Private guided tours
TOUR ITINERARY
Day 1 :
ISTANBUL – Private Tour (D)
Welcome to
Istanbul
.
At the meeting point in the
airport your guide holds a
placard bearing your name or our
agency name
’ALLRIGHT TRAVEL’ and meets you at the
airport and transfer to your
hotel.
Day
2 :
ISTANBUL – Private Tour (B,L,D)
This morning your private guide will pick you
up at the lobby of your hotel
and you will be driven to the
old city to visit
Topkapi Palace
with its fabulous jewellery
collection, Council Hall,
kitchen, its magnificent
pavillions overlooking the view
of Golden Horn. Then we will
visit the
Hagia Sophia (Divine Wisdom),
the highest dome of the largest
church built by Justinien in
Roman era. After having lunch ,
we will visit
Blue Mosque
enriched by the beautiful Iznik
tiles and walk through the
ancient objects
Egyptian Obelisk, Serpentine
Column, Constantine Column
displayed in the
hippodrome
. Finally
we will visit the
Turkish Islamic Art Museum
to see the Seljouk –Otoman-Turkish
art pieces.
Day 3 :
ISTANBUL – Private Tour (B,L,D)
This morning we will visit
Spice
Market
and the mosque of
Rustem Pahsa
very reputable with the famous
turquoise tiles covering the
walls and the ceiling. Next we
will get on our local ferry to
cruise along the strait of the
Bosphorus
‘ the
pearl of the city’
to witness the rich part
of the life with its splendid
waterfront houses and mansions.
By the end of our cruise we meet our driver in
Sarıyer port to drive to Asian
side for sightseeing
at
the district of
“ Çamlıca Hill ”
.After lunch
we
drive to
Beylerbeyi Palace
used as a summer palace
to host the guests
;
Empress Eugenie of France, Joseph, the Emperor of Austria-Hungary
(1869), The Crown Prince of
Italia (1869) , Frederic
Guillaume Charles, the Crown
Prince of Prussia (1869), the
Sah of Iran. which is
located on the shores of
Bosphorus then we drive back to
our hotel .
Day 4 : ISTANBUL - ANKARA - Private Tour (B,L,D)
Transfer to Istanbul airport for our morning flight to Ankara. Upon arrival
we will drive to the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations awarded as the
BEST Museum in the World in 2006
where the
Neolithic
cave drawings, pre-historical
materials, utensils from
Catalhoyuk known as the earliest
city in the world. We will see
thousands of objects which give
us an overall picture of
Hittite, Phrygian, Lydian and
Urartian civilizations.
After lunch
we will
drive
to visit the Mausoleum of the founder of Modern Turkey , Ataturk
(Turks Father) . Stay overnight in Ankara .
Day 5 : ANKARA - HATTUSAS - ANKARA - Private Tour (B,L,D)
This morning we will leave Ankara for Amasya . On the way we will visit Hittite
capital Hattusas. . Our visit includes the Lion Gate, King's
Gate, Royal palaces, city walls,
various temples.After a short
drive to the rock shrine of
Yazilikaya where we see various
reliefs dedicated to the Hittite
deities. The sanctuary has a
magnificient quality of its
relief depictions. After lunch ,
we will visit Hattusas, Alacahoyuk is the most important Hittite settlement site in existence. Drive back to
Ankara where we stay overnight
in Ankara.
Day 6 : ANKARA - KAYSERI - CAPPADOCIA - Private Tour (B,L,D)
This morning we will leave Ankara for Cappadocia. On the wayt we will visit
of the museum of Hacibektas , dedicated to
one of the greatest Islamic
Sufic philosopher. Continue to
Kayseri for our visit of Karum Kanesh. It is one of
the oldest settlements in Asia
Minor. Karum was established by
Assyrian merchants as a bazaar,
one of the oldest in the world.
Drive to Cappadocia where we spend the night. Dinner and
overnight.
