Small Group Magic Carpet 10 Day Istanbul Troy Ephesus Cappadocia

We had a wonderful adventure touring around Turkey, safely driven by Mujdat. We saw many ancient ruins and learnt a lot of fascinating history from our amazing guide Tamer. We enjoyed the natural phenomenons of Pamukkale and Cappadocia. In Cappadocia we had the most incredible hotel I've ever stayed in. The Turkish people were very friendly and helpful and we were very impressed by the care they gave the stray dogs and cats, feeding them and looking after their welfare. Highly recommended.

Brilliant holiday & wonderful moments. If you are a history buff (like me) this tour is mind-blowing. This small group tour was just brilliant. Our tour guide, Suleyman Erkose, helped make this an exceptional tour. I rated his service an 11 out of 10. The group rated him 10 out of 10. Suleyman's interaction with the group, his knowledge, follow-up, support and heart warming care for all of us and Turkey's history, made it exceptional. We toured: Istanbul (a wonderful city, open, friendly, exciting, family oriented and very tolerant of tourist). Bosphorus cruise was great, city sites (ancient, old and new) were tremendous. The Pera Palace hotel (fantastic see separate review). The Pub Beyoglu is an awesome place for a cold beer and tasty, simple food. The host Mohammed is a real card. Bodrum , the hotel and sites were great including the cruise on the Aegean Sea, swimming in clear waters, the town & the historical sites fantastic; Pamukkale & Selcuk: Ancient Roman & Byzantine cities and forts; Cappadocia; Strange landscape, like being on the moon. The main attraction is "love valley". The hot air balloon ride and sunset wine tasting were special; Troy: Museum was magical and learnt about Troy's history. Gallipoli; A special place and will forever stay with me. The hotel quality, 4.5 star or better at each location. The Hotel Caeli and winery was incredible. We thoroughly recommend this tour to anyone interested in travelling to Turkey. If Suleyman is your guide you will truly have a wonderful time (taking some of us for a walking tour on his day off) and he helped teach us some basic phrases.

Even though we covered a lot of ground on our tour I felt we have seen many fascinating historical places, many of which we would love to return to one day. The Turkish people are kind, gentle and friendly. Turkish food is delicious and the numerous places to buy freshly made juices is amazing. I had Turkish lentil soup, with a simit and an orange pomegranate juice every day! This was our first trip away in a few years and we thoroughly enjoyed every moment. We arrived in Istanbul a week ahead of our tour, we knew there would be so much to see and do in Istanbul. It was absolutely the best thing to do and would highly recommend doing the same. If you are an animal lover, as we are, the very friendly, healthy, loved and cared for street dogs and cats will brighten your day as they did ours. We planned our trip the last 2 weeks of October and first week of November and the weather was perfect, we had one morning of rain.