Day 2 - Full day city tour, lunch included. Morning : St. Sophia * Underground Cisterns * Mosaic Museum * St.lrene, Afternoon : Patriarch of Fener * Virgin Mary' s Church * Golden Horn, St. Savior in Chora (Kariye Museum) * City Walls,

Day 3 - Early morning flight or night-before train sleeper-car, or bus to Ankara. Visit to Anatolian Civilizations (Hittite) Museum in Ankara and continue to Cappadocia via Salt Lake. Seldjouk Ağzıkarahan Caravanserai on the way. View of the '' Petrified Valley'' from the ancient citadel of Uçhisar. Visit the underground cities used by the early Christians hiding from Roman and Byzantian persecution. Dinner and overnight.

Day 4 - Full day tour of Cappadocia. Valley of Göreme and Zelve with painted churches and open air museum. Valley of'' Fairy Chimneys'', villages of Ortahisar and Avanos. Dinner and overnight. 

Day 5 - Early departure for Konya (Iconium), city ofthe ''Whirling Dervishes''. Visit to Mausoleum of Mevlana, world famous philosopher and poet. Continue to Pamukkale (Hieropolis) famous with its formation of petrifıed calcium cliffs and stalactites. Dinner and overnight.

Day 6 - Departure after breakfast.Drive to Laodicea, one of the seven churches and Colossae. Continue to Aphrodisias (Geyre), well preserved Greco-Roman settlement. Dinner and overnight at Kuşadası.

Day 7 - Visit to the ancient Ionian city of Ephesus, House of Virgin Mary , St.John Basilica. Lunch and drive to İzmir, a short panoramic tour of the city, visiting St.Policarp Church and viewing İzmir Agora. Transfer for evening flight or night bus to İstanbul.

Day 8 - Free day in İstanbul.

Day 9 - Transfer to İstanbul Airport fro return flight

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