22/01/2024
🌅🇹🇷🇹🇷 A Tapestry of History, Culture, and Natural Beauty‼
🌅📢Highlights of TURKIYE‼
8 DAYS/ 7 NIGHTS
💵USD 1,888 / person (Twin/ triple sharing)
🗓🗓TRAVEL DATES:
JAN 16-24, 2024
FEB 13-21, 2024
MAR 16-24, 2024
APR 20-28, 2024
MAY 13-21, 2024
JUN 01-09, 2024
✈️Flight Details:
QR929 MNL DOH 2355 0435+1
QR239 DOH IST 0715 1145
QR246 IST DOH 2005 0015+1
QR932 DOH MNL 0200 1630
INCLUSIONS:
✔️Roundtrip Airfare PH Tax (Php1,620)
✔️Terminal Fee (Php550) and other taxes
✔️Baggage Allowance, Hand Carry allowance
✔️Meals on Board the aircraft
✔️Private air-conditioned bus
✔️7 Nights Hotel Accommodation
✔️Meals as indicated in itinerary
English Speaking Guide
Entrance Fees
❌EXCLUSIONS:
Turkish Visa Fee
Travel Insurance
Tipping - $10/person/day
Optional Tours:
Hot Air Balloon
Turkish Night
Jeepney Safari
ITINERARY:
DAY 1: MANILA—ISTANBUL Depart Manila for Istanbul. Upon arrival, meet with guide for transfer to Hotel for overnight.
DAY 2: CANAKKALE (B/L/D) After breakfast, meet with the local guide and proceed for lunch in Çanakkale take the new bridge across Marmara Sea and continue journey to Troy, the UNESCO listed World Heritage Site, where Greek and Trojan heroes fought the Trojan War for the honor of the beautiful Helen. Also visit its legendary walls, building and famous Wooden Horse. Drive to Pergamon, a city located on Turkey’s Aegean Coast. Visit Asklepion (the ancient medical complex, hospital), this famed ancient medical center, built in honor of Asklepios, the god of healing, was also the world's first psychiatric hospital. The Asklepion gained in prominence under the Romans in the 2nd century A.D., but a sacred site existed prior to this as early as the 4th century B.C. Thereafter, transfer to Kusadasi for overnight
DAY 3: KUSADASI—PUMUKKALE (B-L-D) After breakfast, Next, visit one of the World Seven Wonders – The Ruins of Ephesus, world’s finest archaeological sites, where we visit the Arcadia way, the splendid façade of the Library of Celsius and see the Amphitheatre, which is still used for concerts. Visit the House of Mary Later (or Meryem Ana Evi in Turkish) is a place where, according to the beliefs of many people Mary, the mother of Jesus, spent the last years of her life. She was supposed to arrive at Ephesus together with St. John and lived there in the years 37-45 CE until her Assumption (according to Catholic doctrine) or Dormi-tion (according to Orthodox belief). Proceed to visit the Leather Fashion House and enjoy a fashion show there with drinks served. Transfer to Pamukkale (Cotton Castle). Visit Hier-apolis, the ruins of the biggest Necropolis (graveyard) of the ancient world, Roman Baths, Basilica and calcium cliffs. Next to The Travertines, one of the UNESCO listed World Herit-age Side, a magical and spectacular natural site unique in the world famous for its fantastic white lime cascades formed by hot mineral springs. Tonight you may enjoy a free hot spring bath in your hotel (please bring your own swimming wear). Dinner at the hotel before check-in.
DAY 4: PAMUKKALE—KONYA—CAPPADOCIA (B-L-D) After breakfast, depart for Cappadocia via Konya, arrive Konya for lunch and stop by to visit the Mevlana Museum, home of the whirling dervish. Drive to Cappadocia and dinner in hotel
DAY 5: CAPPADOCIA (B-L-D) The region known in ancient times as Cappadocia is the setting for some of nature's most bizarre wonders. The unique and yet the strange rock formations and subterranean dwellings of Cappadocia provide unforgettable sets of experiences, memories and photographs. Visit Underground City of Kaymaklı, which is built by first Christian people to protect themselves from Romans during troubled times and are linked by underground tunnels to other cities, Continue to the UNESCO listed World Heritage Site -Göreme Openair Muse-um, where you ican see the church in the region with its paintings date back to the 5th century. Proceed to Uchisar Hill and Pasabag to have a magnificent and unrivalled view of Cappadocia. Later, visit to Pottery Workshop and Turkish Carpet Factory with drinks served. Dinner at the hotel.
DAY 6: CAPPADOCIA—ANKARA (B-L-D) Depart for Ankara, the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. Lunch at local restaurant then visit the Anatolia Civilization Museum, an exceptional museum with its unique collection, has Anatolian archaeological artefacts and artefacts from the Palaeolithic Age to the present. On the way to hotel, Panaromic view of Ankara. Dinner and overnight.
DAY 7: ANKARA - ISTANBUL (B-L-D) After Bfast, Depart for Istanbul. Lunch then time to some shopping spree. Visit Istinye Park Mall, a high-end shopping center in the Istinye quarter center. Then Visit Grand Bazaar – one of the largest covered bazaar in the world. A likely labyrinth with innumerable shops selling practically everything under one roof. Send to dinner. After Dinner stroll along Istiklal Street for some more shopping before sending to hotel for check-in.
DAY 8: ISTANBUL (B-L-D) After bfast, walking tour to visit the Blue Mosque which is the largest mosque in city and one of the most prominent landmark of Istanbul. Continue to Hippodrome Square, former centre of sportive and political activities of Constantinople then visit Topkapi Palace, built as official residence and the seat of government during Ottoman Empire. It is today a museum palace with a wide collection of Ottoman artifacts including imperial jewels, porcelain, armor and weapons lunch at local restaurant then continue city tour bring you to Next to The Church of the Holy Wisdom -St. Sophia Church, is a former Eastern Orthodox Church converted to a mosque, now is a magnificent museum. This afternoon, take a Cruise on the Bosphorus Strait at an unforgettable excursion starts between two continents, Europe and Asia. Transfer to airport to catch flight. Arrive Manila.
**END OF ARRANGEMENT**
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:
Trojan Horse
Clock Tower
Ruins of Ephesus
House of Mary
Cotton Castle
Hierapolis Ancient Theater
Caravansarai
Kaymakli Underground City
Goreme Open Museum
Uchisar Village
Salt Lake
Ataturk Mausoeum
Hagia Sofia
Hippodrome
Sultanahmet Mosque
Topkapi palace
Grand Bazaar
Bosphorus Cruise
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