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Overview of
Archaeological, Architectural, Historical and Cultural Heritage
Turkey-Türkiye Tours in
Turkey-Türkiye -
Culture Trips
Cultural
Tours to Turkey, Cultural Heritage Tours in Turkey
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- You discover and explore
Istanbul: Golden Horn, Pierre
Loti Area, Ottoman Imperial Cemetery, Eyüp Mosque, Roman- Byzantine City Walls, Chora Church,
Hagia Sophia
(Ayasofya)
Museum, Topkapi
Palace Museum, Grand Bazaar,
Hippodrome, Ibrahim Pascha Palace, Ethnographical Museum, Sultan Ahmet
Square,
Blue Mosque. Be familiar with Turkish products and
Market-Places: Turkish Carpets,
Turkish Jewellery, Leather, Egyptian and Second-Hand
markets. And of course enjoy the best of Turkish Food in
distinguished restaurants while exploiting the tranquility of Bosporus and
Istanbul Hotels, after long but social and cultural enrichment
activities..
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- Golden
Horn Pierre Loti Area, Ottoman Imperial Cemetery, Eyüp Mosque,
Roman-Byzantine City-Walls, Chora Church, Aya Sophia, Topkapi palace, Grand Bazaar,
Hippodrome, Ibrahim Pascha Palace, Ethnographical Museum, Sultan Ahmet Place,
Blue Mosque, Citern-Basilica, Archaeological and Oriental Antiques Museum in Cinili Kosk,
Beylerbeyi, Ottoman Imperial Palace, Walk up to the Camlica Hill , Dolmabahce Palace,
Suleymaniye Mosque, are just a compilation of a few of those you
explore.
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- Carpets, jewelers, leather, Egyptian and Second-hand markets
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- An adventurous cruise on the Bosporus, Istanbul by Night with a ‘Son et Lumière’ programme, Evening
with fishermen in Kumkap, Istanbul by Night Dinner
with show in Cabaret Gar, Kervansaray Nightclub, Galata Towers, The Orient House
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- Istanbul- Byzance:Visit
to Golden Horn, Pierre Loti area, Ottoman Cemetery, Eyüp
Mosque Roman-Byzantine City-Walls Chora church, Aya Sophia, Topkapi Palace,
Grand Bazaar. Hippodrome, Ibrahim Pasha Palace, Ethnographical Museum,
Sultan Ahmet Square, Blue Mosque; Egyptian Bazaar, Second-Hand Markets, Cruise on the
Bosporus, Leather Manufacturer...
- Istanbul–Ankara–Salt Lake–Archelais
(Aksaray):Enjoy the deserted landscapes of Central Anatolia and the
nice scenery the Black Sea – the
Euxine Sea on the way to Ankara. Visit to Atatürk
Mausoleum, Museum of Turkish Revolution and Dardanelles, Ethnographical
Museum, Konak of Zenger Pascha, Anatolian Civilizations Museum, and on the
way to Aksaray-Seljukian town from the Middle Age, the Salt Lake.
- Cappadocia- ‘The Land of Beautiful
Horses’:Seljukian town Aksaray with its Pizz Tower, its Grand
Mosque, Acemhöyük-the first capital of the Hittite Empire and one of the
three main Assyrian trading posts. Imperial palaces: Sarikaya- Hatiplar,
Enver Aribas Necropolis. Strolls in Acemhöyük and its
inhabitants, Melendiz Canyon, Peristreme Valley: Selime-Belisirma-Ihlara
with its early Ruperstrian churches dated from the first period of
Christiansm. Agzikarahan on the Silk road will welcome you with its camels
and mules. Alevit Winetasting with inhabitants of the underground City of
Saratli.
- Cappadocia- The Holy Country of the
Christianism: Cappadocia and its valleys: Dyns, Urgup, Uchisar, of
Hunters and Göreme, The beautiful Church St John the Baptist in Cavusin,
Rose Valley Carpet-School
- Cappadocia – Hacibektas of Whirling
Dervishes – Ankara – Istanbul: Cappadocia with stops to take pictures, short walks,
discovery of craft industries (onyx), Pasabag, a part of the Zelve Valley;
Red River and Venessa-Avanos, Monasteries of the Whirling Dervishes in
Hacibektas.
