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Sunday Sept. 19
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Arrive Amsterdam Sept. 20 (Monday) 9:15am
Depart Amsterdam Sept. 20 (Monday) 10:05am
Arrive Istanbul Sept. 20 (Monday) 2:25pm
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Board a Metro train bound for Aksaray, but get out at the Zeytinburnu station, the 6th stop.
(Better chance of an empty seat than at Aksaray)
Exit the Metro station turn right at sign, "Sirkeci This Way," points to the right), go down the steps to the Zeytinburnu-
Eminounu tram and hop aboard. Ride east bound to Sultanahmet, 16th stop.
Akbiyik Cad. Adliye Sok.10, 34400 Sultanahmet/Istanbul
View from hotel window of 15th century abandoned hamam (Turkish Bath).
View from Empress Zoë terrace.
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Dinner at Tarihi Meshur Sultanahmet Koftecisi.
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DAY 1, Sept. 21 Tuesday
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Breakfast at the hotel Empress Zoë
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Nightcap on Empress Zoë terrace
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DAY 2. Sept.22, Wednesday
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Topkapi Sarayi Wed.-Mon. 9am-5pm, harem closes at 4pm $8.50 palace
Nightcap on Empress Zoë terrace
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DAY 3 Sept. 23 Thusday
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"If you can walk for 15 or 20 minutes with your luggage, you can reach the highway and stop a bus heading south. "
It is very hot, this man lives his Muslim faith, he would not take money for bottled water, we are possible pilgrims.
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DAY 4 Sept. 24 Friday
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Get up and walk to Ephesus
The Temple of Artemis, one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world. A model of the original temple.
Strolling the Turkish countryside at sunset.
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Dinner at an outside restaurant, we stayed late watching soccer on an outdoor tv with the locals.
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DAY 5 Sept. 25 Saturday
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The Turkish countryside flies by onboard the bus.
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Dinner at Denizhan, Turgat Reis Yolu 1.5 mile outside of town. Across from Tofas/Fiat station,
Reservations suggested. Beef baked with cheese, pistachio nuts, and garlic spinkled with sesame seeds.
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DAY 6 Sept. 26 Sunday
One day cruise on the Aegean Sea.
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DAY 7 Sept. 27 Monday
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Per Let’s Go Turkey, buses to the Bodrum airport depart from the otogar ($5). The otogar is on Çevat S(h)akir Cad.
Fly back to Istanbul
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Take Metro to Ulubatli (Topkapi Ulubatli?) Find Sulukule Cad. along city
wall and walk north about a mile, along the way is Neslisa Mosque, then
Pasha Cad., and after that look for Neshter Sk (should be almost first street)
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, then you must cross over large street of Fevzi
and follow to Kariye Hotel. Have lunch at Asitane, then see Kariye Muzesi,
formerly Kariye Camii or St. Savior in Chora-9:30am to 6:30pm Thur-Tues.
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Fly down to Kayseri
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DAY 8 Sept. 28 Tuesday
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Cappadocia
Tour of the north Cappadocia area with Adnan
Christian communities moved into the Cappadocia region in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD to escape Roman persecution
as the natural rock structures offered refuge and soon monastic colonies expanded. Clandestine religion thrived in
the caves and underground cities which were started in Hittite times.
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DAY 9 Sept. 29 Wednesday
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Tour of the south Cappadocia area with Selim.
Millstone doors were used to block tunnels while the inhabitants escaped.
The round doors were wedged shut and could only be opened from one side.
In the foreground, the silk road, in the background a Caravanserai (Fortress hotel).
There is a Caravansrai about every 30 kilometers on the silk road.
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DAY 10 Sept. 30 Thursday
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On the way to the airport, one of the volcanoes that created this unique area.
Fly back to Istanbul
See day one instructions and check into Empress Zoe again
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DAY 11 Oct. 1 Friday
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The Blue Mosque, which takes its name from the mainly blue Iznik tilework decorating its interior,
is one of the most famous religious buildings in the world-Sultan Ahmet Camii to the Turks,
taken from nearby hotel rooftop and once more the Ayasofya.
Don't park illegally in Istanbul.
it celebrates Constantinople's status as the capital of Byzantium, some historians believe there would be
no Christianity had Constantine not converted.
Tea is what Turks drink most often.
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DAY 12 Oct. 2 Saturday
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Our last day in Turkey, packing up and leaving the hotel Empress Zoë.
There's a Sultan buried in this Camii (Mosque) graveyard.
Some streets in Istanbul can get very crowded.
Fish sandwiches under the Galata Bridge and by the junction of the Bosphorus and the Golden Horn.
One last Turkish coffee before heading out to the airport.
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anks for coming along, and a special thanks to the staff at Club Perry!............................................... Return Home....
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