Day 01  : ATHENS ARRIVAL  :

Meet at Athens airport and transfer to the hotel. Remainder of the day at leisure. Athens is an amazing city to discover on your own with its numerous museums, parks, and the shopping areas of Kolonaki, Hermou, Voukourestiou Street, Monastiraki and Plaka. Overnight in Athens Hotel.

Day 2 : HALF DAY ATHENS SIGHTSEEING  :

Breakfast in the hotel. Pickup from the hotel for your half day morning tour. See Syntagma Square, the House of Parliament, the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier, the Athens Academy, the University, the National Library and the Hadrian’s Arch. Pass by the Temple of Olympian Zeus and visit the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in 1896. On the Acropolis visit the architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens: the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion and finally “the harmony between material and spirit”, the Parthenon. Continue and visit the place where at last the statues found their home and admire the wonders of the classical era, the museum of Acropolis. At the end of the tour, drop off at the hotel or at the city centre. Remainder of the day at own leisure. Overnight in Athens Hotel.

Day 03 : ATHENS – SANTORINI  : 

(Breakfast) Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to the Athens port of Piraeus and take the boat to the island of Santorini. Meet at Santorini port and transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Santorini Hotel.

DAY 04 : SANTORINI: 

(Breakfast) Breakfast in the hotel. At leisure on this amazing island of Santorini . Overnight in hotel.

Day 05 : SANTORINI – ATHENS  :

(Breakfast) Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to Santorini port and take the boat to Athens. Meet at the Athens port of Piraeus and transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Athens hotel.

DAY 06 : DEPARTURE & ISTANBUL ARRIVAL :

Enjoy breakfast .proceed to the airport in time to board your flight . Meet at Athens airport and transfer to the hotel. Remainder of the day at leisure. Athens is an amazing city to discover on your own with its numerous museums, parks, and the shopping. Overnight in Istanbul

DAY 07 : AFTER BREAKFAST, FULL DAY ISTANBUL OTTOMAN RELICS AND BYZANTIUM TOUR:

Breakfast in the hotel .Pick up from Hotel. Start to visit with Hippodrome, The centre of sports activities with its four monuments - The German Foutain of WILHELM II, Egyptian Obelisk, Serpentine Column and The Column of Constantine The Blue Mosque, the most famous mosque of Istanbul which is known for its beautiful blue Iznik tiles. Next stop is St. Sophia. This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great, in the 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural marvels of all time. Continue with Grand Bazaar (Covered Market). In this labyrinth of streets and passages are more than 4000 shops with each trade having its own area. Have lunch, After lunch, visit the Sultan's Tombs. There are five tombs of Ottoman Sultans within the graveyard at St. Sophia.

Continue with Topkapi Palace. The great palace of the Ottoman Sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries. housing an exquisite collection of precious gems, jewellery thrones of sultans, costumes worn by the sultans and their families; miniatures, the Holy Mantle; Chamber of Sacred Relics

Return back to the hotel                                                                                      

DAY 08 : TRANSFER FOR CAPPADOCIA :

After breakfast, transfer to IST/SAW Airport for flight to Kayseri. Transfer to hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia       

DAY 09 : FULL DAY CAPPADOCIA NORTH :

After breakfast, Pick up from hotel, Our first real encounter with Cappadocia almost Martian landscape is in the Dervent valley. We visit Pasabag’s “fairy chimneys”, where the voice of the wind harmonizes with songs of the fairies.From here we pause at Avanos centre of terracotta art which is a popular destination because of its attractive old town with cobbled streets, and views over the river and is its production of earthenware pottery, it is also the most economic activity in the town. A visit to the ceramic & tile centre to see how the ceramics made by hand. After lunch, we visit the famous Goreme Open Air Museum to see the best examples of Byzantine art in Cappadocia. People of Goreme, at the heart of the Cappadocia Region, realized that these soft rocks could be easily carved out to form houses, churches, monasteries.

These Christian sanctuaries contain many examples of Byzantine art from the post iconoclastic period. These frescoes are a unique artistic achievement from this period.

You visit a carpet cooperative, where you'll see how exquisite Turkish carpets are hand-woven.

We complete the tour with a panoramic view of the valleys of Cappadocia.

Return back to the hotel

DAY 10 : TRANSFER FOR ISTANBUL  :   

After breakfast, transfer to Airport for flight to Istanbul. Transfer to hotel. Overnight in Istanbul          

DAY 11 : DEPARTURE:

Enjoy breakfast .proceed to the airport in time to board your flight back home, knowing in your heart that though this trip has ended, the journey of discovery has just begun.