Overview
From the quiet shoreline of the Dardanelles to the surreal valleys of central Anatolia, this six-day guided group journey turns Turkey’s great legends into places you can stand inside. Collected from your Istanbul hotel, you join fellow travelers for a moving passage through Gallipoli, where memorials and sea winds carry the stories of the ANZAC campaign, before stepping into the mythic layers of Troy and the hilltop grandeur of Pergamon. The journey softens into the mineral-white terraces of Pamukkale, where warm waters have sculpted the Cotton Cliffs beside the ancient spa city of Hierapolis, then deepens among the marble avenues, theatres, temples, and sacred sites of Ephesus. In Cappadocia, volcanic valleys, cave settlements, pottery traditions, rock-cut churches, and underground cities reveal a landscape that feels imagined rather than built. With your guide leading the group, comfortable transfers, hotels, sightseeing, meals, and domestic flight connections arranged, you are free to absorb the sweep of civilizations, coastlines, and impossible landscapes that make Turkey unforgettable.
Trip Highlights
- Trace ANZAC stories along Gallipoli’s windswept memorials
- Stand at Troy’s legendary walls and Trojan Horse
- Explore Pergamon Acropolis above the Hellenistic theater
- Walk Pamukkale’s cotton-white travertines with your guide
- Roam Hierapolis’ theatre and Roman bath ruins
- Wander Ephesus’ marble streets to the Great Theatre
- Pause at the House of the Virgin Mary
- Marvel at Pasabag’s mushroom-shaped fairy chimneys
- Explore Zelve’s cave churches and rock-cut dwellings
- Descend into Kaymakli or Ozkonak Underground City
