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Best of Turkey & Egypt Tour (15 Days)
Duration: 15 Days / 14 Nights
Highlights: Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Ephesus, Aswan, Nile Cruise,
Luxor, Cairo
Departure Dates: Everyday
Note: All tour packages are modular and you can use these
itineraries as a starting point and we can help modify this itineraries
to accommodate your personal requirements and desires to find your perfect
holiday.
DAY 01 – Arrival to Istanbul
Arrival to Istanbul Airport and meet for transfer on to the hotel. Rest
of the day is then at leisure (as per your flight arrival time). Overnight
in Istanbul.
DAY 02 –Imperial Istanbul Sightseeing Tour
After breakfast at hotel meet with the guide to depart on the full daytour
to explore some of the most important sights in Istanbul. Visit the Blue
Mosque, the St Sophia, Hippodrome & Obelisk, the Grand Bazaar and Topkapi
Palace (excluding optional extra entrance to Harem room). After the tour,
return to hotel with the evening then at leisure. Overnight in Istanbul.
DAY 03 – Bosphorus Cruise and flight to Cappadocia
After breakfast meet with the tour guide to depart for a mornings cruise
on the Bosphorus which seperates the East from West. During the cruise visit
the Spice Bazaar and the Rumeli Fortress. At the end of the cruise, transfer
back to hotel with the remainder of the day at leisure for you to further
explore on your own until early evening transfer to airport. Depart on the
domestic flight to Kayseri (Cappadocia) and on arrival meet for transfer
to the hotel for check-in with the evening at leisure. Overnight in Cappadocia.
DAY 04 – Cappadocia Tour with Goreme Museum
Today depart on the full days tour to visit Devrent Valley and Monk's Valley
(Pasabagi) where you find the world famous fairy chimneys. Break for lunch
in Avanos then on to the Goreme Open-Air Museum to explore the numerous
churches and monasteries with their frescoes. These churches and monasteries
where carved from the soft volcanic stone and decorated by Medieval Orthodox
Christian Monks around 1000-1200AD. A visit to Ortahisar Natural Rock Castle
for panoramic views is also included. After tour the evening is at leisure.
Overnight in Cappadocia.
DAY 05 – Ihlara Valley Tour and overnight bus to Pamukkale
Breakfast at hotel, check out then depart on another full day sightseeing
tour of Cappadocia this time starting with a visit to the famous Derinkuyu
Underground City which was built as a defence and hiding site during the
period of spreading Christianity. Then to Cavusin Old Christian Village
where you find a triple Apse church and monastery of St John the Baptist.
In Sinasos Old Greek Village you find old Greek and Ottoman houses. The
days touring also includes an easy grade 3km hike through Red Valley offering
some great scenery that would otherwise not be accessible by car and a visit
to the Uchisar Natural Rock Castle. At end of tour, collect luggage from
hotel reception and transfer on to the bus station for travel by intercity
overnight bus to Pamukkale.
DAY 06 – Pamukkale Tour and travel on to Kusadasi
Arrival early morning to Pamukkale where you will be met at the bus station
and transferred to a small hotel with use of a room to take a shower, short
rest and have breakfast. Then it is time to join on the group tour which
visits the natural formation of the travertens "Cotton Cliffs"
and the ruins of Hierapolis. Then transfer to hotel in Kusadasi & evening
at leisure. Overnight Kusadasi.
DAY 07 – Ephesus Sightseeing Tour
Breakfast then meet with guide to depart on the full day Ephesus Tour. Begin
with the Ancient City of Ephesus, the best preserved Greco-Roman City in
the world. Here you see the Agora, Odeon, Curetes Street, Celsius Library,
famous Roman Baths, the Grand Theatre and Marble Street. After lunch, depart
for the House of Virgin Mary where she is said to have spent the remainder
of her days. It is a pilgrimage site for many people of various religious
denominations. The tour also includes a visit to the remains of Artemis
Temple, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Tour ends with transfer
back to hotel & evening at leisure. Overnight in Kusadasi.
