2025 - Turkey Prelude & Gulet
2025 - Turkey Prelude & Gulet
2025 - Turkey Prelude & Gulet
15 Days Starting in Istanbul and ending in Fethiye
Visiting: Istanbul, Çanakkale, Kuşadası, Fethiye, Fethiye - Harbour, St. Nicholas (Gemiler) Island, Limanagzi Bay, Üçağız Bay, Gökkaya Bay, Yeşilköy
Tour operator:
Tour code:
TPTB
Guide Type:
Fully Guided
Group size:
2 - 20
Age range:
12-99
Tour operated in:
EnglishTour Overview
This 15 day tour, starts from Istanbul, Turkey, and ends at Fethiye, Turkey.
Highlights
Itinerary
Day 1 : Istanbul
Location: Istanbul
Accommodation: Nidya Hotel Galataport (4 star)
Accommodation Name: Nidya Hotel Galataport (4 star)
Welcome to Istanbul! You will be transferred to your hotel and the remainder of the day is yours, free to explore.
Day 2 : Istanbul Old City
Location: Istanbul
Accommodation: Nidya Hotel Galataport (4 star)
Accommodation Name: Nidya Hotel Galataport (4 star)
Meals Included: Breakfast
After breakfast, you enjoy a fully guided tour of the only city to span two continents, visiting the Blue Mosque, St Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace (including Hagia Irene and the Harem) and the Hippodrome.
Cruise between two continents on the stretch of water that separates Europe from Asia in the afternoon with an optional 1 hour Bosphorus cruise by public ferry where your guide will explain the historical sites along the way.
Day 3 : Gallipoli Battlefields
Location: Çanakkale
Accommodation: MD Barbaros Hotel (Special Class)
Accommodation Name: MD Barbaros Hotel (Special Class)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
One of the most emotionally touching places in Turkey, today we visit the WW1 Battlefields of Gallipoli including Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair Memorials, ANZAC Cove, The Nek, Johnston's Jolly, original trenches and tunnels.
Day 4 : Troy, Assos, Kusadasi
Location: Kuşadası
Accommodation: Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel (Boutique)
Accommodation Name: Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel (Boutique)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Depart from Canakkale and head towards Troy, where we will explore the ancient city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the new, award-winning Troy Museum. We continue on to Assos, taking in the views from the Temple of Athena, overlooking the Aegean and the Greek island of Lesbos. At the ancient harbour, you will have free time to wander the charming streets, maybe grab yourself a meal at a harbourside seafood restaurant. From Assos we head south to Kusadasi.
Day 5 : Kusadasi, Ephesus, Sirince
Location: Kuşadası
Accommodation: Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel (Boutique)
Accommodation Name: Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel (Boutique)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Absorb yourself in history today with a guided tour of Ephesus and a visit to the site of the Temple of Artemis. Feel the mystical atmosphere of the ancient city and theatre before continuing to the former Greek village of Sirince, famous for its fruit wines. Carpet weaving has long traditions in Turkey and at the carpet village we learn how the carpets are made by hand and what determines their value.
Day 6 : Pamukkale, Hierapolis, Fethiye
Location: Fethiye
Accommodation: Marina Boutique Hotel (Boutique)
Accommodation Name: Marina Boutique Hotel (Boutique)
Meals Included: Breakfast
This morning we will enjoy a display of locally handcrafted leather goods before heading to the magnificent white calcium terraces, known as Travertines, in Pamukkale where we also tour the ancient city of Hierapolis. Take a dip, amongst ancient columns, in the hot springs that were used in Roman times for their therapeutic powers. After the tour you will be transferred to Fethiye.
Day 7 : Fethiye
Location: Fethiye
Accommodation: Marina Boutique Hotel (Boutique)
Accommodation Name: Marina Boutique Hotel (Boutique)
Meals Included: Breakfast
Today is a free day to explore Fethiye.
Day 8 : Fethiye
Location: Fethiye - Harbour
Accommodation: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Accommodation Name: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Meals Included: Dinner
We begin boarding the Gulet at Fethiye Harbour after 17.00pm. Relax at the pre-cruise information session. Enjoy an onboard dinner while meeting the other passengers.
Day 9 : Oludeniz, Butterfly Valley, St.Nicholas Island
Location: St. Nicholas (Gemiler) Island
Accommodation: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Accommodation Name: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast set off along the coast of Fethiye Peninsular to Oludeniz and Butterfly Valley for visit and swim.
The night is spent at St.Nicholas Island, where you can explore the ruins of a Byzantine settlement as the sun sets.
Day 10 : Yesilkoy, Kas
Location: Limanagzi Bay
Accommodation: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Accommodation Name: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
An early start for Yesilkoy, where we have breakfast and time to swim in this quiet bay surrounded by olive groves. Then it's off to Kas, for a 1-2 hours visit, a small harbour town with a charming bohemian atmosphere. Afterwards, we cruise to Limanagzi Bay for another swim, dinner and overnight.
Day 11 : Simena, Ucagiz
Location: Üçağız Bay
Accommodation: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Accommodation Name: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
This morning, we cruise to Cayagzi, Demre. Optional transfer by car to Myra and St Nicholas Church (please inform your captain if you would like to visit at an extra fee).
Climb up to the castle on Simena for a spectacular view of the ancient city. Out in the bay, overlooked by a theatre carved into the rock, a single Lycian sarcophagus sits on its pedestal in the water. The night is spent in the wide bay surrounded by green hills, at nearby Ucagiz.
Day 12 : Kekova, Tersane Bay, Gokkaya
Location: Gökkaya Bay
Accommodation: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Accommodation Name: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
A short cruise along the Mediterranean coast to the ruins at Kekova - the Sunken City. Swim and lunch at Tersane Bay where you'll see the ruins of a Byzantine church and a Roman dockyard on the beach. Sailing to Gokkaya to spend the night.
Day 13 : Bayindir Limani, Kalkan
Location: Yeşilköy
Accommodation: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Accommodation Name: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast, we cruise to the sheltered Firnaz Bay for a swim. We will spend 1-2 hours in Kalkan, a picturesque harbour town set on the hillside. Swim, dinner and overnight in Yesilkoy.
Day 14 : Camli Burun, Boncuklu Bay, Fethiye
Location: Fethiye - Harbour
Accommodation: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Accommodation Name: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Early start to Camli Burun, a natural bay edged with pine-clad hills, for breakfast and a swim. Then we cruise to Boncuklu Bay. Your last night on board is spent here or in Fethiye harbour, depending on the weather conditions.
Day 15 : Fethiye
Accommodation: ()
Meals Included: Breakfast
We disembark at approximately 09:00 am after breakfast.
What's Included
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Meals
14 breakfasts, 6lunches, 10dinners -
Professional English-speaking tour guide for the duration of the tour
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Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking vehicle
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Transportation by Gulet boat
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Entrance fees
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Services of Captain and supporting crew
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Tips except Captain and Gulet crew
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Tips except Driver and Guide
What's Not Included
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Suggested optional activities
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Tips - Captain and Gulet crew
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Tips - Driver and Guide
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Compulsory Travel Insurance
Meals
13 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 10 dinners
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