DAY 1 ANKARA

Transfer from airport to the hotel and dinner. Overnight in Ankara.

DAY 2 ANKARA / TRABZON

Visit to the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations and The Mausoleum of Ataturk. Lunch at a local in Ankara drive to Cappadocia through the Anatolian countryside. (Lunch, Dinner)

DAY 3 TRABZON

Flight from Istanbul to Trabzon. Visit Aya Sofya 13th century Byzantine masterpiece, then Gülbahar hatun Mosque. After the lunch, drive into cool Mountain pine forest for a visit to Sümela Monastery. Dinner and overnight in Trabzon.

Morning departure for Erzurum then drive through breathtaking mountain scenery and via the famous Zigana pass. Early afternoon arrival and tour the city’s highlights, including the Three Tombs, Twin Minarets, the Ulu Camii built in 1179. Dinner and overnight at Erzurum.

Being the day with a visit to beautiful 18th century hilltop palace of Ishak Pasha. Then drive south to Van. Enroute you will have opportunity to take pictures of Lake Van and nomads. After arrival, check in to your hotel and rest of the day is at leisure. Dinner and overnight at Hotel.

Drive southwest to Harran, a village of spellbinding mud-brick beehive houses mentioned in the Book of Genesis. Then drive to Sanlıurfa known to Crusaders as Edessa. First visit Abraham’s Cave and the overnight at Harran Hotel.

In the morning drive to Kahta and up the slopes of Nemrut Mountain to see the great temples built by the King of Comma gene. Return to Sanlıurfa for dinner and overnight at Harran hotel.

In the morning depart for Adana, called Danunas in ancient times. Enroute visit Karatepe which lays its claim to fame as the first place where first Hittite writing was discovered. Dinner and overnight at Hotel.

Early morning departure for drive to Cappadocia. Enroute stop at Tarsus to see the Cleopatra Gate and ST. Paul’s well, then drive through the Tarsus Mountains changing scenery and landscape offer plenty of photography opportunity. Late afternoon arrival and check in  to your hotel.

Full day tour to the richest of this incredible moonscape of Cappadocia including the Göreme Open Air Museum with its dozens of painted cave churches, the pottery making village of Avanos and Byzantine Monastic complex of Zelve and the Underground city at Kaymaklı built in the 7th century by the early inhabitants of the region to escape from invading Armies. Evening enjoy your optional dinner with folk dance performance. Dinner and overnight at Hotel.

In the morning departure for Ankara. Upon arrival visit Ankara which once a Hittite town then Roman city now the Capital of Turkey and visit Museum of Anatolian Civbilizations and the Mausoleum of Atatürk. Dinner and overnight in Ankara.

In the morning departure for Istanbul. Arrival and  transfer to hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

In the morning visit ST.SOPHIA since thousand years the largest church of Christianity, has been built between 532 & 537 by the emperor Justinian it is really quite interesting chronology that the building has. First it was used as a church ( 916 years ) and as a mosque for 482 years, later became museum. Also visit the Byzantine underground WATER CISTER YEREBATAN and the Sultanahmet Mosque which also called as Blue Mosque with its 6 minarets and decorated with beautiful blue İznik tiles inside. Overnight in Istanbul. 

Transfer to airport for flight back to home.