8 September 2010, 9:04 am
Need a little help fine tuning our current Turkey itinerary. We will be staying in Selcuk for 3 days followed by 6 days in Istanbul. Will appreciate it if you can review our plan and offer some advise on things to see/not see or maybe how to organize our trip better. We ran out of ideas for the last two days - just lumped together some places we were interested in, not sure if it is feasible. Following is our existing plan: Day 1: Arrival in Selcuk (10:00 am) Isa Bey Mosque Temple of Artemis Basilica of St John Byzantine Aqueduct Citadel Hill Cristler Library Day 2: Ephesus Ruins House of Virgin Mary Seven Sleepers Cave Day 3: Priene-Miletus- Didyma Day 4: Ephesus Museum Sirence Flight to Istanbul (6pm) Day 5: Blue Mosque Aya Sophia Hippodrome Basilica Cistern Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts Day 6: Rustem Pasa Mosque Sulemaniye Mosque Spice Bazaar Boshphorous Cruise (half day tour) Day 7: Topkopi Palace Archaeological Museums Fountain of Sultan Ahmet III Sogukcesme Sokagi Grand Bazaar Day 8: Ayup Mosque Chora Church Yadikule and City Walls Galata Tower Dolmabache Palace Rumeli Castle Little Aya Sofia Day 9: Minia Turk Beylerbeyi Palace Mosiacs Museum... Read More »