7-Day Istanbul Cappadocia Ephesus Pamukkale Tour — Istanbul to Pamukkale Cultural Highlights

Dawn in İstanbul arrives on the Bosphorus like a slow inhale: ferries cut silver paths, seagulls argue over a stray simit, and the minarets throw long, cool shadows across cobbled streets. You begin there — in a city that has been a capital, a crossroads and a stage for empire — then, over six days, move inland through volcanic moonscapes, Roman ruins and calcium-white terraces that look as if a glacier once paused mid-flow. The trip strings together some of Anatolia’s most cinematic places: the Ottoman and Byzantine center of İstanbul, Cappadocia’s wind-sculpted chimneys, the marble-paved grandeur of Ephesus, and the steaming travertines of Pamukkale.