Upon arrival at Istanbul Ataturk Apt by TK 693 at 06:15hrs meet and greet with our assistant and private transfer to the hotel (early check-in subject to availability). Afternoon at around 13:00hrs hotel departure for half-day tour on SIC basis. Bosphorus Cruise by regular ferry along the shores of Europe and Asia and visit of Spice Market. After the tour transfer back to the hotel. Lunch and dinner excluded. Overnight at Grand Durmaz Hotel / Istanbul.
Breakfast at hotel. Hotel pick-up at around 07:40am for half-day tour on SIC basis. Visit of the city including; St.Sophia (closed on Mondays), Byzantine Hippodrome, in which stand the obelisk brought from Egypt by Theodosius and the Serpent Column taken from Delphi by Constantine, followed by the visit to Blue Mosque, which has six minarets and a middle dome of 109 feet. The last stop is the Grand Covered Bazaar (closed on Sundays) dating back to 15th century. It covers over 4,000 shops under one roof. Afternoon free at leisure. Lunch and dinner excluded. Overnight at Grand Durmaz Hotel / Istanbul.
Box breakfast will be arranged. Hotel pick-up at 05:00am and private transfer to Istanbul Ataturk Apt to take TK2010 IST/ASR morning flight to Kayseri at 06:55hrs. Upon arrival at Kayseri Apt at 08:15am SIC basis transfer to Cappadocia. Upon arrival in Cappadocia full-day tour on SIC basis. Visiting Kaymakli or Derinkuyu Underground City (one of them); carved out of rock and completely self contained. More than 200 people lived on each of seven floors with the last one 250 feet underground. Then see the citadel of Ortahisar and the old Cavusin Village and its cave houses. Lunch followed by a walking tour of Red Valley and a visit to Urgup Wine House. Dinner and overnight at Double Tree Hilton Hotel / Cappadocia.
Breakfast at hotel. Hotel check-out and pick up for full-day tour on SIC basis. Visit Dervent Valley, Pasabagi Fairy Chimneys and Avanos Village. After lunch at a typical local restaurant Pigeon Valley and the natural citadel of Uchisar will be visited, followed by Goreme Open-Air Museum, which is full of pink, rose and white tapering columns. These tall free standing cones of stone curve and twist as if pulled from earth like taffy. Others are tall like fairy chimneys. The caves were settled in the 4th century as monasteries. Visit some caves on the cliffs to see Byzantine frescoes decorating early Christian churches. After tour transfer to Kayseri Apt to take TK 2019 domestic flight to Istanbul at 23:00hrs.
Arriving Cairo at 07:55hrs. Upon arrival proceed to International Apt on your own to board a return flight to Chennai. Flight departure time 14:30hrs.