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Istanbul: Discover the Golden Horn, Pierre Loti
are to the Ottoman Cemetery,
the Mosque and
Mausoleum of Eyup (Mahomet’s fellow), the Roman-Byzantine city walls, Chora
Church, St. Sofia, the Church, Mosque, Museum and
Topkapi Palace-Harem. Grand Bazaar (‘Oriental Souk’). Hipodrom, Ibrahim
Pascha Palace, Ethnographical
Museum, the Blue
Mosque, the Egyptian and Spices Market, high-class Armenian jeweler shops. Enjoy the views of Galata
and Marco Polo Towers.
- Istanbul-Edirne-Uzunkôpru- The
Dardanelles-Canakkale: Second
Ottoman Capital: Andrinople-Edirne. Selimiye, masterpiece of Sinan,
master architect of 'Suleyman The Legislator'.
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Canakkale-Truva-Bursa:
Get to know the love of
Paris and the beautiful Helen of Troy, see Achilles running behind Hector
along the walls of Troy, following the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer,
native of Izmir. In Bursa, the first
Ottoman capital: the Green Mosque, the Green Mausoleum, the Muradiye Complex
with the Imperial Tomb. Thermal Center of Oylat,
at the bottom of the Mount Olympus or in Bursa.
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Bursa-Oylat-Aizanoi-Emet:
Visit Aizanoi and its well preserved
Zeus temple, theater, stadium, thermal baths, Roman bridges, ‘Stock Exchange’.
Discovery of the pits of
the Borax mine. Town Hall and the
School of Emet. Thermal hamams and get in touch with the welcoming people of
Phirigia.
- Emet-Sardes-Ephese:
Sardes, the capital of
Lydia, country of the rich Cresus, watered by the Pactole, in order to
contemplate the Synagogue of the city, which was used as one of the first 7
churches of the Apocalypse of St John. Ephesus, capital of Ionia and city
of Artemis. Ephesus site, Eastern
Academy, Agoras, Stoa, Curetes Street, Esculape Gate, Odeon, Domitien Market
Place, Monument of Memius, Trajane Fountain dated from the Pax Romana period, the Baths, the Hadrianus Temple,
House of the Worthy, Library of Celcus, Closed Houses, Marble
Street, Demos Agora, St. Paul Theater, Arcadian Street, Church
of the Virgin of the Ecumenical Councils, Roman Stock Exchange and the
Antique Harbour and Kusadasi.
- Priene-Milet-Didyme-Pamukkale:
Priene, the
city of the great town planner Hippodamus (‘the Hippodamian Plan’). Milet of Thales
and the Apollo Oracle in
Didyme, the largest temple in the world. Enjoy the lunch in a fish restaurant in
Didyme, next
to the Apollo Temple. Castles in Pamukkale
next to the Hieropolis site where women were killing themselves after their
husbands’ deaths to show them their love; thermal swimming pools and Jacuzzi are waiting for us.
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Pamukkale-Aphrodisiyas-Sagalassos-Antalya:
Take pictures in the first
lights of the day of the cotton and tobacco fields. See the city of
Aphrodite. the exceptional site of Aphrodisiyas and its Museum with
the Statue of Aphrodite. Meet nomadic people, walk through some rose gardens and the birds paradise of the Burden Lake.
Visit the hidden site of the Taurus: Sagalassos in Antalya, the city of Attale, cousin of Alexander the
Great.
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Antalya-Konya-Acemhoyuk-Aksaray and
Cappadocia: Antalya, small houses of the poor fishermen
in the old harbour, the schooners of the Turkish aristocrats, the
Hellenistico- Roman- Byzantine- Seldjoukid- Ottoman- Turkish
monuments and Karpuzkaldiran waterfalls. Taurus Mountains with their typical landscapes of
goats, nomads and poppy fields. Caravanserai of Horozluhan and the Silk
Road.
Turkish-Muslim Art Museum in Konya, the Mevlana Mausoleum, founder of the Dancing
Dervish cult, with a rich collection of ethnographical works, including one
of the few carpets in the world dated of 16th century. Acemhoyuk, the
first Hittite Capital and its Sarikaya and Hatiplar Palaces and Aksaray.
