土耳其/About Turkey-In-Depth program 11D Package:

About Turkey-In-Depth program Package

 土耳其旅行社果真一如觀光大國，提供有效率且制式化的各種包裝行程，在交叉比對、網友評價考慮TSC、Gate1、Mediterra Holidays等幾家，最後選擇後者，八月11天的套裝行程公訂價2020美金(單人房/含交通/三星/三餐/不含飲料小費，國際班機)

 但真正吸引的是這團僅6人，在安卡拉(Ankara)加兩人到庫沙達瑟(Kusadasi)再多加5人，此七人正逢齋戒月假期從杜拜飛來參加其中一段，然後在特洛伊行程結束後離去又恢復6人團。

 即便是制式行程嗯…還是有些自己的想法。

 說實在土耳其的確不需跟團，超容易自助，但我想把精力放在伊比利半島且這些年已累積足夠的伊斯蘭經驗，伊斯坦堡吸引我的瀰漫著民生社區氛圍的Beyoglu區，因此退掉三天住宿，一番討價討還後以早鳥價$1550成交(需支付30%訂金)外加熱氣球130歐現場付。

旅行社最後確定行程如下:

Day 1: 08 Agu 2013, Thursday. Arrive in Istanbul.

 Arrive in Istanbul Ataturk Airport with SQ392 at 07:45 and meet your transferman at the airport. Transfer to your hotel with your private van. Overnight in Istanbul. (No meals)
(住自訂Witt Hotel)

Day 2: 09 Agu 2013, Friday. Full day Istanbul Old City tour.

Meet your guide at the hotel lobby at 08:10-08:30(太早了，臨時決定不參加) and join group. First visit is to Hagia Sophia, a former Orthodox

 patriarchal basilica, later a mosque and now a museum. See spectacular mosaics which depict the Virgin Mother, Jesus, saints, Byzantine emperors and empresses and biblical scenes. Continue the tour with Sultan Ahmet Mosque (Blue Mosque), the culmination of two centuries of both Ottoman mosque and Byzantine church development. 

 Visit Hippodrome of Constantinople, once the sporting and social centre of Constantinople. Then, see Grand Bazaar, one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the World. After lunch, visit Topkapi Palace, the official and primary residence in the city of the Ottoman sultans for approximately 400 years. Finally, visit Rustem Pasha Mosque, which is famous for its large quantities of exquisite Iznik tiles. Drive back to the hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

 (Breakfast, lunch) (續住自訂Witt Hotel)

Day 3: 10 Agu 2013, Saturday. Half day Bosphorus cruise.(參加半天乘船!)

 Meet your guide at the hotel lobby at 08:10-08:30 and join group. Before embarkation on the boat, visit the Spice Bazaar (or Egyptian Bazaar), the second largest covered shopping complex after the Grand Bazaar.

 Filled with spices, dried fruits, nuts and seeds, lokum (Turkish delight) and other edibles, Spice Bazaar have a smell of the fragrance of the exotic East. Then, embark on a ferryboat for an excursion on the Bosphorus. Enjoy viewing Ottoman palaces, citadels, centuries-old mansions and old and new faces of Istanbul on the European and Asian shorelines at the same time. 

 After the tour, transfer back to your hotel. Time at leisure. Overnight in Istanbul. Olimpiyat (Breakfast/搬到原行程中飯店方便明早接送)

Day 4: 11 Agu 2013, Sunday. Flight to Ankara. Half Day Ankara tour.

Pick-up in your hotel at 05:45 and transfer to Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Fly to Ankara with Pegasus Airlines PC100 at 07:45-08:40. PNR-VTR0JM.

 Meet your guide at the airport in Ankara and join the group. Drive to Anatolian Civilizations Museum. Then see Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. On the way to Cappadocia, have a picturesque trip along the Salt Lake. Proceed to the hotel in Cappadocia for overnight. Dinler Hotel(Breakfast, lunch, dinner) 

Day 5: 12 Agu 2013, Monday. Full day Cappadocia tour.

 You can start your day with optional balloon tour(參加自費130歐) over Cappadocia in the early morning to have a view of this unique land before the tour. 

 Meet your guide at the hotel lobby and visit Kaymakli Underground City, which was dug by early Christians to take shelter from pagan persecutors. Then visit Devrent Valley, Monks Valley (Pasabagi), see some of the most striking fairy chimneys in Cappadocia with twin and even triple rock caps. 

 Proceed to Avanos, well-known pottery town of Anatolia. After lunch, continue on to the Goreme Open-Air Museum. It contains the finest of the rock-cut churches, with beautiful frescoes (wall paintings) whose colors still retain all their original freshness. Overnight in Dinler Hotel

Day 6: 13 Agu 2013, Tuesday. Cappadocia-Pamukkale via Konya.

 Drive to Konya to visit to the Mausoleum of Mevlana, the world-wide famous mystic figure, also known as Rumi. After the visit proceed to Pamukkale and overnight Lycus River Hotel (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 7: 14 Agu 2013, Wednesday. Pamukkale, Hierapolis and Aphrodisias tour.

 After breakfast, visit Hierapolis Antique City, where you will see Temple of Apollo, Martyrium and some other ruins.

 Then see Pamukkale (Cotton Castle), which is made of sedimentary rock deposited by water from the hot springs. You have the chance to walk on the terraces. In the afternoon, visit Aphrodisias Antique City. The city was named after

 Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. Proceed to the hotel in Kusadasi for overnight Efe Boutique Hotel (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Efe這間還不賴請見:

Day 8: 15 Agu 2013, Thursday. Ephesus tour.

 Meet your guide at the hotel lobby for a full day Ephesus tour. First visit is to House of Virgin Mary, where she is believed to have spent her last times. Then proceed to Ephesus Antique City and see the Artemis Temple, one of the

 Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Library of Celcus, the Odeon, the Temple of Hadrian, the Temple of Domitian, the Theater, believed to be the largest outdoor theater in the ancient world, and some other ruins. After lunch, visit Basilica of St. John or Ephesus Museum. After the tour turn back to hotel. Overnight in Kusadasi. Efe Boutique Hotel (Breakfast, lunch,dinner)

Day 9: 16 Agu 2013, Friday. Pergamum and Troy tour.

 Early departure for Pergamon, one of the Seven Churches addressed in Revelation. In Pergamum, visit Asclepion, Library of Pergamum, theatre and some other ruins. In the afternoon continue on to Troy Antique City, which is best known for being the focus of the Trojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle and especially in the Iliad by Homer.

 Then drive to Canakkale for overnight Akol Hotel (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)

Day 10: 17 Agu 2013, Saturday. Gallipoli tour.

 After breakfast sail to the other side of Dardanelles by a ferryboat and drive to Istanbul with visit to Gallipoli battle field, where the famous Gallipoli Campaign took place during the World War I. 

 Visit the famous ANZAC Cove, Lone PineAustralian Memorial and Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial. After the visit, proceed to Istanbul and transfer to the hotel. End of your services. (Breakfast, lunch)
住自訂的Sultania請見:)

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