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Sailing Trips
LYCIAN
COAST
15
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9 nights on board
CARIAN ODYSSEY
12 days
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7 nights on board
GREEK ISLANDS
13
days
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10 nights on board
Overland Tours
ANCIENT TURKEY
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15
days
Western Turkey and Cappadocia
EASTERNMOST TURKEY
14 days
in the eastern highlands
CAPPADOCIA
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3 days
A wonderland
&
warm hospitability
ANTALYA DAY TOURS
Antalya Old Town,
Perge, Aspendos, Archeological Museum,
Termessos, Phaselis, Olympus, Myra, Kekova, ...
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Easternmost Turkey
14-Day Hiking and Cultural Adventures in
the Easternmost and the Black Sea Regions of
Turkey
This trip takes you from beloved Istanbul to the
wild terrain of Easternmost Turkey. Exotic
antiquities, mystery of Noah's Ark,... and the
Black Sea region with extraordinary natural
beauties and historic values.
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Day 1, 2 .
Istanbul, capital to Roman, Byzantine and
Ottoman empires. You arrive on day 1 and
the next day we tour Istanbul's great monuments
such as
Roman Hippodrome, the exquisite Blue Mosque,
the great church of
Haghia Sophia, the huge Basilica Cistern
and Topkapi Palace, the home and administrative
center of Ottoman Sultans for 400 years.
Day
3 - 5
. Inner
East -
Fly
to Van
and visit
impressive historic places around
Lake Van such as
a marvellous Armenian church on Akhdamar Island,
impregnable Urartian fortress remaining from
early Archaic period and a medieval
castle
of a land lord. Glamorous Ishak Pasha
Palace and legendary petrified Noah's Ark
amazes us around Dogu Beyazit. Visit Ani,
the capital of the medieval Armenian
principality,
Kars
for formidable castle and Russian structures
from W.W.I.
Day 6 - 13 . Black
Sea Region: Kackar Mountains Trabzon, Ordu - Wilderness of
dazzling mountains and "yayla"s, the alpine pastures, located at high altitudes
at the foot of the Kackar Mountains are
fascinating. Hike and
visit medieval castels, bridges and glacier
lakes, meet the local people, the wittiest in
Turkey. Discover the city of Rize
and the old monuments of Trabzon (Trebizond).
Marvellous Sumela Monastery, the
largest and the most impressive Byzantine
monastic establishment in Asia Minor, stands at some three
hundred meters above a rushing stream in the
valley below. Stay in Ordu, the hazelnut center
of the world. Visit a popular local
craftsman making hand-made clarinets in the
inner part of Ordu province; remember
Jason, the mythical hero who quested for the
golden fleece with the Argonauts at Cape Yason. Get back Trabzon
and visit Church of Haghia Sophia and see more
about the city, and fly back to Istanbul.
Day 14 .
Depart
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All accommodations in hotels &
shared yacht cabins
