Day 1      Kuala Lumpur - Istanbul (D)

Arrive to Istanbul Ataturk Airport and we will transfer you to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 2      Istanbul (B, L, D)

Breakfast at hotel. Then start full day city tour, first visit will be Blue Mosque, famous for its blue tiles and unique with its 6 minarets built in the name of Sultan Ahmet. Then Hippodrome – where chariot races and gladiator sports used to take place. Lunch will be taken at local restaurant. Then we visit the marvelous oriental Topkapi Palace. Visit to the Museum for Turkish-Islamic Arts. The visit to the Mosque of Rustem Pasa, famous for most beautiful tiles. Then visit tot the Mosque of Sultan Suleyman the magnificent and the Mosque of the Eyyub-ul Ensari. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 3      Istanbul - Bursa (B, L, D)

After breakfast at hotel we depart from the hotel to Eskihisar and embark on a ferrybiat to Yalova, Orhangazi and Gemlik enjoying the countryside followed by a drive to Bursa, enjoying the idyllic scenery (around 2,5 hours). After lunch at famous Kebab Restaurant, we will visit Ulu Mosque, Green Mosque, Green Mausoleum and the Silk Market where time will be aalocated to shop for local souvenirs. Dinner and overnight at hotel Bursa.

Day 4      Bursa - Konya (B, L, D)

After early breakfat drive to Konya via Eskisehir and Afyon which are typical Turkish inland cities and famous with their Ottoman and Seljuk’s period Mosques and its minarets. Lunch will be local. Arrive Konya. Dinner and overnight in Hotel Konya.
 

Day 5      Konya - Cappadocia (B, L, D)

Breakfast at hotel. Konya, one of the first centers of population in the history of humankind and was once the famous capital city of the Anatolian Seljuk Empire. Konya is also famous for the Islamic Elders lived here. Visit to Mevlana Museum. In the museum there are properties belonging to Melvana and other dervishes as well as valuable samples of hand painted kerchiefs, handwritings, ornaments, wooden works of art and instruments of the Mellevi music, carpets and pileless carpets. Mevlana, who is also known as Rumi was a philosopher and mystic of Islam. His doctrine advocates unlimited tolerance, positive reasoning, goodness, charity and awareness through love. To him and to his disciples all religions are more or less truth. Then proceed to Cappadocia, which is considered to be one of the natural wonders of the world with its surrealistic geological creation a stop will be made at Horozluhan Caravanserai and outstanding example of the Inns used by traders during the Silk Road and lunch will be served in Caravanserai. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Cappadocia.

Day 6      Cappadocia (B, L, D)

Breakfast at hotel. Full day excursion tour of the Cappadocia region. Highlights of the day Gerome Open Air Museum, Pasabag Valley, Uchisar Village, traditional hand made Carpet Factory, Pottery in Avanos Village. Lunch at local restaurant. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 7      Cappadocia – Ankara - Istanbul (B, L, D)

Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Ankara and transfer to city center. Ankara can be identified as “the city of Ataturk” from the very beginning of the founding of the Republik. Visit to the magnificent Mausoleum constructed to commemorate Ataturk. After then visit, The Alaaddin Mosque is also located inside of citadel walls and is still one of the best examples of Seljuk art and wood craftsmanship. Following lunch at local restaurant, drive to Istanbul. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Istanbul.

Day 8      Istanbul – Home (B)

After breakfast at hotel transfer to the airport.