Highlights of Turkey & the Greek Islands

9 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 2 dinners

All group trips are accompanied by one of our group leader or local representative. The aim of the group leader or local representative is to take the hassle out of your travels and to help you have the best trip possible. Intrepid endeavours to provide the services of an experienced group leader or local representative however, due to the seasonality of travel, rare situations may arise where your group leader or local representative is new to a particular region or training other group leader or local representative.

Your group leader or local representative will provide information on the places you are travelling through, offer suggestions for things to do and see, recommend great local eating venues and introduce you to our local friends. While not being guides in the traditional sense, you can expect them to have a broad general knowledge of the places visited on the trip, including historical, cultural, religious, and social aspects. At Intrepid we aim to support local guides who have specialised knowledge of the regions we visit. If you are interested in delving deeper into the local culture at a specific site or location then your group leader or local representative can recommend a local guide service in most of the main destinations of your trip.

Istanbul - Old City Walking Tour (Half Day)

Gallipoli - Fully guided Gallipoli tour & visit to the Commonwealth graveyards

Sirince - Village visit and fruit wine tasting

Troy - Archaeological site visit

Selcuk - Leader-led orientation walk

Ephesus - Archaeological site visit

Selcuk - Artemis Temple Visit

Selcuk - Gozleme making demonstration and lunch

Cappadocia - Kaymakli Underground City

Konya - Mevlana Museum

Cappadocia - Valley walk

Cappadocia - Dinner at Local Family Home

Syros - Loukoumia Workshop Visit

Syros - Ano Syros Walk

Syros - Sunset Dinner

Delos - Day Trip to the Island of Delos

Delos - Archaeological Site

Santorini - Caldera Rim Hike to Oia

OCCASIONAL ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION:

The style of accommodation indicated in the day-to-day itinerary is a guideline. On rare occasions, alternative arrangements may need to be made due to the lack of availability of rooms in our usual accommodation. A similar standard of accommodation will be used in these instances.

TWIN SHARE BASIS:

Accommodation on this trip is on a twin/multishare basis. We pair up solo travellers with another traveller of the same gender as per the gender marker on each of their passports. Please note there may be times where facilities will be shared rather than ensuite and rare occasions when you share a room with passengers travelling on different Intrepid trips than your own.

CHECK-IN TIME:

Throughout the trip we request that our hotels prepare rooms in time for our arrival, especially if we're arriving prior to normal check-in time. However this isn't always possible which means we won't be able to check-in immediately on arrival at some hotels. Instead, we can store our luggage and explore our new destination.

PRE/POST TRIP ACCOMMODATION:

If you've purchased pre-trip or post-trip accommodation (if available), you may be required to change rooms from your trip accommodation for these extra nights.

FACILITIES:

Your accommodation may not always have private en suite facilities or air-conditioning. European hotels generally don't provide kettles or fridges.

Hotel (13 nights), Overnight Train (1 night)

hotel: 13 night(s), sleeper-train: 1 night(s);

There is an overnight train on this trip. Travel is reserved  on a first class couchette basis.  Cabins are twin share, have individual climatic control for your comfort, a small refrigerator in each couchette and a wash basin.  Toilets are available at each end of the carriage.  Bedding is supplied.  There is a restaurant car available offering basic snacks.

STRIKES:

Ferry strikes, bad weather and the general unpredictable nature of Greek public transport means you need to be prepared for possible delays and itinerary changes.

GREEK FERRIES:

The main means of transportation in the Greek Islands is by public ferry. These ferries are large car ferries that transport hundreds of people, along with cars and trucks. There are no reserved seats and passengers are free to walk around the ferry freely. Luggage is stored in a designated area on the car deck and is not accessible while the ferry is moving.

Private Bus , Public Bus , Overnight Train , Plane , Ferry