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DAY 01
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Arrival Istanbul
Airport, meet and
assist, transfer to
the hotel – O/N in
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DAY 02 |
Istanbul City Tour
(formerly know as
Constantinople that
holds the three
great empires,
Roman, Byzantine, &
Ottoman), we will be
visiting some of the
important sites such
as the marvelous TopKapi Palace which
was the government
place for the
Ottoman empire for a
long time, continue
our day by visit the
Blue Mosque which is
famous for its blue
tiles and the unique
six minarets, will
cross to the
Hippodrome where
chariot race where
held, from there we
will be visiting St.
Sophia Museum, which
was built as a
cathedral, turned
later by Ottoman to
be a Mosque, and now
used as an
architectural
museum, off course
we will not be
missing the visit to
the famous Grand
Bazaar, an old
covered market place
holding thousands of
shops and cafes –
O/N in Istanbul.
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03 |
A long but full day
will be waiting you,
after breakfast we
will transfer to the
Homer’s Troy to see
the ruins of nine cieties the were
built on top of each
others and the
reconstructed famous
wooden Horse,
continue our tour to
visit Pergamon, a
site of an ancient
kingdom, that was
founded by Alexander
the Great, with its
very well preserved
grand theatre,
Gymnasium, Odeion
and the world famous
Asclepion (Medical
Center) finally we
drive to Aegean port
of Turkey, Izmir
city – O/N in Izmir
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DAY 04 |
After breakfast, a
very exciting day
will be waiting us
that will be ended
at Pamukkale (mean
in Turkish the
Cotton Castle) the
incredible natural
phenomenon with its
fantastic white
limestone terraces,
glistening pools and
cascades. We start
the day by driving
to visit one of the
world’s finest
archaeological sites
that is called
Ephesus with its
well preserved
Arcadian Way,
Library of Celsus, &
the Amphitheatre,
ending the day at
the hotel in
Pamukkale – O/N in
Pamukkale.
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DAY 05 |
After breakfast, we
drive to the most
Islamic city in
Turkey, the center
of mysterious cult
of the Whirling
Dervishes, with its
houses that refer to
the Turkish Islamic
art and
architecture, we
will visit the
fluted turquoise of
the famous museum
and national
monument, Mevlana
Tekke. Leaving Konya
we will be driving
to another wonderful
city, Cappadocia, a
moonscape of
rock-carved cities
and surrealistic
shapes – O/N in
Cappadocia
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DAY 06 |
An amazing day to
spend in Cappadocia
area after
breakfast, to
experience a unique
place of volcanic
landscape, we will
drive to visit
Goreme to see the
rock-carved ancient
churches, and Zelve
Valley and natural
citadel of Uchisar
where the dramatic
scenery is riddled
with caves and
troglodyte dwelling,
a visit also to
Kaymakli the
underground city,
where early
Christian dwelling
extended into the
earth for downwards
for more then eight
floors in a maze of
tunnels and rooms –
O/N in Cappadocia
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DAY 07 |
Transfer to Turkey
/Syrian Border ,
meet and assist to
cross to Syria,
transfer to Aleppo –
O/N in Aleppo
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DAY 08 |
Aleppo City Tour ,
transfer to visit
Palmyra, drive to
Damascus – O/N in
Damascus .
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DAY 09 |
Tour to visit
Maalula, Sydenya and
Damascus City – O/N
in Damascus .
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DAY 10 |
Transfer to visit
Bosra , continue to
Syrian/Jordanian
Border , meet and
assist to cross to
Jordan, transfer to
Amman via Jerash –
O/N in Amman .
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DAY 11 |
Fullday tour to
visit Madaba, Mt.
Nebo , Dead Sea and
Amman City – O/N in
Amman .
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DAY 12 |
Fullday Tour to
visit Karak, Petra &
Wadi Rum , drive to
Aqaba – O/N in Aqaba
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DAY 13 |
Transfer to the Port
to cross by boat to
Egypt , meet and
assist , transfer to
St. Catherine
through the
spectacular Sinai
desert – O/N in St.
Catherine .
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DAY 14 |
City Tour in St.
Catherine to visit
the Monastery of St.
Catherine, transfer
to visit Sharm
El-Sheikh one of the
best places in Egypt
to scuba dive over
the superb coral
reefs – O/N in Sharm
El-Sheikh .
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DAY 15 |
Transfer to Cairo
the wonderful
capital city of
Egypt – O/N in Cairo
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DAY 16 |
Tour to visit
Citadel, Museum.
Khan Al-Khaleeli and
Bazars in Old City –
O/N in Cairo .
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DAY 17 |
Tour to visit the
magnificent site of
Giza Pyramids &
inscrutable Sphinx –
O/N in Cairo .
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DAY 18 |
Transfer to
Cairo Airport for
departure.
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