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9 Days
Izmir
Istanbul
Min Age : 21
Max People : 4
This 9 day self-drive package is a combination of unique travel destinations, each one adding a different flavor to the trip. Explore Turkey at your own travel pace, with flexibility and time to enjoy the sites and relax at the selected 4**** hotels.  You start with a visit to the historical city of Istanbul, where you can be strolling down the busy downtown streets filled with restaurants, bazaars and out of the blue see ancient ruins standing before you.  After staying 2 nights in Istanbul, you will be taking your car to head to Ankara, Cappadocia, Konya, Pamukkale, Ephesus. This fascinating road trip concludes in Izmir International Airport
Note: This tour can be organized in reverse order from Izmir to Istanbul too.
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Tour Details

Departure & Return Location

Istanbul to Izmir or Izmir to Istanbul

Departure Time

Flexible

Price Includes

Car Rental package includes;

  • CDW insurance
  • Unlimited kilometres
  • 24-hour Roadside Assistance 
Important Notes on Car Rental Conditions: 
  • A credit or debit card will be requested at the time of picking up the vehicle and will be used for the security deposit (prepaid cards are not accepted). All highways, bridges  fees will be debited from your card. All traffic fines will be debitted from your card. 
  • You must be at least 21 years old for renting a vehicle with 3 years of driver license (25 years old in some categories). There are no maximum age restrictions. 
  • For the second driver additional insurance must be issued.

8 night 4**** hotel accommodation

  • ISTANBUL        Yigitalp, Vicenza, Beyaz Saray or similar
  • ANKARA            Ramada Ankara, Atalay or similar
  • CAPPADOCIA   Dinler Nevsehir or similar
  • KONYA               Dundar, Bera or similar
  • PAMUKKALE    Tripolis or similar
  • IZMIR                  Blanca or similar

Meals:  8 Breakfasts and 3 hotel dinners

Transportation

  • Arrival transfer in Istanbul 
  • Car rental as per itinerary (with multinational car rental companies) automatic gear, economic Renault Clio or similar)

 

Price Excludes

  • Entrance fees and guided visits
  • Flights
  • Personal expenses, visa fees etc
  • Travel insurance, visa fees
  • Sales tax
Itinerary

Day 1Istanbul Arrival

Arrive at Istanbul Airport and transfer to the hotel.
Overnight: Istanbul Meals: N/A

Day 2Istanbul

Free day at leisure . Overnight: Istanbul Meals: Breakfast
Recommended Visits in Istanbul : Stroll through Sogukcesme Street with typical wooden house which are now landmark buildings of ottoman architecture. Arrive to Topkapi Palace, the largest and oldest of the remaining palaces where Ottoman Sultans used to live; admire the gardens, kitchens, the treasury section as well as terraces overlooking the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn. Photo stop at the Fountain of Sultan Ahmet the 3rd and explore Saint Sophia, the masterpiece of Byzantine architecture dating back to the VIth century. After lunch, visit the Blue Mosque covered by more than 20.000 Iznik tiles and continue with the Roman Hippodrome where the char races used to take place.

Day 3Istanbul - Ankara

After breakfast half day free of leisure.
Recommended Visits in Istanbul : Discover the handcrafts of Anatolia and shop in the labyrinth tunnels of the Grand Bazaar. Visit also Spice Market
 
Delivery of your rental car (economy class) at your hotel at 12:00. Self-drive to Ankara. Overnight.
Overnight: Ankara Meals: Breakfast Mileage: 440 km (Highway)

Day 4Ankara - Cappadocia

 
Breakfast and self-guided visit of Ankara:
Recommended visits in Ankara: Anatolian Civilizations Museum where you will see the Neolithic & Paleolithic ruins from Urartu , Hatti, Hittite, Phrygia civilizations, then proceed to Mausoleum of Ataturk , the founder of Turkish Republic.
In the afternoon you may drive to Cappadocia via Salt Lake. You may visit Serhatli Underground City before arriving to your hotel in Ürgüp.
Overnight: Cappadocia Meals: Breakfast, Dinner Mileage: 300 km

Day 5Cappadocia

Breakfast at the hotel. 
Overnight: Cappadocia Meals: Breakfast, Dinner Mileage: 120 km
Recommended Visits in Cappadocia : Visit Göreme Open Air Museum – a UNESCO Heritage site , a fantastic region with it’s cave churches located on the valley. Then proceed to Uchisar Village and then the spectacular fairy chimneys. Visit Derbent Valley with and explore the natural rock formations. Visit Çavuşin and Avanos
Optional Tour | HOT AIR BALLOON TOUR
In the early morning departure from your hotel . a chance to live this unique experience, an overlooking to Cappadocia from the sky , see the beauty of the region the rock formations, fairy chimneys, natural formations, lunar landscapes ..

Day 6Cappadocia - Konya

 
Breakfast at the hotel
Recommended Visits :
Short stop at Sultanhani Caravanserai dating back to XIIIth centure and continue to Konya to visit Muasoleum of Mevlana, the father of Whirling Dervishes. Visit of Karatay Tile Museum.
Overnight: Konya Meals: Breakfast Mileage: 250 km

Day 7Konya - Pamukkale

Breakfast and drive to Pamukkale
Recommended Visit: Pamukkale and Hierapolis Visit Cotton Steps – a UNESCO heritage site that has been believed to have healing thermal water.
Overnight: Pamukkale Meals: Breakfast, Dinner Mileage: 400 km

Day 8Pamukkale - Ephesus - İzmir

Breakfast and drive to Selcuk
Recommended Visits : Ancient City of Ephesus: the city that was dedicated to Artemis I the Odeon, Temple of Hadrian, the House of Love, the Library of Celsus, the Agora . Then proceed for Virgin Mary House – has been believed it is the final resting place of the mother of Jesus
Overnight: İzmir Meals: Breakfast Mileage: 255 km

Day 9Izmir Departure

Breakfast and deliver back your rental car at the Izmir Airport until noon. End of or services.

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