Day 1
You will start your tour by a first class overnight sleeping
train from Ýstanbul(Haydarpasa)to Ankara at 22:30pm.You will individually
reach to the Haydarpasa train station.The explanation
about accessing to train station by tram and ferry lines will be given to you
along with itenerary briefing before you depart from Ýstanbul.
Day 2
Around 7:00
a.m.you will be in Ankara train station.Upon your arrival you will be met by
our staff and after a panoramic tour of Ankara we will drive to the historical
site of Bogazkoy (Hattusas) which is
located 208 km.from Ankara.When we
arrive in Hattusas are we first take you a hittite styled hotel to drop your
luggages and have a brunch.After that we commence our tour in historical sites where
you will feel the depthness of
the history by the explanations of your tour leader.Hattusas was the capital of
the Hittite empire in the 2nd millenium BCE. The city stretches to the south, rising about 1000 feet
over a distance of 1-1/4 miles. In some places the eastern valley narrows to a
deep gorge. It seems surprising that such a remote city could have been the
capital of an empire, but besides tradition there were the factors of plentiful
water and good natural defenses that kept the Hittite kings there. The first settlement
at the site dates from the Early Bronze Age, but no documents exist that could
identify the people who built them. They lived on the top and northwest foot of
the high hill which dominates the east side of the city, called Great Fortress.
This hill later became the Hittite Acropolis.When we finish the tour we take
you to hotel.Stay overnight.
Day 3
Early morning we depart from our hotel and head to Cappadocia
to reach the regular small group tour. We commence our North Cappadocia tour
with: Devrent Imagination
Valley and will take a walk through this lunar landscape,where
different rock formations can be seen. Zelve Open Air Museum:Houses carved in
rock,Seljukian mosque and remains nearly from all the ancient civilizations of
this part of Anatolia. Fairy
Chimneys:which have been formed as the result of the erosion of
this tufa layer sculpted by wind and flood water running down the slopes of the
valleys. Avanos(Vanessa)
Pottery Center where you can
attend a pottery-making demonstrations with Hittite tecniques Lunch at Pigeon valley in Cave restaurant with
open-buffet. We continue our tour with Citadel of Uchisar;highest point of the
area(Climbing not permitted)You can also have a camel ride for 5 min with an additional fee of 2-3$ Esentepe: where we can watch the fantastic
panoramic view of the Goreme valley Goreme open-air Museum:unique ensemble of
rock-carved churches,chapels and monasteries,decorated with invaluable frescoes
painted during the 10th and 11th centuries. When we finish our tour around
around 5p.m. we can stop by request for shopping in particular places or head
to our cave hotel.Free time and overnight in the Cave Hotel.
Day 4
Pick up from your hotel at about 09:30 depending on your hotel location.We
commence our South
Cappadocia tour with Mustafa pasha to visit an authentic
rural Cappadocian village and admire the Greek and Ottoman architecture of the
mansions of this old village once called Sinassos that was inhabited by Greek
Orhodox families until the begining of the 20th century On the way to Soganli
valley we will pay a visit to Keslik Monastery to see churches and monasteries
built between 8th and 12th centuries with their refectory,dormitories and other
complexes used by the monks. Then we arrive to Soganli valley for our Lunch.After we finish rest during our meal we will
have a hiking through this quiet valley for 3 kms and visit its rock-carved
tombs,churches,monasteries with frescoes. Kaymakli Underground City:We will see how
people lived in this multi-level underground complex,with
kitchens,dormitories,storages,wine cellars and stables. Tour finishes at around
17:00 and you will be transfered to Bus station to catch the intercity
coach.Journey will last all night long
in reclining seats.On the way the coach will stop twice for personal
needs.
Day 5
Arrival in
Konya early in the morning our staff will pick you up and take you to
Catalhoyuk. An ancient settlement amidst a mystifying land and ruins that
narrate a tale of its own, a visit to Catalhoyukis like stepping in and seeing
the unfolding of the very evolution of man. History of Catalhoyuk is one of the largest and most evolved
Neolithic and Chalcolithic sites ever unearthed dating back to 7500B.C. Two
settlement mounds on the east and the west speak of an advanced lifestyle The
Catalhoyuk settlements had an average population of 5000 to 8000 and were
basically large villages. It was mainly a residential area without any signs of
any particular public place or buildings. The houses were made of mud and brick
and were very simple in nature but ventilation and hygiene were not well maintained
and had small openings in the ceiling, which acted as both the entryway and as
the only source of aeration. The interiors of the houses were kept clean and
waste was dumped right outside the house There were
no city walls, and it's presumed the walls of the outermost houses served as
city walls. A fair bit of excavation has been done, some of the artifacts from
Catalhoyuk has been taken to the
Anatolian Civilisations Museum in Ankara
When we finish the you will have free time in Konya and night sleeping train to Ýstanbul.There will be no transportation from train station to hotel.Free time in Ýstanbul.End of our services.
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