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TransAnatolie TA3408: 8 Day Cultural Tour in Turkey: Ankara-Black
Sea-Cappadocia Tour: Cultural Heritage Tour to Turkey: Hittites, Roman
Empire, Amasya and Holly Land Cappadocia.
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Day 1: Istanbul
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Day 2: Istanbul-Ankara (by train)
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Day 3: Ankara – Hattusas – Amasya (376 km)
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Day 4: Amasya – Zile – Cekerek – Bogaziliyan – Cappadocia (330 km)
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Day 5: Cappadocia.
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Day 6: Cappadocia- The Holy Land of Christianism following the
Apocalypse of St Johannes
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Day 7: Cappadocia – Ankara (320 km)
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Day 8: Istanbul-Europe.
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Pricing.
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Inclusive.
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Exclusive.
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Options
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Arrival in Istanbul, welcome cocktail and sightseeing of the city,
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In the morning, we visit the Golden Horn, the Pierre Loti Square, the
Ottoman Imperial Cemetery and the Eyüp Mosque. We walk through the
Roman-Byzantine City-Walls and visit the Chora Church. Lunch is at a
well-known Turkish-Greek restaurant next to the ancient Roman Circus.
After lunch we proceed by the visit to the St. Sophia Museum and to the
Ottoman Topkapi Palace Museum. After shopping (optional) at the Grand
Bazaar, we enjoy the unique Bosporus view, while driving to the Asian
Continent through the high-tech Bridge of Bosporus. We see Üsküdar and
end enjoy our dinner at one of the best restaurants of Asia. After
dinner, we we take our places in Wagon Lits in Orient Express for a new
day in Ankara.
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After breakfast at the Orient Express, we drive along the Kizilirmak
(Red River) Valley to the Capital of Hittite Empire, Hattusas, and its
pantheon Yazilikaya. Yazlikaya is registered National Historical Park.
The main sites to be visited date back from the last period of the great
Hittite Empire. On the way to the park, we can see the big temple at
Asagi Sevir (temple n°1), the city walls with the colossal doors (Gate
Arsanli with its lions, Gate Poterni and YER, Royal Gate Kral).In Yukari
Sevir, one admires the 31 temples built on the edge of Nisan Hill, and
the Royal Palace, the Big Castle and other buildings.
The open-air Temple of Yazilikaya of the Hittite Empire is located at
the 5 km north-east of Bogazköy. It consists of two rooms: the small and
the large gallery, and is built taking advantage of the natural placing
of the local rocks. Goddesses cut from the rocks are depicted on the
right wall of the large gallery, while an image of gods are described on
the left wall. Those two groups bring us to the rear wall, the most
important one. On the rear wall the meeting of the God of Time Tesup and
his wife Goddess Hepatu is depicted.In a local village, breakfast will
enable us to appreciate an Hittite menu, regional meal prepared with
spices dried by the wind of the High Hittite Plateau.
In the afternoon, we head up to Amasya, place of birth of the famous
geographer Strabon (1st century before JC). Amasya is also the centre of
education for the Ottoman Princes. At the sunset, we hike trough Yesil
Irmak (Halys River) Valley, take pictures of wooden houses along the
roads of Amasya, known for their magnificent Ottoman architecture.
Dinner and overnight is at the 4 star hotel with high QoS. The overnight
hotel is in Amasya, Apple-Tusan Grubu ****.
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After the breakfast at the buffet, we explore the city of Ferhat and
Sirin, also known as ‘City of the Crown’, Amasya.
One admires the old houses, Hazeranlar Konagi, the Ethnographical
Museum, the royal rot-cut graves dig dating back from the Hellenistic
period, the Castle of Amasya, the Mosque with the turning minaret
Burmali, the Bayezit II Mosque and its medrese Kulliye, and the Medrese
Gök, the bridges (Caglayan, Alcak, Kus), Darussifa-Bimarhane
(psychiatric hospital).
We also visit the museum of Amasya, one of the richest in Turkey. Here
more than 27,000 objects, heritages from 11 civilizations are displayed.
We enjoy our lunch in a local restaurant.
In the afternoon we drive across Turhal-Zile, visit the Zile Castle.
