9-Day Istanbul, Troy, Ephesus, Pamukkale and Cappadocia Tour with Kusadasi Stay
9 daysIstanbul, Troy, Ephesus, Pamukkale +1Group tourSet departure days

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€1,466€1,319 - Middle Class hotelsComfort
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€2,854€2,569
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Your route
3 stops · 8 nights
- Starts and ends in IstanbulDay 1 of the itinerary says how you are met
- Moderate walkingTwo to three hours on foot on sightseeing days, with steps and uneven ground at ancient sites.
- Four nights in KusadasiKeep the same hotel throughout
- Full free dayAfter the long Troy journey
- Cappadocia Red TourFly in on a separate travel day; stay one night before the tour
- Hotel options3 hotel classes on the same route, priced side by side
- Guided in EnglishAlso in Spanish and Italian on private tours.
- Group tourA shared coach and guide on the sightseeing days
Overview
Stay four nights in Kusadasi for a free day and separate Pamukkale and Ephesus trips. This nine-day route also visits Istanbul and Troy, then flies to Cappadocia for the Red Tour and back to Istanbul. Show more overviewShow less
This 9-day Istanbul, Troy, Ephesus, Pamukkale and Cappadocia tour includes five guided sightseeing days and eight hotel nights. Start with Istanbul’s Old City, Topkapi Palace and Harem, then travel south for Troy’s ancient walls and settlement layers.
Four nights in Kusadasi give you a full free day after the long Troy journey. Visit Pamukkale and Ephesus on separate days, returning to the same hotel after each tour.
A separate travel day takes you to Cappadocia by connecting flight. Stay one night for the Red Tour, then fly to Istanbul for your final hotel night and next-day departure transfer.
Trade the Kusadasi free day for more sightseeing with our 9-day Turkey tour with Gallipoli and both Cappadocia routes.
Why choose this 9-day Turkey itinerary?
- Four nights at one Kusadasi hotelVisit Pamukkale and Ephesus on separate return day trips without moving rooms.
- A free day after TroyRest or explore the coast independently after the long journey from Istanbul.
- Include a full Cappadocia Red TourStay overnight before sightseeing, then fly back to Istanbul after the completed tour.
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- Book at least 1 month before departure
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Itinerary
9 days · 8 nights in 3 places
View the route map3 stops · 8 nights
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Day 1: Begin in Istanbul with an airport welcome
Settle into your hotel after your included arrival transfer.Overnight: Istanbul · night 1 of 2Included today
- Overnight: Istanbul · night 1 of 2
- Transport: Airport meeting & hotel transfer
Schedule
- Airport meeting and hotel transfer
Travel from your arrival airport in Istanbul to the hotel. Your international flight is separate.
Your meeting follows the actual flight arrival.
- Check in and enjoy free time
Your room is available at the hotel’s usual check-in time, with no tour scheduled today.
Room access follows the hotel’s usual check-in hours.
Day 2: Discover the Old City, Topkapi Palace and Harem
Discover imperial rooms and courtyards beside the historic city mosques.Overnight: Istanbul · night 2 of 2Meals: Breakfast & lunchIncluded today
- Overnight: Istanbul · night 2 of 2
- Meals: Breakfast & lunch
- Transport: Tour transport and hotel transfers
- Guide: Licensed guide
- Sightseeing: Site tickets & Harem entry
Schedule
- 08:30Old City hotel pickup after breakfast
Explore the Old City with your guide, from the mosque courtyards to Topkapi Palace and Harem.
Friday: Topkapi in the morning, mosques after prayers.
Places you’ll visit
- Hagia Sophia
- Topkapi Palace and Harem
- Blue Mosque
- Hippodrome
- Grand Bazaar
- Shopping stop
About these 6 places
- Hagia Sophia
- See the landmark dome and hear how the building’s changing roles reflect Istanbul’s history.
- Topkapi Palace and Harem
- Explore Ottoman palace courtyards and decorated Harem rooms. Topkapi closes on Tuesdays; available start dates put this visit on an open day.
