BEST OF TURKEY

About your tour

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Sightseeing Highlights

• Gallipoli: See Anzac Cove and Lone Pine Cemetery.
• Troy: Visit the ruins of the ancient city. See the Wooden Horse.
• Pergamum: Visit the Acropolis, Altar of Zeus and Asclepieion.
• Izmir: Visit the city highlights of Izmir.
• Ephesus: Visit the Great Theatre, the Library of Celsius, the Gymnasium and Temple of Hadrian. Visit the Virgin Mary's stone cottage.
• Pamukkale: Visit the 'Cotton Castle' springs.
• Hierapolis: Visit the ruins of the Roman health spa.
• Antalya: Orientation of this Mediterranean resort includes the Archaeological Museum.
• Perge and Aspendos: Visit these Pamphylian, Hellenistic and Roman cities.
• Konya: Sightseeing including the Mevlana Museum of the 'Whirling Dervishes' and Karatay Tile Museum.
• Cappadocia: Visit the underground city of Kaymakli, and an excursion to Urgup and Goreme. Visit the Goreme Open-Air museum and pottery- making in Avanos.
• Ankara: Sightseeing includes Ataturk Bulvari, the Ankara castle, visit to the Museum of Anatolian Civilisation and Ataturk's Mausoleum.
• Gordion: See the Earth Tumulus and visit the excavations.
• Bursa: Visit the Green Ottoman Complex and the Blue Mosque.
• Istanbul: Sightseeing includes visits to the Topkapi Palace and its Treasury section, Church of Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque.
• Scenic drives along the Sea of Marmara and across the Dardanelles waterway, along the Aegean Coast, the scenery of the white limestone cascades of Pamukkale, along the Mediterranean Coast, the green forests of the Taurus Mountains, through the unique moon-like landscape of Cappadocia and the Anatolian Highlands.

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Dining Highlights

• 13 Buffet breakfasts
• 10 three-course or open-buffet dinners
• 1 farewell dinner on your final night in Istanbul

24 meals in total (see day-by-day itinerary)

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First Class Travel Highlights

• The services of one of Trafalgar's top professional multi-lingual Tour Directors.
• Chauffeur driven on Trafalgar's luxury air-conditioned motorcoaches with reclining seats and washroom.
• Ferry crossings from Eceabat to Canakkale and Yalova to Istanbul.
• You'll stay in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.
• All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included.
• A stylish travel bag and wallet containing tour documents and helpful information.

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Airport Transfers
Transfers will be provided for passengers who have advised Trafalgar of their flight times.

• London Gateways Transfers can be expensive, particularly between the Airport and central London. When you book your tour with Trafalgar your transfers to and from the airport are included. It's that simple. Trafalgar has included a Free transfer to and from your airport and Central London.
• Important - Please Note: Passengers will only be entitled to transfers to and from London Airports providing the following conditions are met:
• You are staying at a London hotel, booked by Trafalgar, on the night of your arrival and the night prior to the date of your departure.
• Flights are either booked by Trafalgar or detailed information on flights is provided by your Travel Agent not less than 21 days prior to departure.
• Only one included transfer both inbound and outbound per tour is included by Trafalgar. Transfers are by express train to a Central London Rail Station.
• Heathrow Airport: Inbound transfers operate between 06.00-21.30. Outbound transfers are timed to connect with scheduled flights departing between 08.00-23.00. Transfers will be by coach. Gatwick Airport: Inbound transfers operate between 06.00-12.30. Outbound transfers are timed to connect with scheduled flights departing between 08.00-23.00. Transfers will be by express train and coach. Transfers outside these times will be at the passengers own expense.
• In the event of unforeseen events (road or rail works, demonstrations, strikes) Trafalgar will not be held responsible for delayed or cancelled transfers.
• No refund is available for passengers not utilising this service.
• Why not upgrade to a Hotelink transfer from the Airport to-the-door of your Trafalgar London hotel? (please ask Trafalgar or your travel agent of the additional upgrade price per person when booking)
• European Gateways: With Trafalgar all passengers will receive complimentary arrival and departure transfers on the scheduled arrival and departure day of their tour at the times specified below. Please ensure your Travel Agent reserves your flight to co-ordinate with the transfer times shown.
• Trafalgar Bonus - Passengers who book Trafalgar's Land+Air package and who arrive or depart outside of these specified times on the scheduled arrival and departure day of the tour will also be provided with a transfer.
• Passengers arriving before or leaving after the scheduled tour days are not entitled to a transfer but may book and purchase one through Trafalgar providing that they also purchase the additional pre and/or post tour hotel night(s) from Trafalgar. Please ask for prices of transfers at the time of booking your extra night accommodation.
• Land only passengers arriving or departing on the scheduled tour arrival or departure days but whose flights don't coincide with the listed transfer times below may also book and purchase these transfers. Flight details must be provided to Trafalgar not less than 21 days before the flight departure.
• Click here to see scheduled transfer times.

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Please Note

• When demand is heavy, some extra departures may operate in reverse.
• Guaranteed Room Share is not available on this tour.

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Additional Visa Requirements
Visas are required for Turkey and can be obtained by your Travel Agent for a fee, prior to leaving home. get more info »