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Arrive Istanbul
Transfer in — allow for it, the airport is a long way out. Evening on the Historic Peninsula.
Türkiye
Two Continents
Istanbul and Cappadocia
Three full days in Istanbul — enough to stop treating it as a checklist — and three in Cappadocia with a spare morning built in for the balloon, because one attempt is a gamble.
Suits
- A first trip to Türkiye
- Photographers
- Couples with a week
Day by day
The Historic Peninsula
Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and the Basilica Cistern, in the order that avoids the crowds. Grand Bazaar if you want it.
The Bosphorus and the Asian side
Private boat mid-morning, then across to Kadıköy for a food walk where Istanbul actually eats.
Fly to Cappadocia
Short hop after breakfast. Afternoon in Göreme and the Rose Valley at sunset.
Balloon morning
Up before four for the dawn flight. Derinkuyu underground city later, when you have woken up properly.
Cappadocia, spare morning
Held open. If yesterday flew, this is Ihlara and a pottery workshop. If it did not, this is the balloon.
Return and depart
Fly back to Istanbul and connect, or add nights on the coast.
What's included
- All accommodation as listed, with daily breakfast
- All internal transfers by private, air-conditioned car with a professional driver
- Licensed English-speaking guide for every sightseeing day (Russian on request)
- All entrance fees named in the day-by-day
- A single named trip designer, reachable by WhatsApp for the whole journey
- 24/7 on-trip support line covering your time zone
Not included
- International flights, unless the journey says otherwise
- Visas, visa fees and travel insurance (we prepare the paperwork; the fees are yours)
- Lunches and dinners other than those named
- Anything personal — minibar, laundry, spa, tips
- Optional experiences marked as add-ons