Discover Turkey on a 12-day small-group, guided tour crafted for American travelers. Explore Istanbul’s Old City (Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapı), Gallipoli & Troy; then Ephesus, Pamukkale & Hierapolis, Perge–Aspendos–Side in Antalya, Konya’s Mevlana Museum, and Cappadocia’s Göreme & an underground city (optional hot-air balloon). Boutique/4-star hotels, daily breakfasts, selected dinners, English-speaking guides, and seamless transfers—your hassle-free 12-day Turkey itinerary.
Day(s) : 12
Countries : Turkey
Start City : Istanbul
End City : Istanbul
Meals : 11 Breakfasts, 6 Dinners
Welcome to Istanbul! You will be transferred to your hotel and the remainder of the day is yours, free to explore.
Overnight : Istanbul
Category : 4 star
Hotel : Port Bosphorus Hotel
After breakfast, discover the only city straddling two continents. Visit the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, and Topkapı Palace (including Hagia Irene and the Harem), plus the Hippodrome. This afternoon, optional for a Half-Day Bosphorus Cruise to glide between Europe and Asia.
Overnight : Istanbul
Category : 4 star
Hotel : Port Bosphorus Hotel
Travel to Gallipoli, one of Turkey’s most moving sites. Explore ANZAC Cove, Lone Pine, Chunuk Bair, The Nek, Johnston’s Jolly, and preserved trenches and tunnels that tell the WWI story.
Overnight : Çanakkale
Category : Special Class
Hotel : MD Barbaros Hotel
Cross to Troy to walk its UNESCO-listed layers and visit the award-winning Troy Museum. Continue to the stone lanes of Behramkale (Assos) for a village pause before reaching the Aegean resort of Kuşadası.
Overnight : Kuşadası
Category : Boutique
Hotel : Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel
Immerse yourself in Ephesus—the theater, marble streets, and Library of Celsus—then stop at the Temple of Artemis site and the Ephesus Archaeology Museum. Learn carpet traditions during a hands-on weaving visit.
Overnight : Kuşadası
Category : Boutique
Hotel : Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel
See a local leather craft display, then head to Pamukkale’s dazzling travertine terraces and tour Hierapolis. Enjoy an optional dip in the antique thermal pool amid Roman columns.
Overnight : Pamukkale
Category : 4 star
Hotel : Adem Pira Hotel
Visit Laodicea (Laodicea ad Lycum), chief city of the Lycus Valley, before continuing to the Mediterranean hub of Antalya for the Antalya Necropolis Museum and seaside vibes.
Overnight : Antalya
Category : Boutique
Hotel : RuinAdalia Hotel
Explore Perge’s colonnades and stadium, then Aspendos and its near-perfect 2nd-century Roman theater (c. 15,000 seats). Continue to Side for the seafront Temple of Apollo and ancient ruins.
Overnight : Antalya
Category : Boutique
Hotel : RuinAdalia Hotel
Drive across the plains to Konya to visit the Mevlana Museum, then pause at Sultanhani Caravanserai on the Silk Road. Arrive in Cappadocia and settle into your cave hotel.
Overnight : Cappadocia
Category : Boutique Cave
Hotel : Hanedan Cave Hotel
Discover Pigeon Valley and the Red Valley, visit the rock-hewn village of Cavusin, then learn pottery traditions in Avanos on the Kızılırmak River. (Optional hot-air ballooning at dawn available on request.)
Overnight : Cappadocia
Category : Boutique Cave
Hotel : Hanedan Cave Hotel
Marvel at the frescoed chapels of Göreme Open-Air Museum, see the region’s famed fairy chimneys, and descend into a multi-level Underground City. Evening flight to Istanbul and hotel transfer.
Overnight : Istanbul
Category : 4 star
Hotel : Port Bosphorus Hotel
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your onward flight. Thank you for traveling with Advisor Travel.
This is intended to give an idea of the type of accommodation that may be expected. The actual hotels used for any given tour may change due to many reasons such as group size, availability, time of year, hotel standard has dropped or simply we found a better hotel. We update the website immediately if and when any changes take place. If and when we do change hotels it will be to a hotel of equal or higher standard and will be at no extra cost.
Where more than one hotel is shown for a given an overnight stop this means that one of those hotels will be used.
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