Istanbul, Ephesus & Troy

Seven days from £799pp

Selected departures September to November 2013

Turkey is an intriguing country with a unique identity straddling both Europe and Asia. In a place where familiarity merges with the exotic, we find a magical blend of the ancient, Christian and Ottoman worlds with thousands of years of history and an atmosphere which links the mysterious east and modern west.

Fully escorted price includes:

• Return scheduled flights from London Heathrow, Birmingham or Manchester
• Six nights accommodation in carefully selected four-star hotels on a bed and breakfast basis, with three dinners
• Three nights stay in Istanbul
• Walking tour of Istanbul, including the Blue Mosque, the Galata Bridge across the Golden Horn and the Grand Bazaar
• Guided tour the extraordinary Topkapi Palace
• Visit Haghia Sophia, for a thousand years the greatest church in Christendom
• Follow in the footsteps of St Paul and St John in Ephesus, the Eastern Mediterranean’s greatest Roman city
• Visit the mountainside site reputed to be the house of the Virgin Mary
• Guided tour of the remarkable and little-visited Acropolis of Pergamon
• See the remains of Homer’s Troy
• Cross the Straits of the Dardanelles and visit the poignant sites of the Commonwealth cemeteries in Gallipoli and Anzac Cove
• Escorted by an experienced tour manager

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Supplier info: Riviera Travel

Since their inception 25 years ago, Riviera Travel have endeavoured to exceed the expectations of the discerning traveller, on their fascinating and innovative European and Worldwide escorted tours.

They have passion for quality and looking after all their guests in the most personal manner possible and really ‘go the extra mile'. Over the years they have received many commendations from many household names in the publishing industry. They have recently been voted by the members of one of the country's most respected consumer organisations in their biannual survey of travel companies, as one of the UK's top two Tour Operators and the most outstanding of all in terms of value for money - by some considerable margin.

Riviera Travel offers European and Worldwide Escorted Tours by Eurostar and by Air.

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