6 Days Istanbul Ephesus Pamukkale Package Tour

We present you our tour 6 Days Istanbul Ephesus Pamukkale Package Tour, which is one of the Turkey package tours from Istanbul.

Duration: 6 days 5 nights
Tour Style: Small Group Tour
Pickup Point: Istanbul-Turkey
Highlights: Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, St.Sophia, Grand Bazaar, Dolmabahce Palace, Camlica, Spice Bazaar, The Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Archaeological Site, The House of Virgin Mary, Pamukkale (Cotton Castle), Hierapolis, The Cleopatra Pool (extra), Hierapolis-Pamukkale Archaeological Museum, Calcium Terraces and Travertines, The Temple of Artemis, Ephesus Archaeological Site, The House of Virgin Mary.

TOUR SUMMARY

You will have the opportunity to visit Istanbul, one of the world’s leading and best metropolises, Pamukkale, the center of very important cultures since ancient times, and the Ancient City of Ephesus, the main gate between East and West.

DAY1: Arrival to Istanbul / Meet and Pick up / Transfer to Hotel

Upon your arrival at Istanbul Airport or Sabiha Gökçen Airport, our staff will meet you at the airport and drop you off at the hotel with private transfer. After you check in to the hotel, you will be free for that day. You can either relax at the hotel or take a short trip to Istanbul.

DAY2: Full Day Byzantine & Ottoman Relics Tour (Istanbul)

We will pick you up from the hotel and you will have a full day Istanbul city tour.

Hippodrome: The Hippodrome of Constantinople, one of the masterpieces of Late Antiquity architecture and witnessing countless events in its hundreds of years of history, bears traces of the Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
Blue Mosque: One of the biggest mosques of Istanbul from 17th century architecture Also famous for its blue tiles and 6 minarest.
Topkapi Palace: Topkapi Palace is located in one of the oldest historical districts of Istanbul. It is one of the iconic structures of Istanbul.
St.Sophia: Hagia Sophia is considered an important turning point in the history of architecture. For Christians, it is a touristic and spiritual center of attraction, as well as being both a symbolic and an axis.
Grand Bazaar: Grand Bazaar, one of the most visited touristic places in the world, is famous for its authentic structure. It is one of the important touristic places of Istanbul.

Afterwards you will be taken to your hotel in Istanbul.

DAY3: Bosphorus Cruise (Istanbul) and Flight to Izmir

After having breakfast at hotel, you will have a full day city tour. You will visit Dolmabahce Palace, breathe taking Camlica, Ortaköy a historical village, Rustem Pasha Mosque and famous Spice Bazaar with an expert guide.

You will have the opportunity to learn about the structures and places belonging to the Byzantine and Ottoman Periods with our tour guide. Also you will see the two sides of Istanbul along the Bosphorus Strait by boat.

When The tour ends, we will take you to the Istanbul airport and fly to Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport and take you to the hotel in Kusadasi

DAY4: Ephesus Tour

We will pick you from the hotel around 10 am and our Ephesus Tour begins. First, We will pass through the verdant and picturesque countryside before arriving at our first stop which is The House of Virgin Mary. Afterwards we reach House of Virgin Mary. It is known that St. John brought the Virgin Mary to Ephesus 4 or 6 years after the death of Jesus.

Second, After The House of Virgin Mary, we will then head on to the next destination which will be the Ancient City of Ephesus; the tour here shall be a walking tour and will take you through one of the most magnificent archaeological sites in the entire world. You will be able to see the Odeon, The Fountain of Trajan, the steam baths of Scholastic, the Temple of Hadrian, and course lets’ not forget the very impressive library of Ephesus.

The library is adorned with columns and statues. The Grand Theatre, where Saint Paul preached, is the largest in antiquity with a capacity of 24.000 seats. Then We will pass through the Arcadian Way where Mark Anthony and Cleopatra once rode in procession.

Finally, Then we will continue on the tour and head on for our next stop which is the Temple of Artemis (Diana), this outstanding temple was built in honor of the Greek Goddess of hunting, wild nature, and fertility, deemed as one of the Seven wonders of the ancient world. The temple of Artemis used to be the largest marble temple in the ancient Greek world since it was four times as big as the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.

When the tour ends we will drive back to Kusadasi to your hotel.

DAY5: Pamukkale-Hierapolis Tour

You will be picked up from the hotel in Kusadasi and we will drive you to Pamukkale around 10 am. We will begin our tour around 10 am.

The Pamukkale entrance consists of 2 gates, North and South. We start our tour from the North gate. First, we visit the Ancient City of Hierapolis with our Tour Guide. In this magnificent city, our tour guide will tell you about the development of this ancient theater, and you will have the opportunity to see the place we call the Grand Theatre.

We will visit The Temple Of Apollo, and you will hear Its history from our guide. Afterwards, You will have a chance to see -The Nymphaeum (Monumental Fountain), Plutonium, Christian Basilica, Necropolis, and Martyrium of St. Philip. The history of those places will be mentioned by our tour guide properly.

When we finish to see Hierapolis, Our Tour guide will set you free for about 3 hours. During this time, we recommend you to see White Travertines which are magnificent as it is a Natural Wonder of the World. You can walk and swim there. Afterwards, There is also a pool named Cleopatra pool where you can swim and enjoy it with giving small amount of cost.

When the tour ends we will transfer you to Denizli Airport to take a flight to Istanbul. Afterwards we take you to hotel in Istanbul with private transfer.

DAY6: End of the Tour. (Departure from Istanbul)

Thus,our tour called 6 Days Istanbul Ephesus Pamukkale Package Tour is completed. After you have breakfast at the hotel, check-out will take place from the hotel. Afterwards, we will take you to the airport according to your flight time.

Notes

Tours are maximum with 12 people.
If you wish, you can extend the Turkey Package Tour for 1 or 2 days.We can also arrange the Turkey Package Tour as a private tour upon your request.
Please make a note that there will be a short shopping break during the tour where you will have the chance to see and buy some handmade traditional souvenirs, carpets and seramic to take back home according to the tour destinations mentioned.(For our group tours.)You can enjoy your tour hassle free with no shopping stops in private tours.