- Cappadocia-
Aksaray-Selime-Ihlara-Saratli: Seldjoukid city of
Karamanoglu, Aksaray with its Pizze Tower, its Great Mosque from the 13th
century. the Melendiz Canyon, via typical villages such as
Selime, Yaprakhisar, Belisirma and arrival in the Peristrema-Ihlara Valley.
Discover primitive Syriaq churches dated from the 1st period
of the Christian campus in Cappadocia. nature and birds. Melendiz Canyon in Ihlara, the underground city of Saratli, city of Simone
and Jean van Delft.
- Cappadocia:
Old
Troglodyte houses of Urgup, Uc Guzeller, the Pigeons Valley, Uchisar,
Avcilar, the Goreme Valley and its Rupestrian churches. different handworks
(carpets).
- Cappadocia- Venessa-Sezarée-Argee
Erciyes-Ankara:
The Rose, Camels, Dolphins, Owl Valleys the
Valley of Virgin Mary, onyx factory; the 1st
part of the Zelve Valley: Pasabag. the Red River, Venessa-Avanos,
the most famous one for Cömlek Kebab. the
city of Julius Sezarus; Kayseri: the Roman citywalls, the Complex Huant
Hatun, the Ethnographical Museum, the Grave of the Princess: Döner Kümbet,
Gevher Nesibe, the Museum of Medical History. the High Steppes
of Central Anatolia, Ankara.
- Ankara-Crossing of the Pontic Chain- Lake
of Sapanca- Istanbul: Atatürk
Museum, Museum of the 1st World War- the Dardanelles-
in the Mausoleum, the symbol of the rebirth of the Laic Republic of Turkey.
The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, proposing the rich
works of the Hittite-Roman world, old part of the city, the Spices Market and
the Ethnographical Museum of
Zenger Pacha, the old city.The Cultural Capital of 5 civilizations: Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul.
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Istanbul:
...Golden Horn, the Pierre Loti area, the
Ottoman Imperial Cemetery and Eyüp Mosque, the
Roman-Byzantine citywalls the Chora Church. AyaSofia, Topkapi
palace, Grand Bazaar, the Bridge of Bosporus. Asia-Üsküdar diner in one of the best restaurant of
Asie. In Wagon Lits in Orient Express for Ankara...
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Ankara – Hattusas – Amasya (376 km):
Breakfast at Orient Express, via Kizilirmak Valley, Hattuşaş-the Capital of Hittite
Empire, and his pantheon Yazilikaya-National Historical Park. The main sites date back from the last
period of the great Hittite Empire, the
big temple at Asagi Sevir (temple n°1), the city walls with the colossal
doors (Gate Arsanli with its lions, Gate Poterni and YER, Royal Gate Kral).
In Yukari Sevir, the 31 temples built on
the edge of Nisan Hill, and the Royal Palace, the Big Castle and other
buildings. The open-air Temple of Yazilikaya, last remaining of the
Hittite Empire period is located at 5 km north-east of Bogazköy. God of Time Tesup and his
wife Goddess Hepatu. Appreciate an Hittite menu, regional meal prepared with spices dried by
the wind of the High Hittite Plateau. Amasya, place of birth of
the famous geograph Strabon (1st century before JC) and centre
of education for the Ottoman princes. Hiking in Yesil Irmak Valley, taking pictures
of wooden houses Yolboyu of Amasya, known for their Ottoman architecture...
- Amasya – Zile – Cekerek – Bogaziliyan –
Cappadocia (330 km): Explore the city of
Ferhat and Sirin- ‘ City of the Crown’, Amasya; the old houses, Hazeranlar Konagi, the
Ethnografical Museum, the royal rot-cut graves dig dating back from the
Hellenistic period, the Castle of Amasya, the Mosque
with the turning minaret Burmali, the Bayezit II Mosque and its medrese
Kulliye, and the Medrese Gök, the bridges (Caglayan, Alcak, Kus),
Darussifa-Bimarhane (psychiatric hospital). The museum of Amasya, one of the richest in Turkey,
displays more than 27,000 objects, cultural heritages from successive
eleven (11) civilizations. Turhal-Zile, the Zile Castle, place of wars between the Roman and the Bridge
inhabitants, also known for the famous quotation of Julius Caesar: “Veni,
Vidi, Vinci”. Cekerek, Sorgun and Bogaziliyan, and one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world:
Cappadocia...
