26/03/2006 Sunday Istanbul Arrival
Arrival at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. Meet by Navigatour representative and transfer to your hotel. Free time after check in. Overnight in IstanbulAfter early breakfast, departure to Ankara at 08:00 A.M. Lunch and visit of The Mausoleum of Ataturk (1881-1938) founding father and the first president of the Turkish Republic. Check in and overnight in Ankara. (B,L,D)
Drive to Cappadocia from Ankara. Half day tour of Cappadocia including incredible Underground City of Kaymakli where early Christians lived secretly in order to survive and keep their faith.
Then picture break will be given at the Valley of the Birds and at the foot of the Uchisar Castle. Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia. (B,L,D)
After breakfast, preparations and transfer to the area where Solar eclipse will be
experienced.
| Site | First Contact | Second Contact | Maximum Eclipse | Third Contact | Fourth Contact | Umbral Duration | |
| Cappadocia | 12:46:05 | 14:02:04 | 14:03:42 | 14:05:19 | 15:18:52 | 03:15 |
Then visit of Goreme Open air museum which, is a monastic of rock churches and chapels covered with frescoes, is one of best known sites in central Turkey. Most of the chapels date from 10th to 13th centuries. Then we wil go to Avanos Village by the famous local pottery and carpet shows allowing time for shopping in the afternoon. Also time will be allocated for the local souvenir shopping before returning to the hotel. Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia.(B,L,D)
Following an early breakfast we will drive to Konya which was the center of the Seljuk Empire as well as the city of Mevlana and his Whirling Dervishes.
After visiting the Mevlana Museum we will continue to Pamukkale. In Pamukkale you will tour the Antique City of Hierapolis where Calcareous hot springs descending over cliffs have created fascinating travertines in the form of white terrace and basins. After a picture break, dinner and overnight in Pamukkale. (B,L,D)
Following breakfast we will drive to Selcuk to visit the House of Virgin Mary on top of Mt. Coressos. Then our memorable visit to Ephesus, the Roman Capital of Asia Minor, will begin as well as viewing one of the Seven Churches of Revelation, the Temple of Artemis (One of the Seven Wonders of Antiquity) and the Basilica of St. John from a distance. Then we will drive to Kusadasi.
Dinner and overnight in Kusadasi. (B,L,D)
Depart from Kusadasi, enroute we will have lunch in Pergamum before
visiting Pergamum Acropolis, the Temple of Trajan and the theater both overlooking to the plain of Pergamum with a picture break for one of the Seven Churches of Revelation in downtown Pergamum.Then ancient medical center Asklepion will be visited before leaving
Pergamum. After Pergamum, we will continue to Troy, the legendary town in the "Iliad" of Homeros and visit the ruins. Check in to the hotel for dinner and overnight in Canakkale. (B,L,D)After early breakfast we will head for Gallipoli, arriving at the legendary WW1 front, we will see the Allied Cemeteries and the Anzac Cove. Then we will carry on driving to Istanbul. Free time after check in. Overnight in Istanbul. (B,L)
03/04/2006 Monday
Istanbul Full Day city tour Full day tour of Istanbul including the Blue Mosque, famous for its blue tiles and unique with its six minarets built in the name of Sultan Ahmet I. Next we will have a look at the Hippodrome of Constantinople where horse and chariot races used to take place. After the visit of Underground Cistern we will carry on to the famous Topkapi Palace museum, which was built as the home of the Ottoman sultans. Finally we will go to Grand Covered Bazaar. Overnight in Istanbul. (B,L)04/04/2006 Tuesday
Istanbul Departure Free until transfer time. Transfer to Istanbul Ataturk Airport International Lines for departure. (B)Navigatour Travel Agency Head Office Address: Sehit Muhtar Cad. No: 7/2 34437 Taksim – Istanbul – Turkey Phone :++90 – 212 – 361 15 71 Fax : ++90 – 212 – 361 15 72 Email : info@navigatour.com Website : www.navigatour.com Emergency Number: ++90 – 533 – 760 88 24 (available 24 hours)