22-Day Turkey, Jordan & Egypt Explorer Tour from Istambul: Cappadocia, Konya, Pamukkale, Ephesus, Amman, Jerash, Madaba, Shobak, Petra, Wadi Rum, Dead Sea, Al Salt, Cairo, Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Aswan

What you'll experience

Highlights

22 days

Day-by-day itinerary

1. 1

   Day 1 — Istanbul

   Meet & greet at the airport and take a private transfer to your hotel. At 19:00, meet with your Tour Director at the hotel´s Reception Desk for a welcome meeting. You will also meet your journey's fellow travellers. Welcome Dinner in a local restaurant and accommodation at your hotel. Accommodation at your hotel.

   Meals: B: Excluded, L: Excluded, D: IncludedStay: Barcelo Istanbul 5*(Kocatepe Mah 25 Abdulhak Hamit Cad)
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   Day 2 — Istanbul

   Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Depart from the hotel to visit the Topkapi Palace, residence of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant. In the afternoon, visit the Sultanahmet neighbourhood with the Roman Hippodrome square, the Blue Mosque- unique among all Ottoman mosques in having 6 minarets, and the splendid 6th century Hagia Sophia Mosque. In the evening visit the Egyptian Bazaar. Accommodation at your hotel.

   

   Topkapi Palace

   

   Blue Mosque

   

   Hagia Sophia

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: ExcludedStay: Barcelo Istanbul 5*(Kocatepe Mah 25 Abdulhak Hamit Cad)
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   Day 3 — Istanbul - Cappadocia

   Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. In the morning, we will have a panoramic tour of the city, passing through the important neighborhoods of the historical part and the modern part of the city, including a walk along the pedestrian street of Istiklal. Time at leisure in the Grand Bazaar (closed on Sundays, religious holidays and on October 29), a building that houses more than 4,000 shops inside. Take a boat trip through the Bosphorus, the strait that separates Europe from Asia where we can enjoy the great beauty of the forests of Istanbul, its palaces and the yal, wooden palaces built on both banks. After the tour, transfer to the airport to take a domestic flight to Cappadocia. Arrival in Cappadocia and transfer to your hotel. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel.
   Note: If the arrival time at the hotel in Cappadocia is after 10:00 p.m., dinner will be a box dinner.

   Meals: B: Included, L: Excluded, D: IncludedStay: Hanedan Cappadocia 4* (Sehit Ramazan Çelik Sokak)
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   Day 4 — Cappadocia

   Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel.
   Mapping-in-Depth: Sunrise balloon ride. Optionally, depart early in the morning for a sunrise balloon ride over this amazing land. A champagne breakfast will be served. The ride takes us over unique sites such as ancient Göreme and the mystical Fairy Chimneys and lush landscape.
   For those who do not wish to take the ride, a delectable buffet breakfast awaits them, and there will be an opportunity to wander in the nearby remarkable cave shops and boutiques.
   Upon returning from the balloon ride, we'll visit this fantastic region. Its fascinating and original landscape was formed by the lava spewed by the Erciyes and Hasan volcanoes 3 million years ago. Depart to visit the many monasteries and chapels in the Göreme valley, carved into the rocks and decorated with frescoes. Continue with a visit of the Avcilar and Güvercinlik valleys which have a spectacular landscape of the 'Fairy Chimneys' and the troglodyte town of Uçhisar, with its landscape and its fortress of the time carved into the rock. The visit to Cappadocia will also give you the opportunity to visit the typical workshops of Turkish carpets.

