Includes
- Transfers per itinerary
- Hotels per itinerary or similar
- Meals per itinerary; (B) Breakfast, (L) Lunch, (D) Dinner
- Sightseeing per itinerary
- Cruising
- Travel funds escrow protection program
Excludes
- Personal expenses
- Airport taxes
- Optional tours
- Customary tips and gratuities
Enjoy a relaxing overnight flight to Istanbul.
Arrival - Istanbul
You are greeted upon arrival and escorted to your hotel. The remainder of the day is at leisure before meeting your tour director and travel companions for a welcome briefing.
Istanbul
Visit Topkapi Palace, residence of the Ottoman sultans, the Hippodorome, used for chariot races, the Blue Mosque, St. Sophia, a present-day museum built in 537 as the Byzantine Church's seat and the Grand Bazaar. Consider an optional dinner complete with belly-dancing. (B)
Gallipoli - Dardanelles - Canakkale
En route to Gallipoli, visit the Anzac Cove and the Lone Pine Cemetery. Cross the Dardanelles to Canakkale, your home for the night. (B,D)
Pergamum - Kusadasi
Visit Troy's legendary walls and replica of the famous wooden horse used during the Trojan War. Tour ancient Pergamum, home of the Altar of Zeus. Continue to Kusadasi for an overnight stay. (B,D)
Ephesus - Kusadasi
Tour the ruins of Ephesus, including the Virgin Mary's stone cottage, 2,000 year-old marble streets, a theater, the library of Celsius, a gymnasium and Hadrian’s Temple. Consider the optional afternoon tour of Sirince, a local village. (B,D)
Aphrodisias-Pamukkale
Drive through lush valleys to Aphrodisias, Aphrodite's city. Continue to Pamukkale, which means "Cotton Castle," describing the while lime cascades formed by mineral springs. Visit the ruins of the Roman Health spa of Hierapolis. Enjoy a swim in your hotel's mineral spring pool. (B,D)
Pamukkale-Gocek
Morning depart to the resort city of Gocek to board a gulet yacht. (B,D)
Yacht Cruise
Sail across beautiful bays along the Mediterranean coast surrounded by high-forested hills. (B,L,D)
Yacht Cruise
Continue cruising the Mediterranean coast. Explore nearby Lycian ruins, swim or simply relax. (B,L,D)
Yacht Cruise Disembarkation-Marmaris
End your cruise breakfast and disembarkation in Marmaris. (B)
USA - Istanbul