UNMISSABLE TURKEY WITH TROY

Air Europa flight UX 0176, departs Lima 11:35 am and arrives in Madrid 5:10 am the next day. Night on board.

Air Europa flight UX 1683, departs Madrid 9:10 am and arrives in Istanbul 2:55 pm. Welcome to Istanbul! Meet and transfer to the hotel. At IST airport, our representative waits with a sign at exit gate 8; at Sabiha Gökçen (SAW), across the pedestrian crossing between columns 9 and 10. Overnight.

Breakfast and visit to the Süleymaniye Mosque, by imperial architect Sinan, with one of the city's most famous views. Free afternoon or optional full day in the historic quarter: Hagia Sophia (exterior), Topkapi Palace, traditional lunch in Sultanahmet, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome and the Grand Bazaar with its 4,000 shops. Meals: breakfast.

Breakfast and free day. Optional full day: Bosphorus boat ride past the sultans' palaces, Spice Bazaar, Beylerbeyi Palace on the Asian side, lunch, the Üsküdar district and Çamlıca Hill, Istanbul's highest point. Meals: breakfast.

Boxed breakfast and departure to Ankara through the Bolu mountains. Visit to the Anıtkabir Mausoleum, resting place of the founder of the Turkish Republic. Continue to Cappadocia past the Salt Lake and a 13th-century caravanserai. Optional: jeep safari through the valleys. On some departures the Istanbul – Ankara leg may be by high-speed train or domestic flight. Meals: breakfast and dinner.

Optional at dawn: hot-air balloon ride. Breakfast and tour of the region shaped by the lava of the Erciyes and Hasan volcanoes: Göreme Valley with its rock-cut churches and Byzantine frescoes, and the Avcılar and Güvercinlik valleys with the fairy chimneys. Visit carpet, onyx and turquoise workshops. Meals: breakfast and dinner.

Breakfast and early departure to Pamukkale. Visit Hierapolis, an ancient Hellenistic city, and the Cotton Castle with its white cascades and natural thermal pools. Meals: breakfast and dinner.

Breakfast and departure to Ephesus, one of the best-preserved Greco-Roman cities: Temple of Hadrian, Temple of Trajan, the Theater and the Library of Celsus. Visit the House of the Virgin Mary and a leather goods gallery. Continue to Kuşadası or Izmir. Meals: breakfast and dinner.

Breakfast and departure to Pergamon to visit the Asclepion, the ancient hospital where the physician Galen lived. Continue to Troy, the legendary 9-layer city immortalized in Homer's Iliad. Arrival in Çanakkale, on the Dardanelles. Meals: breakfast and dinner.

Breakfast and departure to Bursa, the first Ottoman capital: Grand Mosque (Ulu Camii), Koza Han Silk Bazaar and the Green Mausoleum. Continue to Istanbul and overnight. Meals: breakfast.

Breakfast and transfer to the airport 4 hours before the flight. Air Europa flight UX 1684 (Istanbul 4:35 pm – Madrid 6:50 pm) connecting to UX 0175 (Madrid 11:45 pm – Lima 5:50 am the next day). End of services.