- Blue Mosque
- Visit the courtyard and tiled interior of this working mosque, subject to prayer times and dress requirements.
- Hippodrome
- Find the obelisks and monuments left in the square where Byzantine chariot races once took place.
- Grand Bazaar
- Browse the covered market’s shop-lined lanes. A different shopping stop is used when the bazaar is closed on Sundays.
- Shopping stop
- There is time to look at local goods during the itinerary, with purchases optional.
- 17:00Finish the Old City tour and return to your hotel
Spend the evening at leisure before tomorrow’s journey south.
Approximate tour finish; hotel drop-off follows.
Day 3: Visit Troy en route from Istanbul to Kusadasi
Explore ancient city walls and settlement layers on the journey south.Overnight: Kusadasi · night 1 of 4Meals: Breakfast; Group lunchIncluded today
- Overnight: Kusadasi · night 1 of 4
- Meals: Breakfast; Group lunch
- Transport: Istanbul–Troy–Kusadasi transport · Troy transport and listed transfers
- Guide: Licensed Troy guide
- Sightseeing: Troy entrance fees
Schedule
- 06:30Breakfast, checkout and the drive to Troy
Travel towards Canakkale, about five to six hours by road. Group guests have lunch in Eceabat; Private guests arrange lunch separately.
Pickup varies with your hotel location.
- 13:00Guided Troy visits
Explore Troy’s ancient walls, early houses and public spaces with your guide and listed entrance fees included.
The approximate start follows the morning road journey.
Places you’ll visit
- Troy Ancient City
- Ancient city walls
- Houses of Troy I
- Sacrificial altars
- Agora
- Canakkale’s wooden horse
About these 6 places
- Troy Ancient City
- Explore layers of settlement built over one another, with walls and rooms from different periods visible along the route.
- Ancient city walls
- See the stone defences and hear how walls protected Troy through different periods of its history.
- Houses of Troy I
- See remains of the early homes that form one of the oldest levels of Troy.
- Sacrificial altars
- The surviving altars offer evidence of religious life within the ancient city.
- Agora
- Visit the remains of the public area where civic life took place.
- Canakkale’s wooden horse
- See the modern Trojan Horse on the waterfront, distinct from the archaeological site.
- Onward transfer after Troy
Group guests go to Canakkale bus station. Private guests leave with their driver for Kusadasi.
Group guests transfer for the booked coach; Private guests continue by road.
- AfternoonTravel south to Kusadasi
Group guests take the coach to Izmir, about five and a half hours, then a driver transfer to Kusadasi. Private guests use a direct road transfer.
Group coach times vary and follow the completed Troy visits.
- Late arrival at your Kusadasi hotel
Check in for four nights at the same hotel. Group guests arrive after their Izmir station transfer; Private guests arrive with their driver.
Hotel arrival is late and follows the actual journey and traffic.
Day 4: Take a free day in Kusadasi
Choose your own seaside walks, beach time and places to eat.Overnight: Kusadasi · night 2 of 4Meals: BreakfastDay 5: See Pamukkale’s terraces and Hierapolis
Visit white terraces and ancient thermal baths, returning to the coast.Overnight: Kusadasi · night 3 of 4Meals: Breakfast & lunchIncluded today
- Overnight: Kusadasi · night 3 of 4
- Meals: Breakfast & lunch
- Transport: Tour transport and hotel transfers
- Guide: Licensed guide
- Sightseeing: Pamukkale & Hierapolis tickets
Schedule
- 07:00Pamukkale pickup after breakfast
The road journey takes about two and a half hours each way.
Pickup may vary with your hotel location.
- 10:30–15:00Guided Pamukkale and Hierapolis tour
Walk the white terraces and explore Hierapolis with your guide, with lunch during the tour.
Approximate sightseeing hours.
Places you’ll visit
- Pamukkale travertines
- Hierapolis
- Cleopatra Antique Pool
About these 3 places
- Pamukkale travertines
- View the bright white formations created by mineral deposits. The permitted terrace walk is barefoot.
