Turkey · 1-DAY TOURS
Nobody has a spare fortnight. These 15 1-day tours are the ones worth spending one of your days on, priced and timed so the choice takes minutes.
Review of the Antalya to Pamukkale day trip with Hierapolis, meals, guide, hotel transfers, hot springs, and practical planning tips.
“We loved everything! thanks to our guide Inci, she cared about all of us, gave us valuable information and great tips for our visit in Antalya. Food was ok, but the place was stunning. Great price for what we did.”
Review the Sapanca and Maşukiye day trip from Istanbul, with lake views, cable cars, ATV rides, lunch, costs, timing, and practical tips.
“The organization of the tour was very professional. Everything was on time.”
See Cappadocia’s churches, fairy chimneys, underground city, valleys, and viewpoints in one affordable guided day with lunch.
“Really good and well-organized trip!!! Loved our tour guide, super accommodating and knowledgeable.”
Review of the $25 Side to Antalya day trip, with Kurşunlu Waterfall, Kaleiçi free time, transport details, costs, and practical tips.
“Picked us up in a lovely air conditioned bus with a friendly face greeting us. The guide surprised us with a trip to the strawberry plantation and gave us each as many strawberries as we could carry to try. Carries on to the waterfall, showed us all where we needed to go and gave us free time. Same in the old city of Antalya. Honestly value for money was amazing, driver and guide was amazing.”
Review of Istanbul’s full-day VIP tour with Old City sights, rooftop lunch, paid palace entries, and a sunset Bosphorus yacht cruise.
“Wrong season to go but good trip nonetheless. If you have no idea of where to go, you can start here and work your way up”
Review of Istanbul’s Bursa and Uludag day trip, with ferry views, mountain cable car, Turkish delight, lunch, and practical tips.
“it was an epic trip with an awesome guide nouri he was the best. the food was good the views are 🔥🔥 honestly i was afraid of the 13.5 h trip but it was smooth with our guide nouri and even the other people with us were kind I very recommended trip”
Cruise Green Canyon from Alanya, swim in emerald water, enjoy lakeside lunch, and fish in the Taurus Mountains for $41.
“lovely day out. beautiful scenery and lunch was great. route to canyon by small bus is uncomfortable and very bumpy.also important note this is not wheelchair friendly. There are many many steps to get up to where lunch is served.”
Review of Side’s Manavgat boat, bazaar, waterfall, swimming, and lunch tour, with practical advice on value, timing, and what to bring.
“Loved the water fall but not as big as expect. Could have had more time here as there were lovely market stalls and could have swam in the river. The bazar was good but has mostly same things each stall. Overall it was good and worth the trip.”
Review of the Side to Pamukkale and Hierapolis day trip, with thermal pools, Roman ruins, lunch, transport tips, extra fees, and honest advice.
“The Tour was very pleasant, we had the opportunity to visit a beautiful place . Abbie and Eric (our guides) was very professional, she made sure that everyone was ok and she was knowledgeable about the story of Herapolis and Pamukkale. The only thing that I would complain is that we had very short time for ourselves to visit it. Comparing all the travelling we made( 8 h in total). Thank u”
See Istanbul’s Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, and Grand Bazaar in one port-friendly day, with an English-speaking guide.
“The pick up from the port was simple. Ugur, our tour guide was a lovely young man who bent over backwards to make our tour exceptional. He included a visit to the Cisterns because we would not get to the Grand Bazaar as we needed to make it back to the ship on time. He also made sure we were picked up by one of their staff in plenty of time. Love Istanbul and the people were so lovely too.”
Review of the Marmaris to Pamukkale day trip, with thermal pools, Hierapolis ruins, meals, transport, costs, tips, and honest advice.
“Amazing trip, well worth the money. A great mixture of historic views/experiences and facilities for changing, toilets and food/drink. Our tour guide Matt was brilliant and Eric who handled our reservation was too. Many thanks to all involved.”
Review of the Antalya to Pamukkale day trip with optional hot-air balloon ride, including costs, long bus transfers, sights, meals, and practical tips.
“The hot air balloon was great, the crew was professional and knew what they were doing. As for the breakfast it was below average unfortunately. For the sightseeing part, the guide will ask you if you'd like to go in which is 30€ er person. If you choose not to go, there won't be anything else to do. When we visited, our guide gave us a quick explanation for about 30min which is sufficient for some but might be too short for others. We then had 3 hours to visit on our own the theater, cleaopatra's pool (swimming in the pool is not included either and it is for 200…”
Review of the Ephesus and St. Mary’s House day trip from Izmir, with ancient ruins, Turkish lunch, hotel pickup, guides, and shopping-stop advice.
“1. what happened: all picked up by 8:45, St John around 9:50, guided tour till 10:30, to St. Mary by10:45, guide's explanation till 11:00, then you visit the church as directed by the guide till around 11:30, move to Ephesus by 11:45, guided tour till 1:20, move to restaurant, lunch till 2:15, then you spend about 45 minute, in a carpet shop next the restaurant, Then we were about to move to another shop, so I mentioned whether we are stopping by at Artemis temple, the guide said no, I said it is so close, ready to insist that we must stop as I remember the itinerary was indicating Artemis,…”
Review of Cappadocia’s private full-day tour, covering underground cities, valleys, churches, pottery, lunch, transfers, guides, and value.
“Highly recommended if you want your own pace in a tour. Umit was very friendly and knowledgable. Lunch was also good.”
Review of Istanbul to Cappadocia by flight, covering Göreme, Pasabag, Avanos pottery, lunch, costs, timing, and who should book.
“The guide was excellent, and the trip was very interesting.”
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