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Overview
Highlights
- Cruise through Turkish and Greek villages, come across astounding ruins, all the while savoring the delicious Turkish and Greek food
- Meet Turkish guides who enlighten us about the history and extra-ordinary life of the region.
- Enjoy seeing relics of the Ottoman and Byzantine empires, including the Blue Mosque, Aya Sophia, the Topkapi Palace and the Roman Hippodrome
- Enjoy touring Ephesus region along with an expert guide
- SeeNissiros Volcano
- Visit one of the pastoral homes and get treated with honey and sage-tea by the village family in Turgut
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Meals: Dinner
Accommodations: Hotel Sultanahan
As soon as we arrive, we move to our hotel luxuriously located in the ancient city. There we find our guide. We take a stroll before having our dinner at an outdoor terrace café. The dinner turns out to be a...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodations: Hotel Sultanahan
The entire day, we keep curiously observing the majesty of Istanbul. The morning hours we spend on a variety of superb relics of the Ottoman and Byzantine empires, including the Blue Mosque...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After daybreak, we move to the airport to fly to Izmir and ride towards the Ephesus region. Almost the whole day is spent visiting the imposing ruins. The Ephesus tour is facilitated with an expert guide. A very important costal ...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
The morning awakens us with the cries of chickens and the sounds of shepherds leading their sheep to the hills for grazing. The routine rural life of Turkey unfolds before us as we start taking a walk around. The tea gardens, att...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Early on, this day, we cruise for around one and a half hour to the Island of Kos. Passing through the authorities of the Greek customs we reach the famous land of Greece. The history of Kos extends from as far as the Mediterrane...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Early morning we navigate straight to Nissiros. Nissiros is a tiny island of the Dodecanese. Here we put our sails to rest and get into vehicles and within half an hour’s drive reach the edge of the dynamic Nissiros Volcano. We g...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
We start the day by sailing to Agalimani Cove which is a tranquil, turquoise cove in Fethiye Bay. Here we trek to Batik Hamam which is a cluster of submerged Roman baths lying about five feet below water level. It is believed tha...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Today we voyage northward to Dacta, a Turkish peninsular town where we face the customs and enter Turkey again. Our voyage continues across the Aegean finally we anchor at the town of Knidos. We take our lunch there and then star...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
From Knidos we walk to the Turgut, a village active in peanut cultivation and honey production. We visit one of the pastoral homes and get treated with honey and sage-tea by the village family. Most of the villagers here are beek...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After relaxing ourselves with a morning walk in the sleepy Selimiye, we sail to Bozburun. We find here a number of calm coves with pure and clear waters. We search for the most fascinating sites suitable for a nice pre-lunch swim...
This morning we get down from our gulet and move to the Dalaman Airport for a flight to Istanbul. In Istanbul we spend the afternoon freely walking and shopping and finally move in for our farewell dinner hosted at a vivacious typical Turkish restaurant. Overnight, again we check in at Hotel Sultanahan (or any similar one).
Meals: Breakfast, and Dinner
For international flights to return home or for beginning trip extension, transfer to Istanbul airport.
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