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TURKISH DELIGHT 14 DAYS
WITH GLOBUS THE DETAILS ARE DONE
You’ll always visit the key sites and enjoy more inclusions; inside visits
and special features are shown in UPPERCASE in the tour description,
including admission charges where applicable.
For standard inclusions, see page 8.
TRIP SCALE Leisurely ■ On the Go
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ALL THIS IS INCLUDED
■ SIGHTSEEING AND MORE
ISTANBUL Welcome dinner, and a special farewell dinner at a local
restaurant; guided sightseeing including visits to Hagia Sophia, Blue
Mosque, Topkapi Seraglio, and Grand Bazaar; receive the famous Evil
Eye Turkish amulet; visit the Underground Cistern
BURSA Guided sightseeing including visits to the Green Ottoman
Complex and the Great Mosque
GORDION Guided visit of the excavation museum and King
Midas’ Earth Tumulus
ANKARA Guided sightseeing including visit to Atatürk’s Mausoleum
and the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
CAPPADOCIA Guided visit of the Rock Chapels and a Rock-
Cut Cave House and taste Turkish coffee or tea with the family; see
the Castle of Uchisar; visit the underground city of Özkonak; group
picture; guided visit of the Caravansary of Sultanhani
KONYA Guided sightseeing including Dervish Mevlana Monastery,
Karatay Medrese, and Ince Minaret
PAMUKKALE Guided visit of the Hierapolis
EPHESUS Guided visit of the archaeological site and Chapel of the
Virgin Mary
PERGAMUM Guided visit of the Pergamum Museum and Asclepion
TROY AREA Guided visit of the archaeological site of Troy;
lecture on healthy detox Mediterranean cuisine and learn how to
prepare Turkish bread
DARDANELLES Ferry crossing of the Straits
ANZAC Pay tribute to the fallen war heroes at the cemetery
■ HOTELS ISTANBUL Grand Surmeli (SF), BURSA Almira (SF),
ANKARA Etap Altinel (SF), CAPPADOCIA Peri Tower (F) at Nevsehir,
KONYA Hilton Garden Inn (F), ANTALYA Akra Barut (SF), PAMUKKALE
Spa Colossae Thermal (F), IZMIR Wyndham Ozdilek (D), TROY AREA
Iris (F) at Canakkale
■ MEALS Full buffet breakfast (B) daily; 12 three-course dinners (D)
with wine, including a welcome dinner and a special farewell dinner
with wine in Istanbul
■ TRANSPORTATION Motorcoach; ferry
■ FREE WI-FI
available on your motorcoach and in most hotel lobbies
CUSTOMIZE YOUR VACATION
■ EXTRA NIGHTS in Istanbul
■ AIRPORT TRANSFERS Included if you purchase air from Globus.
Private transfers available for purchase if you book extra nights.
■ MyGLOBUS Personalize your tour ahead of time with additional
excursions. Visit our website for details and conditions.
NOTES Please check visa requirements with your local consulate(s);
responsibility for obtaining visas rests with the traveler.
This tour is combinable with Classical Greece (see page 208)
LOCAL FAVORITE ENJOY A HIGHLIGHT VISIT TO ISTANBUL’S
UNDERGROUND CISTERN, BROUGHT TO LIFE IN DAN BROWN’S
BESTSELLER INFERNO
DAY 1 ARRIVE IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY. (Sat.)
Welcome to Istanbul! At 6:30 pm, meet your Tour Director and traveling
companions for a welcome dinner at your hotel. (D)
DAY 2 ISTANBUL. (Sun.)
Founded by the Greeks as Byzantium more than 2,500 years ago,
renamed Constantinople in 330 AD when Constantine the Great elected
it the capital of the Roman Empire, and finally called Istanbul after the
Ottoman conquest in the 15th century, the city on the Bosporus always
was and still is one of the most exciting places in the world. Its strategic
location as gateway between Orient and Occident, the Islamic and the
Christian worlds, and the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, predestined it
for a turbulent history. Start your sightseeing at Emperor Justinian’s HAGIA
SOPHIA and Sultan Ahmet’s BLUE MOSQUE, magnificent monuments
to two competing world religions standing peacefully side by side. Next,
turn to the TOPKAPI SERAGLIO, the residence of the Ottoman Sultans.
Admire the Crown Jewels and the spectacular kaftans of the sultans that
were worn during the Ottoman period. You may wish to join the optional
Bosporus cruise, and this evening, the optional dinner outing. (B)
DAY 3 ISTANBUL–BURSA. (Mon.)
Tour the GRAND BAZAAR with its tiny shops, and receive the famous EVIL
EYE Turkish amulet as a souvenir. Then, set out on your discovery tour of
a country with the population of Britain and more than three times its size.
Cross the Bosporus and then follow the shores of the Sea of Marmara to
the Gulf of Gemlik. Here, you head inland towards the Uludag, also called
the Mount Olympus of Mysia, a 7,700-foot-high skiing mountain. Bursa
lies in its shadow, surrounded by lovely orchards. Founded by the Greeks
and hotly contested during the Crusades, Bursa had its heyday as the first
capital of the Ottoman Empire. In the afternoon, visit the great monuments
to this period: the ornate GREEN OTTOMAN COMPLEX, the GREAT
MOSQUE (Ulu Camii), and the ancient Covered Bazaar. (B,D)
DAY 4 BURSA–BOYUZUK–GORDION–ANKARA. (Tue.)
Motor into the heart of the Anatolian Highland. After a break at Boyuzuk,
head for GORDION. Tour the excavation museum of the capital of the
ancient Kingdom of Phrygia, where Alexander the Great cut the proverbial
knot and, thus, opened the way to Asia. Hear about the legend of
King Midas with the golden touch as you visit the ruler’s great EARTH
TUMULUS. Then, visit the MAUSOLEUM OF ATATÜRK, the revered
founder of the republic. Overnight in Ankara, capital of the Turkish republic
since 1923 and the country’s second-largest city. (B,D)
DAY 5 ANKARA–CAPPADOCIA. (Wed.)
Morning visit to the MUSEUM OF ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS with its
unique collection of Hittite sun discs, stag cult figures and reliefs, and
Phrygian metalwork. In the afternoon, head through the salt steppes and
swamps of central Anatolia towards the volcanic plateau of Cappadocia,
and stop south of the great salt lake Tuz Golu. Tonight, why not attend
the mystical performance of the traditional semâ ceremony of the Whirling
Dervishes in a caravansary? (B,D)