Pick
up from Esenboga Airport in Ankara. Of course a visit to the museum of Civilization is on the programme. The night will be spent in Ankara.
Second & Third Day
From Ankara we drive to Cappadocia. In Cappadocia you will visit: Üçhisar village and castle, Göreme Valley, Towers of Peri (Ürgüp), Devrent Valley, Mustafa Pasa, Göreme open air museum and Derinkuyu (underground city). Two overnights in Cappadocia.
Fourth & Fifth Day
Today we travel on towards Diyarbakir. A long trip through beautiful scenery. In Diyarbakir you will visit the great basalt walls and gates, said to be second in extent only to the Great Wall of China; The Meryem Ana church, today still used by Syrian Orthodox also called Jacobites. In Mardin we take you for a walk through an lovely old city center with its vivid bazaar. Of course you will be taken to the monastery of Mar Hanania (Deyrul Zafaran), where Aramenic, the language of Jesus, is still the liturgical tongue. Once this monastery was the seat of the Syrian Orthodox patriarchate. Outside Mardin on the Tür Abdin plateau you visit the Mar Gabriel monastery, home of the Archbishop of Tür Abdin. Two overnight stays in Diyarbakir.
Sitxth & Seventh Day
Today
our tour will bring you to Sanli Urfa. Here
you will visit the pool with the sacred
carps, see the beautiful Mosque and walk
over the bazaar. Of course we will take
you to Haran to, the place where Abraham
supposed to have lived, with its typical
beehive houses. Two
overnight stays in Sanli Urfa.
Eigth Day
We drive
toward Antakya (=Antioch). Here you will
visit the St. Peters cave and church and
the famous Mosaic Museum of Antakya.One
overnight in Antakya.
Ninth till Fifteenth Day
The
last 6 overnights of this tour will be spend
in Kizkalesi. The Mediterranean sea is waiting for a refreshing dip, a lovely beach and many historical sights are around. This week you will be taken on a picknick trip, a daily tour and a boat tour. On your last day we have our bus waiting to bring you back to Sakirpasa Airport in Adana.