Turkey Relaxing Retreat Trips & Packages Tours & Trips

Highlights

• Pay your respects to the fallen at Gallipoli a moving and educational experience regardless of your age or background.
• By travelling on this trip, you’ll learn about our Intrepid Foundation partner, CYDD (Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği). Donations help them provide scholarships and educational programs for economically disadvantaged youth in Turkey. Intrepid will double the impact by dollar-matching all post-trip donations made to The Intrepid Foundation.

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• Get to the heart of Turkey and the Caucasus’s with experienced local leaders – enjoy guided city tours, stroll the ancient streets of Ephesus, learn the secrets of Troy, marvel at Baku’s diverse architecture, explore Tbilisi’s winding narrow streets, and uncover the history of ancient Yerevan.
• Enjoy Feature Stays in Cappadocia, with elegantly decorated rooms carved from stone, and at the foot of the Tsiv-Gombori mountains, with unforgettable views of the Alazani Valley.
• Uncover the real Turkey during Exclusive Experiences, including a cooking class with a celebrated chef, visit to an empowering carpet weaving cooperative, cruise around the southern coast, and traditional dinner at a local’s home in Cappadocia
• Visit the Tserovani Refugee Settlement in Georgia during an Exclusive Experience, where you will visit a jewellery making workshop aimed at providing employment to displaced women within the camp, create a piece yourself and learn about the issues surrounding long-term displacement.
• Marvel at ancient wonders and otherworldly sights, from the Cotton Castle of Pamukkale and psychedelic rockscapes of Cappadocia to the open-air archaeological museum of Qobustan in Azerbaijan and the magnificent cave town of Vardzia in Georgia.

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• Take a guided tour through the Hagia Sophia and learn the hidden tales of this magnificent one-of-a-kind monument with a local expert.
• Get lost in the labyrinth of the Grand Bazaar, passing by the myriad traders who sell their wares in this expansive space. How good are your haggling skills?
• Join a home cooking experience, discovering some simple local food with your hosts and spending some time in a tea house – just like the locals do!
• Gain a close insight into the lives of past Sultans at Topkapi Palace.
• Enjoy the hustle and bustle of the great city of Istanbul and rub shoulders with the locals.

Highlights

• A moving and educational experience regardless of your age or background.
• Listen to stories of bravery and comradeship.
• A quintessential Antipodean pilgrimage, to reflect and pay your respects.
• By travelling on this trip, you’ll directly support our Intrepid Foundation partner, CYDD (Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği). Donations help them provide scholarships and educational programs for economically disadvantaged youth in Turkey.

Highlights

• Discover an out-of-this-world landscape, made up of mystical fairy chimneys and cave-like dwellings.
• Visit one of Cappadocia’s famous local wineries and enjoy your glass with the best natural entertainment (sunset, of course).
• Walk past ancient architecture at your own pace, with heaps of free time and a flexible local guide to show you the way.
• Explore the fascinating underground city of Kaymakli, listen to local stories and admire artwork from the Byzantine-era.
• Hike the beautiful Red Valley or Love Valley and spark your imagination with the natural rock formations that dot the land.

Highlights

• 2 Hot Air Balloon Rides Over 2 Different Landscapes
• Having a Traditional Dinner Inside a Native’s Home
• Bathing in Natural Limestone Pools (April through October only)
• Sightseeing Tours in Historic Beach Towns (April through October only)
• Guided Tours of Major Archaeological Sites

Highlights

• Turkish and Islamic Art Museum: This museum contains some of the finest carpets from the Islamic and Turkish world and is one of the largest museums in the world. The museum houses over 40,000 works of art that range from carpet art to wooden works, and stone art collections.
• Rustem Pasha Mosque: The Rustem Pasha Islamic cultural center was designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan for the Grand Vizier Rustem Pasha, the husband of one of the daughters of Suleyman the Magnificent. The Rustem Pasha Mosque is famous for its large quantities of İznik tiles.
• Spice Market: Spice Bazaar is one of the most famous covered shopping complexes and has a total of 85 shops selling spices, Turkish delights, and other sweets, jewelry, souvenirs, and dried fruits and nuts.

Highlights

• Athens Sightseeing Tour (with Acropolis)
• Ancient Ephesus Through the Ages
• Medieval Tour - Acropolis of Lindos and the Citadel of the Knights