIGHTS TURKISH COLOURS ISTANBUL, CAPPADOCIA & SAFRANBOLU
8天7夜土耳其精彩 - 伊斯坦堡,卡帕多奇亚和番红花城
EP_28822 8D7N ISTANBUL 01 APR 2024 - 31 MAR 2025
TRIP DESCRIPTION

Tour available on Monday only.

 

Privatized Tour - Turn this package into a private tour.
Recommended for groups of friends, families or for people who, because of their health conditions, can be considered people from a high-risk group.

  • Prepared for groups of 2 to 7 people.
  • Taken in a van driven by your tour guide.
  • With the same itinerary and services as the catalogue tour but with small modifications (see general conditions)

Deals & Discounts:-

  • Children under 3 years discount 80%, Children from 3 to 8 years discount 40% and Children from 9 to 15 years discount 10%
  • Discount 5% for Repeat Travellers, Travellers over 65 years and Honeymooners

Terms & Conditions apply.

1
Istanbul (Arrival)

Welcome to Turkey!!!. Upon arriving at the airport we will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel. Hotel standard check in time 3pm.
You can enjoy free time until your tour starts. Please, check the informative posters placed at the hotel reception area which have all the information about your upcoming services such as meeting place, time and the guide’s name.

NOTE: IF YOU REQUESTED ADDITIONAL NIGHTS on arrival at the hotel you will have your booking made but the guide of your trip will normally not arrive until the start of the included activities. YOUR TIME BEFORE THIS MOMENT IS THEREFORE FREE AT OWN LEISURE. At your hotel they can help you with all the information you need. | The schedules you will find in this itinerary are approximate. The guide, depending on the situation and in order to improve the development of the circuit, may adjust the schedules.

Transfer by Airport shuttle
Hotel Lionel or similar. Please check with us for a full list of planned hotels
2
Istanbul City Sights

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Visit to Istanbul city and transfer to Taksim.

Panoramic tour of the city, we are in a city built on two continents. On our tour we will enter the Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent (the largest in Istanbul), we will visit the walls, the golden horn, the fishing district and admire the exterior of Hagia Sophia. At the end of the afternoon, we will provide a transfer to the neighborhood of Taksim, the most commercial and local area of the city. Time for dining in one of its many restaurants, you can also take the old tram that crosses the area or approach the nearby Galata Tower.

NOTE: the order of the services included in the city of Istanbul may vary during the stay.

Transfer by Europamundo coach
Meals Breakfast
Hotel Lionel or similar. Please check with us for a full list of planned hotels
3
Istanbul - Ankara

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Visit to Topkapi palace, boat trip on the Bosporus, dinner included in Ankara.

Early in the morning we will include the entrance and visit to the Topkapi Palace, which was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire with its magnificent courtyards and pavilions. After that, we will take a boat trip on the Bosporus of about two hours. We will travel on a private boat for Europamundo travelers. The Bosporus is a strait that connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara separating Istanbul into two parts: European and Asian. We will enjoy watching the animation of the strait with all its boats, we will pass under the two bridges that connect Europe and Asia and we will admire the palaces of the sultans, the typical wooden houses, the Ottoman villas. We will disembark on the Asian side and we will have time to walk through the neighborhood of Uskudar, with its large mosques, where Yemi Valide, the maiden´s tower and its quiet streets are a stand out.

Time for lunch. In the afternoon we continue our route to the Anatolian peninsula. Arrival in ANKARA, dinner included.

Transfer by Europamundo coach
Meals Breakfast, Dinner
Hotel Bilkent or similar. Please check with us for a full list of planned hotels
4
Ankara - Cappadocia (315km)

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Visit of Ankara, beautiful landscapes in Cappadocia, dinner included.

After breakfast we include a visit to Ankara, the cosmopolitan capital of Turkey, with more than 5 million inhabitants and a lot of cultural life with its performing arts center, which houses the State Ballet and Opera, the Presidential Symphony Orchestra and many national theater companies. We will visit the impressive Mausoleum of Ataturk, the powerful castle of Ankara, whose first construction was 8 centuries before Christ. We also include the entrance to the Museum of Anatolian civilizations that allows us to understand the different cultures that left their mark on Turkey.

At the end of the morning, we will stop at a large shopping mall, with different choices of food in its food court. After lunch we continue to the region of Cappadocia, on route we will stop next to the SALT LAKE, with its incredible landscapes and visit HACIBEKTAS, with the utmost respect to the pilgrims (appropriate clothing and silence suggested during the visit). This sanctuary houses the tomb of Hacibecktas, a Sufi mystic of the thirteenth century.

Continuation to NEVSHEIR -dinner included-.

Transfer by Europamundo coach
Meals Breakfast, Dinner
Hotel Avrasya or similar. Please check with us for a full list of planned hotels
5
Cappadocia

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: landscapes of spectacular shapes. Picturesque towns. Dinner included.

Don't miss out the optional tour of Hot Air Balloon flight over the Cappadocia region - A wonderful experience offerred at dawn if weather permitted. Check with tour guide.

