Private guided tours

Tour Itinerary

Day 1 : ISTANBUL

Welcome to Istanbul. After clearing customs and immigration, your guide meets you at the airport and helps you transfer to your hotel. After check-in to the hotel, afternoon is at leisure. You can rest in your room or you can take a walk around the hotel.

Day 2 : ISTANBUL

Firstly we visit The Topkapı Palace after the departure from your hotel, in the palace we will see the kitchens in where the second largest porcelain collection of the world is exhibited , then Council Hall,Treasury,Pavillions……Your guide will help you to have a lunch in your trip…Then we will see the Hagia Sophia which was the largest church in its era when it was built in 537 A .D under the reign of Justinian….On the opposite side of its location where we will discover the Blue Mosque with its beautiful İznik tiles .And we come to Hippodrome to remember the history of the emperor Theodosius and see the Obelisk from Egypt, the Serpentine Column from Greece, Byzantine column and Wilhemn Kaiser Fountain…. Then our last visit is Grand Bazaar where you can see many jewellery ,silver, leather , kilim shops…

Day 3 : ISTANBUL

On the way we will see the ancient city walls then we will see The Saint Saviour- Chora Church which is covered with the entricate golden mosaics inspired from the Bible and the life of Virgin Mary, Jesus…Then we drive to see the Eyüp Mosque and witness the religious life and their ritual visits to tomb of beloved friend of Prophet Muhammed, then we climb up to hill to have a beautiful view over the Golden Horn in Pierre Loti Cafe.. After your lunch we drive to the Patriarch Of Orthodox Christianity and see the ancient restored church with the wooden building ..Then we go to see the life of İstanbul citizens in Taksim … We guarantee that you will gain different perspectives of the life of this fabulous city throughout the day..

Day 4 : ISTANBUL

The Bosphorus Cruise is one of the higlights of the city ..You have 2 options here, you want to sail on a local boat or with a yacht … Then we start sailing on the blue Marmara watersea while we are watching the wooden houses called “yalı” on the Bosphorus river..After our sail, we arrive in Sarıyer fish restaurants where we have lunch near the river close to Black Sea..We join with our driver here to go to Asian side to climb to the highest point called “ Çamlıca Hill ” and we drive to Kanlıca known with its famous” yoghurt” where can taste here in a cafe then we go across the Bosphorus Bridge to arrive in Ortaköy to join with the local people under the bridge , maybe to immortalize the moment with the picture of city's lovely silhouette “Ortaköy Mosque”…

Day 5 : ISTANBUL / EPHESUS

This morning after breakfast you will check out and transfer to Istanbul Airport where you will board your flight to Izmir. Upon arrival, you will meet with your local guide and transfer to Kusadasi . Then we check in our hotel then after a reposing time we go to have lunch after we go to Selçuk ,14 miles away from Kusadası.Then we walk in the streets of this local village and visit IsaBey mosque which is located next to the St. John Church … Then we go to visit the St. John Church in where the burial chamber of him is kept under the marble here..Also you can see baptism section the treasury section with the frecoes bearing the drawings of Virgin Mary.From the front courtyard of the churh ,you can see the Artemis Temple recognized as one of the seven wonders of the world and you can sightsee the nature and understand the landscape from your location. Then we come back to our hotel..

Day 6 : EPHESUS

After our breakfast we drive to the museum of Ephesus where we will see the Celcius Library, the temple of Domitian , Hadrian, 25 000 seated Great theater,gymnasium, the church of Virgin Mary where the third Ecumenical Council met in 431…We drive to House of Virgin Mary where she spent the last days of her life on Mt. Pion.and the house was visited by Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul II in 1967 and 1979 respectively.. Then we drive to a lovely village where the people are making thier local wines with the various flavours, and we have our lunch in a typical restaurant while we are watching the nature … After our lunch we go to see the ancient temple of Artemis

Day 7 : EPHESUS / ISTANBUL

This morning you meet with your guide and pick you up from the hotel and transfer to Istanbul International Airport.

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