   

   Göreme Open-Air Museum

   

   Fairy chimneys

   

   Uchisar castle

   Meals: B: Included, L: Excluded, D: IncludedStay: Hanedan Cappadocia 4* (Sehit Ramazan Çelik Sokak)
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   Day 5 — Cappadocia - Konya

   Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. 
   In the morning, visit a traditional pottery workshop, and then see a well-preserved 13th-century caravanserai, at which weary travellers used to rest on route. Visit the underground city of Serhatlı, built by Christian communities to protect themselves from Arab attacks. Once in Konya, we'll tour the monastery of the Mevlana whirling dervishes, a fascinating insight into traditional Turkish culture.
   Dinner and accommodation at your hotel

   

   Derinkuyu Underground City

   

   Mevlana Museum

   Meals: B: Included, L: Excluded, D: IncludedStay: Hotel Dedeman Konya 4* (Esenler, Yeni Sille Cd. No: 1)
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   Day 6 — Konya - Pamukkale

   Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. 
   We will depart today to Pamukkale, a natural wonder with a gigantic white waterfall, stalactites, and natural pools from hot springs. It is famous for its petrified calcareous waterfalls created by the lime deposits from the flowing water in the region. We will then visit Hierapolis, a necropolis with more than 150,000 tombs. 
   Dinner and accommodation at your hotel. 

   

   Pamukkale

   

   Hierapolis

   Meals: B: Included, L: Excluded, D: IncludedStay: Doga Thermal Health & Spa 5* (Karhayt Mah., 147 Seyir Sokak 9/1, 20020 Merkez/Pamukkale/Denizli, Turquía)
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   Day 7 — Pamukkale - Ephesus - Izmir - Istanbul

   Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Depart to Ephesus, the capital of Asia Minor in Roman times.Visit the archaeological vestiges, where the temple of Hadrian and the library of Celso are a stand out feature. We will have the chance to visit a typical fur production centre. Afterwards join your fellow travellers for a Farewell Lunch at a local restaurant in Ephesus. In the evening, depart to Izmir's airport for a flight back to Istanbul. Accommodation at your hotel.

   

   Ephesus

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: ExcludedStay: Barcelo Istanbul 5*(Kocatepe Mah 25 Abdulhak Hamit Cad)
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   Day 8 — Istanbul - Amman

   Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. 
   Take a private transfer to the airport. 
   Meet & greet at the airport and take a private transfer to your hotel. At 19:00, meet with your Tour Director at the hotel´s Reception Desk for a welcome meeting. You will also meet your journey's fellow travellers.
   Dinner & accommodation at your hotel

   Meals: B: Included, L: Excluded, D: IncludedStay: Kempinski Hotel Amman Jordan (Abdul Hamid Amman, Jordania)
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   Day 9 — Amman - Jerash - Amman

   Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel.
   Depart to the capital city of Jordan, Amman. Explore the downtown part of Amman, visiting sites and museums including the Citadel, Roman Theatre, and Archaeological Museums. Everywhere you look there is evidence of the city's much older past! After Amman, head out to Jerash, and experience a tour through the Colonnaded Street, Amphitheatre, Churches, Temples and the vast Roman Forum. The best-preserved Roman City Gerasa, which is called Jerash today, and known also as the city of a 1,000 columns, was known for its entrance to the golden age under the Roman rule and the site is now generally acknowledged to be one of the best preserved Roman provincial towns in the world. Hidden for centuries in sand before being excavated and restored over the past 70 years, Jerash reveals a fine example of the grand, formal provincial urbanism that is found throughout the Middle East. Back in Amman, and in the early evening, join your fellow travellers for an authentic Welcome Dinner at a local restaurant. Accommodation at your hotel. 

   Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Kempinski Hotel Amman Jordan (Abdul Hamid Amman, Jordania)
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    Day 10 — Amman - Madaba - Nebo - Shobak - Petra

    Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. 
    Depart to visit Madaba, located 30 kilometres southwest of the capital Amman. It is best known for its Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, especially a large Byzantine-era mosaic map of The Holy Land. In Madaba, one of the most spectacular churches i the world, St. George, is where you will find the Mosaic Map of Jerusalem painted on the floor of the church. Continue to Mt. Nebo, where the burial site of Moses is located. Enjoy a wonderful view from the mountains of the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea, and Jericho on the other bank of the Jordan River. Continue south to visit Shobak Castle which is perched on top of a small hill northeast of the town of Shobak. Inside the fortress there are two churches, the first of which is to the left of the entrance and up the stairs. There are ruins of baths, cisterns, and rainwater pipes, in addition to millstones for pressing olives, a few archways and other works which have stood the test of time. Drive straight to the hotel in Petra for an overnight stay.
    Dinner and accommodation at your hotel.

