2024 - Constantinople To Hellas Tour
2024 - Constantinople To Hellas Tour
$3291
2024 - Constantinople To Hellas Tour
12 Days Starting in Istanbul and ending in Athens
Visiting: Istanbul, Çanakkale, Kuşadası, Mykonos, Santorini, Athens
Tour operator:
Tour code:
CTH
Guide Type:
Fully Guided
Group size:
2 - 50
Age range:
8-99
Tour operated in:
EnglishTour Overview
This 12 day tour, starts from Istanbul, Turkey, and ends at Athens, Greece. Starting in Istanbul, this tour travels down the west coast of Turkey visiting the Gallipoli Battlefields, Troy and the ancient city of Ephesus before island hopping to Mykonos and Santorini and then onto Athens.
Highlights
Itinerary
Day 1 : Istanbul
Location: Istanbul
Accommodation: Nidya Hotel Galataport (4 star)
Accommodation Name: Nidya Hotel Galataport (4 star)
Welcome to Istanbul! You will be transferred to your hotel. The remainder of the day is yours free to explore.
Day 2 : Istanbul Old City
Location: Istanbul
Accommodation: Nidya Hotel Galataport (4 star)
Accommodation Name: Nidya Hotel Galataport (4 star)
Meals Included: Breakfast
After breakfast, you enjoy a fully guided tour of the only city to span two continents, visiting the Blue Mosque, St Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace (including Hagia Irene and the Harem) and the Hippodrome.
Cruise between two continents on the stretch of water that separates Europe from Asia in the afternoon with an optional 'Half day Bosphorus cruise'.
Day 3 : Gallipoli Battlefields
Location: Çanakkale
Accommodation: MD Barbaros Hotel (Special Class)
Accommodation Name: MD Barbaros Hotel (Special Class)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
One of the most emotionally touching places in Turkey, today we visit the WW1 Battlefields of Gallipoli including Lone Pine and Chunuk Bair Memorials, ANZAC Cove, Johnston's Jolly, original trenches and tunnels and the Nek.
Day 4 : Troy, Acropolis Of Pergamon
Location: Kuşadası
Accommodation: Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel (Boutique)
Accommodation Name: Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel (Boutique)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
This morning, step back in time as we visit Troy where we will explore the ancient city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the new, award winning, Troy Museum. We continue on to the magnificent acropolis of Pergamon. Its impressive temples and library made Pergamon a renowned cultural and political centre in its time.
Day 5 : Ephesus, Kusadasi
Location: Kuşadası
Accommodation: Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel (Boutique)
Accommodation Name: Ilayda Avantgarde Hotel (Boutique)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Absorb yourself in history today with a guided tour of Ephesus and a visit to the site of the Temple of Artemis. Feel the mystical atmosphere of the ancient city and theatre before continuing to the former Greek village of Sirince, famous for its fruit wines. Carpet weaving has long traditions in Turkey and at the carpet village we learn how the carpets are made by hand and what determines their value.
Day 6 : Kusadasi, Samos
Location: Mykonos
Accommodation: Manoulas Beach Hotel / Pelican Bay Hotel (4 star)
Accommodation Name: Manoulas Beach Hotel / Pelican Bay Hotel (4 star)
Meals Included: Breakfast
Leaving Turkey, we take a ferry to Samos and depending on ferry schedules; we may head straight for Mykonos or spend a day exploring lush-green Samos.
Day 7 : Mykonos
Location: Mykonos
Accommodation: Manoulas Beach Hotel / Pelican Bay Hotel (4 star)
Accommodation Name: Manoulas Beach Hotel / Pelican Bay Hotel (4 star)
Meals Included: Breakfast
Free day today. Spend the day on the beach, stroll around the town or take a trip to one of the small villages or take an optional day trip to the neighbouring island of Delos. This Mecca of Ancient Greece is today an island wide, open-air museum.
Day 8 : Mykonos To Santorini
Location: Santorini
Accommodation: Aegean Plaza Hotel / Rose Bay Hotel (4 star)
Accommodation Name: Aegean Plaza Hotel / Rose Bay Hotel (4 star)
Meals Included: Breakfast
Revitalize with an early morning swim and wander the charming white-washed narrow alleyways of Mykonos Town before an afternoon ferry to Santorini.
Day 9 : Santorini Optional Boat Trip
Location: Santorini
Accommodation: Aegean Plaza Hotel / Rose Bay Hotel (4 star)
Accommodation Name: Aegean Plaza Hotel / Rose Bay Hotel (4 star)
Meals Included: Breakfast
Take an optional boat trip in the world's biggest volcanic crater above sea level. Visit the active volcano, swim in the warm thermal waters and take a therapeutic mud bath.
Day 10 : Santorini To Athens
Location: Athens
Accommodation: Athenaeum Grand Hotel / The Golden Age of Athens (4 star)
Accommodation Name: Athenaeum Grand Hotel / The Golden Age of Athens (4 star)
Meals Included: Breakfast
Soak up the sun on the black sand beaches before we board an afternoon ferry to the mainland.
Day 11 : Athens Old City
Location: Athens
Accommodation: Athenaeum Grand Hotel / The Golden Age of Athens (4 star)
Accommodation Name: Athenaeum Grand Hotel / The Golden Age of Athens (4 star)
Meals Included: Breakfast
This morning you will have half day tour and visit Acropolis, stop at the stadium where the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held. Admire the Olympian Zeus and Hadrians Arch. At the Acropolis visit the museum, the towering entrance of Propylaia, the Temple of Nike and the most famous of Greek relics, the Parthenon.
Day 12 : Athens
Accommodation: ()
Meals Included: Breakfast
After breakfast, we say goodbye to our new friends before being transferred to the airport.
What's Included
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Meals
11 breakfasts, 0lunches, 3dinners -
Professional English-speaking tour guide for the duration of the tour in Turkey
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Professional English-speaking tour guide for Athens city tour
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Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking vehicle in Turkey
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Transportation by ferry within the Greek islands
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Ferry ticket - Kusadasi to Samos
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Ferry ticket - Samos to Mykonos
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Ferry ticket - Mykonos to Santorini
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Ferry ticket - Santorini to Athens
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Transfers between ports and hotels
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Tips except driver, guide and transfer staff
What's Not Included
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Tips - driver, guide and transfer staff
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Suggested optional activities
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Visas, border or port taxes
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Greece - Hotel Residence Tax, see tour notes for more details.
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Compulsory Travel Insurance
Meals
11 breakfasts, 0 lunches, 3 dinners
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