Day 1 Fly from your chosen airport to Istanbul for two nights at The Peak Hotel in the Pera district. (D)
Day 2 Visit St. Saviour in Chora and the Dolmabahçe Palace. Cruise along the Bosphorus, passing palaces, mosques and waterside villas. Drink at the Pera Palas. (B)
Day 3 Travel to Gallipoli (4 hrs) and sites of the ANZAC landings. By boat across the Dardanelles. Overnight at the Kolin Hotel, Canakkale. (B, D)
Day 4 Visit the ruins of legendary Troy and the Pergamon acropolis. Two nights at the Hotel Charisma in Kusadasi. (B, L, D)
Day 5 Visit Ephesus, its ‘Terrace Houses’ and museum and Basilica of St. John. (B, D)
Day 6 Visit the temple of Aphrodisias. Continue to Pamukkale for two nights at the Colossae Thermal Hotel. (B, D)
Day 7 Visit the calcified waterfalls, Roman Hierapolis and Laodicea. (B, D)
Day 8 Travel to the Seljuk capital of Konya (6 hrs). Visit the museums of Mevlana, (‘Whirling Dervish’ sect) and Karatay. Overnight at Hotel Bera. (B, L, D)
Day 9 Visit Alâeddin Mosque in Konya, then travel to Cappadocia (3 hrs), visiting the Seljuk Caravanserai in Sultan Han. Stay two nights at the ‘special-category’ Hotel Yusuf Yigitoglu Konagi, built into the rock. (B, D)
Day 10 Visit the Valley of Göreme with its early Christian church paintings, underground city of Kaymakh and castle of Uçhisar. Optional Whirling Dervish ceremony at an ancient caravanserai (£27). (B, D)
Day 11 Travel to the Hittite capital Hattusha to view the rock temple, citadel and city walls. Continue to Ankara for overnight at the Radisson Blu Hotel. (B, D)
Day 12 Visit the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations and Mausoleum and Museum of Atatürk. Continue to Gordion to view the tomb of King Midas. Overnight in Bursa at the Hotel Kervansaray-Termal. (B, D)
Day 13 At Bursa visit the Green Mosque, Tomb of Sultan Murat II, the Great Mosque, Muradiye Mosque, Ottoman tombs and silk bazaar. By road and ferry across the Sea of Marmara to Istanbul for two nights at the 5-star Hotel Crowne Plaza Old City (formerly Wyndham). (B)
Day 14 Visit the Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, St. Sophia, the Basilica Cistern, Topkapi Palace including the Harem and the Grand Bazaar. Rooftop dinner. (B, D)
Day 15 Return flight. (B)
- Key
- B - Breakfast
- L - Lunch
- D - Dinner
