Day 2 - Full day city tour, Lunch included. Morning: St Sophia * Underground Cistems * 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 moming 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 Agz.kamhan Caravanserai. view ofthe "Petrified Valley" from the ancient citadel of Uçhisar. Dinner and overnight.

Day 4 - Full day tour of Cappadocia. Valley of Göreme and Zelve. Underground cities used by the early Christians hiding from Roman and Byzantine persecution Valley of ''Fairy Chimneys'', villages of Ortahisar and Avanos. Dinner and overnight

Day 5 - Early departure for Konya (Iconium), city of the ''Whirling Dervishes.'' Visit to Mausoleum of Mevlana, world famous philosopher and poet A short stop at Antioch of Pisidia (Yalvaç), and continue to Pamukkale (Hierapolis), famous with its formation of petrified calcium cliffs and stalactites. Dinner and overnight.

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

Day 7 - Visit to the ancient city of Ephesus, The House of Virgin Mary , St. John Basilica. Dinner and overnight at Kuşadası.

Day 8 - Early departure after breakfast for Izmir. Visiting St Policarp Church, Izmir Agora and a short panoramic tour of İzmir, drive to Sardes (Salihli), and Thyatira (Akhisar), Philadelphia (Alasehir) of the '' Seven Churches of Relevation.'' Continue to Pergamon, visit to Aesculapion, Acropolis, Athena and Trajan Temples, Temple of Zeus, Gymnasium, Odeon, Library, Agora. Dinner and overnight in Ayvalık.

Day 9 - Departure after breakfast Visit to Alexandre Troas, Assos and Legendary Troy. Ferry across Dardanelles. Visiting the Anzac Memorials and War Cemeteries of the famous battle-fields from World-War I, Evening arrival in Istanbul.

Day 10 - Free day in Istanbul.

Day 11 - Transfer to Istanbul Airport for return flight

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