Day 1 // Arrival to Istanbul & Transfer to Hotel

Arrival to Istanbul. Your personal COS Agent will meet you at the A/P. You will get the tour documents and briefing about your tour. Transfer to your hotel.

Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 2 // Full Day City Tour // Byzantine & Ottoman Relics (B-L)

Your Tour Guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 09:00 and you will have a full day city tour. (Topkapi Palace, St.Sophia, Lunch at a charming restaurant, Blue Mosque, Hippodromme, Grand Bazaar) you will be transferred to your hotel at around 17:00.

Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 3 // Flight to Izmir / Ephesus Tour (B-L-D)

Pick up from your hotel and transfer to A/P to take a flight to Izmir. Upon arrival, your Tour Guide will meet you at A/P and you will have a full day city tour. (Ephesus Ruins, Fountains of Trajan, Polio, Temples of Hadrian and Domition, Library of Celcius, Bouloterion and the Great Theatre, Lunch at a local Restaurant, House of the Virgin Mary, Archaeological Museum in Selcuk) After the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel at around 17:00.

Overnight in Kusadasi.

Day 4 // Full Day City Tour // Pergamon (B-L-D)

Your Tour Guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 09:00 and you will have a full day city tour. (Asclepion, ancient medical center built in the name of Aesculapis, "God of Medicine". Lunch at a local restaurant, Acropolis, Athena and Trojan Temples, Temple of Zeus, Temple of Dionysos, Gymnasium of Youth, Odeon, Library, Agora, Great Theatre and Roman Bath) After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel at around 18:00.

Overnight in Kusadasi.

Day 5 // Full Day City Tour // Pamukkale (B-L)

Your Tour Guide will meet you at your hotel lobby at 09:00 and you will have a full day city tour. (Pamukkale Travertens, Hierapolis Ancient Site, Lunch at a local Restaurant, Hot Thermal Pools) After the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel at around 18:00.

Overnight in Kusadasi.

Day 6 // Flight to Cappadocia // Free afternoon (B)

Pick up from your hotel and transfer to Izmir A/P to take a flight to Kayseri. Upon arrival, meet and transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day is free to explore Cappadocia by your own.

Overnight in Cappadocia.

Day 7 // Full Day City Tour // Cappadocia (B-L)

Your Tour Guide will meet you at your hotel lobby and continue for a full day tour; visit to the Pigeon Valley near Uchisar; then proceed to the Open Air Museum in Goreme through Avcilar Valley and visit to the early Christian churches decorated with unique frescoes depicting various scenes from the Bible. Lunch in a restaurant and then visit to Kaymakli Underground City, the place early Christians hid from persecutors. Pasabagi in Zelve region and Avanos. After the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel.

Overnight in Cappadocia.

Day 8 // Flight to Istanbul // Departure (B)

Pick up from your hotel and transfer to Cappadocia A/P to take a flight to Istanbul. Tour ends upon arrival to Istanbul. (You may extend your trip by adding extra nights in Istanbul, please advise..)