19
07
2007
- We depart for the city tour of Ankara.
- We will visit the Citadel and the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.
- Lunch briefing on Turkish domestic/foreign issues
- Afternoon visit to the Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
- Visit to Ministry of Education and farewell reception.
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18
07
2007
- We drive to the ancient centers of Hittite culture at Hattusas and we will explore Lion Gate, the Tunnel, Kings Gate and Great Citadel.
- Lunch at Sungurlu Mavi Ocak.
- We will drive to Ankara.
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17
07
2007
- We depart for the city tour of Sivas.
- After the tour we continue on to Tokat.
- A walking tour will take us through the old town, visiting Hatuniye Mosque and Tas Han.
- Lunch at Cim Cim Restaurant.
- We drive to Amasya, a city between the Black Sea and inner Turkey
- Afternoon, we step back in time to see some of the most beautiful traditional old homes of Amasya.
- Dinner at Ali Kaya Restaurant.
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16
07
2007
- We drive to Kayseri, one of the most important trade centers of Anatolia over history.
- We will visit the castle and the Covered Market, which is one of the four biggest covered markets of Turkey.
- Lunch at Manti Evi Restaurant.
- We depart for Sivas.
- We will visit the Buruciye and Cifte Minareli Medreses.
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15
07
2007
- Departure for full day Cappadocia tour.
- Our first stop will be the celebrated Goreme Open Air Museum.
- The finest of its frescoed churches are undoubtedly the Karanlik Kilise (the Dark Church), the
Elmali Kilise (the Apple Church), and the Tokali Kilise (the church with a
Buckle).
- Lunch at Alaturca Restaurant.
- In Avanos, the town famous for its pottery, we will visit a pottery workshop.
- Then we visit the troglodytic village of Zelve.
- We will attend a Whirling Dervishes ceremony at the magnificent Saruhan Caravanserai.
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14
07
2007
- Drive to Cappadocia.
- Our first stop will be the Neolithic site of Catalhoyuk. We will be given a private tour of this neolithic Anatolian site, excavated by an international team, by Dr.Ian Hodder of
Stanford University, who leads the excavation project.
- We will visit the magnificent, early 13th century Sultanhan Seljuk caravanserai.
- Lunch at Orhan Agacli Tesisleri in Aksaray.
- Drive to the land of wonders that is Cappadocia.
- We will visit the Underground city of Kaymakli.
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13
07
2007
- Drive to Konya.
- Lunch at Konya Kosk Mutfagi.
- We will visit the Museum and Tomb of Rumi and the Karatay Medrese.
- we will visit Ince Minareli and Alaadin Mosques.
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12
07
2007
- Depart for Pamukkale.
- Visit to the remains of Aphrodisias.
- We will visit the Temple of Aphrodite.
- Lunch at Anatolia Restaurant.
- We will drive to the delightful ¨frozen waterfalls¨ and the healing hot mineral springs of Pamukkale.
- We will visit Hierapolis.
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11
07
2007
- Depart for Ephesus.
- Our first stop will be the house where it is believed that the Virgin Mary spent the last years of her life.
- Then we will visit Ephesus.
- Lunch in the charming village of Sirince.
- After lunch we move on to the Archeological Museum and the vast, cruciform Basilica of St John.
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