Cappadocia-Antakya-Urfa-Mt.Nemrut Tour:

Day 1:Morning depart to Antakya

Visit to the Grotto of St Peter, erected in the 13th century by the Crusaders. It was here that Peter preached his first sermon and founded the first Christian community. We will visit the Hatay Museum which houses one of the finest collections of Roman mosaics in the world.

Overnight in Antakya. Breakfast and dinner.

Day 2:Antakya-Urfa

Today we drive via the huge southeast Anatolia irrigation scheme to Urfa, also known as Sanliurfa or "Glorious Urfa" for its role in defending the Turkish Republic. Urfa stands at the edge of the great Mesopotamian Plain. Legend says that it was here that God saved Abraham when an angry Nimrod, the Assyrian king, threw him on a funeral pyre for destroying the pagan idols. To save him, God created a lake known today as the Pool of Abraham, which attracts many pilgrims, both Muslim and Christian. We also visit the village of Harran with its unusual beehive houses. The ancient city of Harran is famous for its biblical association. It was here where Abraham stayed for several years on his way to Canaan.

Overnight in Urfa. Breakfast and dinner.

Day 3:Urfa to Mt.Nemrut
Morning departure to Adiyaman to visit an incredible site, the giant heads on top of Mount Nemrut, 2150 m (7,052 feet). The view once you climb up the hill to view the sunset on Nemrut by the statues of gods of the Commegene civilization is breathtaking.This vast funeral monument, built by the dynastic ruler Antiochus, is unlike anything else in the world with a remote and isolated location at the top of the mountain. Virtually unknown until after the Second World War, the site was first excavated by the American school of Oriental Research in Connecticut, some years after the war. Mount Nemrut is often called the “Eighth Wonder of the World”.
Overnight in Adiyaman. Breakfast and dinner.

Day 4:Morning transfer to Adiyaman Airport for return to Istanbul