Best of Turkey & Greece

Arrival and check into your hotel. Welcome briefing

Full day tour to include: Topkapi Palace (excluding harem), Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, St. Sophia and the Grand Bazaar.
Optional: Dinner with belly dancing entertainment. (B)

Morning departure for Gallipoli and visit Anzac Cove, Lone Pine Cemetery and Chunuk Bair, then across the Dardanelles to Canakkale for overnight. (B,D)

Today we visit Troy with its famous wooden horse. Before arriving into Asclepion, enjoy lunch with locals in a traditional local village. Then continue to Pergamum to visit the ancient Medical Centerin Asclepion and continue to Izmir for overnight.
Optional: Dinner at local restaurant. (B,L)

Tour the famous ruins of Ephesus and St. Mary’s cottage. (B,D)

After breakfast transfer to pier and embark on a cruise ship at Kusadasi for 3 days in the Greek Islands Curuise: Louis Cruise Line. (B,D)

A morning arrival in Rhodes, the island of roses, you have a full day to explore on your own; you may join an optional sightseeing tour, or simply take a taxi to one of many nearby beaches for a swim in the crystal clear Aegean waters. (B,L,D)

This morning’s port of call is Heraklion, Crete where you may discover the town on your own or join an Optional: excursion to the Palace of Knossos. Your next port of call is Santorini, where you are free to explore the land of the fabled Atlantis (B,L,D)

After disembarking from the cruise, you are transferred to your Athens hotel. The rest of the day is yours. (B)

A morning city tour of the famed Acropolis with its domin-ating view and site of the renowned Parthenon, followed
by a visit to the Acropolis Museum. Afternoon at leisure. Overnight in Athens. (B)

Begin a Classical Tour of mainland Greece or transfer. (B)