- Cappadocia:
Old houses of Ürgüp, Rose Valley, Camels Valley, the Valley of the Virgin
Mary, discover different
craft industries (weaving and knotting of carpets), the nomadic culture and
imperial palaces. taste the Cömlek Kebab, specialty
of the region in a restaurant offering a beautiful view on the Kizilirmak
River. The underground city of
Ozkonak or Derinkuyu, contemplate the strange and beautiful
landscape of Cappadocia with the old small village, so quiet and so
pittoresk, of Mustafapasa, known previously under the name of Sinasos, the valley of
Cemil- Taskinpasa- Soganli from the two regional architects...
- Cappadocia, the Holy Country of Christianism following
the Apocalypse of St Johannes.: Hikes through the Valleys of the Three Cappadocian
Graces, Üc Güzeller, the Pigeon Valley, Uchisar, Avcilar. Onyx atelier. Göreme Valley, the
open-air museum surroundered by churches, the
early Christian art, the Byzantine Imperial art of those churches:
Tokali-Elmali- St Basilius, Yilanli-Sandal along with the monasteries of
priests and priestesses, a unique religious campus, the place where the
apostles, the first Christians, the fourty Cappadocian Great Fathers,
Saint Paul, Saint John, Saint Timothy, Saint Barnabe, Saint Naziane and
Saint Basilius...
- Cappadocia –
Ankara (320 km):
Saratlı
underground city and then photos of Salt Lake with rose filamingos and
collecting the salt’s crystal. Hacıbey Restaurant in
Ankara, one of the best for Döner Kebab, Ataturk
Mausoleum, prize-winning (1995) Anatolian Civilizations
Museum and associated conference. Turkish evening with traditional dances and Mevlevi
performance, Cappadocia in hot air balloons, Orient Express with Wagon Lits
to Istanbul..
- Ankara:
Anatolian Civilizations Museum-the best Worldwide Museum in
1995, associated conference on the
Anatolian civilisations; old Ankara, the
citadel, the Konak Boyacizade, the Zenger Pacha Ethnographical Museum and
the Spice Bazaar. Atatürk mausoleum and see
his pictures exhibition; Atatürk Forest, tasting
ice creams, a specialty of Atatürk Farm.
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Ankara – Hattusas – Amasya (376 km):
Kizilirmak Valley, the capital of the Hittite Empire
Hattusas
(Hattusa, Hattusha) and his pantheon
Yazilikaya-a National Historical Park. The main sites to be visited
date back from the last period of the great
Hittite Empire. the big temple at Asagi Sevir (temple n°1),
the city
walls with the colossal doors (Gate Arsanli with its lions, Gate Poterni
and YER, Royal Gate Kral). In Yukari Sevir, the 31 temples
built on the edge of Nisan Hill, and the Royal Palace, the Big Castle and
other buildings..... The open-air Temple of Yazilikaya, last remaining of the
Hittite Empire period is located at 5 km north-east of Bogazköy-the meeting
place of the
God of Time Tesup and his wife Goddess Hepatu. Appreciate an Hittite menu, regional meal
prepared with spices dried by the wind of the High Hittite Plateau. Amasya, place of birth of
the famous geograph Strabon (1st century before JC) and centre
of education for the Ottoman princes. At sunset, hike trough Yesil Irmak Valley,
taking pictures of wooden houses Yolboyu of Amasya, known for their
Ottoman architecture.