- Hierapolis
- Explore the ruins of the city built around the springs, with its ancient streets and public spaces.
- Cleopatra Antique Pool
- Ancient stones lie beneath the warm water. Swimming costs extra and depends on pool access and time before returning to Kusadasi.
- Return to Kusadasi
The included drive brings you back to the same hotel.
Return drive follows the sightseeing finish around 15:00.
Day 6: Explore Ephesus before a final Kusadasi night
Discover Roman streets and the sacred sites around ancient Ephesus.Overnight: Kusadasi · night 4 of 4Meals: Breakfast & lunchIncluded today
- Overnight: Kusadasi · night 4 of 4
- Meals: Breakfast & lunch
- Transport: Tour transport and hotel transfers
- Guide: Licensed guide
- Sightseeing: Listed site tickets
Schedule
- 08:30Ephesus pickup after breakfast
Walk through Ephesus and visit the House of Virgin Mary and the remains of the Temple of Artemis.
Sightseeing runs approximately 09:30–15:00.
Places you’ll visit
- Ephesus
- House of Virgin Mary
- Temple of Artemis
About these 3 places
- Ephesus
- Walk the ancient streets between public buildings, including the Library of Celsus facade and the great theatre.
- House of Virgin Mary
- Visit the hillside stone shrine associated with Mary, a place that still welcomes pilgrims.
- Temple of Artemis
- View the remains of the sanctuary once celebrated as one of the ancient world’s Seven Wonders.
- 15:00Finish sightseeing and return to Kusadasi
Enjoy a final evening on the coast before tomorrow’s flight to Cappadocia.
Approximate sightseeing finish; hotel drop-off follows.
Day 7: Fly from Izmir to Cappadocia with a connection
Take connecting flights inland and settle into your Cappadocia hotel.Overnight: Cappadocia · 1 nightMeals: BreakfastIncluded today
- Overnight: Cappadocia · 1 night
- Meals: Breakfast
- Flights: Connecting flight to Cappadocia
- Transport: Airport meeting & transfers · Cappadocia hotel transfer
Schedule
- After breakfastBreakfast, checkout and Izmir Airport transfer
The drive from Kusadasi takes about an hour.
Hotel pickup follows your booked flight.
- Flight scheduleConnecting flight to Cappadocia
The included journey connects through another airport.
Departure and total travel time vary with the connection, season and availability.
- Airport welcome and hotel transfer
Check in for one night at your cave or stone hotel, with the Red Tour booked for tomorrow.
Your hotel arrival follows the actual connecting flight arrival.
- Optional rides and Turkish Night
Add a one-hour ATV, horse or camel ride after arrival, or a Turkish Night show in the evening.
Activity timing follows your flight arrival.
Day 8: Take the Cappadocia Red Tour before flying to Istanbul
Explore fairy chimneys and a former cave village before flying west.Overnight: Istanbul · 1 nightMeals: Breakfast & lunchIncluded today
- Overnight: Istanbul · 1 night
- Meals: Breakfast & lunch
- Flights: Cappadocia–Istanbul flight
- Transport: Tour transport & airport transfers · Istanbul hotel transfer
- Guide: Licensed guide
- Sightseeing: Red Tour site tickets
Schedule
- 09:30Breakfast, checkout and Red Tour pickup
Bring your luggage for the onward journey. Explore fairy chimneys, Zelve and Avanos with your guide.
Sightseeing starts around 10:00–10:30.
Places you’ll visit
- Pasabag
- Devrent Valley
- Zelve Open Air Museum
- Avanos pottery workshop
- Goreme panorama
- Uchisar Castle exterior
About these 6 places
- Pasabag
- See the capped fairy chimneys and small chambers carved within the rock formations.
- Devrent Valley
- Look for the camel-shaped rock among the valley’s unusual natural outlines.
- Zelve Open Air Museum
- Explore an old settlement spread through rock valleys, with carved homes and places of worship.
