Gilbert House Ministries Turkey Tour

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Day 1: Ankara

• Your private guide will welcome will welcome you at the Ankara Airport and take you to your hotel in the heart of Ankara. 

Day 2: Ankara - Cappadocia

• Today your guide will meet you at your hotel, and you will first visit Anatolian Civilizations Museum.
• Later you will also visit the Ankara Castle.
• Following lunch, you will marvel at the Ataturk’s Mausoleum.
• After the tour, Your private driver will take you to your Cappadocia Hotel .

Day 3: Konya 

• Your guide will meet you at your hotel and drive to Konya!
• Visit Catalhoyuk with your private guide.
• After your tour your private driver and guide take back to your hotel.

Day 4: Corum

• Enjoy breakfast in Cappadocia and then get ready for your drive to Corum!
• A private driver will meet you at your hotel and transfer you to Corum.
• Explore Hattusas with your private guide 
• After your tour your private driver and guide take back to Cappadocia.

Day 5: Cappadocia

• You may choose to rise today or day 6 before dawn for an hot-air balloon ride over the picturesque Cappadocian valleys. Let us know if you would like to add this addition experience to your tour.
• Today, your Cappadocia guide will take you to explore Pasabaglari (Fairy Chimneys), and Zelve Open Air Musuem (houses carved in rock, Seljukian Mosque and remains).
• Following lunch, continue to Esentepe for panoramic view of the Goreme Valley, Goreme Open Air Museum (rock cut churches, frescos, monastery) and Kaymakli Underground City.
• Enjoy the incredible views of the Cappadocia landscape and enjoy the hospitality of your hotel in the evening before you retire for the night.

Day 6: Malatya 

• Drive to Malatya, visit Aslantepehoyuk with your private guide. After your tour your private driver and guide take to your hotel in Malatya. 

Day 7: Adıyaman-Sanliurfa

• Your private driver will take you from Malatya to Adiyaman. See Mount Nemrut and Arsemia ancient city. Then your private driver and guide take you to your hotel in Sanliurfa. 

Day 8: Sanliurfa

• Your guide will meet you at your hotel and a morning departure will take you overland to the much desired and highly archeological site of Göbekli Tepe. 
• Following lunch you will continue Harran Village.

Day 9: Sanliurfa

• Your guide will meet you in the morning and you will visit amazing Sanlıurfa Archeology Museum and Haleplibahce Mosaic museum .
• Later you will also visit one of the Abraham’s cave, Fish Lake and old city with your private guide.

Day 10: Hatay

• Your private driver and guide will take you to Hatay and visit to Hatay Archeology Museum. Then your private driver and guide take you to your hotel in Hatay.   

Day 11: Hatay - Ephesus

• Your private driver will take you to the airport. Flight from Hatay to Izmir. Your private guide and driver will greet you upon arrival at the airport and take you to your hotel. 

Day 12: Pamukkale 

• Today your guide will meet you at your hotel, road trip to Denizli.
• Visit Road trip to Pamukkale & Hierapolis with your private guide,
• After the tour continue to your hotel in Pamukkale. 

Day 13: Ephesus 

• Your private guide will introduce you to Laodicea, Sardis and Philadelphia ancient cities. 

Day 14: Istanbul 

• Drive to Pergamon, Acropolis, Asklepion and Red Basilica with your private guide. Your private driver will take you to the airport to fly from Izmir to Istanbul. Your guide will meet you at the airport take you to your hotel in Istanbul.

Day 15: Istanbul

• Your private guide will welcome will welcome you at the Istanbul Airport and take you to your hotel in the heart of Istanbul (All our hotel options sit atop the tallest of the seven hills of Istanbul in the historic Sultanahmet district.)
• You will have time to become acquainted with the celebrated historic district of this bustling city before turning in for the night.

Day 16: Istanbul

• Today your guide will meet you at your hotel, and you will will first visit the Hagia Sophia to explore it's incredible architecture and remarkable story.
• Later you will also visit one of the Ottoman Empire’s greatest architectural achievements: the Blue Mosque.
• Following lunch, you will marvel at the Hippodrome and the Basilica Cistern.
• In the afternoon, you can browse the shops of the Grand Bazaar before retiring to the hotel for the night.

Day 17: Departure  

• A private driver will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to the Istanbul airport for your international flight home.