Meet and greet at Istanbul Airport. Transfer to hotel (early check-in subject to availability, but we will do our best to arrange it). Afternoon at around 13:00hrs hotel pick-up for half-day tour. Visits to City Walls, Golden Horn and cable car to Pierre Loti Hill. Then, Bosphorus Cruise along the Bosphorus, the winding strait separating Europe & Asia. Bosphorus coastline is a delightful mixture of the past and the present where one can enjoy the grand splendour and quaint beauty of the ancient wooden mansions, palaces of marble, fortresses, and small fishing villages. Rumeli Fortress (from the boat, no interior visit) and Leander’s Tower (from the boat, no interior visit). Lunch and dinner excluded. Overnight at Hotel / Istanbul.

Breakfast at hotel. Hotel pick-up at around 07:50am for half-day city tour. Visits to St.Sophia, Byzantine Hippodrome, in which stand the obelisk brought from Egypt by Theodosius and the Serpent Column taken from Delphi by Constantine. Blue Mosque (will be visited from outside if the tour is taken on Friday), which has six minarets and a middle dome of 109 feet and Grand Covered Bazaar (closed on Sundays) dating back to 15th century. It covers over 4,000 shops under one roof. Afternoon free at leisure. If desired we can leave the clients at Bazaar, and they can return to their hotels by their own. Lunch and dinner excluded. Overnight at Hotel / Istanbul. (B)

Box breakfast will be arranged. Early morning transfer to Istanbul Apt to take an early morning flight to Kayseri (TK2010 or any earlier IST/ASR domestic flight). Upon arrival at Kayseri Erciyes Apt meet and greet with our assistant and drive to Cappadocia. Arrival to Cappadocia, visit to Red Valley which is one of the most beautiful trekking valleys in Cappadocia. Explore the famous rock-cut churches and hiking for 5km through the valley. After hiking, resting in Old Cavusin Village where is one of old Greek Villages in Cappadocia. The village is known with its houses and churches of the Christian clergymen. After lunch at local restaurant visit to Kaymakli Underground City, the place early Christians hid from persecutors. Finally visit to Pigeon Valley. After the tour transfer to hotel and check-in. Dinner and overnight at Hotel / Cappadocia. (B, L, D)

Breakfast at hotel. Full-day tour of Cappadocia. Morning visits to Devrent Valley which has various types of fairy chimneys. Pasabaglari (Monk’s Valley) with some other types of fairy chimneys. Avanos Region, known with its pottery, a craft dating back to Hittite period. After lunch at local restaurant visits to Goreme Open-Air Museum, which is full of pink, rose and white tapering columns. These tall free standing cones of stone curve and twist as if pulled from earth like taffy. Others are tall like fairy chimneys. The caves were settled in the 4th century as monasteries. Visit some caves on the cliffs to see Byzantine frescoes decorating early Christian churches. Stop at Citadel of Uchisar and Esentepe for beautiful view of Cappadocia. You will also have chance to take photo in these places. Dinner and overnight at Hotel / Cappadocia. (B, L, D)

Breakfast at hotel. Free till departure. Hotel check-out latest at 12:00hrs. Transfer to Kayseri Erciyes Airport to take a domestic flight to Istanbul (latest at 22:00hrs flight from Kayseri Erciyes Apt). Upon arrival at Istanbul Apt directly taking international flight back to India. (B)