Best Turkey Vacation Package

Arrival at Istanbul Airport, assistance with luggage, and transfer to the hotel. Our representative will greet you at your hotel, assist you with check-in, and brief you on all trip details. Spend the night in Istanbul.

We will pick you up from your hotel or the nearest pick-up place after breakfast at the agreed-upon time to commence a full-day tour of this lovely city. It includes an official English-speaking guide, tickets, lunch at a central city restaurant, and a visit to the most magnificent monuments that the Ottoman, Byzantine, and Roman empires have left to future generations: Hagia Sophia, Constantinople Racecourse, The Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and the Grand Bazaar, which contains over 4000 stores. After the tour, you can spend some more time in the ancient city, taking in an incredible atmosphere, before making your own way back to your hotel.

Meals: Breakfast & lunch

Early in the morning, you will journey overland to the Gallipoli Peninsula, one of Turkey's most emotionally charged destinations, to see the World War I Battlefields of Gallipoli. French, British, and colonial soldiers fought the Gallipoli campaign in early 1915 to gain a sea path to relieve their eastern ally, Russia. However, after eight months of combat, the Allied soldiers withdrew with significant casualties, while the campaign also represented one of the Ottoman victories greatest. Brighton Beach, the Beach Cemetery, Anzac Cove, Ariburnu Cemetery, the Anzac Commemorative Site, Respect to Mehmetik Statue dedicated to Little Mehmet, who carried a Kiwi soldier to safety, Lone Pine Australian Memorial, the Nek, Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial are among the many cemeteries and military memorials on the historic site. You'll take a ferry over the Dardanelles, commonly known as the Hellespont, to Canakkale. Arrival, hotel check-in, and overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast

Today, you will travel back in time as you explore the historic city of Troy, also known as Ilion, which thrived thanks to its strategic location on trade routes connecting Europe and Asia. You will continue to Pergamon, one of the ancient world's cultural, commercial, and medical hubs in Asia Minor. In Pergamum, you will see the Acropolis, the world's steepest theater, Asclepius, and a panoramic view of the Altar of Zeus, which is referenced in the Book of Revelations. Another significant site you will visit is the Library, which, according to archaeologists, rivaled that of Alexandria in terms of written records, with over 200,000 written records. The city's name is a corruption of "Bergamini" or "parchment," which was the paper made from the treatment of sheepskins that rivaled papyrus for writing reasons. You will then go to Kusadasi, check into your hotel, eat, and rest.

Meals: Breakfast

After a filling breakfast, you will tour Ephesus, the 2,000-year-old site of some of the world's most famous structures. Ephesus served as the ancient Roman capital of Asia Minor. The ruins of Ephesus include the Odeon, a small roofed theatre for plays and concerts, the Arch of Hercules, the Library of Celsus, which once housed nearly 12,000 scrolls, the Greco-Roman theater, as well as the Agora and the Basilica of Saint John, all built during the reign of Emperor Justinian in the sixth century. You will also see the house that is said to have been the home and final resting place of the Virgin Mary, Jesus' mother. Transport to Izmir Airport to catch your flight to Istanbul. Transfer to your hotel upon arrival.

Meals: Breakfast

Morning free until your transfer to Istanbul airport for your international return journey home. We look forward to seeing you again.

Meals: Breakfast