Izmir Courtyard
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
7 days, planned by Meridian Overland
Seven days through the Roman south-west: a city of 200,000 people, a hillside of white terraces, and the best-preserved stadium in the ancient world.
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| Kordon |
| Kemeraltı bazaar |
| Konak |
Pay the extra for the Terrace Houses — they are the domestic half of the city and most of the coach groups skip them.
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| Library of Celsus |
| Terrace Houses |
| Great Theatre |
| Şirince |
Shoes off on the terraces, which is enforced — the calcite marks and does not recover. Hierapolis on top of them was a Roman spa town.
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| Travertine terraces |
| Hierapolis |
| Cleopatra's pool |
| Necropolis |
Thirty thousand seats, almost entirely intact, and a sculpture school whose work fills the museum on site. It gets a fraction of Ephesus's visitors.
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| Aphrodisias stadium |
| Tetrapylon |
| Sculpture museum |
The castle was built by the Knights of St John partly out of the Mausoleum, which was one of the seven wonders and is now a foundation and some steps.
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| Bodrum castle |
| Mausoleum site |
| Underwater Archaeology Museum |
A gulet is a wooden Turkish ketch and the day boats run a circuit of bays you cannot reach by road.
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| Orak island |
| Aegean bays |
| Gulet |
Bodrum flies to Istanbul and, in season, direct to much of Europe.
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.
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
6 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 4 dinners across 7 days, at the lodges you sleep in. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 7.
11 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered; Jain, gluten-free and allergies on notice at booking
“Europe and the far north on a fixed calendar”
Aegean Turkey done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Good value for what's included.
Aegean Turkey done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. Simple food, well made, and enough of it. Recommended.
Aegean Turkey done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. Recommended.
Aegean Turkey done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time.
Appreciate the honest feedback; we're looking at the pacing on that section.
Well paced over 7 days with enough free time to not feel herded.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Never went hungry, and the tea appeared exactly when it was needed. Would send friends their way.
Aegean Turkey done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it. Would book with them again.
Well paced over 7 days with enough free time to not feel herded. No complaints about any of the hotels — all of them well placed. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing.
Only in the designated shallow channel, barefoot, and the rest is roped off. The terraces were badly damaged in the eighties by hotels drawing off the thermal water and by people walking on them in shoes; the restrictions are what has let the white grow back.
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