Here are a perfect 9 Days East of Turkey Tour package that will excite you with Eastern Turkey’s impressive culture and nature
What to see during the 9-day Impressive Cultural Black SeaEastern Tour?
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What to expect during the 9-day Impressive Cultural Black Sea Eastern Tour?
Day 1: Trabzon – Arrival Day
Welcome to Turkey Trabzon Airport. Meet with your tour guide and transfer to your hotel and check in. You will be given your room key and the rest of the day is yours to explore Trabzon.
Day 2: Trabzon City Tour
After breakfast, we depart for Sumela Monastery, visit the 4th-century Sumela Monastery which clings to a sheer cliff face in a deep forest, relax beside a fast-flowing stream at Altindere Valley National Park, lunch and keep on traveling along the Silk Road through the Zigana Mountains (Pontic Alps) that will take us to Karaca Cave, considered to be the most beautiful in Turkey for its colors and formations. Drive to Erzurum via Bayburt.
Day 3: Sumela Monastery – Zigana – Karaca Cave – Erzurum Tour
After breakfast, we depart for Sumela Monastery, visit the 4th-century Sumela Monastery which clings to a sheer cliff face in a deep forest, relax beside a fast-flowing stream at Altindere Valley National Park, lunch and keep on traveling along the Silk Road through the Zigana Mountains (Pontic Alps) that will take us to Karaca Cave, considered to be the most beautiful in Turkey for its colors and formations. Drive to Erzurum via Bayburt.
Day 4: Erzurum – Kars Tour
An early morning departure upon breakfast from Erzurum will take us on a beautiful drive to Kars passing on the way to Sarikamis, the coldest spot in Turkey. We will arrive in Kars and visit Ani at the Turkish-Armenian border. We will take a 45-minute drive to the medieval Armenian City of Ani which lies mostly in ruins. Impressive fortified walls still encircle the ruins of numerous churches, mosques, and caravansaries. Enjoy a walk around the ruins and see the beautiful view of the Armenian border imagining it as a city with one million people rivaling Bagdad in its time! This city has experienced the cultures of Urartians, Armenians, Georgians, Mongols, Russians, and finally the Turks
Day 5: Dogubeyazit (Mount Ararat)
This morning after breakfast, we will drive for 3 1/2 hours along the “Silk Road” to Dogubeyazit. At the Iranian border, we will see a site known as the Crater Hole. This is a beautiful, yet rugged area. We will have the opportunity to see Mount Ararat from all sides. It is believed by some to be the resting place of Noah’s Ark; but to date, no one has found anything that has been verified as the Ark – yet the search is still on. In the afternoon, we will stop and see Ishak Pasa Palace. This complex is a combination of a mosque, a fortress, and a palace that originally had a room for every day of the year! Below, you can also see the remains of Eski Bayazit and Urartian City which flourished in 1000 BC.
Day 6: Dogubeyazit – Lake Van
After breakfast and after visiting the Iranian border, Murtis Tour will take you for a Van journey in the early morning, a drive of approximately three hours. This city has been established 13th century BC when the Hurrites arrived. Then the Hittites, Urartians, Persian, Armenians, Macedonians, Romans, and finally in the 11th century, the Turks came here. From here, we will visit the finest Armenian architectural wonder the Church of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island. We’ll also visit the wonderful Kurdish castle of Hosap very close to the Iranian border as well as the Urartian citadel
Day 7: Van – Ahlat – Bitlis – Diyarbakir Tours
After visiting the Eerie 12th century Selcuk cemetery in Ahlat in the morning upon breakfast, we will head to Bitlis for lunch and a good walk around Bitlis otherwise known as Alexander’s town. It’s a unique medieval town.
Day 8: Sumela Monastery – Zigana – Karaca Cave
After breakfast, we depart for Sumela Monastery, visit the 4th-century Sumela Monastery which clings to a sheer cliff face in a deep forest, relax beside a fast-flowing stream at Altindere Valley National Park, lunch, travel along the Silk Road through the Zigana Mountains (Pontic Alps) will take us to Karaca Cave that is considered to be the most beautiful in Turkey for its colors and formation
Day 9: Diyarbakir – Istanbul End of Tour
Today your tour is over. Please make your own arrangements for departure remembering that your hotel will need you to check out before midday. After checking out transferred to Diyarbakir Airport.t for our domestic flight to Istanbul and then back home.
Extra Tour Details
- Everyday departure (All year round)
- Duration: 9 days
- Groups / Private
What is included during the Excursion?
Included:
- Accommodation BB
- All sightseeing & fees mentioned in the itinerary
- Lunch at a local restaurant
- Flight tickets
- Transfer service from Hotels & Airport
- English Guide
Excluded:
- Beverage during the tour
- Tips to the guide&driver(optional)
- Personal expenses
