Istanbul & Cappadocia Package Tour

Welcome to Istanbul-Turkiye. You arrive at the Istanbul Airport, we transfer you to your hotel and you stay overnight.

Explore Historical Peninsula
Overview:
Meet your guide at your hotel at the time you have determined and start your full-day tour. You will have unforgettable pleasant moments on our 8-hour private tour. Afterwards, we will drop you back to your hotel.
Enjoy a full-day tour of the UNESCO-listed Sultanahmet Old Istanbul with a comprehensive guided tour. Fascinating Istanbul and its unique tourist attractions: Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome and Grand Bazaar. discover:

Highlights

• Explore Historical Peninsula in a unique, personal way
• Be enchanted by the mosaics of Hagia Sophia
• See the priceless treasures of Topkapi palace
• Shopping experience in the historical Grand Bazaar
• See the German Fountain and obelisk as you walk along the historical hippodrome
• The colorful mosaics of the Blue Mosque will fascinate you
• Hear historical information about the Byzantines, Ottomans and Modern Turks from your expert local guide
• Do not wait in the long queues with Skip-The-Line tickets provided for you

Program:

• Hagia Sophia; Meaning Divine Wisdom, Hagia Sophia was the largest building on earth barring the Egyptian Pyramids or the Great Wall of China. Hagia Sophia was built by Emperor Justinian in 537 AD. The religious center of the city during the Byzantine period. It was used as a church for 916 years and as a mosque for 481 years.. In 1934, upon the order of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, it was converted into a museum and opened to visitors.
• Topkapi palace; The palace was the administrative center of the powerful Ottoman Empire. It housed the ottoman sultans for nearly 400 years until the Dolmabahçe palace was built. In 1924 it was converted into a museum. Today, it fascinates visitors with its harem, treasury and holy relics sections.
• Hippodrome; built by the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus in 203 AD, was the civic center of the city’s population, which could accommodate 100,000 visitors during the Roman period. In the heart of Sultanahmet, surrounded by the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace, today it is home to the Egyptian Obelisk (Obelisk), the Serpent Column (Burmese column), the Column of Constantine and the German Fountain.
• Blue Mosque; Built by the Ottoman Sultan Ahmet I in the year 1616, it is located opposite the Hagia Sophia. The Blue Mosque is one of the most famous landmarks of the old city, with its famous six minarets and magnificent dome. Although its official name is the Blue Mosque, it is referred to as the Sultanahmet Mosque by visitors due to the magnificent blue tiles decorating its interior walls.
• Grand Bazaar; It is one of the largest and oldest markets in the world, with 18 entrances and more than 4000 shops. It was built between 1455-1461 by Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror. Today, shops selling the same kind of merchandise tend to be congregated in their own streets or inns as it was the original Ottoman system.

Early in the morning, we pick you up from your hotel for your Kayseri flight and head to Istanbul Airport. When we arrive at Kayseri Airport, our tour guide welcomes you. We will discover the beauties of Cappadocia with our tour guide.
Note:
Hot Air Balloon Per Person 250 Euro (Optionally)
1 night accommodation will be in a 3*, 4* or boutique hotel

Day 1 in Cappadocia;
Highlights;

• Goreme Panaromic View
• Pigeon Valley
• Kaymakli Underground City
• Ihlara Valley
• Selime Monastery
• Onyx Stone Workshop

Day 2 in Cappadocia
Highlights;

• Uchisar Castle
• Goreme or Zelve Open Air Museum
• Love Valley
• Devrent (Imagination Valley)
• Pasabaglari (Monks) Valley
• Avanos Pottery Art Shop

After the tour, we set out towards Kayseri airport to return to Istanbul. When you land in Istanbul, you will be transferred to your hotel with our VIP vehicle.

Explore Treasures Of Istanbul, after tour we drop you to Airport for your departure flight.

Highlights

• Explore Historical Istanbul in a unique, personal way
• Experience shopping in the Spice and mahmutpasa bazaars, which has been the center of shopping for centuries
• Walk along the historical Balat streets
• See the colorful houses of the Balat
• Learn history about Yeni Mosque and Suleymaniye Mosque from your expert local guide

Overview:
Enjoy a fullday tour of the Old Istanbul with an extensive guided tour. You`ll enjoy the magical Istanbul and its signature sights: the Pierre Loti, Balat, Spice Baazar, Mahmutpasa Baazar, New Mosque and Suleymaniye Mosque.

Program: Visit; Balat, Pierre Loti, Spice Baazar, Mahmutpasa Baazar, Yeni Mosque, Suleymaniye Mosque
Pick-up time at 9:30 am meet with your guide and start your full-day tour. Explore Balat.

The special importance of Balat in the history of Istanbul is that Jews from Spain were settled here and it continued to exist as the main Jewish neighborhood until recent times. There is also Ayios Strati Orthodox Church in the district. Balat is the address for photography enthusiasts. As you wander through its historical streets, you will be amazed by the colorful houses and boutique cafes. Pierre Loti Hill; Its name from the French novelist and orientalist Julien Viaud, who came to Istanbul in 1876 and settled here, and was known for frequently visiting a coffee house on this hill. The hill and the tea garden of the same name located here are frequently visited by tourists coming to Istanbul. Experience shopping in the Spice and mahmutpasa bazaars, which has been the center of shopping for centuries. Suleymaniye Mosque is a mosque built by Mimar Sinan in Istanbul between 1551 and 1557 in the name of Suleiman the Magnificent. Suleymaniye Mosque, described as the work of Mimar Sinan’s journeyman period, was built as a part of the Suleymaniye Social Complex, consisting of madrasas, library, hospital, primary school, bath, soup kitchen, cemetery and shops.

Suleymani Mosque is one important examples of classical Ottoman architecture. Although there have been more than a hundred earthquakes in Istanbul since the day the mosque was built, there have been no cracks in the walls of the mosque.
You can also watch the magnificent view of Istanbul from the garden of the mosque.

On the last day of our tour, you will have the opportunity to see the beauties and palaces of Istanbul from the Bosphorus by taking a Bosphorus tour. After the Bosphorus tour, you will have the opportunity to visit the shops in the crowd on Taksim Istiklal Street, which is one of the first places that come to mind when Istanbul is mentioned. In the finale, we will visit the Galata Tower and see all the beauties of Istanbul by looking at it from above.

Note:

Highlights;

• Bosphorus Tour
• Taksim Square
• Istiklal Street
• Galata Tower

After the tour, we drop you off at Istanbul airport for airport transfer.