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TURKEY, 24 AUGUST-24 SEPTEMBER 2005

TRAVEL ITINERARY:

Sunday, 24 August 2005
Day 1: ZAGREB – ISTANBUL

Monday, 25 August 2005
Day 2: ISTANBUL – ERZURUM – AĞRI
Visited places: AĞRI.

Tuesday, 26 August 2005
Day 3: AĞRI – DOĞUBEYAZIT
Visited places: AĞRI, DOĞUBEYAZIT.

Wednesday, 27 August 2005
Day 4: DOĞUBEYAZIT
Visited places: Kurdish villages, Noah’s Ark, Border with Iran, Meteorite crater.

Thursday, 28 August 2005
Day 5: DOĞUBEYAZIT
Visited places: Kurdish villages, Ishak Pasha Palace, Old Beyazıt (or Shafii) Mosque, Urartian fortress remnants.

Friday, 29 August 2005
Day 6: MOUNT ARARAT National Park, ARARAT Climb (Day 1) (Doğubeyazit – Çevirme Village (2150 m) – Camp 1 (3250 m)).

Saturday, 30 August 2005
Day 7: MOUNT ARARAT National Park, ARARAT Climb (Day 2) (Acclimatization day).

Sunday, 31 August 2005
Day 8: MOUNT ARARAT National Park, ARARAT Climb (Day 3) (Camp 1 (3250 m) – Camp 2 (4200 m)).

Monday, 1 September 2005
Day 9: MOUNT ARARAT National Park, ARARAT Climb (Day 4) (Camp 2 (4200 m) – Summit of ARARAT Mountain (or Ağrı Dağı or Çiyayê Agirî) (5137 m) highest point of TURKEY – Camp 2 (4200 m) – Camp 1 (3250 m) – Çevirme Village (2150 m) – Doğubeyazit).

Tuesday, 2 September 2005
Day 10: DOĞUBEYAZIT – ERZURUM
Visited places: ERZURUM.

Wednesday, 3 September 2005
Day 11: ERZURUM – TRABZON
Visited places: ERZURUM (Cifte Minareli Medresesi, Yakutiye Medrese, Kale).

Thursday, 4 September 2005
Day 12: TRABZON – SAMSUN
Visited places: TRABZON, SÜMELA MANASTIRI Trail (Melas Restaurant (1100 m) – Meryemana Brook – SÜMELA Monastery (1200 m) – Melas Restaurant (1100 m)).

Friday, 5 September 2005
Day 13: SAMSUN – ÇORUM
Visited places: BOĞAZKÖY ALACAHÖYÜK National Park, Archaeological site of HATTUŠA former capital of the Hittite Empire (World Heritage).

Saturday, 6 September 2005
Day 14: ÇORUM – ANKARA
Visited places: ANKARA (Kale).

Sunday, 7 September 2005
Day 15: ANKARA – NEVŞEHIR
Visited places: ANKARA (Museum of Anatolian Civilizations).

Monday, 8 September 2005
Day 16: NEVŞEHIR – GÖREME
Visited places: CAPPADOCIA (DERINKUYU Underground City, NAR Lake, GUZELYURT, IHLARA VALLEY Trail (Ihlara – Rock-cut Churches of the Ihlara Valley – Melendiz River – Selime Rock-cut Cave Monastery), GÖREME National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (World Heritage), GÖREME Valley).

Tuesday, 9 September 2005
Day 17: GÖREME
Visited places: CAPPADOCIA (GÖREME National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (World Heritage), GÖREME Open-Air Museum, UCHISAR Valley, PIDGEON Valley, ÜRGÜP Valley, DEVRENT Valley, ZELVE Valley, AVANOS).

Wednesday, 10 September 2005
Day 18: GÖREME – KAHTA
Visited places: KAYSERI (Kale, Grand Mosque (or Ulu Camii), Vezir Hanı, Döner Kümbet).

Thursday, 11 September 2005
Day 19: KAHTA
Visited places: MOUNT NEMRUT National Park (Karakuş tümülus, Atatürk Lake, Cendere köprüsu (or Septimus Severus bridge), Cendere River, Yeni Kale (or Kahta Kalesi) Fortress, Archaeological Site of King Antiochus I of Commagene Tomb-sanctuary, Summit of NEMRUT Mountain (or Nemrut Dağı or Çiyayê Nemrûdê) (2134 m) (World Heritage)).

Friday, 12 September 2005
Day 20: KAHTA – ŞANLIURFA
Visited places: ŞANLIURFA.

Saturday, 13 September 2005
Day 21: ŞANLIURFA – KONYA
Visited places: KONYA (Mevlana Museum (and Mausoleum), Karatay Madrasa (and Tile Museum), Kılıcarslan Kosku, Alâeddin Mosque, Sema Ceremony).

Sunday, 14 September 2005
Day 22: KONYA – PAMUKKALE

Monday, 15 September 2005
Day 23: PAMUKKALE – BODRUM
Visited places: PAMUKKALE (World Heritage), Ancient City of HIERAPOLIS (World Heritage), Remains of the Basilica of St. Philip and Tomb of SAINT PHILIP the APOSTLE.

Tuesday, 16 September 2005
Day 24: BODRUM – SELÇUK
Visited places: BODRUM, Remains of Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (or Tomb of Mausolus), Ancient City of EPHESUS (World Heritage).

Wednesday, 17 September 2005
Day 25: SELÇUK – ÇANAKKALE
Visited places: SELÇUK (Remains of the Temple of Artemis, İsa Bey Hamam, İsa Bey Mosque, Remains of the Basilica of St. John and Tomb of SAINT JOHN the APOSTLE, Selçuk Kale, Ephesus Museum, House of the Virgin Mary).

Thursday, 18 September 2005
Day 26: ÇANAKKALE – ISTANBUL by Ferry
Visited places: ÇANAKKALE (ANCIENT TROY National Park, TROIA Archaeological Site) (World Heritage), DARDANELLES Strait.

Friday, 19 September 2005
Day 27: ISTANBUL
Visited places: ISTANBUL (World Heritage) (Topkapi Palace, Sultan Ahmed Mosque (or Blue Mosque), Ancient Egyptian obelisk).

Saturday, 20 September 2005
Day 28: ISTANBUL
Visited places: ISTANBUL (World Heritage) (Archaeology Museum, Milion of Constantinople Stone Pilar, Kapali Carsi (or Grand Bazaar)).

Sunday, 21 September 2005
Day 29: ISTANBUL
Visited places: ISTANBUL (World Heritage) (Hagia Sophia, Mısır Çarşısı (or Egyptian Bazaar), Bosphorus Strait Ferry Tour).

Monday, 22 September 2005
Day 30: ISTANBUL
Visited places: ISTANBUL (World Heritage) (Galata Tower, Taksim, Church of St. Anthony of Padua).

Tuesday, 23 September 2005
Day 31: ISTANBUL
Visited places: ISTANBUL (World Heritage) (Dolmabahçe Palace, Süleymaniye Mosque).

Wednesday, 24 September 2005
Day 32: ISTANBUL – ZAGREB
Visited places: ISTANBUL.

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