Turkey Tours & Travel Packages
Turkey has been called "the cradle of civilisation" and by travelling through this historic land, tourists will discover exactly what is meant by this phrase. The world''s first known settlement, a Neolithic city at Catalhoyuk, dates back to 6.500 BC. From the days of Catalhoyuk up to the present, Turkey boasts a rich culture that through the centuries has made a lasting impression on modern civilisation. Being the heir to many centuries and cultures makes Turkey a paradise of information and cultural wealth. Hattis, Hittites, Phyrygains, Urartians, Lycians, Ionians, Lydians, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks, and Ottomans have all made important contributions to the history of the area. Ancient sites and ruins scattered throughout the country give sufficient proof of each civilisation''s unique distinction.
Turkey is also a paradise of sun, sea, mountains, and lakes that offers the vacationer a complete change from the stress and routine of everyday life. From March to November, most places in Turkey have an ideal climate that is perfect for relaxing on sandy beaches or enjoying the tranquility of mountains and lakes.
These travel itineraries have proved to be very popular with visitors that have experienced our personally designed tours. All tour packages are modular. We can design your personalised travel package, depending on the size of your group based on your preferences, be it a historical holiday or an adrenaline seeking mission or just touring and soaking up the sun and scenery. We have something for everyone. We advise on areas of interest and activities. In conjunction with you we slowly build your dream holiday to your design. Once everything has been agreed to, within your budget and time constraints, we arrange book all your accommodation, transportation and some of your chosen day tours for you.
You can use these itineraries as a starting point and we can help modify these itineraries to accommodate your personal requirements and desires.
St Sophia is famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. It was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years, until the completion of the Medieval Seville Cathedral in 1520.
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It was built during the Roman Period in 115-117 and maybe the most important remains of the Ephesus antique city. The building reflects the characteristics of the age of Emperor Hadrian and Roman architecture.
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Pamukkale, which have been in use since the 2nd Century BC, Hierapolis was a place to retire for its health benefits. The springs were managed into baths by huge stone blocks which slid in and out of place without cement.
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The Cappadocia region is largely underlain by sedimentary rocks formed in lakes and streams, and ignimbrite deposits erupted from ancient volcanoes approximately 9 to 3 million years ago (late Miocene to Pliocene epochs).
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Rumeli Fortress is built in 1452 with order from Mehmet 2nd the Conqueror to stop any support coming for Byzantium through the Bosphorus. The architect is Muslittin Bey and the construction is completed in such a short time of only 4 months.
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Pergamum was a major city in western Asia Minor in New Testament times. It lies in a spacious valley, sixteen miles from the Aegean Sea in what is today the country of Turkey.
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The famous Ephesus Library was situated to the south of the Agora. This elegant monument was built in A.D. 135 by Julius Aquila in memory of his father, Celsus Polemaeanus of Sardis, Roman Senator and Proconsul of the province of Asia.
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"Sacred Pool" of ancient times, where you can swim amidst the historical remains of Hierapolis.
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The ancient Hippodrome, scene of chariot races and the centre of Byzantine civic life, stands in the area that is now in front of the Blue Mosque, and now part of Sultanahmet.
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Aphrodisias has been sacred to the Mother Goddess since 5800 B.C. The city was named Aphrodisias, for Aphrodite, in the second century B.C.E., and it remained a pagan stronghold long after Christianity came to the region.
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White terraced pools of Pamukkale's hot springs, the result of thousands of years of deposits by the calcium rich hot springs.
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Inside these rock cut tombs, the entrances of which generally face west, are klines or stone slabs on which the bodies were laid.
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The palace was constructed between 1459 and 1478 and rapidly grew to become a jumbled complex of elaborate living quarters and administrative offices.
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Uchisar Castle is a rocky volcanic outcrop located in the village of Uchisar. The rock is riddled with tunnels and caves. From the top of the rock you have great views of Goreme and Cappadocia.
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Pergamum is a pre-Greek name presumably meaning "height" or "elevation." The earliest city was built atop a cone-shaped Acropolis rising over a thousand feet above the surrounding valley.
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Afrodisias, was already an important place in neolithic times, most of monuments date from Roman times: a theatre, a double agora, baths of Hardian a bishops palace, a staidum and an odeon.
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Galata Tower and Pera
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Troy had been accepted as a lengendary city for ages, but very few people believed in its true existence. Heinrich Schliemann excavated here at this own expense in the 1870s and discovered the spot where a sophisticated settlement had existed for centurie
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One of the most interesting and extensive ancient cities in the world, Ephesus was established by the Greeks and then successively occupied by Persians and Romans.
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The castle itself also serves as the local museum, with the exhibits of many archaeological objects found in the area, and one particular display is noteworthy that is one of the shipwreck (1,200 BC.)
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Maiden's Tower, also known in the ancient Greek and medieval Byzantine periods as Leander's Tower (Tower of Leandros), sits on a small islet located in the Bosphorus strait off the coast of Uskudar in Istanbul.
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It was built during the Roman Period in 115-117 and maybe the most important remains of the Ephesus antique city.
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Hierapolis is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As the hot springs of Pamukkale were used as a spa since the 2nd century B.C., people came to soothe their ailings here. Many of them retired and died here.
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Antalya, situated on a cliff over the Mediterranean, Antalya is surrounded by mountains. Developments in tourism, starting in the 1970s, have transformed the city into an international resort.
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Istanbul is Europe's most populous city (the world's 4th largest city proper and 20th largest urban area) and Turkey's cultural and financial center.
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Pergamum is located on a promontory on the north side of the river Caicus (modern day Bakırçay), that became an important kingdom during the Hellenistic period, under the Attalid dynasty, 281–133 BC. Today, the modern city of Bergama is located
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A Gulet is a traditional design of a two-masted wooden sailing vessel from the south-west coast of Turkey, although frequently found all around the eastern Mediterranean.
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Ölüdeniz is a small resort village in the Muğla Province on the South West coast of Turkey on the Aegean Sea to the south and the high, steep sided Babadağ Mountain, 14 km (9 mi) south of Fethiye. The town is a beach resort.
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The heads of the statues are now scattered throughout the site; the pattern of damage to the heads (notably to noses) suggests that they were deliberately damaged because of belief in iconoclasm.
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The Ishak Pasha palace is an Ottoman-period palace whose constuction was started in 1685 by Colak Abdi Pasha, the bey of Bayazit province. According to the inscription on its door, the Harem Section of the palace was completed by his grandson Ishak (Isaac
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The monastery was founded in the year 386 (during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I, AD 375 - 395) by two Athenian priests - Barnabas and Sophronius according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture. Legend states that they found an icon of the Virgin Mary
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The architecture of the church is based on a form that had been developed in Armenia several centuries earlier; the best-known example being that of the 7th century St. Hripsime church in Echmiadzin, incorporating a dome with a conical roof.
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In its long history, Istanbul served as the capital city of the Roman Empire (330-395), the Byzantine Empire (395-1204 and 1261-1453), the Latin Empire (1204-1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453-1922). The city was chosen as joint European Capital of Cultu
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Didyma, on the west coast of Turkey, was an important sacred site in the ancient Greek world. Its famous oracle and Temple of Apollo attracted crowds of pilgrims and was second in importance only to Delphi.
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The Cappadocia region is largely underlain by sedimentary rocks formed in lakes and streams, and ignimbrite deposits erupted from ancient volcanoes approximately 9 to 3 million years ago (late Miocene to Pliocene epochs).
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Safranbolu was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1994 due to its well-preserved Ottoman era houses and architecture.
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