Zile Castle is the place of wars between the Roman and the Bridge
inhabitants. It is also known by the famous quotation of Julius Caesar:
“Veni, Vidi, Vinci-I came, I saw, I won”. Then we head towards Cekerek,
Sorgun and Bogaziliyan and end up in Cappadocia, one of the most
spectacular landscapes in the world.
Dinner and Overnight in our 4 star or 5 star hotel (depending upon
availability at the time of visit).
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After the breakfast, we visit the old houses of Ürgüp, the Rose Valley,
the Camels Valley, the Valley of the Virgin Maria.
Then we enjoy a relaxing programme aiming at discovering different craft
industries (weaving and knotting of carpets), the nomadic culture and
imperial palaces. Lunch gives one the opportunity to taste the Cömlek
Kebab, specialty of the region in a restaurant offering a beautiful view
on the Kizilirmak (Halys) River.
In the afternoon, we first visit the underground city of Ozkonak or
Derinkuyu, and contemplate the unique and beautiful landscape of
Cappadocia. Then, the old, quiet small village of Mustafapasa (Sinasos),
the valley of Cemil-Taskinpasa-Soganli towns of the Mt. Hasan and Mt.
Erciyes volcanos.
Before dinner and overnight, on the way to the hotel, one admires the
hand-made linen poppies in Soganli, and especially the gloves and socks
with Anatolian drawings.
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Hikes through the Valleys of the Three Cappadocian Graces, Üc Güzeller,
the Pigeon Valley, Uchisar, Avcilar. Stop in an Onyx atelier. Lunch at
the hotel or at the buffet of the restaurant Koru.
In the afternoon, we visit Göreme Valley, the open-air museum surrounded
by churches. Here, one quietly admires at the sunset the early
Christian art and the Byzantine Imperial Art decorated in these
churches: Tokali-Elmali- St Basilius, Yilanli-Sandal. This region of
monasteries, priests and priestesses was a unique religious campus. It
was the place where the apostles, the first Christians, the 40
Cappadocian Great Fathers, Saint Paul, Saint John, Saint Timothy, Saint
Barnabe, Saint Naziane and Saint Basilius were welcomed.
Diner en overnight in our 4 star (or 5) hotel of high QoS.
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After breakfast, on the way to Ankara, we drive to the underground city
of Saratli, take photos of Salt Lake with its rose filamingos and
collect salt crystals. Lunch is at the best Doner/Iskender Kebab
Restaurant, Hacibey, in Ankara.
After lunch, we visit the mausoleum built for Atatürk and Ataturk
Museum. Here, one finds his pictures and other exhibitions recalling the
key events of his life and of the constitution of the Republic.
Our guide will then lead us to the Anatolian Civilizations Museum,
prize-winning museum of the best Worldwide Museums in 1995. This visit
will be preceded by a conference on the ancient civilisations of
Anatolia.
After free time in old part of Ankara, dinner is at the 4 star (or 5*)
hotel. After dinner, we again take our Orient Express of Wagon Lits to
go to Istanbul.
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After the breakfast either at the Orient Express or at the hotel in
Istanbul, the group enjoys some free time to explore the city at his/her
own pace, until to the transfer to the airport for returning to Europe.
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8 days-7 nights full pension
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Transportation in Turkey
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Lunches in traditional Turkish restaurants, one of the
best cuisine in the world.
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All admission fees to the museums and sites mentioned
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Prof. Guide and his/her services
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Flights Europe/Istanbul/Europe
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Insurance, Airport tax
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Drinks and tips
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Evening with Traditional Turkish Dances and Mevlevi
Performance
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Cappadocia by Hot Air Balloons
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Turkey has a magnificent past, and is
a land full of archaeological, architectural, historical and cultural
treasures from thirteen successive
Ancient Anatolian Civilizations
spanning 10,000 years! Even if one spends only a short time in Turkey,
one gets by the Multi-lingual Cultural Tour Operator TransAnatolie Tour
the opportunity to discover and explore a lot of these cultural,
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There is no doubt that one visit
will not be enough, and you would like to come back again and again
as you discover one extraordinary place after another. All of them,
no matter how different, have one thing in common: the friendly and
hospitable people of this unique country of civilizations.
Turkey offers, via TransAnatolie
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