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2 NIGHTS IN İSTANBUL, 1 NIGHT IN SAFRANBOLU, 1
NIGHT IN ANKARA, 1 NIGHT IN AMASYA, 3 NIGHTS IN 9 DAYS BLACK SEA REGION TOUR
TRABZON.
The tour starts in İstanbul, where two continents located in a narrow cleft shelter with 2,000-year-
and civilizations meet, and includes Topkapı Palace, old water channels, 1,000 years of bridges, an
the Blue Mosque, the Hippodrome, the Grand ancient mental hospital, an Ottoman Palace
Bazaar and the Spice Bazaar. Next day we visit Abant and a secret underground passageway. Trabzon
Lake, surrounded by pine trees. After Abant we remained under the sovereignty of the Eastern
drive to Safranbolu, famous for its charmingly well Roman Empire, later known as the Byzantine
preserved Ottoman Turkish houses and cobbled Empire. St. Sophia, a 13th-century church, Atatürk's
streets, as well as other famed architectural Mansion and the Ortahisar Mosque are the places
structures. It is one of the most beautiful small that we will visit in Trabzon. Next day we visit the
towns in Turkey, with its extraordinary Ottoman 4th-century Sumela Monastery, built into a sheer
townscape. In Ankara, we visit Atatürk's Museum cliff face in a deep forest, and we will relax next to
and Mausoleum. After Ankara, we visit Hattusa, the a fast-flowing stream at Altındere Valley National
capital of the Hittites, and Yazılıkaya, which is the Park. Then we travel along the Silk Road through the
ruin of a Hittite open-air temple, featuring striking Zigana Mountains to the Karaca Cave, considered
rock carvings. Then we visit Amasya, the homeland the most beautiful in Turkey for its colours and
of the famous geographer Strabo. Amasya is formations.

black sea
Georgia
SAFRANBOLU
TRABZON
İSTANBUL
AMASYA
ERZURUM
SAFRANBOLU ATATURK'S MAUSOLEUM
ANKARA
KONYA
İZMİR DİYARBAKIR
ANTALYA
Aegean sea
Mediterranean
AMASYA THE HAGIA SOPHIA MOSQUE
2 NIGHTS IN TRABZON, 1 NIGHT IN ERZURUM, 2 NIGHTS 8 DAYS EASTERN TURKEY TOUR
IN KARS , 1 NIGHT IN VAN, 1 NIGHT IN DİYARBAKIR
This 8-day tour through Eastern Turkey includes culture and mysteries left behind by the Hittites,
the Zigana Mountains, Sumela Monastery, Mount the Urartians, the Persians, the Armenians, the
Ararat - the resting place of Noah's Ark - and the Macedonians, the Romans and, finally, the Turks
medieval city of Ani, as well as the Church of the during their occupation of the Eastern Region of
Holy Cross, and the wonderful castle of Hosap, near Turkey.
the Iranian Border as well as experiencing all the

black sea
Georgia
TRABZON
KARS
İSTANBUL
ERZURUM
ANKARA
SUMELA MONASTERY ANİ RUINS
VAN
KONYA DİYARBAKIR
İZMİR
ANTALYA
Aegean sea
Mediterranean
AKDAMAR CHURCH ZERZEVAN CASTLE
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