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Country Combination Tours : Best of Turkey & Egypt Tour (15 Days)
Duration: 15 Days / 14
Nights
Highlights: Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale,
Ephesus, Aswan, Nile Cruise, Luxor, Cairo
Departure Dates: Everyday
Note:All tour
packages are modular and you can use these itineraries
as a starting point and we can help modify this itineraries
to accommodate your personal requirements and desires
to find your perfect holiday.
DAY 01 - Arrival to Istanbul
Arrival to Istanbul Airport and meet for transfer on
to the hotel. Rest of the day is then at leisure (as
per your flight arrival time). Overnight in Istanbul.
DAY 02 - Imperial Istanbul Sightseeing
Tour
After breakfast at hotel meet with the guide to depart
on the full daytour to explore some of the most important
sights in Istanbul. Visit the Blue Mosque, the St Sophia,
Hippodrome & Obelisk, the Grand Bazaar and Topkapi
Palace (excluding optional extra entrance to Harem room).
After the tour, return to hotel with the evening then
at leisure. Overnight in Istanbul.
DAY 03 - Bosphorus Cruise and flight to
Cappadocia
After breakfast meet with the tour guide to depart for
a mornings cruise on the Bosphorus which seperates the
East from West. During the cruise visit the Spice Bazaar
and the Rumeli Fortress. At the end of the cruise, transfer
back to hotel with the remainder of the day at leisure
for you to further explore on your own until early evening
transfer to airport. Depart on the domestic flight to
Kayseri (Cappadocia) and on arrival meet for transfer
to the hotel for check-in with the evening at leisure.
Overnight in Cappadocia.
DAY 04 - Cappadocia Tour with Goreme Museum
Today depart on the full days tour to visit Devrent
Valley and Monk's Valley (Pasabagi) where you find the
world famous fairy chimneys. Break for lunch in Avanos
then on to the Goreme Open-Air Museum to explore the
numerous churches and monasteries with their frescoes.
These churches and monasteries where carved from the
soft volcanic stone and decorated by Medieval Orthodox
Christian Monks around 1000-1200AD. A visit to Ortahisar
Natural Rock Castle for panoramic views is also included.
After tour the evening is at leisure. Overnight in Cappadocia.
DAY 05 - Ihlara Valley Tour and overnight
bus to Pamukkale
Breakfast at hotel, check out then depart on another
full day sightseeing tour of Cappadocia this time starting
with a visit to the famous Derinkuyu Underground City
which was built as a defence and hiding site during
the period of spreading Christianity. Then to Cavusin
Old Christian Village where you find a triple Apse church
and monastery of St John the Baptist. In Sinasos Old
Greek Village you find old Greek and Ottoman houses.
The days touring also includes an easy grade 3km hike
through Red Valley offering some great scenery that
would otherwise not be accessible by car and a visit
to the Uchisar Natural Rock Castle. At end of tour,
collect luggage from hotel reception and transfer on
to the bus station for travel by intercity overnight
bus to Pamukkale.
DAY 06 - Pamukkale Tour and travel on
to Kusadasi
Arrival early morning to Pamukkale where you will be
met at the bus station and transferred to a small hotel
with use of a room to take a shower, short rest and
have breakfast. Then it is time to join on the group
tour which visits the natural formation of the travertens
"Cotton Cliffs" and the ruins of Hierapolis.
Then transfer to hotel in Kusadasi & evening at
leisure. Overnight Kusadasi.
DAY 07 - Ephesus Sightseeing Tour
Breakfast then meet with guide to depart on the full
day Ephesus Tour. Begin with the Ancient City of Ephesus,
the best preserved Greco-Roman City in the world. Here
you see the Agora, Odeon, Curetes Street, Celsius Library,
famous Roman Baths, the Grand Theatre and Marble Street.
After lunch, depart for the House of Virgin Mary where
she is said to have spent the remainder of her days.
It is a pilgrimage site for many people of various religious
denominations. The tour also includes a visit to the
remains of Artemis Temple, one of the seven wonders
of the ancient world. Tour ends with transfer back to
hotel & evening at leisure. Overnight in Kusadasi.
DAY 08 - Departure flight to Cairo
Breakfast, check out and according to the available
flight departure times on required date of travel, transfer
to Izmir Airport for check in with flight to Cairo via
Istanbul. On arrival to Cairo meet for transfer to the
hotel with remainder of the day or evening at leisure.
