Sultanahmet Hostel
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
6 days, planned by Farthest Field Co.
Sultanahmet puts the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and the palace within one walk of each other.
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| Blue Mosque |
| Hippodrome |
| Sultanahmet Square |
Hagia Sophia was a cathedral for nine hundred years, a mosque for five, a museum for eighty-six, and is a mosque again since 2020.
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| Hagia Sophia |
| Topkapi Palace |
| Basilica Cistern |
| Grand Bazaar |
The public ferry costs a fraction of the tourist cruise and goes further up the strait.
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| Bosphorus |
| Rumeli Fortress |
| Ortakoy |
Around a hundred balloons go up on a clear morning. Flights are cancelled for wind more often than people expect.
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| Goreme Open Air Museum |
| Uchisar Castle |
| Red Valley |
| Fairy chimneys |
Derinkuyu goes eight levels down and held twenty thousand people with their livestock. It is not for the claustrophobic.
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| Derinkuyu |
| Rose Valley |
| Cavusin |
Book your international flight out of Istanbul with at least four hours of margin.
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.
Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
5 breakfasts and 1 dinner across 6 days, at camp. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 6.
6 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered everywhere; Jain and gluten-free on notice at booking
“Long-haul group trips for people with two weeks and no plan”
Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded. No hesitation recommending them.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. No hesitation recommending them.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded. No hesitation recommending them.
Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.
Istanbul & Cappadocia done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Good value for what's included.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Good value for what's included.
Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Nothing fancy about the beds, and nothing wrong with them either. The lead was calm and knew when to slow the group down.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Would book with them again.
Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Crew were professional without being stiff about it.
Flights are grounded for wind fairly often, and the itinerary keeps day five morning free as a second attempt. If both mornings are blown out the flight is refunded in full — nobody can fly you in a gale.
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