Ankara, Konya, Çatalhöyük, Eğirdir, Pamukkale Tour

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DAY 1: ANKARA
Meeting at Ankara Esenboğa Airport. We start our Ankara tour. First, we will visit Anatolian Civilization Museum and Ankara Castle, then proceed to hotel. Dinner and accommodation at Ankara.
Anatolian Civilizations Museum : One of the top-rated museums in the world with its unique collections and is the winner the “Museum of the year in Europe” in 1997, are exhibited in chronologically separated sections. The upper hall area holds Palaeolithic Age, Chalcolithic Age, Old Bronze Age, Assyrian Trade Colonies Age, The Old Hittite and Hittite Imperial Age, Phrygian Kingdom, Late Hittite Kingdom, Urartian Kingdom sections, and the lower hall holds Ankara; Down the Ages and Classical Periods sections. The Anatolian Civilizations Museum, which has been the home of the original works of Anatolian lands since the Paleolithic age, consists of two historical buildings. These buildings are the Ottoman Period buildings; Mahmutpaşa Covered Bazaar and Kurşunlu Inn. Having been renovated in 2014, this museum allows you to travel through history via virtual tours, animations and replicas of T-shaped stone pillars and other replicas of Göbeklitepe.
DAY 2 : ANKARA –KONYA
After breakfast we will visit Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of the founder of Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Today we will transfer to Konya. At the afternoon we will visit Rumi’s Mevlana Museum and Karatay (Encaustic Tile Works) Museum. Accommodation at Konya. The Mausoleum of Atatürk : Anıtkabir, situated on a hill called Rasattepe behind the Maltepe area of Ankara, covers 700.000 square metres of land and includes a Peace Park, which contains plants from all parts of Turkey and the world. It took nine years to complete the mausoleum. On November 10 th, 1953, fifteen years after Atatürk's death, his casket was taken from the Ethnographical Museum with great ceremony and was laid to final rest in its assigned place in Anıtkabir. The Mausoleum is rectangular and is surrounded by columns on all four sides. On the front of the Mausoleum to the left the Atatürk's speech to the Turkish Youth is inscribed. To the right his speech on the occasion of the 10 th anniversary of the Rupublic is presented.
Mevlana (Rumi's) Museum : Mevlana Lodge which is presently used as a museum was the Rose Garden of the Seljuks Palace in the 13th century. When Mevlâna Celaleddin Rumi died on 17 December 1273 his son Sultan Waled accepted the request of those who wanted to build a mausoleum over Mevlana’s grave. The museum covers approximately 18.000 m2 area. Also, that miraculous mausoleum also called "’Kubbe-i Hadra" (Green Dome in English) was placed on fourspecial pillars. Mevlana Lodge and the mausoleum started to function as a museum in 1926 under the name of “Konya Museum of Historical Antique Works”. In 1954 the display pattern of the museum was once more refurbished and it was renamed as the “Mevlana Museum”.
Karatay (Encaustic Tile Works) Museum : Karatay Madrasa has been constructed by Emir Celaleddin Karatay in Sultan İzzeddin Keykavus II period, in the year 1251. Entrance door is a masterpiece of Seljuk Period stone workmanship. Karatay Madrasa, having an important place in Anatolian Seljuk Period encaustic tile workmanship has been opened to the public as "Museum of Encaustic Tile Works" in 1955. In the domed hall, glass plates, encaustic tile parts belonging to the Seljuk Period, ceiling centres of Beyşehir Eşrefoğlu Mosque and ceramics belonging to the Ottoman Period are located.
DAY 3 : ANKARA –KONYA- CATALHOYUK-EGIRDIR
After breakfast we will visit Catalhoyuk. On our way we will visit Beysehir Lake, Eşrefoglu Mosque, Eflatunpinari. Dinner and accommodation at Isparta. Catalhoyuk : Catalhoyuk is renowned as one of the earliest settlements of the Neolithic era, and sheds light on the dawn of human settlement with unique examples of the earliest domestic architecture and landscape painting as well as the sacred objects of mother goddess cult. Among the most significant objects unearthed in Catalhoyuk were the figurines of the mother goddess. Neolithic Site of Catalhoyuk, which is located within the boundaries of Konya province, was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012. The Neolithic Site of Catalhoyuk has extraordinary arts and crafts, with the earliest finds dating from 7400 BC, and it has been an inportant key to unlocking the mysteries of the beginnings of agriculture and civilisation.
