Day 01 (Tue): 

Departure for Pamukkale. Arrive in Pamukkale and check in to the hotel to enjoy the healing waters of the thermal center of the Roman times (D). 

 

Day  02 (Wed):

Tour the ruins of Hierapolis including the magnificently preserved cemetery "Necropolis", the Main Street and Gates, the Thermal Baths, the Roman Theatre and the Museum. In the afternoon tour Aphrodisias, the city of Aphrodite; visit the Museum, the Temple of Aphrodite, the Theatre, the Stadium, the Agora, the Hadrian Baths, the Odeon, and the Bishop's Palace. Proceed to the hotel in Kusadasi for overnight (B, D-BB only at Kismet Hotel).

 

Day 03 (Thu): 

Morning tour to Ephesus area with Ephesus Antique City (Hillside Houses are excluded; entrance requires additional admission fee), one of the most popular ancient sites of Turkey with many acres of carefully excavated ruins; Virgin Mary’s House, where St. Mary is supposed to spend her last years together with St. John. Selcuk Ephesus Museum or St. John Church. Time for shopping. Overnight in Kusadasi (B, D-BB only at Kismet Hotel). 

 

Day 04 (Fri):

Early departure for Bergama and visit to the Asclepion and Acropol with the well preserved remains. In the afternoon continue on to Troy, the place where the legendary Trojan War took place as described in the historical work of Homer of Smyrna. After visiting the site with nine inhabitation levels covering a period of 3000 years, drive to Canakkale for overnight (Due to the limited hotel availability we also keep the right to stay in the surroundings of Canakkale) (B, D)

 

Day 05 (Sat):

After breakfast sail to the other side of Dardanelles by a ferryboat and drive to Istanbul with visit to Gallipoli, historically famous for being the site of many battles - particularly involving the Allied Forces including Australians and New Zealanders during World War I. Arrive in Istanbul late afternoon (Due to the possibility of some participants might have scheduled flights in the evening) and transfer to the hotel or airport (B).

• Our drop-off service is available only for the hotels near Ataturk Airport and in Sultanahmet and Taksim areas.  Those who will be staying at the other locations will be dropped-off at Taksim.

• If a hotel is preferred in Sirince instead of the one in Kusadasi a surcharge of $75 p.p. will be added on to the prices.

• Overnight in Assos can be preferred on private tours.

Departure Days	Only on private basis (Please see the remarks for the REGULAR tour option below)
	Lunches are inclusive to our “Regular” tours
Pax No	Regular	01 Pax	02 pax	03 pax	04 pax	5-9 pax	S. Supp
Value Rates / pp	-	3.075	1.555	1.140	1.030	930	155
Superior Rates /pp	-	3.325	1.765	1.340	1.225	1.120	225

• Value Hotels: Lycus River, Pine Marina Hotel (Tatlises Hotel), Iris Hotel (Akol Hotel)

• Superior Hotels: Lycus River (Villa Lycus), Korumar Hotel (Land View Only) Kismet Hotel (BB Only), Akol Hotel (Kolin Hotel)

• If your choice of the hotels - apart from those quoted above - is required on the regular tours, the discrepancy between the hotels plus a transfer fee of $15pp for each different hotel ($30 for the hotels to be stayed for 2 nights) will be added on to the total tour fee.

•  If our guests have a chance to join an already continuing PRS 210 on regular basis that also cover the same itinerary but began at a different location at an earlier date then the p.p. regular tour rate would be $825 and $1.095, respectively, for value and superior hotels (No regular tour option is confirmed unless there are participants at the departure location of the tour)

PRS 411 / FIVE DAY MEDITERRANEAN COAST TOUR

 

Day 01

Arrive in Antalya and transfer to the hotel. Overnight ANTALYA.

 

 Day 02

In the morning drive up Termessos with its the impressive ruins - including an amphitheater and a gymnasium, perched at an altitude of over 1000 meters up a mountainside. The mountain vistas from here are spectacular. Drive back to Antalya to visit Antalya Museum, which houses most of the findings of the Mediterranean coast. Then free afternoon to wander through the picturesque city of Antalya with its ancient Roman walled port, and the lovely 'old town', Marina, with its beautifully restored Ottoman mansions and Hadrian's Gate. Kaleici (Marina) and the port abound with little cafes, restaurants and boutiques. Overnight ANTALYA (B)

 

Day 03

Departure in the morning and visit to Perge with its well preserved theater and stadium, the place where most of the statues that are on display in Antalya Museum were unearthed and then proceed to Aspendos that bears one of the best preserved Roman theaters in Anatolia. Lunch with a trout or anything else desired by the river. Side - a well-known classical site in Turkey, now a popular resort town - with Amphitheatre & Temple of Apollo. Continue to Manavgat Waterfalls before returning to ANTALYA. (B)

 

Day 04

A drive along the spectacular Mediterranean Coast, with visits en route to Phaselis with its ruins and 3 harbors set amidst pine trees, Demre, with the Church of St. Nicholas - Santa Claus, and its splendidly carved Lycian Rock Tombs dating back to 600 B.C.  In the afternoon cruise to Kekova, a peaceful group of picturesque islands well scattered with very distinct rock sarcophagi and ancient houses submerged under the clear water. The cruise also includes the “picture-postcard” village of Simena with its stone houses covered in bougainvillea, and the Castle. Overnight in KAS (B). 

 

Day 05

Drive to Marmaris with visits to Patara, Xanthos and with cruise in the Dalyan Delta. The real highlight in Dalyan is to take a small craft through a maze of reeds in the Dalyan Delta. The delta, with a long, golden sandy beach at its mouth, is a nature-conversation area, and a refuge for large sea turtles (caretta caretta) and blue crabs. A stop will be made at Kaunos which was an important city and port on the Mediterranean from 400 B.C. until the harbour silted up and the sea retreated 5km to the south. Drive on to Marmaris for the hotel or the boat for boarding (No accommodation is included) (B).

 

Departure Days	Only on private basis
	Lunches are not inclusive to our rates on private tours
Pax No	Regular	01 Pax	02 pax	03 pax	04 pax	5-9 pax	S. Supp
Rates in USD / pp	-	2.805	1.530	1.195	1.000	875	125

•  Overnight at 4-star hotels

 

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