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CHRISTIAN SACRED PLACES IN CAPADOKIA
 Day 1: Departure from Sofia at 22.00. During the night – passing the border with Turkey.
Day 2: Arrival in Istanbul in the morning. Accommodation in hotel***. Sightseeing excursion of the city visiting the Blue Mosque, the church St. Sofia, the Hippodrome, the Top Cappa Palace and the street “ Kapala charshi”. Dinner and overnight.
Day 3. Breakfast. Departure to Ankara. Arrival at noon. Accommodation in **** hotel. Visit of the Museum of the Anatolian civilizations, the Roman baths and the Mausoleum of Atatyurk. Dinner and overnight.
Day 4. Breakfast. Departure to Capadokia. On route – coffee - break near the lake Tuz. Arrival in the afternoon. Accommodation in **** hotel. Visiting the ancient temples in Zelve, Ouzounlu Kilise, Geyikli kalisi and others. Dinner and overnights.
Day 5: Breakfast. Visiting the temples of Gyoreme, the Temple of St. Vasiliy and St. St. Constantine and Helen. Sightseeing of the rock churches in Elmala, Charakla, Karanlak, Yalanla. Dinner and overnight.
Day 6. Breakfast. Departure to Istanbul. Arrival in the evening and accommodation at *** hotel. Time at leisure. Overnight.
Day 7. Breakfast. Sightseeing excursion visiting the Dolmabahche palace, the Asian part of the city, Roumeli Hissar and the Bulgarian church “ St. Stefan. Departure – in the early afternoon. Arrival in Sofia – late in the evening.
Price: Per person in double or triple room: 260 euro
Single room supplement: 65 euro.
The price includes:
- 2 overnights with breakfast in hotel*** in Istanbul
- 3 overnights with breakfast and dinner in Ankara and Yurgup
- Panoramic walking tour of Istanbul
- Luxury bus during the whole excursion
- English speaking guide
The price doesn’t include the taxes of the visited museums and places of interest.
 ISTANBUL: The only town in the world, which connects two continents. In its center the Bosphorus meets the water from the Black Sea, the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmora. The capital of three empires – the Roman, the Byzantine and the Ottoman, today it is a modern city, which respects and keeps the rich heritage of past times.
ANKARA: The Turkish capital is strategically situated in Central Anadol and was proclaimed such by the founder of the Turkish Republic – Mustafa Kemal Atatyrk. Although it has a modern look nowadays, the city has an old history dating back to the Bronze era and the Civilization of the Hets. The town was named in the 3rd century B., when the gals inhabited these places and when constructing the town found an old anchor / anker /. Having a long century history, after the first World War the town played an important role in the revolution of the” young Turks”. The town was proclaimed the capital of the republic of Turkey on the 13 of October, 1923. Among the places of interest in Ankara are the Mausoleum of Atatyurk, the Museum of the Anatolian civilizations, the Mosque of Allaeddin, the old citadel, the Roman terms, the Column of Julian, etc.
CAPADOCIA: Passing through the district center of Nevshekir it is entering into the natural phenomena of Capadocia. The strange moon like landscape is a result of volcanic activities in the region, which have formed these strange rocks of lava and ash. The modern town of Gyoreme, which was named Capadocia in Roman times, gave its name to this incredible valley. The nowadays view of the valley is a long centuries result of the cooperative work between mother nature and the people’s hands. Ancient inhabitances were carved in the rocks back in 4000 B.C. After that the Christians and the Byzantines dug monasteries and churches, richly decorated with murals.
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