🛬 Airport → 🚐 Hotel transfer
🕒 Free time: Galata Tower, Karaköy waterfront, Ortaköy (Bosphorus views)
🏨 Overnight: Istanbul

🕌 Hagia Sophia: Over 1,500 years of history; a turning point in architecture with its basilica–mosque–museum transitions; a UNESCO treasure famed for its vast dome and mosaics.
🏰 Topkapi Palace: The Ottoman Empire’s administrative heart for nearly 400 years; Harem, sacred relics, and courtyards revealing palace life.
🐎 Hippodrome (At Meydanı): The social heart of Byzantium; a grand ceremonial square with the Obelisk and Serpent Column.
🕌 Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet): Blue İznik tiles, six minarets, and a balanced dome composition—the pinnacle of classical Ottoman design.
🛍️ Grand Bazaar: A labyrinth of alleys, craft workshops, and stalls of spices/textiles/rugs—a vivid, time-honored shopping culture.
🚐 Transfer: Hotel pick-up & drop-off
🏨 Overnight: Istanbul

⛴️ Kınalıada: One of the closest islands to Istanbul; wooden pier, seaside walks, and a calmer island rhythm.
⛴️ Büyükada: Historic mansions, pine trees, and car-free streets; a delightful stop to feel the island’s pace. Lunch on board is included.
🌃 Evening: Bosphorus Dinner Cruise (with dinner) – GIFT. Bridges and waterfront palaces accompanied by dance shows and live performances.
🚐 Transfers: Daytime hotel ⇄ pier, evening hotel ⇄ boat (round trip)
🏨 Overnight: Istanbul

✈️ Morning domestic flight Istanbul → Denizli (DNZ).
🏞️ Pamukkale Travertines: Calcium-carbonate terraces; stroll the dazzling white layers and viewpoints.
🏺 Hierapolis Ancient City: Grand theatre, necropolis, and ancient bath complex—one of the region’s renowned healing centers.
🏊 Cleopatra Pool: Optional (extra) thermal swim among fallen column fragments.
🚐 Transfer: Denizli Airport → Pamukkale → Kuşadası hotel
🏨 Overnight: Kuşadası

🏛️ Ephesus Ancient City: Library of Celsus (iconic façade photo stop), Marble Street (shop traces and reliefs), Great Theatre (acoustics and vista toward the ancient harbor road).
⛪ House of Virgin Mary: A peaceful pilgrimage stop; wish wall and fountain.
✈️ Evening domestic flight Izmir (ADB) / Denizli (DNZ) → Cappadocia (ASR/NAV).
🚐 Transfers: Hotel → Ephesus → airport, and Cappadocia airport → hotel
🏨 Overnight: Cappadocia (cave hotel)

🎈 Sunrise hot-air balloon (optional, extra; weather-dependent).
⛪ Göreme Open-Air Museum: Rock-hewn chapels with frescoes; traces of early Christianity.
🏺 Avanos: Pottery workshops on the Kızılırmak (Red River); brief try at the traditional wheel.
🪨 Devrent (Imagination) Valley & 🏜️ Paşabağ: Fantastical rock formations and triple-headed fairy chimneys.
📸 Three Beauties: Signature fairy chimneys of Cappadocia; photo stop.
🚐 Transfer: Hotel pick-up & drop-off
🏨 Overnight: Cappadocia (cave hotel)

🏞️ Uçhisar Castle: One of the region’s highest vantage points with sweeping panoramas over Cappadocia.
🌹 Rose Valley & ❤️ Love Valley: Pink-gold rock textures; short walks and scenic viewpoints.
🏚️ Çavuşin: Rock-cut dwellings and the fabric of an old settlement.
🕳️ Underground City: A multi-level complex with defensive tunnels, cellars, and living quarters.
🕊️ Pigeon Valley: Cliffside dovecotes and classic lookouts.
✈️ Evening flight to Istanbul, airport → hotel transfer.
🏨 Overnight: Istanbul

🕛 12:00 hotel check-out → 🚐 hotel → airport transfer → ✈️ Depart Istanbul