Travel Info: Turkey : )

Cappadocia

How to get there?

Turkish Airlines from Istanbul to Kayseri

Shuttle bus from Kayseri to Goreme: price TL 20/person  (u can book the shuttle from the hotel)



Turkish Airlines





the airport

shuttle bus from kayseri to goreme

Where to stay?

Traveller’s cave pension

Aydinli Mh Gungor Sk No 11

Goreme, Kapadokya

Twin room Price EUR 50 (peak season)

pension@travellerscave.com

traveller's cave pension

traveller's cave pension

What to do?

1.     Afternoon horseriding tour (see the sunset): make sure u know how to ride a horse :D  ; price TL100/person

2.     Hot Air Balloon: MUST DO! Butterfly Balloons. EUR165/person. Make sure u pick the right operator. Only fly with the best! : )  www.butterflyballoons.com Click here to see the pictures : )

3.     One day tour (Green Tour) from 9 am to 6 pm. Price TL 90/person. Don’t expect much on the lunch :P  spots: Goreme panoramic view, derinkuyu underground city, ihlara valley, monastry, pigeon valley. click here for the one day tour pictures

4.     Walk to the hill at Goreme, and watch the beautiful sunset. click here for the sunset pictures

5.   Open Air Goreme Museum: + 1 km from town. Price: TL 15. To go back to the town, u can catch a taxi (fixed price: TL 10). click here to see the pictures

Selcuk

How to get there?

Domestic flight from Kayseri to Izmir (Pegasus Airlines).



indomie di pesawat. harganya 10 lira : )

Continue by train. Cannot give the details coz we kinda got lost trying to get to Selcuk :D

Where to stay?

Nazar Hotel

info@nazarhotel.com

Twin room price EUR 36 (peak season)



nazar hotel

the inside of nazar hotel

What to do?

Visit Ephesus

Start from the upper gate.

TL25/person

From Selcuk to Ephesus by dolmus TL 5/person
click here for the pictures

Pamukkale

How to get there?

Bus from Selcuk. The name of the bus is Pamukkale. Price TL25/person.They say they have a direct journey to Selcuk but they will stop at Denizli. From Denizli they will provide minibus to Pamukkale. Total journey takes around 4 hours.

waiting for the bus

ada pramugaranya :D

Where to stay?

Kervansaray Hotel

kervansaray2@hotmail.com

twin room price: EUR 70 (peak season)

the rooftop of kervansaray hotel

What to do?

1.     Travertines: it’s amazing. Ticket for travertines and hierapolis: TL 40/person. click here for the pics :)

2.     Hierapolis. click here for the pics.

3.     Tandem Paragliding with Hasan. www.havadayiz.com price TL 150/person including photo and video. click here for the pictures : )

Istanbul

How to get there?

By bus from Denizli (8 hours). Bus company: Metro. TL55

the bus

Where to stay?

Marmara Guesthouse & Saruhan Hotel (owned by the same family)

booking@marmaraguesthouse.com

Twin room price EUR 70 (peak season)

What to do?

1.     Stroll along Sultanahmet

2.     Aya Sofya. please click here to see the pictures

3.     Sirkeci: lots and lots of small souvenirs shops, see the pics

4.     Gallipoli Peninsula: Join this trip to get more knowledge about World War I and ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corp). The trip takes whole day from 7 am to 11.30 pm. The ride from Istanbul to Gallipoli takes abour 4.5 hours. Price EUR75/person. click here for the pictures.

5.     Istiklal street, approximately 3 km long. Many many shops : ) click here for the pics

6.     Explore the city: go to the Asia side and back to Europe side. Take the public ferry, they’re very very clean and very frequent. Try the famous fish sandwich. Spice Bazaar. Grand Bazaar. Blue Mosque. Try the sreet food outside grand bazaar.

     Our one day excursion at the city: tram from sultanahmet to eminonu, ferry from halic pier to kasimpasa pier and then back to halic pier, ferry from uskudar pier to besiktas pier, ferry from uskudar besiktas pier to kabatas pier, tunel, tram from karakoy to eminonu, tram from eminonu to sultanahmet. 

  

Rita’s Itinerary:

Day 1: flight from Jakarta to Istanbul by Turkish Airlines (14 hours flight including transit at Singapore); continue by domestic flight from Istanbul to Kayseri.

Day 2: Goreme

Day 3: Morning at Goreme. Afternoon flight to Izmir. From Izmir to Selcuk.

Day 4: visit Ephesus. Catch a bus to Pamukkale.

Day 5: Pamukkale. Night bus to Istanbul.

Day 6: Istanbul

Day 7: Gallipoli Peninsula Tour

Day 8: Istabul

Day 9: Afternoon flight to Jakarta by Malaysia Airlines (transit at Kuala Lumpur)

Other info:

1.     the food portion is too big for us. So we always order one portion and share the food : )

2.     the electricity plug is the same as Indonesia

3.     we visited turkey on August. The degree was around 36-38 degree celcius at midday.

4.     The public transportations are very clean, especially the ferries in istanbul

5.     For citizen of Indonesia: visa on arrival USD 25