Day-1ISTANBUL On arrival in Istanbul you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Day at leisure. Dinner and overnight.

Day-2ISTANBUL Breakfast followed by a full day tour of Istanbul. Visit the Hippodrome, Sultan Ahmet (Blue) Mosque, St.Sophia (Hagia Sophia), lunch at Topkapi Konyali Rest. After lunch visit Topkapi Palace and the Grand Bazaar. In the evening you will be picked up from your hotel and taken to a first class restaurant for dinner. Here you will have chance to watch the spectacular floor show with famous belly dancers, Anatolian folklore group etc. Then after return to hotel and overnight.

Day-3ISTANBUL – BURSA Morning Bosphorus cruise by boat, with the afternoon at your leisure to explore the city. Late in the afternoon drive to BURSA via Iznik-Nicea, once the seat of the Eastern Byzantian Emperor and Orthodox patriarch and now famous for its beautiful tiles. Late in the evening arrival to Bursa – the first capital of Ottoman Empire . Dinner and overnight at hotel

Day-4BURSA – IZMIR After breakfast departure for further explore the environs of Bursa. See the Ottoman Museum, The Ulu Cami- the biggest Mosque in Turkey-, Covered Bazaar-Bedesten- for lunch guests will taste the delicious “Iskender Kebap”-Bursa’s speciality. After lunch drive to Izmir. Dinner and Overnight at hotel.

Day-5IZMIR (SARDIS) After breakfast departure for a full day excursion of Izmir. This beautiful city Izmir , where the jewish community dates back more than 2000 years, explore the one of the Local Synagogues (subject to availability). Lunch at the shore of Aegean sea in a nice fish restaurant. After lunch drive to Sardis , the capital of Ancient Lydia. Where you will have chance to visit the ruins of Acropolis. Stroll through the ruins of this impressive ancient city, the reconstructed synagogue, the gymnasium, the new excavation area, the Royal Road etc. Late in the afternoon return to Izmir. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day-6IZMIR (EPHESUS) Full day excursion to ancient Ephesus. Visit the last home of the Virgin Mary and the ruins of Ephesus. Following lunch in the pretty town of Seljuk continue the tour with a visit to St.John’s basilica, Temple of Artemis and the Seljuk Museum where the finds from Ephesus and other Anatolian civilizations are exhibited. You will be returned to your hotel in Izmir for a relaxing night. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Izmir.

Day-7IZMIR-PAMUKKALE After breakfast, drive to Pamukkale. En route visit the Museum and the temple of Aphrodite at Aphrodisias. Then, visit the ruins of Hierapolis, see the naturally created thermal springs, the Necropolis and the church. Then after a lunch break at a local restaurant, relax and enjoy the hot spring waters of the calcerous pools. Dinner and overnight in Pamukkale.

Day-8PAMUKKALE-ISTANBUL After an early breakfast, check-out from the hotel and transfer to Denizli Airport for a morning flight to Istanbul from where you can get your connection flight back home.

Or you may have extra days accommodation anywhere in Turkey