10 Days Best of Turkey Tour by Plane

Recommended by 99% of travelers

Istanbul, Turkey

10 days (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Tick off Turkey’s most must-see sights during this multi-day, small-group guided tour. Skip the hassle of booking hotels and flights with all-inclusive accommodation, domestic transportation, and admission tickets to all attractions visited. Highlights include a swim in Pamukkale’s thermal springs, guided walks through historic quarters of Antalya and Istanbul, a visit to ancient Ephesus, and a peek at the fairy tale chimneys of Cappadocia.

A multi-day, small-group tour of Turkey’s top sights
Enrich your visit with guided commentary at each location
Enjoy an intimate experience within a group capped at only 12 participants
Relax with all-inclusive hotels, flights, ground transfers, and many meals

What's Included

3 night accommodation in Istanbul
2 night accommodation in Kusadasi
2 night accommodation in Cappadocia
2 night accommodation in Antalya
Economy class domestic flight tickets (if the “INCLUDED flight tickets” option is selected)
Meal plan as mentioned in the itinerary
Transfer services from/to Airports
Land transportation by air-conditioned, non-smoking vehicle
Breakfast (9)

Breakfast
Lunch (5)

Lunch

personal Expenses
Tip to guides&drivers
Entry Fees to histoical sites
Domestic flight tickets (if the “EXCLUDED flight tickets” option is selected)

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

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Pickup details

Transfer from IST or SAW Airports to the hotel wıll be arranged by us. ** Pre-post accommodation can be added to the itinerary, please contact to our team if needed.** ////// Important Notice///// When comparing our programs, services and prices with other operators, please consider that our tours are in the form of small groups, hotels are ‘’special class’’ that centraly located, has a characteristic structure of the regions (not hotels where large groups stay), "planes" are used between destinations to facilitate transportation and the restaurants are "Family-owned local restaurants" that gives opportunity to taste local flavors through Anatolia. Good to know: When comparing our programs, services and prices with other operators, please consider that our tours are in the form of small groups, hotels are ‘’special class’’ that centraly located, has a characteristic structure of the regions (not hotels where large groups stay), "planes" are used between destinations to facilitate transportation and the restaurants are "Family-owned local restaurants" that gives opportunity to taste local flavors through Anatolia.

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Itinerary

Day 1

Arrival to Istanbul

1 Stop

Istanbul Airport

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: Celal Sultan Hotel or similar

Meals: Not included

Day 2

Treasures of Istanbul

6 Stops

Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Basilica Cistern

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Blue Mosque

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Hippodrome

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Grand Bazaar

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

TopkapI Palace

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Accommodation: Celal Sultan Hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 3

HD Bosphorus Cruise / Flight to Izmir

4 Stops

Misir Carsisi

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Bosphorus Strait

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Istanbul Airport

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: Suhan Seaport Hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast

Day 4

Ancient Ephesus Tour

3 Stops

The House of the Virgin Mary

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Ephesus Ancient City

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

The Temple of Artemis

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: Suhan Seaport Hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 5

Pamukkale Tour / Travel to Antalya

3 Stops

Pamukkale Thermal Pools

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Hierapolis & Pamukkale

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Antalya

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: Best Western Khan Hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 6

Antalya City Tour

3 Stops

Tunektepe Teleferik Tesisi

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Upper Duden Waterfalls

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Civelek Sokak

3 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: Best Western Khan Hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 7

Flight to Cappadocia

2 Stops

Antalya Airport

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR)

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: Cappadocia Old Houses Hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast

Day 8

Underground Cities of Cappadocia

5 Stops

Rose Valley

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Cavusin

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Pigeon Valley

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Kaymakli Underground City

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Ortahisar Kalesi

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Accommodation: Cappadocia Old Houses Hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 9

Fairy Chimneys of Cappadocia / Flight to Istanbul

8 Stops

Goreme Open Air Museum

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Devrent Valley

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Pasabag Vadisi

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Avanos Oren Yeri

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Goreme Panorama

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Uchisar Castle

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Kayseri Erkilet Airport (ASR)

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Istanbul Airport

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: Celal Sultan Hotel or similar

Meals: Breakfast

Day 10

Departure Day

1 Stop

Istanbul Airport

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Accommodation: Not included

Meals: Breakfast

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Infant seats available
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Some historical sites may be closed during religious or national holidays. Before booking the tour, you can contact our team and confirm whether there will be a closed sites for the dates you want to take the tour.
Baggage allowance: 15 kg checked + 8 kg hand luggage. (if the “INCLUDED flight tickets” option is selected)
Free entry to hıstorical sites for childrens 8yr and below

