For Cruisers: 5 Days Istanbul & Cappadocia Trip with Hot Air Balloon Ride Option
Overnight Tours
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3 days
English
On this three days tour package, you will have chance to visit the most popular two areas of Turkey such as Cappadocia and Ephesus. Also, you will have unique experiences with the ATV Quide Bike Safari and Horseback Ride at the valleys of Cappadocia. 2 nights accommodation at cave hotel in Cappadocia, full-day guided tours in Cappadocia & Ephesus, ATV Quad Bike Safari, Horseback ride, most meals, museum entry fees, transportation, airport transfers and domestic flights are all included in the tour. For an even more unforgettable experience, wake up early for a sunrise hot air balloon ride over the fairy chimneys (optional).
Options
Silver Package
Accommodation: Zeynep Sultan Hotel in Istanbul - Sedirli Konak Hotel in Cappadocia (Stay at Stone Room in Cappadocia)
Hot Air Balloon Ride: EXCLUDED
Tour Language: The daily tour(s) will be organised with professional licenced English-speaking guides.
Pickup included
FromR25,612.23Per Person
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What's included in For Cruisers: 5 Days Istanbul & Cappadocia Trip with Hot Air Balloon Ride Option
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Day 1 | Flight to Denizli – Semi-Private Tour to Pamukkale, Hierapolis – Accommodation at Kusadasi
Istanbul
Hierapolis & Pamukkale
Pamukkale Thermal Pools
Cleopatra Pools
Pamukkale
Karahayit
Kusadasi
Kusadasi Castle
Okuz Mehmet Pasa KervansarayI
Food and Drinks
LunchYou will take your lunch at a local restaurant during tour.
Accommodation
Included: When booking the tour, you have right to select your desired hotel category from a range of available choices.
Day 2 | Semi-Private Tour to Priene and Its Surroundings – Accommodation at Kusadasi
Kusadasi
Eski Doganbey Koyu
Priene Antik Kenti
Kusadasi
Food and Drinks
BreakfastYou will take your breakfast at hotel. The breakfast time of hotel is between 08.00am and 10.00am.
LunchYou will take your lunch at a local restaurant during tour.
Accommodation
Included: When booking the tour, you have right to select your desired hotel category from a range of available choices.
Inclusions
- Transfers at the mentioned airports for domestic flights in the itinerary
- Flight Tickets : Istanbul to Denizli - Izmir to Istanbul or Izmir to Cappadocia
- XX nights hotel accommodation including breakfast
- Hotel pick-up & drop-off services for each mentioned tours and transfers on itinerary
- Professional tour guide who licenced by Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- Dinner & Drinks
- Entrance fees of the museums (Your guide will have pre-paid tickets to skip the line.)
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Hotel drop-off (return to Istanbul) timing : The departure time of return flight is between 08.00pm and 09.00pm from Cappadocia. That's meaning, your return flight will be landing Istanbul airport or Istanbul SAW airport between 09.30pm and 10.30pm. After you arrived Istanbul, local tour operator will transfer you to your drop-opff point. If you will do this tour post-cruise, the drop-off point will be your hotel in Istanbul center for this transfer. If you will do this tour pre-cruise, the drop-off point will be Istanbul Galataport (Cruise Port) for this transfer.
- The prices of package are valid for accommodation at the double or triple room. If you would like make reservation for single room(s), there could be supplement cost. There are not going to be any extra cost for single / solo travelers. This cost already accounted on price of these travelers.
- The pre-planned hotels are "Hagia Sophia Mansions in Istanbul" - "The Magnaura Palace in Istanbul" - "Zeynep Sultan Hotel in Istanbul" - "Exedra Hotel in Cappadocia" - "1811 Cave Boutique Hotel in Cappadocia" - "Sedirli Konak Boutique Hotel in Cappadocia" for your accommodation on this travel. You can choose any of them while booking. If preferred hotel by you is not available for standard/superior rooms on your travel dates, local tour operator can replace it with an equivalent hotel.
- The check-in time of hotels is 02.00pm, and you can not start use your room before this time. This is about the check-in & check-out policies of hotels. If your arrival flight will be landing to Istanbul-Turkey before that time , you have to add one night more hotel reservation to package, or wait at the reception of your hotel until 02.00pm for check-in to hotel.
- The differences between the package options are about the hotel categories. Tour(s), airport transfer(s) and flight ticket levels will be same for all options.
- The local tour operator will send e-tickets of your domestic flights at six days before your departure date. You will not need print out copies of the tickets for domestic flights. Your passport and reservation number on the tickets will be enough for check-in to plane.
- The local tour operator can request your some passport details for the bookings of your flight tickets.
- You will have 15kg luggage + 8kg hand bag quota per person for each domestic flight. If you will need more luggage capacity, please inform that to local tour operator. There could be some extra fee for luggage quotas more than 15kg. This is exactly about the policies of airline companies.
- If your pick-up or drop-off hotel is inside of airports (IST and SAW airports) local tour operator do not provide any pick-up / drop-off service on this trip package.
- Hot air ballooning is a fully weather-dependent activity and the Civil Aviation Authority determines whether the flight will be held. If your flight is cancelled due to inclement weather conditions, you are entitled to a partial refund. In such a case, your refund will be processed by the day after of that trip. Your refund rate will be the difference between options of "included balloon ride" and "excluded balloon ride" for the cancellations of the hot air balloon ride.
- The Standard Balloon Ride has an One-hour approximately flight duration with 20 to 28 people capacity basket. The flight duration could be 50-55 minutes or 65-70 minutes. This situation depend the weather conditions before landing, and pilots are decide to that within the safety rules of Civil Aviation Authority. Total activity duration is approximately 3 hours.
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required.
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking.
- The children who 5 years old and under are not allowed to balloon tours.
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults. If you will be 1 adult + 1 child, local tour operator can request & charge the amount of 2 adults.
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
Tickets will be delivered post-booking by email; or, physically delivered to you or your hotel
Tour guide will give the entrance tickets to the guests before entry to the museums and ancient ruins and religious places.
Operator
Turkey Experiences
