7 Day Private Turkey Tour – Istanbul, Ephesus & Cappadocia

Your 7 day private Turkey tour begins with arrival at Istanbul Airport or Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Meet your transfer representative and travel to your hotel.
After check-in, enjoy the rest of the day at leisure. Relax after your flight or explore the surrounding neighborhood independently. Early check-in is subject to hotel availability.
Accommodation: Burdock Hotel Istanbul, Autograph Collection, or a similar hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

After breakfast, meet your private English-speaking guide at the agreed meeting point for a full day exploring Istanbul’s historic peninsula.
Begin at the Roman Hippodrome and continue to the Blue Mosque. Visit the Hagia Sophia visitor gallery to discover its Byzantine and Ottoman heritage.

Following a lunch break at your own expense, explore Topkapi Palace’s principal courtyards and selected collections. Finish at the Grand Bazaar, with time to browse its covered lanes. Shopping is optional.

Guided admission to Hagia Sophia and Topkapi Palace is included. Mosque visits are arranged around worship times. Any necessary itinerary changes due to attraction opening days will be agreed before confirmation.

Approximate sightseeing duration: 8–9 hours. Breakfast included. Overnight in Istanbul.

Transfer to the airport early this morning for your flight to Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport. The domestic flight ticket is not included in the package price.

Upon arrival, meet your private guide and travel to Ephesus. Explore its ancient streets and monumental remains, including the impressive Library of Celsus facade.

Continue to the Basilica of St. John in Selcuk, traditionally associated with the burial of the apostle John. Discover its place in the region’s early Christian heritage.

Following a lunch break at your own expense, visit Sirince village. Stroll through its cobbled lanes, admire traditional houses and enjoy time for photographs or a coffee stop. Personal purchases and refreshments are extra.

After sightseeing, transfer to Charisma Hotel Kusadasi or a similar hotel. Admission to Ephesus and the Basilica of St. John is included. Ephesus Terrace Houses are not part of the standard visit.

This is a longer travel day combining an early flight with sightseeing. A sufficiently early arrival in Izmir is required, and the flight and tour schedule will be coordinated before confirmation. Breakfast arrangements depend on the early departure time. Dinner included. Overnight in Kusadasi.

After breakfast, check out of your hotel and transfer to Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport for your planned direct flight to Kayseri. The domestic flight ticket is not included in the package price.

Upon arrival, meet your transfer representative and continue to your hotel in Cappadocia. Depending on the confirmed flight time, enjoy the rest of the day at leisure. Early check-in is subject to hotel availability.
Travel dates must accommodate the operating days and availability of the direct Izmir–Kayseri service. Flight arrangements will be confirmed before booking.

Accommodation: Barcelo Hotel Cappadocia or a similar hotel. Breakfast in Kusadasi and dinner at your Cappadocia hotel included. Overnight in Cappadocia.

An optional sunrise hot-air balloon flight may be arranged before sightseeing, subject to weather, availability and operational approval. Ballooning costs extra and is not included in the standard itinerary.

After breakfast, begin your private guided tour at Goreme Open-Air Museum, exploring its rock-cut chapels and monastic spaces. Continue to Pasabag to see its distinctive fairy chimneys, then visit selected areas of Zelve’s former rock-cut settlement.

Enjoy a lunch break in Avanos at your own expense, followed by a short pottery demonstration introducing the town’s traditional craft. Purchases are optional.

Finish with a scenic stop at Devrent Valley, known for its unusual rock formations, before returning to your hotel.

Admission to Goreme Open-Air Museum and Zelve-Pasabag is included. The Goreme Dark Church is not part of the standard program.
Approximate sightseeing duration: 7–8 hours, excluding optional ballooning. Breakfast and dinner included. Overnight in Cappadocia.

After breakfast, begin your second full day of private sightseeing in Cappadocia.

Visit Kaymakli Underground City, following the visitor route through chambers and connecting passages carved into the rock. Admission is included. The underground route involves low ceilings and narrow passages; please discuss any mobility concerns or discomfort with enclosed spaces before booking.

Continue to Mustafapasa for a walk among its historic stone buildings and a lunch break at your own expense. Pause at the Three Beauties viewpoint near Urgup before continuing to Uchisar for an exterior view of its rock-cut castle.

Finish with a panorama over Pigeon Valley before returning to your hotel. An Uchisar Castle climb is not part of the standard itinerary.

Approximate sightseeing duration: 7–8 hours. Breakfast and dinner included. Overnight in Cappadocia.

Check out of your hotel and transfer to Kayseri or Nevsehir Airport, according to your confirmed flight arrangements. Fly to Istanbul, where your 7 day private Turkey tour concludes upon arrival.

The domestic flight ticket is not included in the package price. If you are continuing on an international flight, your domestic arrival airport and connection time must be coordinated with your onward travel plans before booking.

Istanbul has two main airports. Connections should use the same airport wherever possible, and sufficient transfer and check-in time must be allowed. Through-checked baggage is not assumed.

An additional night in Istanbul can be arranged on request at extra cost. Breakfast arrangements depend on your departure time. End of services.