- Avanos pottery workshop
- Watch clay being shaped in a demonstration of the town’s pottery craft.
- Goreme panorama
- Take in the village and its surrounding valleys from the viewpoint.
- Uchisar Castle exterior
- View the high rock fortress from outside, above the village rooftops.
- 16:00–17:00Complete the Cappadocia visits
Finish sightseeing before continuing to the airport for your Istanbul flight.
Approximate finish of the full Red Tour.
- 17:00Airport transfer after the full tour
Travel to your departure airport once the Red Tour visits are complete.
Pickup follows the tour finish and booked flight.
- EveningFlight from Cappadocia to Istanbul
The included flight takes about 80 minutes.
Flight times vary with season and availability.
- Meet your driver and check in for the final night
Your airport meeting, hotel transfer and final Istanbul stay are included.
The airport meeting follows your actual flight arrival.
Optional at sunrise
Not included · add it while you book
Day 9: Finish your trip with an Istanbul airport transfer
Leave your hotel with the transfer arranged around your departure flight.Meals: Breakfast if checkout allowsIncluded today
- Meals: Breakfast if checkout allows
- Transport: Departure airport transfer
Schedule
- Checkout and departure airport transfer
Your driver collects you from the hotel for the airport journey.
Your pickup is arranged around the departure flight.
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What's included
Included in your package11
- Eight hotel nights: Istanbul two, Kusadasi four, Cappadocia one and one final Istanbul night
- Breakfast on days 2–8, plus day 9 if checkout allows
- Lunch on days 2, 5, 6 and 8; Group bookings also have lunch on day 3
- Full Old City tour with guide, Topkapi Palace and Harem, lunch, listed tickets and hotel return
- Troy tour with guide, listed entrances and transport from Istanbul
- Pamukkale and Ephesus day trips with guides, lunch, listed tickets and hotel pickup and return
- Cappadocia Red Tour with guide, lunch, listed tickets and transport
- Connecting Izmir–Cappadocia flight and Cappadocia–Istanbul flight
- 15 kg checked baggage and 8 kg cabin baggage per person on included flights
- Group: Canakkale–Izmir coach with station transfers and onward transport to Kusadasi. Private: direct road transfer to Kusadasi after Troy
- Listed airport meetings and hotel transfers, plus local taxes and service fees
Not included7
- International flights and extra hotel nights
- Arrival-day meals, lunch on days 4, 7 and 9, dinners and drinks
- Day 3 lunch for Private bookings
- Breakfast on day 9 if checkout is before breakfast service
- Optional swimming in Cleopatra's Pool
- Optional Cappadocia balloon flight, sunrise viewing, rides and Turkish Night
- Activities during free time, extra local transport, baggage and personal purchases
Hotel classes
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Choose this nine-day route for a full Kusadasi free day and a separate flight day before Cappadocia. The other nine-day tour adds Gallipoli and the Yellow Tour, while the six-day route keeps a coastal free day but leaves Istanbul sightseeing and hotel nights to your own arrangements.
