Izmir 1 Night, Pamukkale 1 Night, Antalya 2 Nights & Cappadocia 1 Night Group Tour – 5 Nights 6 Days with Domestic Flight

Highlights of the Izmir 1 Night, Pamukkale 1 Night, Antalya 2 Nights & Cappadocia 1 Night Group Tour – 5 Nights 6 Days with Domestic Flight

A group tour that travels like the ancient caravans – overland from the Aegean to the Mediterranean with a night at Pamukkale: Izmir, Pamukkale, Antalya and Cappadocia in 5 nights. Instead of a domestic flight, a shuttle brings you from the coast to the white travertines, you sleep in a thermal hotel, and the next day's guided Pamukkale tour continues straight to your hotel in Antalya. You stay in hand-picked hotels of your chosen category and join small group excursions led by a professional English-speaking guide.

Ephesus was the capital of Roman Asia and one of the largest cities of the ancient world: the Library of Celsus, the Great Theatre and the marble Curetes Street are among the finest Roman monuments anywhere. The tour also visits the House of the Virgin Mary, the Temple of Artemis – one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – and the wine village of Şirince with its old Greek stone houses.

In Kaleiçi, the historic walled quarter of Antalya, cobbled lanes lead past restored Ottoman mansions to Hadrian's Gate, built in honour of the Roman emperor in 130 AD, the Clock Tower and the fluted Yivli Minaret, the symbol of the city. The Lower Düden Waterfall pours straight off the cliffs into the sea, and a boat trip along the coast shows you the old Roman harbour and the Falez cliffs from the water.

Instead of flying, this itinerary crosses inland by road and spends a night at Pamukkale, the "Cotton Castle", a UNESCO World Heritage Site where calcium-rich thermal springs have built brilliant white travertine terraces. Staying overnight in a thermal hotel lets you visit the terraces and the ancient spa city of Hierapolis – with its monumental theatre, necropolis and Cleopatra's Antique Pool – in the fresh morning light, and even take a sunrise balloon flight, before the tour continues over the Taurus Mountains to Antalya.

In the north of the region you climb to the viewpoint of Uçhisar Castle, the tallest rock citadel of Cappadocia, and step inside the Göreme Open-Air Museum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site whose rock-cut churches such as the Dark Church preserve vivid Byzantine frescoes. The mushroom-shaped fairy chimneys of Paşabağ (Monks Valley), the animal-shaped rocks of Devrent (Imagination Valley) and the pottery town of Avanos on the Red River complete the day.

Choose your hotel category for every stop – 3★: ibis Izmir Alsancak and Lycus River Thermal Hotel and Mediterra Art Hotel and Cappadocia Balloon Cave; 4★: Kaya Prestige Hotel and Lycus River Thermal Hotel and Sky Luxe Hotel Konyaaltı and Monark Hotel Cappadocia; 5★: Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Izmir and Lycus River Thermal Hotel and Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Antalya and DoubleTree by Hilton Avanos - Cappadocia. All prices are per person in a double room for the whole package and change with the travel season; the shuttle to Pamukkale, the Pamukkale tour with onward transfer to Antalya, any domestic flights shown in the itinerary, airport transfers, guided excursions, lunches on tour days and entrance fees are included. A sunrise balloon flight over Pamukkale can be added as an option.