- Amasya – Zile – Cekerek – Bogaziliyan –
Cappadocia (330 km): The city of
Ferhat and Sirin- ‘ City of the Crown’,
Amasya; old houses, Hazeranlar Konagi,
Ethnografical Museum, the royal rot-cut graves dig dating back from the
Hellenistic period, the Castle of Amasya, the Mosque
with the turning minaret Burmali, the Bayezit II Mosque and its medrese
Kulliye, and the Medrese Gök, the bridges (Caglayan, Alcak, Kus),
Darussifa-Bimarhane (psychiatric hospital). The museum of Amasya, one of
the richest in Turkey, displays more than 27,000 objects, remainings from
11 civilizations. Turhal-Zile,
the Zile Castle, place of wars between the Roman and the Bridge
inhabitants, also known for the famous quotation of Julius Caesar: "Veni,
Vidi, Vinci". Cekerek, Sorgun and Bogaziliyan,
and one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world: Cappadocia.
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Cappadocia:
Old houses of Ürgüp, the Rose Valley, Camels Valley, the Valley of the Virgin
Mary. relaxing programme to discover different
craft industries (weaving and knotting of carpets), the nomad culture and
imperial palaces. Taste the Cömlek Kebab, specialty of
the region with a beautiful view on the Kizilirmak
River. Underground city of Ozkonak or Derinkuyu, the strange and beautiful landscape of
Cappadocia with the old small village, so quiet and so pittoresk of
Mustafapasa- Sinasos; the valley of Cemil-Taskinpasa-Soganli from the two regional
architects; time-out for shopping for the hand-made poppies, gloves and socks with Anatolian
drawings...
- Cappadocia-The Holy Land of Christianism; following the
Apocalypse of St. J. Paul: Hikes through the Valleys of the Three Cappadocian
Graces, Üc Güzeller, the Pigeon Valley, Uchisar, Avcilar. Onyx fabrique.
Göreme Valley, the
open-air museum surroundered by churches, the
early Christian art, the Byzantine Imperial art of those
churches:Tokali-Elmali-St Basilius, Yilanli- Sandal along with the
monasteries of priests and priestesses, a unique religious campus, the
place where the apostles, the first Christians, the fourty Cappadocian
Great Fathers, Saint Paul, Saint John, Saint Timothy, Saint Barnabe, Saint
Naziane and Saint Basilius...
- Cappadocia – Ankara (320 km):
Pasabag, a part of the famous Zelve Valley. The country of
‘Moutons retournés-Kayseri- Caesarea, leather factory; Byzantine fortress, Huant Medrese, Archaeological Museum the Mosque
Honat Hatun. Döner Kümbet, the
very simple and classic Seljukian Mausoleum ((1276), the first Seljukian
school of Anatomy and the Museum of Medical History Gevher Nesibe. Sahabiye Medrese and the Central Place and Bedesten, the Large Mosque Ulu,
overlooked by a high minaret, the High
Plateau of Central Anatolia...
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 Ankara-Hattusas-Amasya
(336 km):
Anatolian Civilizations Museum, old Ankara-the beautiful wooden palaces
dated from the Ottoman period; Ethnographical Museum, Zeger
Pacha Palace, the Spices Market; Atatürk
Mausoleum, Hacibey restaurant, the most
famous Döner Kebab in Ankara. Hattusas- the Hittite
Capital with its citywalls, Lion Gate, underground Gate, King Gate and Hittite
Pantheon,
Yazilikaya. The city of the Amesis
Amazons, place of birth of the famous architect-geograph Strabon: Amasya.
Green River, the wooden houses and the
graves cut in the rock and the castle...
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Amasya-Niksar-Ordu-Giresun
(320 km): Amasya, the Mosque of the Beyazit Sultan, the
Burmali Minare Mosque, Darüssifa-Bimarhabe, Blue
Medrese Gök Mosque, (a.o.) Archaeological Museum, Ethnographical Museum, the
rock graves, historical bridges, fountains, wooden houses along
the Green River and of the Torumtay Mausoleum, built in 1266; the amazing landscape through a winding road across the Bridge
Mountains, the Green River up to Niksar. Ordu-the region of the nuts cultivation; nice views on the fields and the sea.
In Giresun, numerous cherrytrees grow; named ‘Birds Cherries’-following the legend, the Roman General Lucullus taking
over the city in 69 before JC, would have introduced the cherrytrees
cultivation in Europe...
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 Giresun-Trabzon (130
km): Trabzon, the coast of the Euxine Sea, Trebizonde: the Church of Aya Sofia with its bright frescos.
