2025 - Wonders of Aegean With Gulet Tour
2025 - Wonders of Aegean With Gulet Tour
2025 - Wonders of Aegean With Gulet Tour
9 Days Starting in Istanbul and ending in Fethiye
Visiting: Istanbul, Çanakkale, Selçuk, Tersane Island (Dockyard Island), Bedri Rahmi Bay, Fethiye - Harbour
Tour operator:
Tour code:
WOAE
Group size:
2 - 16
Age range:
12-99
Tour operated in:
EnglishTour Overview
This 9 day tour, starts from Istanbul, Turkey, and ends at Fethiye, Turkey.
Highlights
Itinerary
Day 1 : Istanbul
Location: Istanbul
Accommodation: Port Bosphorus Hotel (4 star)
Accommodation Name: Nidya Hotel Galataport (4 star)
Welcome to Istanbul! You will make your own way to arrival hotel in Istanbul and your tour guide will held a welcome meeting for tonight.
Day 2 : Istanbul Old City
Location: Istanbul
Accommodation: Port Bosphorus Hotel (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, Yerebatan Underground Cistern 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
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: Selçuk
Accommodation: Cella Boutique Hotel (Boutique)
Accommodation Name: Cella Boutique Hotel (Boutique)
Meals Included: Breakfast
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: Selçuk
Accommodation: Cella Boutique Hotel (Boutique)
Accommodation Name: Cella Boutique Hotel (Boutique)
Meals Included: Breakfast
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. We will also enjoy a display of locally handcrafted leather goods.
Tonight, we will visit a local vineyard and learn about local production techniques. You will taste 3 local wines from the region at the garden of the vineyard before returning to your hotel.
Day 6 : Fethiye, Gulet
Location: Tersane Island (Dockyard Island)
Accommodation: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Accommodation Name: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Today, we will head to Fethiye for your gulet trip. Boarding in Fethiye Harbour around 15:00. We enjoy some swimming and snorkeling in Turunc Bay or Tarzan Bay. We'll cruise past several islands towards Tersane Island (Dockyard Island), where the ruins of a former Greek town and a once important naval shipyard may still be explored.
Day 7 : Gulet, Gocek Bay
Location: Bedri Rahmi Bay
Accommodation: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Accommodation Name: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
After breakfast we depart for Hamam Bay. Enjoy a swim in the ancient ruins of these Roman Baths built by Mark Antony as a gift for Cleopatra. We then cruise to Sarsala Bay, a striking pine-surrounded bay, from which you can take a 45-minute hike to an ancient Lycian town, notable mostly for inscribed walls dating from the 3rd century BC. Bedri Rahmi Bay is our next stop, named after a famous Turkish painter. Jump in the clear blue water or explore the island.
Day 8 : Gulet, Fethiye
Location: Fethiye - Harbour
Accommodation: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Accommodation Name: Gulet (Gulet Cabin)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Today we cruise towards Fethiye, passing the Yassica Islands and Gocek Islands. Most of these small islands are un-named but offer safe anchorage and secluded sandy beaches. Perfect for swimming, snorkelling or just soaking up some sun and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. A final stop and swim at Red Island before returning to Fethiye.
Day 9 : Fethiye
Accommodation: ()
After breakfast our tour concludes and we say goodbye to our new friends.
What's Included
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Meals
8 breakfasts, 2lunches, 4dinners -
Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking vehicle
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Transportation by Gulet boat
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Wine Tasting - 3 local wines
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Professional English-speaking tour guide on the land section of the tour
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Tips except Captain and Gulet crew
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Services of Captain and supporting crew
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, guide, Gulet captain and crew
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Entrance fees
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Compulsory Travel Insurance
Meals
7 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 3 dinners
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