DAY 1: DEPARTURE MANILA, PHILIPPINES
Check in with the airline, enjoy in-flight amenities and entertainment onboard, and arrive in Istanbul on the same day.

DAY 2: ISTANBUL FULL DAY TOUR (B/L/D)
After breakfast board your coach and let’s begin this exciting journey! We proceed to visit the Roman Hippodrome where horse chariot races and events were held. Proceed to visit the Blue Mosque-Sultan Ahmet Mosque. Then visit Topkapi Palace – the seat of the Ottoman Empire, after it shifted its capital from Bursa to Istanbul. It is today, a museum palace with a wide collection of Kitchen wares and Porcelains, Treasuries, Royal Antiques,Courtyards, Holy Relics, etc. Then visit St. Sophia Museum. In the afternoon, freetime at the famous Grand Covered Bazaar and SpiceBazaar.

DAY 3: ISTANBUL – CANAKKALE (TROY) (B/L/D)
After breakfast board your coach as we begin our scenic drive down toGallipoli, historically famous for being the site of many battles duringWWI. Then we will cross the second strategic waterway, the Dardanelles,and land in Asia. We will visit, Troy Ancient City, the famous mythology city in Homer’s epic poem, lliad, one of the oldest settlements in the world. Drive to Canakkale, make a stop in Canakkale city center to see the Wooden Horse from the movie ‘Troy’.

DAY 4: CANAKKALE – IZMIR – KUSADASI (B/L/D)
After breakfast, transfer to Pergamon and visit the Temples of Trajan,Acropolis, Dionysos, Zeus, and Athena and the theater overlooking the plain of Bergama. Lunch in Bergama then drive to Kusadasi for dinner and overnight.

DAY 5: KUSADASI – EPHESUS – PAMUKKALE (B/L/D)
Following breakfast, drive to Selcuk town then visit the House of Virgin Maryon top of Mt. Coressos. Also visit the famous Ancient ruins of Ephesus.After lunch continue to Pamukkale (Cotton Castle). The area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by the flowing water, the shimmering, snow-white limestone, shaped over millennia by calcium-rich springs. We will also visit the Roman Baths which are also in the area. Transfer to the hotel for dinner and enjoy Thermal bath.

DAY 6: PAMUKKALE – KONYA – CAPPADOCIA (B/L/D)
After breakfast and before we start the long drive to the beautiful city ofCappadocia, we can visit a Shopping Outlet then transfer to Konya forlunch and visit Mevlana Museum, the home of Whirling Dervishes. Then continue to drive to Cappadocia. Two nights stay in a Cave Hotel inCappadocia.

DAY 7: CAPPADOCIA (B/L/D)
Today we visit the incredible Underground City of Kaymakli where earlyChristians lived secretly in order to survive and keep their faith. A photo opportunity at the Pigeon Valley and at the foot of the Uchisar Castle.After lunch, proceed to the Goreme Valley open air museum to visit the rock carved churches. Followed by the famous local pottery and carpet.We will also provide time for souvenir shopping in Cappadocia. Then proceed to dinner and back to our hotel. (Optional Hot Air Balloon ride in the morning if weather permits).