Aya Sofia a church built during the domination of
the Manuel Commene I dynasty in the 13th century. Church has a very beautiful
portal embellished with wonderful sculptures, mainly friezes depicting
Adam and Eve, mytological figures and flower patterns, the most
beautiful frescos depicted miracles of the New Testament...
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Trabzon-Macka-Gümushane-Bayburt-Erzurum (342 km):
Sumela Monastery on the hill, located next to the Altindere Park and to the
Golden River. Greek ‘Panagia Theotokos toumelas’, the very Holy Mother of God from
the black mountain; impressive frescos of the
Church built in the rocks and is part of the list of monuments of
UNESCO. Bridge Mountains, Torul Gümüshane (1,250 m) and Bayburt (1,600 m)
across the Kop-Gecidi (2,302 m) towards Erzurum, at 1,950m. Bayburt, at the foot
of the Bayburt Burch, on the Coruh River. Erzurum-Karin named ‘the
Roman Country’ by the Seldjoukids, the Great Mosque with the
three Kumbets, the School of Astronomy and Medicine of the Koran with
its twin minarets- representative of the oriental art:
patterns and tiles made of turquoise earthenware; built by the
daughter of the Seldjoukide Sultan Aladdin Kaykubat. Wintersports
resort on the Palandöken Mountain...
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Erzurum – Ani –
Kars – Dogubayazit (434 km): Transcaucasian, Ani, Pasinler,
Horasan, the Cobandebe Bridge, the most beautiful bridge in the world, built by
Mimar Sinan, contemporary and friend of Michel-Angelo, and
Master-Architect of Suleiman the Magnificent. Drive along Aras River for about 140 km. Ani is
located 45km east from Kars and 248km from Erzurum on the border between
Turkey and the Armenian Republic. This city is located on an important
commercial road and has expanded to finally become the capital of
Armenia in 961-more than 100,000 inhabitants
and thousands of churches. The earthquake
of 1319 was the end of the city. Ruins of Armenian and
Seldjoukide monuments: the big Cathedral, Savior Church, St. Gregory
Church, Honentz Mosque,
the Seldjoukide Palace with its harem and selam, the Turkish bath (hammam)
and the Seldjoukide market. Ocakbasi in Kars, known
for its oriental specialties, the Cathedral of the Apostles and Kars Castle. Agri
(Dogubayazit) the impressive landscape of the Ararat Mountain
(5,165m) and of the small Ararat Mountain (3,896m); the grounding of the Noah’s
Ark after the fload on the Ararat Mount. Ararat is another form of the Acadian name ‘Urartu’.
Everything is impressive in this landscape: land
tortoises, eagles, partridges, hawks, numerous species of flowers and
plants, foxes and sheep make up an animal and floral richness on the
hillsides of the Ararat Mount.
  
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Dogubayazit – Van
(152km): The spectacular Ishak Pacha
Palace, located 7km far from the city, at the foot of the Ararat Mount. Urartu
Monuments already existed in
1,000 before JC, which was restored in 1784 and embellished to become a
palace fortified by the Ottoman Empire Ishak Pacha. Dogubayazit, Van (1,750m) via the
Tendurek Pass (2,644m). Muradiye waterfalls, a patch of paradise next to Van, located at 1,700m
high on the shore of the largest lake in the country, many Armenian churches. The old city of Tuspa was founded by the
Ourarit in the 9th century before JC. In Van, the fortress, accessible via
a stair with 1,000 steps from which we can admire the lake at sunset...
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Van (100 km):
Leather cooperative
to get to know the art of Eastern Turkey. The Kilims of Van are famous
for the Turkish-Kurdish patterns and for the Armenian and Persian
drawings; the Citadel of Cavustepe- architectural
art of the Ourart civilization; the island of Akdamar, 4 km far
from the shore, the Church of the Holy Cross, one of the most
beautiful Armenian churches we could see. Deniz restaurant from Gevas
will prepare an unforgettable picnic. The Seldjoukide necropolis...
