Sultanahmet Residency
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
6 days, planned by Meridian Overland
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.
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
Hotel or lodge, twin sharing
5 breakfasts and 1 dinner across 6 days, at the lodges you sleep in. 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
“Europe and the far north on a fixed calendar”
Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded.
Well paced over 6 days with enough free time to not feel herded. Recommended.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Good value for what's included.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Hotels were clean and central, which saved a lot of time. Guides answered every question, including the daft ones. Would book with them again.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Worth every rupee.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Accommodation was a notch better than the price suggested. Solid operator.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Istanbul & Cappadocia done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Recommended.
Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.
Too much time on the coach and not enough at the places we'd come for. The team read the group well and adjusted without making a thing of it.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
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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