Entry tickets are excluded. Your guide will have pre-paid skip-the-line tickets to avoid long ticket queues. The cost of used entry tickets can be paid to your guide in cash Lira, USD, or Euro.
Optional: Depending on your request and flight availability, land drive can be upgraded as flight from ANTALYA > CAPPADOCIA at the additional cost of 150 USD per person.If a flight upgrade is selected, there will be no visit to Konya and lunch and airport transfers will be provided by us.
The Tünektepe Cable Car in Antalya is also closed due to renovation. As an alternative, you may choose to join a 1-hour boat tour in Antalya (optional).
The tour offers INCLUDED and EXCLUDED domestic flight ticket options. Please select your preferred option during the booking process.
For guests who choose the EXCLUDED flight tickets option, we will inform them which flights they need to purchase.
The tour combined with individual transfers, Domestic flights and small group tours with local expert tour guıdes ın the regions. There ıs no assistant service fort he flights in airports.
Topkapi Palace is closed on Tuesdays and Turkish Islamic Art museum will be visited instead
Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 6 days in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

ronitasinha1

One of the best tours we’ve taken! The pace was relaxed yet we saw and did a lot. Most memorable were the ancient sites and structures as well as the natural rock formations of Cappadocia. Turkey is steeped in history and culture. The entire trip was made special by our tour guide, Mr. Ali. His deep and wide knowledge of history culture and religion, and his relaxed, polite personality will be remembered for a long time. The tour was well organized and everything went smoothly from start to finish. Please do as many of the optionals as possible. The one thing that could be improved is sticking to the group number. This tour was advertised as for 12 people but we started as 14 and soon grew to 18 and then 22. We especially picked this tour for its small size so were a bit disappointed with 22, especially when some of the newcomers were rude and had no consideration for others. Another important thing is we booked the hot air balloon ride through our tour operator, Tour Altinkum, as a result we were the only lucky ones who could enjoy the balloon. All other members had their rides canceled last minute. This was one of the best tours we’ve done. Thanks to Ali, Tour Altinkum and our wonderful bus driver for an amazing time.

Reviews

4.9

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Douglas_S, Sep 2025

The trip overall was good. Our tour guide was fantastic!! The tour company, Tour Altınkum, needs some help. The marketing material said "Enjoy an intimate experience within a group capped at only 12 participants". Our tour had 13 people, not 12! Then after our flight to Izmir, we were told that we would be combining with another group of 8 to make our tour group total 21 people. After several members of our group raised concerns, Tour Altınkum kept the tour groups separate. We finished the tour as 2 groups and not the combined one of 21. In Antalya, Tour Altınkum marketing brochure said "Today you visit the cable car ride 'from sea to sky'". The cable car ride was eliminated from the itinerary when we were notified the day before arriving in Antalya. We were advised that instead we would be doing a boat ride along the coast. The boat ride was ok but the cable car would have been better. Since this debacle, Tour Altınkumn has changed there policy so when booking make sure to understand that what the marketing material says may not be an accurate description of your tour.

Great tour! Highly recommended for someone visiting Turkey for the first time.

Subroto_C, Jun 2025

Excellent trip, very knowledgeable and friendly guide Barboros. He along with driver Kudrett helped navigate us through crowds and provided the best experience. Our guide was always vey transparent with the expectations, costs etc. What I liked most was that the tour was perfectly paced allowing ample time to explore places on our own. The tour company ALTINKUM was very responsive and was in constant touch with us. We had a great time and made some great friends with a very diverse but like minded group.

Terrific Turkey

ronitasinha1, Oct 2024

Well organized tour

Richard_Z, Jan 2023

The trip organized very well. At every city or site has person to responsible for us. All the your guild have great knowledge about the site. We have good experience in Turkey. There is one suggestion, please make sure nobody smokes in the van.

I recommend this tour to everyone.

Jose_T, May 2022

Our guide Metin Pehlivan was very knowledgeable and was one of the best I have seen in visiting over 70 countries. He stayed with us from the first day to the last day taking good care of the group. Tour Altinkum was excellent in coordinating the whole tour.

Excellent tour with no hassle and nice memories.

smabulhassan, Apr 2022

Turkey tour was one of the best tours we have taken so far. We would rate it as an excellent tour with excellent services provided to us. Mr. Kerem tour group provided us everything which they promised to us. First they are very professional and responded to our queries and concerns before and during the tour very promptly. This amazed us a lot. Then they took us to all places on the itenary. We would recommend this tour to all.