Beysehir Lake : It is the third largest lake in Turkey, and as a result of chemical reaction it has formed many islands, which are the remains of cavernous geological structures. The water is alkaline, and within it are carp, trout, bass, turtles and snakes. In addition to the natural beauty of the area, it also has an interesting history as it was governed by Hittites, Friesian, Lydias, Persians and Byzantines. Finally, the Anatolian Seljuks conquered the area in 1076, and since then it has been under the reign of the Turks.
Esrefoglu Mosque : This mosque was constructed in a rich cultural environment as a complex with a tomb, caravanserai and a Turkish bath. The buildings around the mosque like madrasah and badastan belong to the later periods. Esrefoglu Mosque was built in 1299, by Emir Suleyman Bey. The composition of the portal maintains the Seldjukid tradition. Inner door to the harim and mihrap surfaces were plated by tile mosaics that are prominent examples of their era and maintain the Seldjukid Konya tradition. The composition on the tile mosaics consists of geometrical and botanical adornments, stalactites, rosettes and epigraphy. Wooden parts of the mosque was adorned by the richest examples of Kalemisi (hand-drawn) ornaments. The building is the biggest, best preserved wooden columned and roofed mosque in Islamic World.
Eflatun Pinar (The Hittite Spring Sanctuary) : The Hittite spring sanctuary of Eflatun Pınar lies about 100 kilometres west of Konya close to the lake of Beyşehir in a hilly, quite arid landscape. At the top of a little river valley, that flows in the further progress into the lake, the “lilac coloured spring” (translation of Eflatun Pınar) produces an astonishing quantity of ice cold, clear water. Directly next to the spring, a relief-covered wall of huge boulders was erected more than three thousand years ago. Eflatun Pınar constitutes a major cult monument with an extensive theological iconography that was built in the late phase of the Hitttite Empire.
DAY 4 : EGIRDIR – PAMUKKALE
After breakfast we will drive from Egirdir to Pamukkale. On our way we will visit Aphrodisias Ancient City and Hierapolis-Pamukkale. Dinner and accommodation at Pamukkale.
Aphrodisias Ancient City : One of the best ancient site !The Cult of Aphrodite was the most important cult of Aphrodisias. The sanctuary at Aphrodisias had a distinctive cult statue of Aphrodite which defined the city’s identity. The temple of Aphrodite dates from the 3rd century BC and the city was built one century later. The wealth of Aphrodisias came from the marble quarries and the art produced by its sculptors. The city streets are arranged around several large civic structures, which include temples, a theatre, an agora and two bath complexes.
Hierapolis-Pamukkale : It is an ancient city located on the top of Pamukkale and is a World Heritage site. At the end of the 2nd century B.C. the dynasty of the Attalids, the kings of Pergamon, established the thermal spa of Hierapolis. T The property is largely intact and includes all the attributes necessary to express its Outstanding Universal Value, based on the strong and tight integration between the natural landscape (the white travertine terraces and numerous thermal
springs) and culture (the city ruins from the Greco-Roman and Byzantine period, especially the theatre and the necropolis). The boundaries of the site are adequate to reflect the site’s significance.
DAY 5 : PAMUKKALE – ANKARA
After breakfast we will return back to Ankara. Transfer to airport. End of services.

INCLUDING SERVICES:
- 4 days accomodation at 4* hotels
- 4 breakfast, lunch and dinner
- English speaking tour guide during all the tour
- All transfers, parking, road tolls writen in the programme
- 2 bottles of water per person, per day
- Travel insurance
EXCLUDING SERVICES:
- International flight tickets
- First day breakfast and lunch
- Last day lunch and dinner
- Tipping to guide, driver, hotels and restaurants
- Any soft or alcohol drinks at restaurants and hotels