Turkey Itinerary

I'm posting this itinerary in the hope that all my friends and family will consider a trip to Turkey. The "perfect" trip would include a third week gulet cruise (Blue Voyage) from Marmaris east on the southwest coast of Turkey.

Barbara Harrington
Staci 
Rebecca 

Turkey Itinerary

3/13, Saturday. Take bus from Gyumri to Istanbul (36 hours).
Leave from Gyumri center at noon
Cost: $70 one-way per person
3/14, Sunday. Arrive Istanbul around 8 pm.
Stay at Eurasia Hostel five nights. Cost: $19 per person per night including very good breakfast, excellent location. Recommended
In Private Triple Ensuite (with bathroom)(Tel: 90 212 518 13 06)
3/15 – 3/18, Monday – Thursday. Sightsee in Istanbul. Drink apple tea!
3/19, Friday. Fly to Izmir at 7:55 am (One hour) Cost : $297 for three. Note: This flight was $316 per person on Expedia. Buy all in-country air tickets in Turkey. Bus to Selcuk (1 ¼ hours) Consider renting a car for a week in Izmer. This is an easy country to drive in.
Stay at Hotel Bella for two nights Cost: $72 per night for three with excellent breakfast. HIGHLY recommended. (Tel: 90 232 892 39 44)
Visit Ephesus
3/20, Saturday. See Ephesus Museum, Isabey Mosque, St John’s Basilica, Temple of Artemis, House of Virgin Mary.
3/21, Sunday. Travel to Pamukkale (3 hours). Aydin bus = $16 at 9:15 am. See travertine’s, Hieropolis, hike around hot mineral springs. Overnight in Pamukkale at Venus Hotel, $49 for three with breakfast, recommended.
3/22, Monday. Travel to Konya (7 hours) by public bus, $19 per person. Visit Whirling Dervishes Museum
Stay at Ulusan Hotel (Tel: 0532 488 23 33) Cost: $49 for three, recommended
3/23, Tuesday. Travel to Cappadoccia (3 hours) 11 am bus, $16 per person
Eat at the Orient Restaurant and walk around Goreme.
Overnight in Goreme for two nights at Anatoliacave Pension. Cost: $40.80 per night for three persons. (90 384 271 22 21) Highly recommended.
3/24, Wednesday. Take all day “Green” tour of Cappadocia which includes underground city of Derinkuyu, hike in Ilharra Valley, and lunch for $33.
3/25, Thursday. Visit open-air museum of Goreme. After lunch hike in Love Valley from Goreme to Uchisar.
Travel to Kayseri (1 hour) by bus to catch 0:23 overnight train departure for Kars. Sleep on train.
3/26, Friday. Arrive in Kars at 19:31 Stay overnight in Kars.
3/27, Saturday. Kars to Gyumri
Catch bus from Kars to Posof (Georgia border crossing) (4 hours) Then short taxi ride to actual border crossing. A taxi will meet us at the border crossing and take us from the Posof crossing to Gyumri. Cost: $150. Taxi Driver: Nodar Mercede 99599703557
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