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	Three Pearls of Turkey ( ISTANBUL & IZMIR & CAPPADOCIA ) Tour Number TE-5024 ( 9 DAYS / 8 NIGHTS )

Day 01: New York JFK Airport.

Depart New York JFK on Board wide body aircraft with dinner and breakfast onboard.

Day 02 : ISTANBUL

Arrive at Istanbul International Airport where you will be met and transferred to your hotel.

Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 03 : ISTANBUL

Discover the classical highlights of Istanbul ; St.Sophia, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, Serpentine Column, Obelisk of Teodosius, German Fountain, Grand Covered Bazaar. Lunch at a typical Turkish Restaurant. Topkapı Palace, Suleymaniye Mosque.

Overnight in Istanbul (B,L).

Day 04 : ISTANBUL

After berakfast discover Spice Bazaar and enjoy a morning cruise along the Asian and the European coasts of the Bosphorus.

Overnight in Istanbul (B).

Day 05 : ISTANBUL/EPHESUS/IZMIR

After having breakfast transfer to the airport for your flight to Izmir. Departure for Ephesus, one of the most impressive and well-preserved archaeological sites in the world. Spend the morning strolling through the streets, temples and fountains of this ancient metropolis. After lunch visit the Archaeological Museum, the Basilica of St.John, where the apostale is burried and the House of Virgin Mary, where it is believed that s he has spent her last days.

Overnight in Izmir (B,L).

Day 06: PERGAMUM/IZMIR

Drive along the Aegean coast to ancient Pergamum, the city where parchment was invented. Visit Asclepion, the most famous medical center of the ancient world and visit Acropolis with its library, theatre, royal palaces, Zeus Altar.

Overnight in Izmir (B,L).

Day 07 : IZMIR/ANKARA/CAPPADOCIA

After breakfast transfer to the airport for your flight to Ankara. Arrival in Ankara and visit of Ankara with the museum of Anatolian Civilizations museum which has the most unigue and priceles collections dating back to the Prehistoric Era.

The Mausoleum of Ataturk is next stop. This magnificent structure serves as a tribute to the founder of modern Turkey.

After lunch drive to Cappadocia via Salt Lake.

Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia (B,L,D).

Day 08 : CAPPADOCIA

After breakfast full day tour of Cappadocia begins with to naturel citadel of Uchisar which will enable you to get a panaromic view of the region and continues with the Goreme valley which is the highlight of the day hauses the Goreme open air museum with is churches hewn out of rock and the colorful frescoes which decorate them.

The next stop is Zelve and the caves of this ancient village, continuing with the Avanos and Cavus in villages.

Lunch will be served at a typical regional restaurant. Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia (B,L,D).

Day 09 : CAPPADOCIA/ANKARA

After breakfast morning visits will begin with the underground city of Kaymakli or Derinkuyu which are refuges carved out in the early Christian Era as sefeheavens from persecutors.

Lunch will be taken on the way to Ankara, transfer to the airport for your flight back (B,L)