Ephesus to Pamukkale,Konya and Cappadocia Tour (Private)

Itinerary

Day 1: Ephesus

Stop At: Ephesus Museum, Selcuk Turkey
We meet at İzmir airport or İzmir Bus station and drive to Kuşadası Hotel.

Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight Kuşadası or Selçuk

Day 2: Pergamon

Stop At: Pergamon Theatre, Kurtulus Mah. Akrapol Yolu No:2 Bergama Merkez, Bergama, Bergama Turkey
The first day in Ephesus: You will be picked up from your hotel at 09:30. You will see Pergamon Acropolis and Asclepion,Ancient hospital, health center and propylaeum of the Temple of Athena. At the end of the tour and back to hotel.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Kuşadası or Selçuk

Day 3: Ephesus

Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkey
Tour start from the port of Kusadasi proceed to the House of the Virgin Mary includes scenic views of the Byzantine fortress in Selcuk and the Temple of Artemis. A long and winding road affords wonderful views of the valley en route to the Shrine of St. Mary. The diminutive house, beautifully situated in the Solmissos Mountains, is considered by the Vatican to be the final resting place of the Virgin Mary.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ephesus Museum, Selcuk Turkey
Your tour continues to ancient Ephesus, where you'll pass through the arched Magnesia Gate and begin a slow, downhill walk to the ruins of the Roman provincial capital. Your knowledgeable guide will highlight such sights as the beautifully preserved Temple of Hadrian, the magnificent Trajan Fountain, the Odeon Theater, once used for both political and entertainment purposes, and the beautiful Celsus Library with its imposing façade and two story Corinthian-style columns.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
The dramatic Great Theater is one of the few structures still used today. It seats twenty-five thousand and, although it was once an arena for gladiator games, it is now home to annual spring festivals.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Pamukkale, 20190 Pamukkale/Denizli, Turkey
Your tour will finish at 17:30 and drive to Pamukkale
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight in Pamukkale


Day 4: Pamukkle

Stop At: Hierapolis & Pamukkale, Pamukkale 20280 Turkey
Your Pamukkale day tour begins with a visit to the red springs in the nearby village of Karahayit. We then enter Hierapolis from the North Gate, visiting the Necropolis, Bath and Basilica, Frontinius Gate, Frontinius Street, Latrina, Northern Byzantine Gate, Fountain of the Tritons and the Temple of Apollon.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Cleopatra Pools, Pamukkale Turkey
You will be given free time to swim in the Cleopatra Antique Thermal Pool (admission fee extra) and will finish the Hierapolis portion of the tour with a visit to the large and well-preserved Theatre.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Pamukkale Thermal Pools, Pamukkale Turkey
We finish the tour with a visit to the Travertines (white calcium pools) where you will have time to take pictures and wade in the water. After leaving the site, we will have a late lunch, and then drive to Konya.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Konya, Konya
After arriving to Konya, you will be dropped to hotel.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnigt in Konya

Day 5: Konya

Stop At: Mevlana Muzesi, Mevlana Cd. No:1, Konya 42030 Turkey
We start 09:00 our tour and visit the Tomb of Rumi in the Museum of Mevlana, an important place of pilgrimage for Muslims.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Kultur Park Alaeddin Tepesi, Konya 42040 Turkey
Then, we visit the Ottoman-era Sultan Selim mosque before having lunch in a traditional Turkish restaurant.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
After our lunch we drive to the Alaaddin Hill Then we drive Cappadocia. We will be in Cappadocia about 3 hours later and go to Hotel
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in Cappadocia

Day 6: Cappadocia

Stop At: Goreme Panorama, Uchisar Yolu uzeri 1.km, Goreme 50180 Turkey
First place in the tour is Panoramic view of Goreme. You get information about history, formation of Cappadocia while watching the fairy chimneys. Following the information, free time for photograph.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Derinkuyu Yeralti Sehri, Derinkuyu Turkey
After driving about 40 minutes, arrival to Underground City. This underground city was firstly used by the local people as a natural deep freeze, later by the late Romans as a shelter against potential Arabian invasions. With the clear explanations of your guide you will spend almost 1 hour here.


