5 Days Cankiri City Tour & Ankara Tour
|5 Days, 3 Destinations |Starts from Istanbul Airport
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Duration
5 days

Max Group Size
40

Tour Code

Tour Type
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Departure Type
Scheduled

Age Requirement
0 - 99 Ages

Guiding Method
Fully guided

Operated In
English

Physical level
relax

Tour route map

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Activities

AdventureDiscoveryFamilySightseeingSolo TravelWalking TourSee Itinerary

Tour Overview

As one of the most beloved cities of the Central Anatolia Region, Cankiri’s history dates back to the Hittites. Hosting various migrations and kingdoms over time, this city holds an important place in history as well. Established within many beauties and with its developing status, Cankiri shows societal progress, but at the same time has not lost its traditional beliefs and national integrity.

Highlights

  • Karatekin Hill-Cankiri House-Clock Tower-Alpsarı Lake-Hidirliktepe-Civitcioglu Madrasa-Great Mosque-Ankara Castle-The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations-Anıtkabir-Turkish Bath

Itinerary

Welcome to Turkey, today is your arrival day. After arriving at Istanbul International Airport directly proceed to domestic departures for your flight to Cankiri. Meet at Cankiri (Kastamonu ) airport and transfer to your hotel. You will be given your room key and the rest of the day is yours to explore Cankiri . Overnight in Cankiri .

(Breakfast included)

Pick up from the hotel after breakfast. It used since the Hittites, Turkey's largest, the world's historic salt cave in the rock salt crystal samples with, we visit the galleries on foot in great caves unique to the dock. We have the chance to see the salt cart that was used about 100 years ago, donkeys over 100 years old, lanterns, digging, shovel, old wagons that pulled this car. There is almost no moisture in the cave. After the salt cave tour, we come to Cankiri center and go to Kale and Hidirliktepe . We watch Cankiri from above. The castle is on Karatekin Hill in the north of the city. The castle, which was used in the period of Romans, Byzantines, Danishmends, Seljuks and Ottomans, became famous for its robustness. There are tunnels from the Roman period and the tomb of Emir Karatekin, one of the commanders of Danishmend, and a glass viewing terrace in the castle. After our trip, we will have our lunch consisting of dishes unique to Chankiri cuisine. After the meal, we will see Tash Mescit, (The Great Mosque, Civitcioglu Madrasa will be seen from the outside because it is in repair), Wheat Market Madrasa, Cankiri House - Museum, Clock Tower and the old street texture and go to the Alpsari Lake in the evening. The people of the village, where the Alpsari Pond is located, had been boat-boating in Istanbul from the 1700s until 1990. Return to the hotel after a short break by the lake. Overnight in Cankiri .

(Breakfast included)

Meet with your tour guide at the hotel lobby in the determined time. The Turkish bath is a place, where physical and spiritual cleaning takes place and is hundreds of years old.In 1741 Istanbul built its first public bath house in Sultan Mehmet. Natural lighting and izonic colored tiles create a relaxing atmosphere. When entering to Turkish bath, you leave all the hastiness of daily life outside, you exchange your clothes for a waistcloth and adorn the traditional clogs. Inside temperature reach up to 50 degrees celcius under the central dome of the building. This heat and humidite opens the pores of body and extracts the fatty anoils of the body in preperation for your scrub down and amassage by the attendant. After a gentle soap massage you leave the bath place with towels and pass to resting room. Here, tea is offered to you. You leave the Turkish Bath renewed, beautiful and refreshed. Transfer back to your hotel. Thank you for choosing us and we hope you have a memorable time in Turkey. We look forward to seeing you in the future on another adventure with us. After the tour, transfer back to your hotel. Overnight in Cankiri.

(Breakfast included)

First you will visit Anıtkabir (memorial tomb) is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence and the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. The site is also the final resting place of İsmet İnönü, the second President of Turkey, who was interred there after he died in 1973. His tomb faces the Atatürk Mausoleum, on the opposite side of the Ceremonial Ground.Then you will visit Ankara Castle, is a fortification from ancient or medieval era in Ankara. The exact date of its construction is unknown. Having been controlled by Romans and Byzantines earlier; it was captured by Seljuq Turks in 1073, by Crusaders in 1101 and again by Seljuqs in 1227. The castle saw extensive repair by the order of İbrahim Pasa in 1832 during the Ottoman era.Lunch breack will be given at castle area. Lunches are on your own cost.After lunch break you will visit The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations is located on the south side of Ankara Castle in the Atpazarı area in Ankara. It consists of the old Ottoman Mahmut Paşa bazaar storage building, and the Kurşunlu Han. Because of Atatürk's desire to establish a Hittite museum, the buildings were bought upon the suggestion of Hamit Zübeyir Koşay, who was then Culture Minister, to the National Education Minister, Saffet Arıkan. After the remodelling and repairs were completed (1938–1968), the building was opened to the public as the Ankara Archaeological Museum. At the end of your visits, you will be transferred back to your hotel. Overnight in Cankiri.

(Breakfast included)

After breakfast we will depart for Kastamonu airport for our domestic flight to Istanbul and then back to home. We hope your tour was a memorable one and we would like to see you in the future in one of our tours again. Have a nice trip back home and thanks for choosing TravelShop Booking.

Trip includes

Included

4 nights hotel in Cankiri-Akbak Hotel Cankiri

PS: If This hotel list not available at the time of your booking then we will arrange similar other hotel for your group. If you prefer a Different category hotel, there might be an additional cost.

Guided Cankiri City Tour

Turkish Bath in Cankiri Tour

Guided Daily Ankara City Tour

Professional English - speaking tour guides

Guiding Method
Fully guided

English

4 breakfasts

Transportation in a fully air - conditioned, non - smoking coach

All entrance fees mentioned in the itinerary

Excluded

International and domestic flights

Insurance: All types

City Tax

Turkey entry visa

Tipping: Tips for guides and drivers Items of a personal nature such as alcoholic drinks, cold drinks, laundry

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