The Cappadocia landscape provides green valleys overflow with surreal eroded rock chimneys, troglodyte caves hide around corners. Visit the mausoleum of Attaturk and explore millenniums of empires at the Anatolian Civilizations Museum & pristine Salt Lake.
Visit the the Zelve and Goreme open-air museums, Avanos town and pottery workshops. Further to panoramas from Uchisar Rock Castle, enjoy a leisurely evening in Cappadocia.
Narrow stairways and corridors take you to underground cities, Kaymakli stretching many stories below with its simple cave dwelling rooms & visit the town of Mustafapasa, ld Greek houses line the streets, each in indelible states of decay and incandescent beneath the sun.
Follow the ancient Silk Road, taking the route of the old trading caravans that plied between the continents. The Mevlana Museum in Konya presents another exotic theme. Admire Koran in the museum where the soothing mineral waters of your spa hotel make for a therapy.
Heat bubbles beneath the surface all over Pamukkale, warming mineral water pools and terraces that extend across the green hills. The cities- Hierapolis and Aphrodisias revel in their portrayal of ancient Greece. Temples of columns and sculptures stand proud, amphitheaters stretch down the hillside.
Visit the Temple of Artemis, and the Library of Celsus that rises far above the ancient splendor. Yet Ephesus eclectic remains contain further intrigue, the Basilica of St. John & the Ephesus Museum.
Troy was always thought of as a legend, a fictional town dreamt up by Homer. Visit the throne of Satan at Pergamum, the Greco Roman city that tumbles down a hillside. City grass engulfed passageways heading between crumbling rock walls, steps leading to towering temples, and of course, the famous carved horse.
Sapphire waters twinkle along the coastline, green mountaintops are controlled by ancient ruins, and weaving roads pass by dozens of lookout points. Off to Istanbul, the route curving around the Marnara Sea and the city immediately impressing.
Visit the Hippodrome, the Hagia Sophia & Blue Mosque. The tour at Topkapi Palace, where rooms reveal the excesses of empires and their rulers & the Grand Bazaar, thousands of stalls lining the curved corridors and taking you deep into a maze of sensual utopia.
Start in the Spice Market, a historic trading place that continues to burst with vibrant colors and beguiling smells. Visit the Dolmabahce Palace, explore Istanbul new shop fronts, cars, electronic screens detailing tram times, the people continue to live as if little has changed since Byzantine times.
After 11 days of archaeological brilliance and fascinating culture it's time to depart. Enjoy one last breakfast and a final look at Istanbul as you are transferred to the airport for your international departure.