Day 01  : 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 02 : SIC Full Day Ottoman Relics Tour with Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia Mosque, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, Obelisk, Sultanahmet, Old Bazaar. Lunch at local Restaurant

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 03 : TRANSFER FOR CAPPADOCIA

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

DAY 04 -  SIC Full Day Cappadocia Red Tour with Zelve Open Air Museum, Dervent Valley, Pasabag, Avanos. Lunch at local Restaurant

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.

Optional Tour : Hot Air Balloon Cappadocia : INR 22,500/- per person

DAY 05 : TRANSFER FOR ISTANBUL                    

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

DAY 06 : 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.