Day 7 : CAPPADOCIA -Private Tour (B,L,D)
Our first stop is at Goreme where we will
see a lot of rock cut churches
with beautiful frescoes. Then we
will drive to see the Pashabagi
Valley before we arrive at Zelve Open
Air Museum which was one of the earliest monastic settlements in
the area. We will visit
one
of the most important
Underground cities which was used in times of danger. Dinner
and overnight
Day 8 : CAPPADOCIA -
KONYA - Private Tour (B,L,D)
In the early morning we drive to Acemhoyuk which was established in the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age and became
more popular during the Assyrian
Colony period. After lunch in
Aksaray, we drive toKonya which was the capital of the Selcuk Empire and adorned
with elaborate monuments of the
12th and 13th century. We visit
the Mevlana Museum which houses the tomb of the world famous
mystic philosopher, Mevlana. A
sacred Islamic shrine and object
to pilgrimage from all over
Turkey. Dinner and Overnight in
Konya.
Day 9 : KONYA - IVRIZ - ADANA - Private Tour (B,L,D)
Leave Konya for Ivriz. a Assyro-Hittite site south of Eregli, in the very foothills of the Bolkar-Torosrange. Visit of the
rock-relief of the Hittite deity
Tarhunzas. After a picnic lunch
by the lake, begin our drive
over the picturesque Taurus Mountains and passage through the famed Cilician Gates to Adana. Dinner and overnight.
Day 10 : ADANA - KAHTA -Private Tour (B,L,D)
After our early breakfast at hotel, leave for Karatepe , the summer palace of the Neo- Hittite Kingdom . As we arrive Karatepe where we
will see the
hieroglyphics
and the elegant stone carvings
and.The carvings show hunting
and feasting scenes,all guarded
by sphinxes, lions and horses.
After lunch we will drive to
Kahta where we spend the night.
Dinner and overnight in Kahta.
Day 11 : KAHTA - NEMRUT DAG - URFA -Private Tour (B,L,D)
In the early morning we will visit Nemrut Dag which houses the colossal statues and the testimony of the King Antiochus
of the Commegene Kingdom . It is
a unique and breathtaking
experience. After lunch, we
drive to Urfa , we will
see The Atatürk Dam built on the Euphrates and has changed the entire
silhouette of the area. Arrive
Urfa , visit the Pool of Abraham which is charming and unusually peaceful
with attractive gardens and
canals leading to the pool.
Remainder of the day is on your
own to explore the old bazaar of
the city which has a very Syrian
flavor. Dinner and overnight at
our hotel.
Day 12 : URFA - HARRAN
- DİYARBAKIR -Private Tour
(B,L,D)
Morning visit of Biblical Harran famous with its beehive-style mud houses. Genesis refers to Harran as Terha,
the place where Abraham took his
wife and son which is difficult
to believe that this deserted
place on the edge of the Syrian
desert was once a major
economic, religious and a
learning capital. Drive back to
Urfa
for lunch. Then
we continue east for Diyarbakir
. Visit of the famous ancient
city walls with five monumental
gates which are the longest in
Turkey . Visit the Grand Mosque (Ulu Cami). This remarkable
mosque was the very first of the
Great Selçuk mosques in Anatolia
. Dinner and overnight.
Day 13 : DIYARBAKIR -
VAN -Private Tour (B,L,D)
As we leave Diyarbakir for Van. Lunch en route in Tatvan. Drive further east
for our visit of the Church of Akdamar located on a small island in Lake Van . This is one of the best and most
sophisticated Greco- Armenian
Churches of the 10th C. It is
unique with its decorations
carved on the outer walls of the
church depicting scenes from The
Old Testament. Arrive VAN which
was the capital ui the famous Urartian Kingdom and gives its name to the largest lake in Turkey . Dinner and overnight at our
Hotel in Van.
Day 14 : VAN -Private
Tour (B,L,D)
Morning visit of the archeological Museum of Van which displays artifacts belonging to the Hurrian and Urartian
Civilizations. We drive to the Van Castle which has a dramatic location and served not only for the Urartians but also
for the Ottomans. After lunch we
drive to Cavustepe , known to the Urartians as Sardurihinili, the city of Sarduri and built by
Sardur . We will see
palace buildings, temples,
altars, cisterns and even an
ancient toilet. Drive back to
Van. Dinner and overnight.
Day 15 : VAN-ISTANBUL -Private
Tour (B,L,D)
Transfer to Van airport for our morning flight to Istanbul . Arrive Istanbul
. Remainder of the day is at
leisure or discover more of Istanbul . Dinner and overnight.
Day 16 : ISTANBUL-HOME -Private Tour (B)
Transfer to the international
airport for your outgoing
flight. End of our services |