6 Days Turkey August Holiday: Istanbul & Cappadocia

Five nights across Turkey: Istanbul's mosques and bazaars, then Cappadocia's hot air balloons and fairy chimney landscape.

Turkey packs two very different experiences into a compact trip. Istanbul straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus: the Blue Mosque, the Grand Bazaar, and the Hagia Sophia are all within walking distance of each other. A short domestic flight south brings you to Cappadocia, where centuries of volcanic activity have created a landscape of fairy chimneys, cave churches, and underground cities. This six-day package spends three nights in Istanbul and two nights in Cappadocia, with a sunrise hot air balloon flight included.

Safari Highlights

• Istanbul: the Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, and the Grand Bazaar
• Bosphorus cruise: a boat trip between two continents
• Cappadocia hot air balloon: sunrise flight over the fairy chimney landscape
• Goreme Open Air Museum: Byzantine cave churches carved into the rock
• Underground cities and the Cappadocian valleys