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Van – Tatvan –
Biltis – Silvan –Tigris – Hassuni – Diyarbakir – Mardin
(451km): South Van Lake, Kuskunkiran (2,234m), Tatvan, valleys
Bitlis, capital of the Turkish tobacco the famous Bridge of Malabadi built in
1146 by the Artukides on the Batman Suyu, one of the affluents of the
Tigris, love of Euphrates. Silvan-Tigranokerta,
built during the Assyrian period and visited by Alexander the Great. Mus and Bitlis
Silvan, the Mosque of Selhattin Eyyoubi, the destroyed minaret, the
Church of Kildan, the Museum of Atatürk, the Caves of Temtemburg,
Hamido, the numerous troglodyte houses (+/- 300), the Castle of Hassuni
as well as fountains and watermills. Diyarbakir, the impressive
walls built with black basalt, which are one of the most beautiful types
of military architecture of the Middle Age. The foundation of those walls, 5,5 km long having a
fish shape, date back from the Roman period (349 after JC), the Tigris Delta
and of the bridge over it...
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Mardin – Urfa –
Harran – Kahta (408 km):
Mardin,
which is a poetic city located at 1,300 m high on a hill topped by a
citadel; its typical Arab
architecture. The medrese of the
Sultan Isa Bey (1385)-a mosque with a school of astronomy, medicine, Coranic
containing a door decorated with wonderful bas-relief. Deir- Az- Zafaran or Deyrulzaferan, which is
located in the middle of vines and gardens in an inhospitable landscape.
The majority of the Syrian-Orthodox patriarches is
buried here. Urfa, the old Edesse, historical city of the
bible where Abraham, Job, Jacob and even St Gregory lived. Enjoy the
food at the most well-known restaurant of Edesse, named Göl,
with its typical Mesopotamian dishes, is in the Abraham garden, houses of Abraham in Urfa named Ursu,
Orkai and Edesse. Harran, the warmest
spot in Turkey but also one of the most picturesque villages in the
region. The Mesopotamian, Greek and Roman divinities were
venerated over there. Typical houses (Trulli)
ant-hill shaped and built with clay, with a roof as a painted dome.
Kahta at the foot of Nemrut Mountain...
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 Kahta – Nemrut Dagi
– Kahta – Antioche (351 km): One of the most outstanding sites of our trip: Nemrut Dagi. The
sculptors of the Sovereign of Commagen, Antiochos, built an impressive
sanctuary on this huge plateau. And as Antiochos was seeing himself as a
god, he added his own effigy to the unity. The funeral monument of Antiochos I (69-36 before JC),
at the top of the mountain Nemrut (2,150m), was built by this King for
himself and his close family. In Antioch the Caves of Peter, The
Archaeological Museum,
exceptional Roman sculptures and mosaics famous throughout the world...
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Antioch –
Alexandrette – Tarse – Gülek – Tyana – Nigde – Nevsehir (479km):
Daphne, where
the nymph Daphne pursued by Apollon, was transformed into a bay tree.
Tarse, place of birth of St Paul, going through Issos,
where Alexander the Great and Darius III met. Discover the Holy place-the Well and House of St Paul.
Gülek,
Tyana and Nigde, garrison place of Alexander the Great. Tyana aqueduct, the Roman swimming pool, the Great Mosque of Nigde,
and the Princess
Mausoleum. Nevsehir tour in hot-air balloon...
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Cappadocia (80km):
Discovery of this unique region in the world; the
"Fairies" chimneys, open-air museum in Göreme, with its
churches in the rocks, the Pigeons Valley and Uchisar; carpets school and store as
well as the onyx and leather workshops...
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Cappadocia: Roses
Valley – Pasabagi – Underground city of Saratli – Pizze Tower in
Aksaray – Acemhöyük – Lake Salt – Ankara (330km): We proceed to
discover another
aspect of Cappadocia: the Roses Valley, Camel Valley, the Virgin
Mary Valley, Pasabag, a part of the Zelve Valley, the impressive
underground city of Saratli, dedicated to Simone and Jean Van Delft,
Egri Minaret of Aksaray, The Pizze of Turkey and Acemhöyük,
the main capital of the Hittite civilization. Finally the Lake Salt with its
crystal salt, ducks, wild geese and its rose flamingos...
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TransAnatolie Tour
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License N°4938 - The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism
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