Turkey, Greece & Egypt Tour Package

Day 1
Arrive Istanbul Airport where you will be met by our tour representative who will help you with your immigration and customs formalities. Later you will be transferred to your hotel, for overnight.

Day 2
After breakfast at hotel meet with the guide to depart on the full day tour 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. (B)

Day 3
After breakfast meet with the tour guide to depart for a mornings cruise on the Bosphorous which separates 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. (B)

Day 4
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. (B)

Day 5
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 defense 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. (B)

Day 6
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 travertine "Cotton Cliffs" and the ruins of Hierapolis. Then transfer to hotel in Kusadasi & evening at leisure. Overnight Kusadasi. (B)

Day 7
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. (B)

Day 8
Breakfast, check out and transfer to Kusadasi Port to take the morning ferry to Samos, Greece. Arrival to Samos two hours later with free time at leisure to explore around the island until the afternoon ferry departure on to Mykonos. Arrival is late evening and you will be met for transfer to the hotel and check-in. Overnight in Mykonos. (B)

Day 9
Breakfast at hotel and a full day free at leisure for you to explore Mykonos Town and other areas of the island. Don’t forget about the famous nightlife which is on offer. Overnight in Mykonos. (B)

Day 10
After breakfast and check out, the morning is free at leisure until early afternoon transfer from the hotel to the port for embarkation on the ferry that will take you to Santorini. Journey takes around 3 hours and on arrival you will be met for transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Santorini. (B)

Day 11
A free day at leisure to relax on one of the many different beaches of Santorini (gold, red or black sands) or explore the capital town of Fira. There are also various excursions available, by bus and boat, to take you to visit the ruins and tour the volcano. Overnight in Santorini. (B)

Day 12
Breakfast at hotel, check out and as per your preferred departure time (morning or late afternoon) transfer on to the port for the ferry to Athens. Direct flights throughout the day are also available. On arrival, meet for transfer to hotel for check-in and overnight stay in Athens. (B)

Day 13
This morning, meet in the hotel lobby to depart on the half day morning Athens Sightseeing Tour which includes a visit to the Acropolis, its museum and the Parthenon. Also view the House of Parliament, the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier, National Library, Evzones in their picturesque uniform, the Presidential Palace, the Panatheanic Stadium (where first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in 1896), the Temple of Olympian Zeus and Hadrian's Arch. After the tour you have the afternoon at leisure to further explore Athens on your own. Overnight stay. (B)

Day 14
Breakfast, check out and as per your international flight time transfer on to Athens Airport for your flight to Cairo. Upon arrival at Cairo Airport, you will be met and transferred to your hotel, for overnight. (B)

Day 15
After breakfast drive to Memphis on the edge of the Western Desert, the capital of the Ancient Kingdom, and one of the most important cities throughout the history of ancient Egypt. From here we drive to Sakkara, the vast Necropolis of ancient Memphis. Lunch. In the afternoon, drive to the Pyramids of Giza. Cheop's Pyramid, the largest of the three, was built in the 4th Dynasty about 2650 BC, and is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. In front of the Pyramids of Chephren, we find the Sphinx carved from a single piece of stone. It is a lion with a pharaoh's head thought to be a portrait of the Pharaoh Chephren. After the tour, transfer on to Cairo Rail Station for departure on the overnight train to Aswan. Overnight onboard train, dinner included. (B/L/D)

Day 16
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. (B/L/D)

Day 17
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. (B/L/D)

Day 18
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. (B/L/D)

Day 19
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. (B/D)

Day 20
Arrival to Cairo early morning and meet for transfer to the hotel. Then start your tour visiting the Egyptian Museum famous for its antiquities from Egypt's Pharaonic Period, which dates back some 50 centuries and includes the fabulous treasures of King Tut-Ankh-Amon. Lunch. Afternoon, excursion to the Citadel of Salah-El-Din, and the Alabaster Mosque of Mohammed Ali. Continue your visit to the medieval bazaars of Khan-El-Khalili. Return to your hotel for an overnight. (B/L)

Day 21
Breakfast, then you will be met by our tour representative and transferred to Cairo Airport, where you will be helped with your check-in and immigration formalities for your departure flight. (B)

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