Colors of Turkiye

DAY 1: MANILA – ISTANBUL (D)

• Depart Manila onboard your flight to Istanbul. Enjoy inflight meals and entertainment. Upon arrival, meet with your guide and have dinner at a local restaurant. Then transfer to your hotel for check in and overnight.

DAY 2: ISTANBUL – BOLU (B/L/D)

• Visit the Blue Mosque and Hippodrome. Then an outside photo stop at St. Sophia. Visit the Topkapi Palace. Lunch at a local restaurant. Visit the Grand Bazaar and Spice Market. Drive to Bolu for dinner and overnight.

DAY 3: BOLU – ANKARA – CAPPADOCIA (B/L/D)

• After breakfast, check out of the hotel and drive to Ankara to visit the Ataturk’s Mausoleum. Lunch at a local restaurant. Then continue your drive to Cappadocia for dinner and overnight.

DAY 4: CAPPADOCIA (B/L/D)

• Optional: Hot air balloon ride early in the morning if weather permits Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the carpet and pottery making demonstration. Then proceed to visit Kaymakli Underground City. Lunch at a local restaurant. Visit Goreme Open Air Museum. Stop at Pigeon Valley and Uchisar castle. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 5: CAPPADOCIA – KONYA – PAMUKKALE (B/L/D)

• After breakfast, drive to Konya. Stop at Sultanhan to view the biggest Caravanserai in Anatolia. Lunch at a local restaurant. Continue your drive and visit Mevlana Museum. Drive to Pamukkale for dinner and overnight.

DAY 6: PAMUKKALE – EPHESUS – KUSADASI (B/L/D)

• Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Visit Hierapolis and the cotton castle then have lunch at a local restaurant. Visit the ancient city of Ephesus. Transfer to your hotel in Kusadasi for dinner and overnight.

DAY 7: KUSADASI – CANAKKALE (B/L/D)

• Breakfast at the hotel and check out. This morning, visit the leather factory outlet and the showroom. Afterwards, proceed to visit the House of Virgin Mary. Have lunch at a local restaurant. Drive to Canakkale then check in to hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 8: CANAKKALE – ISTANBUL (B/L/D)

• Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Visit the Archaeological Site of Troy, it was added to the World Heritage Cultural List of UNESCO, inviting history fans to its magnificent ancient settlement ruins. See the Trojan Horse. Cross Dardanelles strait by ferry and continue your drive to Istanbul. Dinner at a local restaurant. Proceed with the Bosphorus cruise in the evening. Check in to your hotel for overnight.

DAY 9: ISTANBUL – MANILA (B)

• Breakfast at the hotel and check out. Rest of the day is free until transfer to the airport for departure flight back to Manila.

DAY 10: ARRIVAL MANILA

• Welcome back to Manila
• Home sweet home!