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7 Days Istanbul -Black Sea Tour - 7/6
Day 1- Istanbul
After arrival Istanbul Ataturk Airport , Our representative will pick you up from airport with your name holded and transfer to your hotel , free time and Overnight in Istanbul
Day 2- Istanbul Old City Tour
After breakfast we will start a full day walking tour of old city in historical peninsula beginning with Hagia Sophia which is the greatest byzantium architecture relics , Blue Mosque with its fantastic lznik tile and six minarets , Topkapi Palace where is main residance of Ottoman Empire, Hippodrome with its Obelisk and German Fountain then visit Grand Bazaar which is famous for 4000 shops, the biggest covered bazaar of the world. After tour back to hotel and free time , overnight in Istanbul
Day 3- Istanbul Bosphorus Tour
Breakfast at your hotel then you will join to our full day guided Bosphorus Tour by boat, you will visit Spice Market, Golden Horn where is natural harbour, City walls which surrounds the old city ,Rumeli Fortress ( outside) After lunch at old city we continue to Asian side of lstanbul and visit Camlica hill , the highes point of city and Beylerbeyi Palace which was the summer residantial for ottoman sultans. After tour back to hotel.Overnight in lstanbul
Day 4- Sumela- Zigana Trabzon
Ealy morning transfer to airport for a flight to Trabzon,Our guide meets you at Trabzon airport. We set out to explore green Blacksea without losing
time. Our fisrt stop is Sumela Monastery, which was built centuries ago in the foothills of Karadag and located on the boundaries of Altindere National Park. After the visit of Monastery,we begin to the journey of Zigana Mountain and we will have our lunch at the local restaurant among pine trees.After lunch we visit Karaca Cave , which is in the province of Torul belonging to Gumushane offering a visual resital to its visitors with its stalactites and stalagmites.
We continue our tour and reach to the hometown of rice-puding Hamsikoy passing through Zigana Pass, which has two different climates on both sides and following historical Iran Transit Road. We taste the rice-puding at our village, drinking tea at local coffee house.End of the tour transfer to the hotel. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.
Day 5- Uzungol
After breakfast we continue our tour and our first point of journey continued along Blacksea coast is historic knife artisans in Surmene. Then we visit tea factory in Of which is famous in the black sea region. We listen to masters adventure of tea collected from tea gardens and coming to our tables. Later we stop at Caykara. After visit we go on our journey and reach to Uzungol. Firstly we see waterfalls and then give free time including 2 hours lunch time. We go to Karastel Plateu to photo Uzungol from the and free time. Late afternoon we return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Day 6- Ayder -Firtina Valley
After breakfast we depart to hometown of tea, Ayder Plateu. On the way we visit Rize fabric weaving artisanship which introduces Lazie Culture. We arrive to Firtina Stream following tea gardens along Blacksea Coast and watching rafting activities there. You can experience excitement of zip-line.
We have lunch at Firtina Valley and then we visit Palovit Waterfall, Camlihemsin-Senyuvam Village, in which ‘Sevdaluk’ series were shooted, and Zil Castle. We arrive to Ayder Plateu at the end and make a small trip by our vehicles at the last point of plateu. Our guests do trekking or take bath in worldwide-known Ayder thermal. We have dinner together with kemancha and bagpipes. Overnight in Rize.
Day 7- Trabzon
Breakfast at hotel then visit city center, We visit Tar and Agaran Waterfalls and Kuspa Hill. We arrive to Trabzon after the trip which lasts along Blacksea coast. Firstly we visit Ataturk Pavilion and then Tugana Jewellery, which one is unique to the area and famous with Telkari and Kazaziye.
After visits we arrive to Sera Lake and have lunch near the lake. We visit Ayasophia Mosque and Museum which was used as church for years, but last years by goverment decision converted into mosque. Then we visit Gulbahar Hatun Mosque, Trabzon Museum and go tofamous Boztepe Hill for panoramic view of Trabzon. We drink tea with samovar by the view of city. After tour transfer to airport for a flight to lstanbul.Upon arrival transfer to your hotel in lstanbul.
INCLUSIONS
-Transportation by comfortable luxury cars during the tour
-Tour plus and seat travel insurance
-English-Turkish-Arabic guides
-6 nights accommodation in the authentic facilities of region.
-Brekfast-Lunch-Dinner at hotels.
-Charges of entrances to the sight-seeing places.
- 2 way domestic flight to Trabzon
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