09.30 hrs - We leave for the GOREME VALLEY. We include tickets to see the fantastic open-air museum that houses more than 30 churches dug out of the rocks, some with very beautiful frescoes. After this we visit UCHISAR – A stroll in this village of Cappadocia; you can see its 60-metre rock full of houses in dugout caves. We continue to KAYMACLI. You will see this impressive underground city in Cappadocia. Its tunnels and catacombs can house up to thirty thousand people. Time for lunch.

In the afternoon, we will go to PASABAG, known as the “Valley of fairies”, and we will stroll around this spectacular natural complex. We will also visit a traditional jewellery workshop with stones typical of the region of Cappadocia, Onyx and Turquoise, and we will see some examples of those used by the sultans during the Ottoman Empire.

At around 18 hrs. return to the hotel, where you can enjoy the swimming pool (in the summer months) or go for a stroll around the pleasant commercial town of Avanos. Dinner included.

Transfer by Europamundo coach
Meals Breakfast, Dinner
Hotel Avrasya or similar. Please check with us for a full list of planned hotels
6
Cappadocia - Safranbolu (520km)

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Turkey´s changing landscapes as we get closer to the Black Sea. Traditional Turkish tea. Dinner included.

We have a fantastic day in the interior of Anatolia traveling to the north of the country where the landscapes turn green. SAFRANBOLU, arrival in the early afternoon to get to know this wonderful small city declared a World Heritage Site that was an important stage in the caravan routes. In the courtyard of a magnificent old Caravanserai, we will include a traditional Turkish tea. Dinner included.

Transfer by Europamundo coach
Meals Breakfast, Dinner
Hotel Baglar Saray or similar. Please check with us for a full list of planned hotels
7
Safranbolu- Gokgol Magarasi- Eregli- Istanbul (460km)

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: Green landscapes of Turkey.

Today our stage follows the Black Sea and its green landscapes. In GOKGOL MAGARASI we include the entrance to this magnificent cave with its underground river and its multiple colors. In EREGLI, next to the Black Sea, we have time for lunch, we also include the visit of its impressive caves and tombs of Cehenemagzi full of mythology.

Arrival in ISTANBUL at the end of the day.

Transfer by Europamundo coach.
Meals Breakfast
Hotel Lionel or similar. Please check with us for a full list of planned hotels
8
Istanbul (Departure)

After breakfast, end of our services.

NOTE: Remember that hotels check-out time is usually at 10.00 hrs. In most cases, you can leave your luggage at the hotel reception at check-out time, so you can enjoy the city and pick it up at the time you require that same day. If you need more time to use your room, please consider booking an additional night at the end of your tour.

Self arrangement to airport or may add in additional service (optional) for hotel-airport transfer. Check the time of your flight in case you need an additional night.

Transfer (Add on Optional)
Meals Breakfast
Print Trip Details
Trip Inclusive
  • 7 nights accommodation: Istanbul (3N), Ankara (1N), Cappadocia (2N), Safranbolu (1N)
  • Daily buffet breakfasts and 4 Dinners
  • City tour in Istanbul and Ankara
  • Boat: Tour of the Bosphorus in Istanbul
  • Evening transfer: Taksim Square in Istanbul
  • Ticket admission: Suleiman the Great Mosque in Istanbul, Mausoleum of Ataturk, castel and Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Goreme Valley; Valley of Uchisar; Underground city of Kaimacli; Pasabag Valley, Traditional tea in Safranbolu, Gokgol Magarasi cave, Caves and tombs in Eregli, Suleiman the Great Mosque in Istanbul
  • English speaking guide and separate driver, travel by air-conditioned coach
  • Airport transfers are provided on arrival
Trip Exclude
  • International or domestic air ticket
  • Personal Expenses and Travel Insurance
  • Lunches, dinners, morning and afternoon tea, boat cruises unless specified
  • No Compulsary TTipping - If you feel your Tour Guide and Driver has delivered an outstanding level of service throughout your trip you may wish to tip them.
Optional Addon
ITEMADULTCHILD
Transfer on departure to Istanbul airport per way for 2 or 3 person 443.30 -
General Terms
  • Rates quoted based on dynamic pricing and are subject to change without prior notice and/or upon confirmation.
  • Package tour seat are subject to availability.
  • Itinerary may vary slightly depending on group size, group pace and other external factors beyond our control.
  • By booking with us, you are accepted Europamundo’s booking term & conditions, https://www.europamundo.com/eng/terms_use_privacy.aspx
  • No refunds are given for any unused portion of this package or during tour.
  • Full payment is required in order for process booking if booking received less than 50 working days prior to departure. Seats subject to available.
  • 12fly of Malaysian Harmony shall not be liable for any loses or expenses incurred due to delay, sickness, weather, strikes or any other causes beyond its control, such losses and expenses shall be borne by the clients.
  • Others 12fly terms & conditions applies.
Payment Terms
  • Deposit for this package is minimum MYR 1000.00 per person.
Package Remarks
  • General travel period: April 2024 until March 2025 - Monday Arrival only
  • Package Tour operated by Europamundo Vacations on seat-in-coach basic. Please log in at www.europamundo.com for up-to-date itinerary.
  • Please ask for prices on extra night accommodation.

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