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Discovery of the country of wonder
CAPPADOCIA - KONYA -PAMUKKALE
KUSADASI - ISTANBUL
Duration: 9 days
By plane
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Day 1: HCMC - ISTANBUL
Guests are present at the Gate 2 of Int'l Terminal, Tan Son Nhat Airport (3 hours prior to the deaparture time) to check in for the flight TK 69 SGN IST 20:55 – 05:30. Transit at Bangkok.
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Day 2: ISTANBUL - CAPPADOCIA (-/L/D)
05:30 Arrive in Istanbul Int'l Airport. Take the connecting flight TK 2010 ISTASR DK1 07 :20 – 08 :45 to Kayseri (Cappadocia). The local tour guide will pick up at the Kayseri Airport. Check in the hotel.
12:00 Have lunch in a restaurant.
14:00 Visit the Mushroom Valleys, Goreme Open Air Museum. Continue visiting the ancient Avanos village where traditional local arts are still remained. Back to the hotel and take a rest.
18:30 Have dinner in a restaurant. Free and easy to discover Cappadocia.
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Day 3: CAPPADOCIA - WORLD'S NATURAL HERITAGE FROM 1985 (B/L/D)
08:00 Have breakfast. Visit Pigeon house where local people created the nests for the pigeons, the inhabitants zone Goreme Uchisar built with houses, restaurants, hotels... was the unique zone in the world.
12:00 Have lunch in a restaurant.
Visit the Underground Kaymakli City or Ozkonak- two of 40 biggest and deepest cities in Cappadocia zone where people found out the underground citadel system with houses, churches, and the food storage. Keep on visiting and shopping at the biggest carpet factory in Turkey. Back to the hotel. Take a rest.
18:30 Have dinner. Free and easy.
20:00 Enjoy the Turkish traditional belly dance and fork music in a modern restaurant where guests can both drink wine and relax with Turkish interesting stories performed beautifully and funnily by professional dancers.
22:30 Show ends. Back to the hotel and take a rest.
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Day 4: CAPPADOCIA → KONYA (B/L/D)
08:00 Have breakfast. Depart for Konya, the capital of Turks people in the 12 and 13 centuries.
12:00 Have lunch in a local restaurant. Visit the Mevlana museum with the architecture of green domes which are the symbol of Konya city. Go on visiting Karatay Medrese - a medrese, meaning a school with a frequently but not absolutely religious focus, built in Konya, Turkey, in 1251 by the Emir of the city Celaleddin Karatay, serving the Seljuk sultan. Check in the hotel.
19:00 Have dinner and take a rest.
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Day 5: KONYA → PAMUKKALE (B/L/D)
08:00 Have breakfast in a restaurant. Depart for Pamukkale or cotton castle (05 hours), the city in the South Western Turkey which contains hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water. Have lunch in a restaurant.
14:30 Visit Hierapolis city or holy city - UNESCO World Heritage Site. The hot springs there have been used as a spa since the 2nd century BC, and people came to soothe their ailments, with many of them retiring or dying here, outdoor theater, library, health center... Take photos at Cotton Castle.
Check in the hotel and take a rest.
19:00 Have dinner and take a rest.
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Day 6: PAMUKKALE → KUSADASI (B/L/D)
08:00 Have breakfast. Depart for Kusadasi (3,5 hours) - a resort town on Turkey's Aegean coast and the center of the seaside district of the same name in Aydın Province. Visit the House of Virgin Mary and pray for luck, happiness, and peace. Have lunch in a restaurant.
14:30 Visit Ephesus - an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city, on the west coast of Asia Minor, near present-day Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey with stone architectures such as Roman Library, Horse Riding, the Remains of Troy, Artemis - the goddess of the wilderness, the hunt and wild animals, and fertility (she became a goddess of fertility and childbirth mainly in cities).
18:00 Check in the hotel. Take a rest. Freely discover the ancient city and markets.
19:00 Have dinner. Discover Kusadasi and take a rest.
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Day 7: KUSADASI → ISTANBUL (B/L/D)
Guests will be transferred to Ismir Airport to check in for the flight TK 2313 ADB IST 10:00 – 11:10 to Istanbul. Arrive in Istanbul Airport, the local guide will pick up the guests.
12:00 Have lunch – Check in the hotel.
Visit Hippodrome Stadium a Greek stadium for horse racing and chariot racing. The Greek hippodrome corresponded to the Roman Circus, except that in the latter only four chariots ran at a time whereas ten or more contended in the Greek games, so that the width was far greater, being about 400 ft (120 m), the course being 600 to 700 ft (210 m). long. The hippodrome was not a "Roman amphitheatre" which was used for spectator sports, games and displays, or a Greek or Roman semi-circular theater used for theatrical performances; the Blue Mosque, a historical mosque in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the capital of the Ottoman Empire (from 1453 to 1923) is famous for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior; the Hagia Sophia Mosque – a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. After that, guests would be free to shop in Grand Bazaar.
18:30 Have dinner in a restaurant. Free and easy.
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Day 8: ISTANBUL - HCMC (B/L/D)
Have breakfast. Visit the Dolmabahce Palace – one of the most glamorous palaces in the world.
12:00 Have lunch in a restaurant near the Bosphorus Strait where guests can have a chance to see many ships or boats.
13:30 Take a Bosphorus Cruise (2,5hrs) to enjoy the beautiful landscapes of 2 banks of the Strait, the famous seaport Golden Horn, Dolmabahce Palace and Bosphorus Bridge. Go shopping in Istinye Park Shopping Mall with so many top brands.
19:00 Have dinner in a restaurant.
20:30 Guests would be transferred to check in for the flight TK 68 IST SGN 23:40 – 16:40 back to Vietnam.
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Day 9: HCMC/HN (B/L/-)
16:40 Arrive in Tan Son Nhat Airport. Dalat TSC says goodbye to you and see you again.
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TOUR FARE: PLEASE REFER BELOW
Includes
- All air tickets with Turkish Airlines.
- Domestic air tickets departing from Hanoi (HAN – SGN – HAN)
- 4-star hotels (TWN/DBL)
- Meals as stated in the itinerary
- A/C coach
- Entrance tickets of belly dance and fork music in Cappadocia
- River Cruise at the Bosphorus Strait
- Entrance tickets as the itinerary
- Vietnamese tour leader and English-speaking local guide
- Global travel insurance of Chartis with the max compensation of US$50,000/pax
- Single Turkey entry visa
- 02 bottles of water/pax/day
Excludes
- Passport
- Single Supplement US$300/room
- Personal expenses, telephone, laundry, excess luggage...
- Other expenses not included in the itinerary
- Tips for local tour guide and driver (5 Euro / pax / day)
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