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| Comparison | 6-Day Gallipoli, Troy, Pamukkale, Ephesus & Cappadocia Tour with FlightsBegin with the Gallipoli road trip if Istanbul is already arranged, keeping Troy, a Kusadasi free day and the Red Tour in a shorter regional route. | This tour9-Day Istanbul, Troy, Ephesus, Pamukkale and Cappadocia Tour with Kusadasi StayFour nights at one Kusadasi hotel, a full free day and two return day trips, followed by a separate connecting-flight day and the Cappadocia Red Tour. | 9-Day Turkey Tour: Istanbul, Gallipoli, Troy, Ephesus, Pamukkale and CappadociaSee more in the same nine days: add Gallipoli, a Canakkale night and the Yellow Tour, with two Kusadasi nights and no full free day. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Length and hotel nights | 6 days · 5 hotel nights | 9 days · 8 hotel nights | 9 days · 8 hotel nights |
| Istanbul sightseeing and stays | No guided Istanbul visits or Istanbul hotel nights | Full Old City with Topkapi and Harem; 2 initial nights + 1 final night | Full Old City with Topkapi and Harem; 2 initial nights + 1 final night |
| Gallipoli and Canakkale | Gallipoli and Troy on separate days; 1 Canakkale night | Troy only; no Gallipoli tour or Canakkale hotel night | Gallipoli and Troy on separate days; 1 Canakkale night |
| Kusadasi stay | 3 nights; 1 full free day | 4 nights; 1 full free day | 2 nights; no full free day |
| Cappadocia sightseeing | Red Tour; 1 hotel night | Red Tour; 1 hotel night | Red and Yellow Tours; 2 hotel nights |
| Flight day to Cappadocia | Flight after the Ephesus tour | Separate travel day after the Ephesus hotel return | Connecting flight after the full Ephesus tour |
| Package finish | Istanbul flight and hotel drop-off; room not included | Final Istanbul hotel night and next-day airport transfer | Final Istanbul hotel night and next-day airport transfer |
| From price | €1,115 | €1,319 | €1,534per person |
| View tour: 6-Day Gallipoli, Troy, Pamukkale, Ephesus & Cappadocia Tour with Flights | View tour: 9-Day Turkey Tour: Istanbul, Gallipoli, Troy, Ephesus, Pamukkale and Cappadocia |
Prefer Gallipoli to the Cappadocia extension?
8-Day Istanbul, Gallipoli, Troy, Ephesus and Pamukkale TourThe eight-day western route includes Gallipoli, Troy, Ephesus and Pamukkale, with an Istanbul sightseeing day.
Good to know
Details about the Kusadasi stay and travel days.
Please note
- Topkapi Palace closes on Tuesdays; the calendar offers start dates with the palace visit on an open day.
- Day 3 has a long road journey with a late Kusadasi arrival; the following day is free.
- Breakfast is included before the early Troy and Pamukkale road departures.
- The flight to Cappadocia includes a connection; day 7 activity timing depends on arrival.
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- Extra baggage can be added during online check-in.
- Swimming in Cleopatra's Pool costs extra and depends on access and the day's schedule.
What to bring
- Comfortable walking shoes
- Sun protection
- A warm layer for sunrise
- Modest clothing for mosques
- Swimwear if you wish to swim
- Your passport (hotels and domestic flights ask for it)
Cancellation
How much comes back depends on how early you let us know: we count the days from your written cancellation to your first booked service.
- More than 90 days75% back
- 61 to 90 days70% back
- 31 to 60 days60% back
- 16 to 30 days30% back
- 0 to 15 days, or no showNo refund
Non-refundable flights, hotels or activity tickets in your booking are charged on top of these amounts.
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Do all four Kusadasi nights use the same hotel?
Yes. You stay at the same hotel from day 3 to day 7. Pamukkale and Ephesus are separate return day trips, with a full free day before them.
How long is the Troy travel day?
Allow a full day with a late hotel arrival. The drive from Istanbul to the Troy region takes about five to six hours. Group guests then take a coach to Izmir, about five and a half hours, with station and Kusadasi hotel transfers included. Private guests continue directly to Kusadasi by road. The next day is free.
When can I add a Cappadocia balloon flight?
Optional balloon flying and separate sunrise viewing are offered on day 8 before the Red Tour. Rides and Turkish Night are offered on day 7 if your arrival leaves enough time. All cost extra; balloon flights depend on weather, operating approval and availability.
Is there a hotel after the flight back to Istanbul?
Yes. Your final hotel night and airport arrival transfer are included on day 8, followed by the departure airport transfer on day 9.
Is lunch included on the Troy day?
Group bookings include lunch in Eceabat on day 3. Private bookings do not include lunch that day. Breakfast is included for both options before the road departure.
Which languages and tour types is this tour available in?
| Guide language | Group tour | Private tour |
|---|---|---|
| English | Available | Available |
| Spanish | Not offered | Available |
| Italian | Not offered | Available |
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