Day 1: USA - Istanbul
Enjoy a relaxing overnight flight to Istanbul.
Day 2: Istanbul - Arrival
Upon arrival you will be greeted and escorted to your hotel. The remainder of the day is at leisure before a welcome briefing by your tour director.
Hotel: Crowne Plaza Istanbul Old City or Crowne Plaza Istanbul Harbiye
Day 3: Istanbul
Enjoy a full-day tour of Istanbul including Topkapi Palace (excluding harem), the Hippodrome, the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, and the Grand Bazaar. Consider an optional dinner with belly-dancing entertainment. (B)
Hotel: Crowne Plaza Istanbul Old City or Crowne Plaza Istanbul Harbiye
Day 4: Gallipoli - Dardanelles - Canakkale
En route to Gallipoli, visit Anzac Cove, the Lone Pine Cemetery, Chunk Bair Battlefield and the Gabatepe War Museum. Cross the Dardanelles to Canakkale. (B,D)
Hotel: Kolin Hotel
Day 5: Troy - Pergamum - Kusadasi
Visit Troy's legendary walls and replica of the famous wooden horse used during the Trojan War. Tour the ancient medical center of Asclepion in Pergamum. Continue to Kusadasi. (B,D)
Hotel: Charisma De Luxe Hotel
Day 6: Ephesus & Virgin Mary's house - Kusadasi
Today, tour the ruins of Ephesus complete with 2,000 year old marble streets, a theater, the Library of Celsius, and Hadrian's Temple. Continue to the Virgin Mary's cottage, nestled atop a wooded hill. Proceed to a regional carpet weaving production center. (B,D)
Hotel: Charisma De Luxe Hotel
Day 7: Kusadasi - Pamukkale
Drive through lush valleys to Pamukkale, literally meaning Cotton Castle, which describes its white lime cascades formed by natural mineral springs. Visit the ruins of the Roman health spa of Hierapolis and enjoy a swim in your hotel's thermal pool. (B,D)
Hotel: Pam Thermal Hotel
Day 8: Pamukkale - Perge - Antalya
Relax during a scenic drive from Pamukkale to Antalya and pay a visit to the ancient city of Perge with its streets of colonnades. Enjoy a leisurely afternoon by the Mediterranean Sea, an area also known as the Turquoise Coast. (B,D)
Hotel: Crowne Plaza Antalya
Day 9: Antalya
Today enjoy a full day at leisure or consider an optional tour to Phaselis, an ancient coastal city, or a lazy yacht cruise along the Mediterranean Coast. (B,D)
Hotel: Crowne Plaza Antalya
Day 10: Antalya - Aspendos - Konya
After breakfast depart for Konya. En route visit Aspendos with its magnificently preserved 15,000 person amphitheater. In Konya visit Mevlana's Mausoleum, founder of the Whirling Dervishes, and the Karatay Koran School, with its impressive display of colorful Turkish tiles. (B,D)
Hotel: Hilton Garden Inn Konya
Day 11: Konya - Cappadocia
Drive to Cappadocia, famous for it's moon-like landscapes. En route visit the 13th-century Seljuk Caravan Inn of Agzikarahan and the famous underground city of Sarhatli. Enjoy dinner at a local restaurant and overnight in Cappadocia. (B,D)
Hotel: Lykia Lodge Kapadokya
Day 12: Cappadocia
Consider an optional early morning hot air balloon tour and experience floating through the volcanic valleys, fairy chimneys and caves at sunrise. After breakfast, visit Goreme with its 6th-10th century rock chapels decorated with Christian frescoes, the pottery-making village of Avanos, Pasabagi's Byzantine monastic complex, and the Red Valley. (B,D)
Hotel: Lykia Lodge Kapadokya
Day 13: Cappadocia - Ankara
In the morning depart for Ankara. Embark on an afternoon tour of the Ataturk Mausoleum, founder of modern Turkey, and the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations with its Hittite treasures and artifacts from the world's oldest city. (B,D)
Hotel: Crowne Plaza Ankara
Day 14: Ankara - Istanbul
After breakfast drive to Istanbul. In the afternoon, consider an optional cruise along the Bosphorus, the waterway that separates Europe and Asia. Make time for last minute shopping at the Spice Bazaar before a farewell dinner. (B,D)
Hotel: Crowne Plaza Istanbul Old City or Crowne Plaza Istanbul Harbiye
Day 15: Istanbul - Return
You will be transferred to the airport for your return flight home. (B)