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DAY 1: Arrive to Istanbul meet and your transfer to domestic lines and our flight to - Kayseri. Meet and transfer to the Hotel in Cappadocia, check-in, dinner and overnight. ON DAY 2: Cappadocia, full day trip to Goreme Open Air museum, Zelve, Ortahisar (Kale), a vine cellar in Urgup and a pottery in avanos. Optional: folklore show in a cave. Dinner / ON. (B,L) DAY 3: Breakfast and long drive to Adiyaman (6 hrs drive time) by bus. En route lunch break and visit an ice-cream shop in Kahramanmaras. Dinner and ON in Adiyaman. (B,L) DAY 4: Early Wake-up and watching the unforgettable sunrise on the top of the Mt. Nemrut. Follows drive to Urfa where visit the Secred Pool and Ibrahim’s cave. Trip to Harran’s, bee-houses. Dinner / ON in Urfa (B,L) DAY 5: After breakfast travelling to Van. En route short break at Diyarbakir’s black basalt city walls and Tigres River. Dinner / ON in Van. (B,L) DAY 6: Van, breakfast, boat trip to the picturesque island, to the Ahtamar Monestary. Sunset at the Van Kale. Dinner / ON in Van. (B,L). DAY 7: After breakfast travelling to Dogubeyazit. En route photo stop at Cavustepe and Muradiye waterfall. Dinner /ON in Dogubeyazit. (B,D) DAY 8: Dogubeyazit, After breakfast visit Ishakpasa Palace and a vision of legendary Mt Ararat (photo-break here). Then drive to Kars. Dinner and ON. (B,D) DAY 9: After having breakfast we visit Ani Ruines and drive to Erzurum. Arrival and stay at Hotel Dilaver Erzurum Dinner/ON. (B,D). DAY 10: Breakfast and sightseeing in the city. Visit to (Ulu Mosque, Cifte Minareli Medrese, ) Sunset at the citadel. Hotel and Dinner / ON . (B,D). DAY 11: Black Sea Coasts: After having breakfast drive to Trabzon. Afternoon walking tour to explore the gems of the city (St, Eugenius Church, Ortahisar Mosque, Carsi / dinner ON in Trabzon. (B,D) DAY 12: Trabzon, after breakfast visit the St. Sophia in Trabzon and the Sumela Monestary. Trip to the tea plantation to Rize. Dinner/ON in Trabzon. (B,D) DAY 13: After breakfast, check-out, transfer to Trabzon airport, to catch the flight to Istanbul- end of tour (B)
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