Hippodrome
Obelisk of Theodosius 1450BC (carved in Egypt and erected in Heliopolis and bought in AD 390)
Spiral Column 478BC (carved in Egypt and erected in temple of Apollo at Delphi and bought in AD 390)
Rough-Stone Obelisk
Blue Mosque 1603-1617
Aya Sofia 527-565
Istanbul Archaeological Museum (Royal Necropolis of Sidon, Alexander Sarcophagus 4th BC)
Topkapi Palace
the Harem
Bosphorus
Basilica Cistern (AD352)
Gazebo in Hippodrome
Istiklal Cad
Eating at Nevizade Sokak
30th Jul
Ferry to Asia Istanbul and bus to Ankara 450
Museum of Anatolian Civilisations
Citadel (9 century AD)
Bus to Trabzon 780
31th Jul
Giresun (bus stopover and black sea)
Trabzon
Sumela Monastery and trekking
Aya Sofya Museum / Hagia Sophia (1238 - 1263)
Black Sea
1st Aug
Trabzon to Erzurum scenic ride into mountains 325
Erzurum
Yakutiye Medrese -Mongol seminary 0310
Lala Mustafa Pasa Camii
Cifte Minareli Medrese / seminary 1200
Ulu Cami/ Great Mosque 1179
Three Tombs
Citadel (5th century by emperor Theodosius)
Bus to Diyarbakir 485
2nd Aug
City Walls and Gates (AD 220-500) (Tigris River)
Surpagab Kilisesi/ Armenian Church
Keldani Kilisesi Chaldean Church
Ulu Camii /Mosque 1091
Nebi Camii /Mosque 1530
Kasim Pasisah Camii /Mosque 1512
Hazreti Suleyman Camii /Mosque
Bus to Mardin 95
Mardin
Ulu Cami / Great Mosque-12th century Iraqi Seljuk structure
Bazaar in Mardin
Sultan Isa Medresesi/seminary 1385
Sultan Isa Kizkardesi
Mardin Museum
Bus to Urfa 175
3rd Aug
Sanliurfa
Dergah
Hasan Padisah Camii
Hazreti Ibrahim Halilullah –where prophet Abraham was born
Citadel
Throne of Nemrut a pair of columns
Rizvaniye Vakfi Camii & Medresesi /Mosque and Seminary
Halilur Rahman Camii/mosque 13th century AD – a Byzantine church located where Abraham fell to ground
Ulu Camii
Bus to Harran 55
Beehive houses
Kale
Bus to Urfa 55
Bus to Keyseri 504
4th Aug
Keyseri
Citadel
Mahperi Hunat Hatun Complex 1238
Bus to Gereme 105
Goreme
Gereme Open Air Museum
Trekking in Cappdocia
Red Valley and Rose Valley
Playing ball with girls
Reach Cavusin and backed to Goreme 14
Aug 5th
Cappadocia
Biking 52
Uphill battle on the road to open air museum
Urgup
Zelve Open Air Museum (9th to 13th centuries)
The toughest ride to Ozkonak (a 5.5 km ride from 925 meter above sea level to 1200m, and then a 1.5km route from 1200m to 1260m at 35 degree under the sun)
Underground city of troglodyte dwelling
6th Aug
Bus to Konya 240
Konya
Mevlana (our guide) Museum – for the poet Rumi, born in 1207 in Balkh Afghanistan, fled the impending Mongol to Mecca and Konya by 1228. He died on 17th Dec 1273, and his son organized Mevlevi or the whirling dervishes.
Selimiye Camii 1567
Aziziye Camii 1875
Archaelogical Museum Konya
Kadi Mursel Camii
Sircali Medrese 1242
Alaettin Camii 1219-1231 Arab Style
Bus to Pamukale 484
7th Aug
Travertine
Hierapolis 190BC
Hierapolis Archaeology Museum
Roman Theatre
Martyrium of St Philip the Apostle
Frontinus Street
Arch of Domitian
8th Aug
Afrodisias
Bus to and from afrodisias 272
Tetrapylon
Temple of Aphrodite
Museum
Bus to Selcuk 213
9th Aug
Ephesus – a prosperous city in 600BC
Great theater 41AD-117AD
Harbor Street
Ephesus Museum
Cybele/Artemis
Byzantine Aqueduct
Bus to Ayvalik 320
10th Aug
Ayvalik
Boat Trip
Alibey island
Greek Churches
Aegean sea
Bus to Canakkale 200
11th Aug
Gallipoli Battlefield (World War I, 247,000 casualties from the allies and 250,000 causalities from turkey, British and French aimed to supply Russia through Dardanelles)