DAY 08 – Departure flight to Cairo
Breakfast, check out and according to the available flight departure times
on required date of travel, transfer to Izmir Airport for check in with
flight to Cairo via Istanbul. On arrival to Cairo meet for transfer to the
hotel with remainder of the day or evening at leisure. Overnight in Cairo.
DAY 09 – Tour of Giza and train Cairo to Aswan
Breakfast, check out and meet with your guide to begin the tour with a visit
to Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt dating from 3100BC which contains
the beautiful representation of King Ramsis II through his colossal statue.
Then proceed on to Sakkara where you visit the world-famous Step Pyramid
of King Zoser, the oldest known of Egypt's 107 Pyramids. At Pyramids area,
visit the Three Pyramids built for Pharaohs Cheops, Chephren & Mycerinus
on the Giza Plateau and the mysterious Sphinx. After the tour, transfer
on to Cairo Rail Station for departure on the overnight train to Aswan.
Overnight onboard train, dinner included.
DAY 10 – Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor
On arrival to Aswan Rail Station meet for transfer to board the Nile Cruise.
Embarkation before lunch. Then depart with the tour guide to visit the High
Dam, one of the biggest dams in the world and was an engineering miracle
when it was built in the 1960's. Then proceed to the Unfinished Obelisk,
a huge obelisk incompletely carved that shows the techniques ancient Egyptians
used. At the end, visit Philae Temple which was dedicated to Goddess Isis
and is now reassembled at a new site on Agilika Island about 500km from
its former site on Philae Island. (If time of cruise allows, additional
or alternative morning excursions can be added to either Abu Simbel or felucca
ride to view Elephantine Island, Plantation "Kitcheners" Island
and Agha Khan Mausoleum.) Overnight onboard Nile Cruise.
DAY 11 – Nile Cruise to Kom Ombo and Edfu
Cruise sails to Kom Ombo and upon arrival visit The Temple of Sobek and
Haroeris, dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek. The temple stands at a bend
in the Nile where in ancient times sacred crocodiles basked in the sun on
the river bank. Return to the cruise and sail to Edfu. On arrival visit
the Temple of Horus, the largest and most complete preserved Pharoanic temple
combining Pharaonic & Greek architecture. Overnight onboard cruise.
DAY 12 – Luxor and tour to West Bank
Sail to Esna then Luxor. On arrival to Luxor, move to the West Bank of the
Nile to visit the Valley of Kings and Queens, a vast "City of the Dead"
where magnificent tombs were carved into the desert rocks and filled with
treasures for the afterlife by generations of Pharaohs. Proceed to the foot
of the cliff to visit the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman who
ruled over Egypt in Pharaonic History. On the way back to the River Nile,
your road passes by the famed Colossi of Memnon, known in Ancient Greek
times for their haunting voices at dawn. Return back to cruise and evening
at leisure. Overnight onboard Nile Cruise.
DAY 13 – Overnight train Luxor to Cairo
After breakfast disembark from the cruise (around 10am). You then have free
time at leisure in Luxor until the early evening (8pm) transfer to Luxor
Rail Station for departure on the overnight train back to Cairo (an optional
extra morning excursion to visit Luxor and Karnak Temples is available if
you wish to include). Overnight onboard train in sleeper car, dinner included.
DAY 14 – Egyptian Museum and Old Cairo Tour
Arrival to Cairo around 6am and meet for transfer to the hotel. At around
9am meet with the tour guide and depart on a sightseeing tour to explore
the Egyptian Museum, the Citadel of Saladin (Alabaster Mosque and Tomb of
the Ottoman ruler Mohamed Ali) along with Old Cairo area where we can find
a mixture between Islamic and Christian Monuments such as: Abu Serga Church,
Al Mo'allaqa Church or Hanging Church which are dated back to the beginning
of the 5th century AD and are built in the basilica style. Overnight in
Cairo.
DAY 15 – Transfer to Cairo Airport
Breakfast, check out and as per your international flight time transfer
on to Cairo Airport.
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