Overnight in Cairo.
DAY 09 - Tour of Giza and train
Cairo to Aswan
Breakfast, check out and meet with your guide to begin
the tour with a visit to Memphis, the ancient capital
of Egypt dating from 3100BC which contains the beautiful
representation of King Ramsis II through his colossal
statue. Then proceed on to Sakkara where you visit the
world-famous Step Pyramid of King Zoser, the oldest
known of Egypt's 107 Pyramids. At Pyramids area, visit
the Three Pyramids built for Pharaohs Cheops, Chephren
& Mycerinus on the Giza Plateau and the mysterious
Sphinx. After the tour, transfer on to Cairo Rail Station
for departure on the overnight train to Aswan. Overnight
onboard train, dinner included.
DAY 10 - Nile Cruise from Aswan to Luxor
On arrival to Aswan Rail Station meet for transfer to
board the Nile Cruise. Embarkation before lunch. Then
depart with the tour guide to visit the High Dam, one
of the biggest dams in the world and was an engineering
miracle when it was built in the 1960's. Then proceed
to the Unfinished Obelisk, a huge obelisk incompletely
carved that shows the techniques ancient Egyptians used.
At the end, visit Philae Temple which was dedicated
to Goddess Isis and is now reassembled at a new site
on Agilika Island about 500km from its former site on
Philae Island. (If time of cruise allows, additional
or alternative morning excursions can be added to either
Abu Simbel or felucca ride to view Elephantine Island,
Plantation "Kitcheners" Island and Agha Khan
Mausoleum.) Overnight onboard Nile Cruise.
DAY 11 - Nile Cruise to Kom Ombo and Edfu
Cruise sails to Kom Ombo and upon arrival visit The
Temple of Sobek and Haroeris, dedicated to the crocodile-god
Sobek. The temple stands at a bend in the Nile where
in ancient times sacred crocodiles basked in the sun
on the river bank. Return to the cruise and sail to
Edfu. On arrival visit the Temple of Horus, the largest
and most complete preserved Pharoanic temple combining
Pharaonic & Greek architecture. Overnight onboard
cruise.
DAY 12 - Luxor and tour to West Bank
Sail to Esna then Luxor. On arrival to Luxor, move to
the West Bank of the Nile to visit the Valley of Kings
and Queens, a vast "City of the Dead" where
magnificent tombs were carved into the desert rocks
and filled with treasures for the afterlife by generations
of Pharaohs. Proceed to the foot of the cliff to visit
the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman who ruled
over Egypt in Pharaonic History. On the way back to
the River Nile, your road passes by the famed Colossi
of Memnon, known in Ancient Greek times for their haunting
voices at dawn. Return back to cruise and evening at
leisure. Overnight onboard Nile Cruise.
DAY 13 - Overnight train Luxor to Cairo
After breakfast disembark from the cruise (around 10am).
You then have free time at leisure in Luxor until the
early evening (8pm) transfer to Luxor Rail Station for
departure on the overnight train back to Cairo (an optional
extra morning excursion to visit Luxor and Karnak Temples
is available if you wish to include). Overnight onboard
train in sleeper car, dinner included.
DAY 14 - Egyptian Museum and Old Cairo
Tour
Arrival to Cairo around 6am and meet for transfer to
the hotel. At around 9am meet with the tour guide and
depart on a sightseeing tour to explore the Egyptian
Museum, the Citadel of Saladin (Alabaster Mosque and
Tomb of the Ottoman ruler Mohamed Ali) along with Old
Cairo area where we can find a mixture between Islamic
and Christian Monuments such as: Abu Serga Church, Al
Mo'allaqa Church or Hanging Church which are dated back
to the beginning of the 5th century AD and are built
in the basilica style. Overnight in Cairo.
DAY 15 - Transfer to
Cairo Airport
Breakfast, check out and as per your international flight
time transfer on to Cairo Airport.
What's Included:
* Hotel accommodations in choice of preferred class
* Professional Guide licensed by the Ministry of Tourism
* Noted sightseeing tours on regular group or private guided basis
* Main entrance fees to sights mentioned by the itinerary
* Meals mentioned by the itinerary - Vegeterian meals available
* Required land & or internal flight transportation
* All roundtrip airport transfers with A/C minivans
* Local taxes & handling services
* All tours & travel packages are insuranced by TURSAB (Association of Turkish
Travel Agencies)
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