Excursions
Mesopotamia & Eastern Anatolia
From the capital through Cappadocia to the plains of Mesopotamia: the stone heads of Nemrut, the world's oldest temple at Göbeklitepe, Mardin's golden city and the kitchens of Gaziantep.
- Duration
- 8 days, 7 nights
The programme
- Day 1 · AnkaraArrive in the capital. Anıtkabir, Atatürk's mausoleum, and the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.
- Day 2 · CappadociaTo Cappadocia: Göreme Open-Air Museum, Uçhisar Castle and sunset over the Red Valley. Night in a cave hotel.
- Day 3 · CappadociaHot-air balloon at sunrise, an underground city and the fairy chimneys of Paşabağ.
- Day 4 · DarendeTo Darende: the Somuncu Baba mosque and complex, a walk through the Tohma Canyon and the Gürpınar waterfall.
- Day 5 · NemrutThrough Malatya's apricot bazaar to Mount Nemrut for sunset among the colossal stone heads of King Antiochus.
- Day 6 · GöbeklitepeThe Roman bridge at Cendere, then Göbeklitepe, older than Stonehenge, and Şanlıurfa: Balıklıgöl, the cave of Abraham and a sıra gecesi evening.
- Day 7 · MardinTo Mardin: the stone lanes of the old town, Deyrulzafaran Monastery and sunset over the Mesopotamian plain.
- Day 8 · GaziantepThe Zeugma Mosaic Museum, the coppersmiths' bazaar and a last lunch in Türkiye's food capital, then your flight home.
Included
- Private guide with you for the whole journey
- Private car or van with driver
- Domestic flights in and out
- Selected boutique and stone-mansion hotels
- Lunch every day, a sıra gecesi evening in Şanlıurfa