Upon your arrival in Istanbul, you will be welcomed and transferred to your hotel in the old city. A welcome package with tour vouchers, an Istanbul map, and any other touristic information will be waiting for you upon arrival at your hotel. You will be having a welcome meeting at the hotel with your guide and fellow guests at 7 pm.  And taste Istanbul’s popular street foods. We will visit traditional artisan restaurants and see the homemade-style meals and taste them. Then we visit Turkish delight shops and taste them with Turkish coffee. We will taste lahmacun (a very uncomplicated meal of thin dough topped with a minced meat-onion-red pepper mixture, slid in the oven for a few minutes and served piping hot) Later, we walk to taste kokoreç ( actually spiced and skewered sheep’s intestines, served in either half or quarter of a bread loaf with plenty of grease and salt to go with). And Midye Dolma ( mussels on the half shell, mixed with spicy rice and served with a squeeze of lemon juice) ** Optionally, we can taste local drinks, Raki, Beer and wines with supplement costs.

Meals: Dinner

Today you will have a full-day guided tour of the main highlights of Istanbul…We visit Topkapi Palace, built as an official residence and the seat of government during the Ottoman Empire. Lunch at a local restaurant then continues city tour bring you to Blue Mosque, one of the most prominent landmarks of Istanbul. Continues to Hippodrome Square, former center of sportive and political activities of Constantinople. Next to The Hagia Sophia Mosque, is a former Eastern Orthodox Church converted to a mosque. Final visit to Grand Bazaar – one of the largest covered bazaar in the world.

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, we drive to the Thrace region. Thrace, a geographical area that is split between modern-day Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, possesses a centuries-old tradition of winemaking. With the population exchange in 1923 between Greece and Turkey, wine production in Thrace’s Turkish regions saw a major decline but is now being revived by a number of excellent modern vineyards, that await their wine enthusiast visitors. We will visit, Barel, Umurbey, and Suvla Wineries and make our tasting and have our lunch. Pass across the Dardanelles and overnight in Canakkale.

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, we depart to Troy. We will visit the model of the Trojan Horse, Sacrificial Altars, the 3700-year-old city walls, Houses of Troy I from 3000 – 2500 B.C. After Troy's visit, we depart for Bergama. We will have lunch in Bergama and then depart for a fully guided Pergamon Acropolis tour. At Pergamon, the ancient world’s major power, you will visit the Acropolis, the ruins of Zeus Altar “Throne of Satan”, the Hellenistic Theatre which had a seating capacity of 10,000 people, the Great Library which held 200,000 books, and Trojan, the Gymnasium situated on terraces, the lower Agora, Temple of Dionysus, Temple of Athena and Temple of Trojan. Later, we will visit the Olive Oil museum and see how olive oil is produced and make olive oil tasting and getting informed about the olives and their history in this land.  Transfer to Kusadasi. Overnight in Kusadasi

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and see the Ancient Roman City of Ephesus, to explore the Arcadian Way, Roman Baths, Temple of Hadrian, the Celsius Library, and the Antique Theatre. In the afternoon visit the famous Sirince village with the cute village houses. We will make a wine tasting in this small village and have lunch in an authentic restaurant. At the end of the tour transfer back to your hotel. Dinner & overnight in Kusadasi

Meals: Breakfast

Today, we will visit a local village and explore the local life in an Aegean village. Our village is located where the Priene Ancient city is and we also visit this amazing ancient Ionian city. At the village house, you will be taking a cooking course and exploring how to cook Turkish food. End of the course you will have lunch what you have cooked. End of the day, if the season allows we will see the cotton gardens and olive gardens in the village and back to Kusadasi overnight.  Overnight in Kusadasi

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

After breakfast, transferred to Izmir airport and we take a flight to Cappadocia. Upon arrival, welcome and transfer to your hotel in Cappadocia and overnight. Overnight in Cappadocia

Meals: Breakfast

You can book an early morning optional hot air balloon flight tour to enjoy the magnificent view of the valleys and the region by your guide. After breakfast, we will visit Devrent and Pasabagi valleys, to see the amazing fairy chimneys of Cappadocia. Then head to the pottery town of Avanos. Watch the potters at work using kick wheels, a technique that has remained unchanged for generations. After lunch, visit Goreme Open Air Museum for the world’s most important Byzantine cave churches and the best-preserved cave wall paintings and frescos. We will visit the Underground city and discover how people live there  Finally, you will be driven to Uchisar Castle, the highest point of the region, where we will have a fabulous panoramic view over Cappadocia. We will visit the famous winery in the region and make wine tasting. Overnight in Cappadocia

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the Cappadocia airport for your flight to Istanbul and upon arrival in Istanbul, you will be welcomed and transferred to your hotel. This afternoon is free to explore the city with own pace.

Meals: Breakfast

Our tour will conclude with an outbound airport transfer according to your flight time.

Meals: Breakfast