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Discover the city of Yalova and Izmit
Itinerary
Meet at the Bus Station and transfer to your hotel. You will be given your room key and the rest of the day is yours to explore Yalova. Overnight in Yalova.
(Breakfast included)
After breakfast, we take our guests from the hotel and start our Yalova City Tour. We are starting our tour in the city full of traces, a city that Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk loved. First, we visit the walking lodge built in 1929 by the order of Atatürk. After leaving here, we go to Sudüşen waterfall with the views of Gökçe Dam. After taking a little walk and great photos, we leave here. Our next stop is the Thermal region, which has been circulated for centuries with its healing waters discovered during the Romans. We visit Ataturk's Mansion and Historical Hot Springs, after a short free time, we leave here to visit Double Waterfalls, Erikli Plateau and Bottomless Lakes. We end our tour here and return to the hotel. Overnight in Yalova.
(Breakfast and lunch included)
After breakfast, we take our guests from the hotel and depart to a local restaurant for your professional cooking lesson. You participate in your first Turkish cooking lesson: During our Yalova cooking tour, you will taste various flavors of Yalova and in the menu Yalova patties, Yalova Kebab with Thermal Wrap, Tumbiand a dessert , preparing lunch which you will enjoy! After lunch you will depart to city center for free time and shopping before return your hotel. After the tour drop back to your hotel. Overnight in Yalova.
(Breakfast included)
Turkish Bath, called “hamam” in Turkish which has been present in Turkey for thousands of years.
The tradition of the Turkish bath extends far back, to a time before Turks had reached Anatolia.
When the Turks arrived in Anatolia, they brought with them a bathing tradition and were confronted with another, that of Romans and Byzantines, with certain local variants.
After we pick you up from your hotel, we will take you to one of the traditional Baths in Yalova , which has historical buildings.There is a few main procedures during the bath. When you arrive, the staff will provide you a cubicle in which you take off your clothes and wear the waist cloth. After changing, you will be taken to the Sicaklik (Hot Room) of the Turkish Bath that would help your muscles loosen up and you will continue to the warm room of the bath, The staff (tellak for men and natir for women) will scrub you down using Turkish soap and a special cloth that gets out all your old skin blocking your pores. Once you are finished, you will be taken to the Sogukluk (Cold Room) and given towels to wrap yourself in. Then, you can pay for having a massage or you can just relax and order some tea or other drinks as you would like. As last, after you get dressed, you will feel your skin renewed like a baby skin. That's the magic of Turkish bath. Overnight in Yalova.
(Breakfast included)
After breakfast, we head towards Izmit.
We started our tour by seeing the precious work of Orhan Mosque, which was the first mosque that has survived until today, which was built by Süleyman Şah, the prince of Orhan Gazi, in the years when the Ottoman State was first established. On our walk, which will start after seeing Orhan Mosque, we will see Kapanca Street, preserved with the Canfeda Hatun Fountain, Süleyman Paşa Bath, Selim Sırrı Paşa Mansion, Press Museum and Historical houses. During this pleasant walk, we will have the chance to see the old architecture of Izmit, which will hit the foundation period and take plenty of photos. After seeing the Governor's Mansion building in the continuation of our tour, we are making the Kasr-ı Hümayun Museum, Atatürk and Redif Museum, Historical Clock Tower trips. After completing our trips to TCG Gayret Ship Museum, TCG Hızır Reis Submarine Museum, Izmit Archeology and Ethnography Museum, Historical Train Station, Seka Park Paper Museum, we give free rest time in Seka Park. We end our tour here and return to our hotel.
(Breakfast included)
After breakfast check out from the hotel. We hope your tour was a memorable one and we look forward to seeing you in the future on another of our company Tour. Have a safe trip back home and thanks for choosing us.
Trip includes
Included
5 nights hotel in Yalova
Professional English - speaking tour guides
Guiding Method
Fully guided
5 open buffet breakfasts
Arrival transfer from Coach Station in Yalova
Return transfer to Coach Staion in Yalova
Transportation in a fully air - conditioned, non - smoking coach
Excluded
International flights
All types
Items of a personal nature such as alcoholic drinks, cold drinks, laundry
Any others expenses which are not mentioned at the included section
Turkey entry visa
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