Turkey Highlights — Istanbul, Cappadocia & Aegean

Hagia Sophia — Byzantine masterpiece turned Ottoman mosque. Blue Mosque six-minaret marvel. Grand Bazaar — 4,000 shops in the world's oldest covered market. Spice Bazaar.

Topkapi Palace and Harem tour. Dolmabahçe Palace exterior. Afternoon Bosphorus cruise between Europe and Asia. Evening rooftop dinner overlooking the city lights.

Morning flight to Kayseri (1 hr). Transfer to Göreme. Afternoon: Göreme Open-Air Museum — Byzantine frescoed cave churches (UNESCO). Sunset at Uçhisar Castle viewpoint.

Pre-dawn wake-up for hot air balloon flight at sunrise — 1 hour over the fairy chimney valleys. Afternoon: ATV ride through Red Valley and Rose Valley. Underground city of Derinkuyu.

Morning pottery workshop in Avanos (Cappadocia's pottery town). Drive to Konya (2.5 hrs) — home of Sufi mystic Rumi. Visit Mevlana Mausoleum and evening Whirling Dervishes ceremony.

Drive to Pamukkale (3 hrs). Walk barefoot across the white calcium terraces. Cleopatra's thermal pool swim. Hierapolis ancient city — theatre, gates and necropolis. Sunset over the valley.

Drive to Selçuk (1.5 hrs). Full Ephesus guided tour — Library of Celsus, marble colonnaded streets, 25,000-seat Great Theatre. Temple of Artemis ruins. House of the Virgin Mary. Transfer to Kusadasi.

Morning leisurely swim on the Aegean coast. Optional Turkish bath (hammam). Afternoon gulet boat trip along the turquoise coastline. Drive to Bodrum Castle area. Sunset dinner at harbour.

Morning transfer to Bodrum or Izmir airport for departure. Farewell to Turkey.