DAY 1 : Arrival in Istanbul
Meet and assist at Istanbul airport. Transfer to the hotel for overnight. |
DAY 2 : Istanbul / Canakkale
Breakfast and departure for Canakkale. Visit the First World War memorial monument and the Gallipoli battle fields. After crossing the Dardanelles (Hellespont) by ferry, visit the ancient of Troy (the scene of Homers Iliad). Dinner and overnight in Canakkale. |
DAY 3 : Canakkale / Ayvalik
Breakfast and drive to Biblical Assos, continue to ancient city of Pergamum. Afternoon visit Asclepion, the most famous medical center of antiquity and the Acropolis, the great theater and altar of Zeus. Dinner and overnight in Ayvalik |
DAY 4 : Ayvalik / Bursa
Breakfast and morning visit of Ayvalik. Departure for Bursa, the first capital city of the Ottoman Empire. Visit the Green Mosque, Green Mausoleum, Grand Mosque and the Old Silk Bazaar. Dinner and overnight in Bursa . |
DAY 5 : Bursa / Istanbul
Breakfast and departure for Istanbul by crossing the Gulf of Izmit by ferry. Transfer to the hotel or to the airport upon arrival in Istanbul. |
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• Combination possibility : Istanbul as per requested overnights.
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