    

    Shobak Castle

    Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: The Old Village Hotel & Resort Petra (Kings Hwy., Wadi Musa, Jordania)
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    Day 11 — Petra

    Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. 
    Enjoy a full day dedicated to visiting the pink city of Petra, the capital of the Nabateans. The long-lost city of Petra, carved entirely by man into the rose-red sandstone rocks, puts your imagination to the test. It's a mystical and glorious place, and an eternal tribute to a lost civilization. Petra was the central meeting point of the Nabatean spice routes which originated from the Persian Gulf, Western Arabia and the Red Sea. About two thousand years ago Petra became the capital of the Nabataean Empire. The city was so renowned that one of its kings, Aretas IV, is even mentioned in the Bible. The natural richness of the mountainous area combines in a superb way with the refined culture and extensive architecture of the Nabateans, who carved their theatre, temples, tombs, monasteries, houses and roads entirely from the rose-red sandstone rocks. No wonder UNESCO placed Petra on its World Heritage List! Enjoy observing Siq, a deep and narrow gorge, at the end of which suddenly and dramatically appears the most famous monument in Petra: alKhazneh or the Treasury. But the Treasury is just the start. Walking and climbing in Petra uncovers hundreds of buildings carved in stone and eroded through the centuries into fabulous multi-coloured walls.

    

    AlKhazneh or the Treasury

    Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: The Old Village Hotel & Resort Petra (Kings Hwy., Wadi Musa, Jordania)
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    Day 12 — Petra - Little Petra - Wadi Rum

    Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. 
    Today we will visit Little Petra, which was inhabited by the Nabateans and contains several tombs, water containers and channels, with a small path that leads to some of the inner area, Siq Al Bared. The scale of this area and the fact that it is the continuation of Petra, gave it the name of Little Petra. Next, depart to Wadi Rum, crossing the Lawrence of Arabia desert. The visit is carried out in 4x4 vehicles driven by Bedouins; it consists of a small incursion into the lunar landscape of this desert. Observe the wonders that nature has created with rocks and sand; Wadi Rum village, Lawrence Spring, Alamele inscriptions, 7 pillars, sand dunes. Tonight, we will have accommodation in superior Bedouin tents with private bathrooms and air conditioning, in a desert camp. 
    Dinner and accommodation at the Camp. 
     

    

    Wadi Rum

    Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Aladdin Camp (Ad-Disah Siq Um Al Tawaqi)
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    Day 13 — Wadi Rum - Dead Sea

    Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at the Camp and then depart to the Dead Sea. It is the lowest point on earth, located 400 metres below sea level. Its salinity and minerals offer provide potential therapeutic benefits for different diseases, as well as for the manufacture of cosmetic and beauty products. 
    Dinner and Accommodation at your hotel. 
     

    

    Wadi Rum

    Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Hotel Holiday Inn Dead Sea 5 (Dead Sea Road Dead Sea, 18186, Jordania)
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    Day 14 — Dead Sea - Al Salt - Amman

    After enjoying a buffet breakfast, you'll be transferred to visit Al Salt. Explore the Harmony Trail, where you'll encounter significant sites such as Al Hammat Street, Bait Abu Jabber showcasing traditional Jordanian architecture, and the historic Madafat Al Khalili. Enjoy lunch in Al Salt before proceeding to Amman. In the early evening, come together with your fellow travelers for a traditional cooking class followed by a Farewell Dinner at a local restaurant, creating a memorable conclusion to your journey.
    Accommodation at your hotel. 
     

    Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Kempinski Hotel Amman Jordan (Abdul Hamid Amman, Jordania)
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    Day 15 — Amman - Cairo

    Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Take a transfer to the airport for your flight to Cairo. Meet & greet at the airport and take a private transfer to your hotel. At 19:00, meet with your Tour Director at the hotel´s Reception Desk for a welcome meeting. You will also meet your journey's fellow travelers. Join your fellow travelers for a Welcome Dinner at a local restaurant. Accommodation at your hotel.

    Meals: B: Included, L: Excluded, D: IncludedStay: Sheraton Cairo 5*(Galae Square, P. O. Box 11)
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    Day 16 — Cairo - Luxor - Nile Cruise

    Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel.
    Take a transfer to the airport to take a flight to Luxor. Arrival and transfer to your river cruise ship, Nile Premium M/S Premium. With beautifully designed common areas, Nile Premium has an elegant restaurant with a capacity of 130 guests and offers a wide range of international cuisine; a panoramic bar; a disco/pub; a pool; a solarium; snack bar; gym; reading room; gift shop, media services and laundry. With a total of 60 cabins, the Nile Premium distinguishes itself as one of the Nile's finest and most comfortable cruise ships: 2 Presidential Suites (32,5 m2), 2 Ambassador Suites (27,5 m2) and 56 Junior Suites (21 m2). All onboard, get comfortable in your Junior Suite cabin and enjoy the rest of the day. Accommodation. 

    Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Nile Premium M/S Premium
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    Day 17 — Cruise: Luxor

    Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at the ship´s restaurant. After breakfast, start of the program of shore excurtions included in the cruise. Visit the Temple of Luxor, where the avenue of the Sphinxes, the Obelisk, the statues of Ramses II and the Naos stand out. Afterwards, visit the Karnak Temple, where more than 18,000 statues have been discovered. We will cross to the west bank of the Nile to visit the Valley of the Kings and see the fabulous statues of the Colossi of Memnon, and the Temple of Hatshepsut. Lunch and dinner will be on board. Accommodation.
    
     

    

    Luxor Temple

    

    Karnak Temple

    

    Valley of the Kings

    

    Colossi of Memnon

    

    Temple of Hatshepsut

    Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Nile Premium M/S Premium
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    Day 18 — Cruise: Edfu - Kom Ombo

    Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at the ship's restaurant. Arrival in Edfu. Visit the best-preserved temple in Egypt, dedicated to the god Horus. Navigation to Kom Ombo to visit its temple, located on a rocky platform in a curve of the Nile. Lunch and dinner will be on board. Accommodation. 

    

    Temple of Edfu

    

    Temple of Kom Ombo

    Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Nile Premium M/S Premium
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    Day 19 — Cruise: Aswan

    Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at the ship´s restaurant. Aswan, located on the southern border of Egypt. We will take a felucca for a ride around Elephantine Island. Visit to the temple of Isis on the Island of Philae. Lunch and dinner will be on board. Accommodation. 

    

    Philae Temple

    Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Nile Premium M/S Premium
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    Day 20 — Cruise: Cairo

    Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at the ship's restaurant. Embark on an unforgettable day to Abu Simbel to visit its impressive temples of Ramses II and Nefertari, rescued from the depths of the Nile. Return to Aswan. Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Cairo. Arrive and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at your hotel.

    

    Temple of Ramses II

    Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Sheraton Cairo 5*(Galae Square, P. O. Box 11)
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    Day 21 — Cairo

    Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Today we visit the world-famous Pyramids of Gizeh and the Sphinx with entrance to the site. Continue visiting the Egyptian Museum, Coptic neighbourhood, and Citadel. In the early evening, join your fellow travellers for a Farewell Dinner at a local restaurant. Accommodation at your hotel.

    

    Great Pyramid of Giza

    

    Great Sphinx of Giza

    

    Egyptian Museum

    Meals: B: Included, L: Included, D: IncludedStay: Sheraton Cairo 5*(Galae Square, P. O. Box 11)
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    Day 22 — Cairo

    Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at your hotel. Take a private transfer to the airport. End of our service.

    Meals: B: Included, L: Excluded, D: Excluded

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