12-Day Glories of Turkey From Istanbul

I did the 13-day 'Wonders of Türkiye with gulet' tour, and what an incredible experience it was. I was thoroughly engaged from Day 1 to Day 13. Our guide was Halil and our driver was Akim until we got to Cappadocia. Halil was charming and his knowledge and passion for this wonderful country was the icing on the cake. Always calm, always ready to answer our endless questions, ever respectful and seemingly tireless. I left my phone at Dolmabahçe Palace on Day 1 and Halil phoned and discovered it has been found and made sure I got it back again in the rush before closing. Akim was a good and careful driver and he and Halil were a great team. Our group was comprised of varying fitness levels and I was impressed by Halil's skill in managing us all with his ever patient manner. The highlight for me was learning about the history of the ancient civiIisations that all contributed over millenia to current day Türkiye. I highly recommend this company.

Our tour guide was Fatih Karci who expertly managed our 11 person tour to great effect. We have one difficult member of the tour who challenged Fatih on a daily basis and appeared intent on disrupting the group.He managed this person with aplomb and skill and the rest of us had uninterrupted touring pleasure. I commend him on his professionalism and recommend him to you if you have a choice. We were entertained and educated and always amused. Thank you Fatih. Both you and Turkey exceeded our expectations.

10 stars from Mark and Julie. Tour guide Omar introduced us to Istanbul showing us the main tourist sites as well as some little known gems! This was great way to orientate ourselves to this bustling but amazing city. We commenced our tour with the brilliant Tamer and driver Hasan. Tamer’s passion for his country was palatable and his knowledge of history, culture, mythology and even agriculture was first rate!! What an asset to the Fez team!! Our second leg of the tour was with Irem and driver Ilhan! Irem was again highly knowledgeable, and incredibly helpful, a delight to be around with a beautiful smile that was always there!! Gallipoli was closed due to the recent fires on our first leg which was a major disappointment but not fault of Fez. Irem suggested we do a private tour and made all the made arrangements for when we returned to Istanbul and boy we are so glad we did this. Our tour guide, Fa (and driver Sayfo), went out of their way to get me as close as possible to where I knew my grandfather fought at Gallipoli - a little known spot called Ryries Post.

We loved Turkey and will be back to do another tour with Fez! Fez, you are so lucky to have such wonderful people on your team!

What a fantastic trip. Our tour guide "G" made our journey one to remember with some very memorable moments. He was very informative about the various regions we visited. We learned so much about the history and important facts about all of Turkey as well as the areas we explored. So interesting.

We were thankful for G's insight with our planned trip to Ephesus. He knew that 3 cruise ships would be in the port that day, with a big percentage of these people likely to be visiting Ephesus, plus the temperature was going to be around 38°C in the port and around 42°C in Ephesus itself. So with our permission, he changed our schedule (easy to do in a small group tour). We spent a most amazing day on the water. Stopping at a few coves to swim. This included a delicious lunch onboard. We then headed to Ephesus and arrived as the sun was setting. What a magical experience, seeing the artefacts lit up at night. This day was definitely the highlight of our travels so far.

I would recommend this to everybody if they can organise an evening visit.

This tour included breakfast and dinners and every meal was excellent. Good quality food and really delicious

Our driver was also very friendly and courteous. He and G made this trip one of the best we have done.

This is great tour to see the highlights of Turkey. Itinerary very well planned.

Our tour was fone in 2 parts but it went seamless

Can and Hakim; Irem and Seyfullah our guides and drivers were very helpful and friendly.

Special mention to Irem my dress buddy and all the laughs we had,

All the hotels were good except the hiccup at Nidya hotel where we had a double bed instead of twin beds.

We did a Glories of Turkey Tour, part as a group of 8 with G + fgor 4 days just us. The guides were knowledgeable and helpful, the tour was interesting , the accommodation was overall good + the food of good quality and very interesting as every effort was made to eat the local specialties

Tamer our Guide and Hekim our driver gave us a tour of Turkey that was beyond our expectations. We were on the 17 Day Glories of Turkey Discovery Tour.The tour was efficiently organised , the schedules, site information and commentary were exactly what we wanted. Although the weather was generally good, Tamer and Hekim were able to rearrange schedules to suit congestion and inclement weather.The accommodation was excellent and we especially enjoyed the Boutique hotels ,including a cave .The food was Superb ,the people of Turkey were friendly and I have never felt safer. A few highlights, Troy and other ancient sites, the mosques and palaces of Instanbul, Cappadocia Balloon ride , cave hotel, Gallipoli.

The amount and content of the commentary at each site was perfect for us as was the amount of free time.

Thanks to Tamer, Hekim and all the team at Fez Travel

We travelled to all the amazing ancient cities, through the countryside and wonderful Istanbul but our main connection to the history, people and spirit of Turkiye was through our guide Fatih. So much more to see and experience in this culturally rich country.

Me and my friend Chiara went on this your and it was wonderfull. The guide Tamer was allways respectfull and helpfull. He was also ver Charismatic and genuinely seemd to care about our exprience in Turkey. He was also very knolagable about history of Turkey and explained it in engaging and exiting ways. Our driver Yilmaz was also incredebly nice and on time allways. I recomend this tour to anyone who wants to know Turkey's history and landscapes, from mountains to plains to sea it was very beautifull. Also don't forget to do the hot air ballons in Kapadocia.

We had a wonderful time with FFD as our tour leader He was very helpful and friendly He gave us good history at each place and kept us up to date on times at each place

We have enjoyed the experience very much

Rob and June Wilde