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Get ready to travel to Turkey aboard an elegant wooden sailing vessel...the ultimate yachting experience. The cruiser, known as a gulet, offers the amenities and feeling of a boutique hotel, complete with the comfort and luxury as well as the most attentive and hospitable service. This leisurely yachting vacation will take you to architectural wonders on land and let you marvel at Turkey's stunning coastline by sea. Upon arrival in Marmaris, Turkey's country's largest beach resort, board your posh gulet, and begin your lavish sailing experience with a delicious meal. Travel to Turkeyand cruise to Ekincik Bay, where you can explore the historic sea port of Caunos, and Oludeniz, known as the ......

Program Highlights

Includes

Deluxe class hotel accommodation for 6 nights
4 days/3 nights on board of a gulet
19 included meals consisting of:
- 9 buffet breakfasts
- 4 dinners at hotels
- 3 lunches during cruise
- 3 dinners during cruise
Touring by private deluxe air-conditioned motorcoach
Assistance of a professional Tour Director from day 5 to day 10
Sightseeing, including local guide and all entrance fees as follows:
- Tour of Hierapolis and hot springs in Pamukkale
- Visit of Ephesus archaeological site
- Visit of House of the Virgin Mary
- Visit of ancient Pergamum, including entrance fees for the Acropolis and Asklepion
- Visit of Troy archaeological site
- Visit of World War I memorials at Gallipoli
- Istanbul city tour, including entrance fees at Topkapi Palace and Hagia Sophia Museum
Transfer from Dalaman Airport to gulet in Marmaris
Transfer from Istanbul hotel to Istanbul Airpor t
Baggage handling
Hotel taxes and service charges

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Departures & Rates

Deluxe

	Double
	from $1355

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Hotels

Day 1 - Sat Marmaris

Welcome to Dalaman Airport, here you'll be met and transferred to your traditional wooden gulet anchored in Marmaris, Turkey's biggest beach resort. Boarding starts at 3:30pm. Time to unpack and settle in before dinner. (D)

Day 2 - Sun Marmaris/Ekincik

After breakfast we depart for Ekincik Bay. Today you may want to join an optional tour to the site of ancient Caunos in the delta of the Dalyan River. (B,L,D)

Day 3 - Mon Ekincik/Oludeniz Bay/Gemiler Island

Today we sail to oludeniz, the "Blue Lagoon", a stunning bay with a laid-back atmosphere. After lunch, we sail to Gemiler Island, also known as the Island of St. Nicholas. (B,L,D)

Day 4 - Tue Gemiler Island/Turunc Pınari/ Fethiye/Pamukkale

Today we sail to Turunc Pınari Bay. After lunch, we resume sailing to Fethiye harbor where we will disembark. Transfer to Pamukkale. Dinner and overnight at hotel. (B,L,D)

Day 5 - Wed Pamukkale/Kusadasi

This morning we visit the ruins of ancient Hierapolis. It is here that you will see the fairyland terraces, glistening pools and cascades in scallop-shell basins that have made this area famous worldwide. Continue to Kusadasi. Dinner and overnight at hotel. (B,D)

Day 6 - Day 6 Thu Kusadasi/Ephesus/Kusadasi

This morning we drive to Ephesus, perhaps the best preserved archeological site on Earth, where one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - the Temple of Artemis - is located. We end our tour with a visit of the house where the Virgin Mary is believed to have lived the final years of her life. Dinner and overnight at hotel in Kusadasi. (B,D)

Day 7 - Fri Kusadasi/Pergamum/Troy/canakkale

Today we drive to Pergamum, the seat of an ancient kingdom. Visit the Asklepion, one of the most famous shrines and therapeutic centers in the ancient world, before driving to Homer's legendary city of Troy, where archeological excavation has established nine levels of habitation, including the great city captured in 1200 B.C. by means of the renowned Trojan Horse. A huge replica of this horse stands beside the city's ancient walls. Continue to Canakkale. Dinner and overnight at hotel. (B,D)

Day 8 - Sat Canakkale/Istanbul

After crossing the Dardanelles, we visit the peninsula of Gelibolu, better known in the west as Gallipoli. Here are the battlefields where for nine disastrous months during the Great War, Anzac troops fought unsuccessfully to gain control of the strategic Dardanelle Straits. Visit Anzac Cove and Lone Pine Cemetery. Continue to Istanbul. (B)

Day 9 - Sun Istanbul

This morning we visit the impressive Topkapi Palace, the residence of mighty Ottoman Sultans, and Hagia Sophia, once a church, later a mosque, and now a museum. After time for lunch on your own, you will be taken to the Blue Mosque. Here, you will be impressed by the beauty of its six minarets, unique architecture, marble latticework, and inside, by the high ceiling lined with 20,000 blue tiles that give the mosque its popular name. Stop by the Hippodrome. Center of the Byzantine life for 1,000 years, this is where chariot races and competitive athletic events took place. Your tour ends with a visit of the Grand Bazaar, the world's biggest and oldest shopping venue. (B)

Day 10 - Mon Istanbul to USA (or extend your stay)

Morning transfer to airport for your return flight home. (B)

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