Duration: 50 minutes

Stop At: Ihlara Valley, Guzelyurt 68500 Turkey
Ihlara Canyon is 52 km. away from Underground City.Approximately 45 minutes later, you will be in the entrance of Ihlara Valley.Ihlara Valley was formed by the volcanic actions of Mt. Hasan, next to Ihlara Valley. Afterwards, Melendiz River eroded the valley for millions of years besides the layers cracked and fell down. Eventually, 80 meter- deep canyon was composed. Whole Valley is 14 km. length. In the past, generally Christians lived in the several parts of the Valley; also they carved churches and painted them. You will hike about 3,5 km.Hiking will last 1hour 15m.Then you will arrive to Restaurant for Lunch

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Selime Monastery, Guzelyurt Turkey
At first look, the monastery looks like a castle, but shelters, churches, chapels, bedrooms, storages and big cathedral proves us its being a monastery. You get information about the monastic life in Cappadocia.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkey
Climbing to Selime monastery will exhaust you, probably. But till you arrive to Pigeon Valley, you will have about 1 hour to rest. Also, our guide will mention about some traditions, cultures and stories about Anatolia on the way. Upon arrival to Pigeon Valley, pigeons will meet you on the top of the valley. Pigeons have always been important for Cappadocian people. Their eggs and droppings were used for different purposes. For this reason, local people carved houses for them to the slopes of valley. You will see the reason why people call them “houses”, when you see them.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Kapadokya El SanatlarI Merkezi, Asagi Mahalle, Adnan Menderes Caddesi, No:13, Nevsehir 50100 Turkey
The Last place in the tour will be a visit to onyx factory in Uchisar. Onyx is a volcanic stone which has various colors and contains different minerals in. As being a volcanic area, Cappadocia has some onyx deposits. In the factory, a master will give you information about the steps of onyx shaping and you will watch a shaping show.
Your tour will finish at 17:30 and you will be dropped to your hotel

Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight in Cappadocia

Day 7: Cappadocia

Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkey
It is constructed on the highest point of the region. It has a totally dictinct castle form, including graves, tunnels and churches, that you cannot come across at any other place in the world.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Goreme Open-Air Museum, Merkez, Muze Cd., Goreme 50180 Turkey
Open Air Museum especially important to understand the influence of the religion, especially of Christianity, on the region. For good reasons it is the most famous attraction, a complex of several painted cave-churches carved out by Orthodox monks between 900 and 1200 AD.

Duration: 50 minutes

Stop At: Pasabag, Urgup Turkey
The best place to see three-headed fairy chimneys. Pasabag, the Pasha's Vineyard, is surrounded by incredible natural rock formations; a spectacular scene.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Avanos, Avanos, Cappadocia
1 hour for the lunch in Restaurant which is very cool and popular in the region .You will start with the soup. Than you will have self-service.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bezirhane Pottery, Ptt Karsisi Firin Cikmaz Sok, Avanos Turkey
Since Hittites 2000 BC people could get the red clays (terra rosa) around Kızılırmak river which is the longest river of Turkey, and white clays ( caulin) from volcanic hills .They could use the clays for their daily lifes by shaping the clay by their hand on the spinning wheels.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Sentez Avanos Hali - Rug Workshop & Store, Kizilirmak Caddesi No 8, Avanos 50500 Turkey
Every carpet, with its patterns, resembles a collection of messages, beliefs and symbols. Every pattern that is woven into a carpet is a picture of a feeling, a desire or a wish. So far as that every carpet represents a living history from the early ages to the present in which women have patiently and untiringly written their joys and sorrows in amazing codes and magic letters which are to be read line by line.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Urgup, Urgup, Cappadocia
The "fairy chimneys" with caps, mainly found in the vicinity of Ürgüp, have a conical-shaped body and a boulder on top of it. The cone is constructed from tufa and volcanic ash, while the cap is of a harder, more resistant rock such as lahar or ignimbrite. The fairy chimneys which are symbols of Ürgüp are called holly spirit chimneys. There is mother, father and son fairy chimneys stay together.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
17:30 and you will be dropped to airport (Nevşehir or Kayseri) or bus station.
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.