Artun Travel

Custom Luxury Tour to Turkey

Istanbul – Cappadocia - Izmir – Pamukkale – Antalya - 11 Days, 12 Nights
Leave September 8th, 2009 return September 19th, 2009
From $4995 USD (Departing from Chicago or New York)

For more information contact Leyla Arsan

9/8 Arrive in Istanbul, meet with English speaking guide
    • Transfer to the W Hotel
    • Evening on your own
9/9 Breakfast at the hotel (included). Full day Istanbul sightseeing with English speaking guide.
    • Historical Peninsula – Hippodrome Square, Sultan Ahmet Mosque, Hagia Sophia, and
       Topkapi Palace. Break for lunch (included).
    • Late afternoon trip to the Grand Bazaar
    • Evening on your own
9/10 Breakfast on your own. Full day sightseeing with English speaking guide.
    • Spice Bazaar
    • Private Bosphorus cruise (includes lunch)
    • Afternoon shopping in “Modern” shopping malls
    • Optional dinner at Jean Georges restaurant in the W Hotel (additional cost)
9/11 Breakfast at the hotel (included). Visit Istanbul Modern Museum for the Sarkis Retrospective
    • Afternoon transfer to the airport for flight to Kayseri
    • Evening in Cappadocia (dinner included)
    • Accommodations at the CCR Hotel an upscale “cave” resort
9/12 Breakfast in the hotel (included). Full day sightseeing
    • Uchisar, Göreme, Open Air Museum, Pasabag Valley and Avanos Village
    • Lunch with group (included)
    • Dinner on your own
9/13 Before breakfast, optional Balloon ride*, Breakfast at the hotel and check out.
    • Travel by luxury motor coach to Underground City
    • Transfer to Airport – flight to Izmir
    • Dinner on your own
9/14 Breakfast in the hotel (included). Full day Sightseeing –
    • Şirince Village , House of Virgin Mary, Ephesus Open Air Museum and St. John Basilica
    • Dinner optional group dinner* (supplemental)
9/15 Breakfast in the hotel departure for Full day Pamukkale trip -
    • Pamukkale, the cotton fortress, which rises above the fertile Menderes Valley. Hot mineral
       waters burst from the earth and cascade over steep cliffs forming pools, channels and stalactites.
       The therapeutic waters here were known to founders of the cure city of Hierapolis in 190 BC.
       On the way coming back visit Aphrodisias, the ancient city dedicated to the goddess of
       love, Aphrodite;
    • Dinner on your own and overnight in Izmir
9/16 Early Morning check out. Transfer to the airport (snack will be served on bus). Flight to Antalya
    • Check into Mardan Palace
    • Day at leisure, enjoying the sea sand and sun
9/17 Sun, fun and relaxation - enjoy the amazing spa and beaches (spa packages are additional)
9/18 Sun, fun and relaxation - enjoy the amazing spa and beaches (spa packages are additional)
9/19 Early morning check out, return to the U.S.

Includes all International and domestic flights, double occupancy hotel accommodation, guide,
meals as mentioned above, taxes, local charges, ferries, museum entrance fees.

Also includes a 2009 Turkish Welcome Kit for each passenger.

Excludes the following: all beverages during meals, any meals not mentioned, tips to drivers,
personal expenses (including telephone charges and laundry), anything which is not mentioned above.

*Dinner supplement at Jean Georges TBD
*Spa packages TBD
*Balloon Rides TBD

Prices subject to change with currency fluctuation