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AyasİsosTravels AİT0101: Adana, Hatay, Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa Gastronomy and Culture Tour 8d7n
 
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AyasİsosTravels AİT0101: Adana, Hatay, Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa Gastronomy and Culture Tour 8d7n ................................... 1
Day 1: Europe – Adana ............................................. .................................................................. .................................................................. ........ 2
Day 2: Adana (185 km)..................................................... .................................................................. .................................................................. ........... 2
Day 3: Adana – Hatay (160 km) ....................................... .................................................................. .................................................. 3
Day 4: Hatay – Gaziantep (300 km) ......................................... .................................................................. ............................................. 4
Day 5: Gaziantep - Şanlıurfa (65 km) ..................................... .................................................................. ........................................ 5
Day 6: Şanlıurfa - Halfeti - Greek Castle ………………...………………..………………...…………………………….…… …. 5
Day 7: Sanliurfa - Adana (395 km) ....................................... .................................................................. ............................................. 6
Day 8: Adana - Europe ............................................. .................................................................. .................................................................. ........ 6
Price ................................................. .................................................................. .................................................................. ................................ 7
Notes .................................................. .................................................................. .................................................................. .............................. 7
Optional Excursions ................................................. .................................................................. .................................................................. ............ 7
What's Included in the Price .................................................. .................................................................. .................................................................. .......... 7
Not Included in the Price ................................................. .................................................................. .................................................................. .... 8
 
Ayas İsos Travels (Ayas Turizm): Multilingual Cultural and Gastronomy Tour Provider and Operator ................................. ... 8
 
DAY 1: Europe - Adana (Transfer)
 
We welcome you, our esteemed guests, and those who attend from the country and abroad, at Adana Airport on the dates of the organized or desired tour programs. We leave you to rest at our contracted hotels from Adana Airport for you to rest. After a day, we set off for our tour.
 
Accommodations: Ramada Adana***, Anemon Adana***** etc.
 
DAY 2: Adana (185 KM)
 
We welcome you, our esteemed guests, at Adana Şakirpaşa Airport and start our tour of tastes that we can't get enough of. We have breakfast at Yavuz Yıldız Farm, where we will be intertwined with nature for breakfast. After breakfast, we start our city tour. Our first sightseeing stop will be Sabancı Merkez Mosque, which is a blend of the Sultanahmet and Selimiye mosques with its architectural features. After the explanations of our guide, we leave here to photograph the Stone Bridge, which has become the symbol of Adana and remains from the Roman period, and visit the Cinema museum, which was built in an old Adana house and where historical artifacts are exhibited. city-specific directors, actors and producers are introduced. Our next stop will be the Atatürk House Museum, which was converted into a museum after Atatürk stayed during his visit to Adana. After drinking our turnip from Ali Güde in this city famous for its turnip, we photograph the Adana Great Mosque and the Historical Great Clock Tower, which is the symbol of modernization in Adana. After our tour, we start our tour of Adana with our guide. We are going to eat ribs from Yaşar Usta, the indispensable of Adana's street flavors. After lunch, we go to the "Bici Bici" tasting to cool off from the scorching heat of Adana. When we say Bici Bici, we go to Adana's famous Abuzer Usta. For our guests, we go to Kazım Büfe to drink "banana milk", which is also identified with Adana. After tasting these magnificent delicacies, we continue our Adana tour and of course, we go to the Onbaşılar Kebap Restaurant, which is famous in Adana and has a beautiful view, to eat Adana Kebab, which comes to mind first when we say it. Adana is mentioned. After this beautiful day, we set out for Hatay, another delicious destination awarded by UNESCO in the Creative Cities Network in the field of gastronomy. Accommodation will be in Iskenderun.
 
Breakfast: Yavuz Yıldız Haram Çfarm = Village Breakfast
Lunch: Kaburgacı Yaşar Usta
Street Foods: Turnip (Ali Güde) Bici Bici (Abuzer Usta) Banana Milk (Kazım Buffet)
Dinner: Corporals Kebab
Accommodation: Ramada Hotel(***), Anemon Hotel(*****) etc.
Distance to Travel: 185 km
 
DAY 3: Adana - Hatay (160 KM)
 
In the morning, we are moving to Payas for breakfast with our valuable guests. We are going to the Yoruk Tent Breakfast place, which is intertwined with the sea. Here we taste Hatay's rich breakfast. After having our breakfast consisting of local delicacies, we visit the famous Payas Castle and Madrasa of Payas and turn our route to Antakya. We start our Antakya tour. We visit this beautiful city, which is the symbol of faith and peace, where the sound of bell-azan-hazzan is mixed. Our first sightseeing stop is the world's second largest Mosaic Museum. Here we see mosaics containing mythological scenes unearthed as a result of excavations in various parts of Antakya. After visiting this wonderful museum, accompanied by our guide's narration and photo breaks, we get on our vehicles and visit the world's first cave church, St. We see the St. Pierre Church. After listening to the stories in this church built on the skirts of Habib Neccar Mountain, we take pictures of the region at this high point of the city. It is the first mosque built in Anatolia. We visit the Habibi Neccar Mosque, where the apostles of Jesus, Yahya, Yunus and Sam, who are mentioned in the Sefa and Yasin periods, are known as Habibi-Neccar. Then we go to Sultan Sofrasi for lunch. After tasting our local dishes here, we go to the famous Affan Kahvesi to visit the Old Antakya Streets and eat the famous Hatay dessert Haytalı. After the free time we will give you, we go to another cool place, Harbiye, and take a photo break. For dinner, we go to Konak Restaurant, one of the famous places of Hatay, and after our dinner and Hatay's famous dessert Kunefe, we go to our hotel to rest.
 
Breakfast: Yoruk Tent Breakfast - Payas
Lunch: Sultan's Table
Street Tastes: Haytali (Affan Coffee)
Dinner: Konak Restaurant
Accommodation: Artes Hotel(****) etc.
Distance to Travel: 160 km
 
DAY 4: Hatay - Gaziantep (300 km) Hatay - Gaziantep (300 km)
 
We have our breakfast at UNESCO Hatay Gastronomy House. Here, after tasting the breakfast varieties unique to Hatay, we set out for Samandağı, Antakya's gateway to the sea. We reach Vakıflı Village, which is the only Armenian village in Turkey, which we will reach through the old village roads. After the explanations of our guide, we complete our tour and move to the famous Hıdırbey Village with the legend of the city of Hatay, which smells of history. After seeing the Moses Tree, which is approximately 20 meters long, we see the Titus water channels built during the time of the famous Roman Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus. After the walk and photo break we will make in this tunnel, we visit the ancient tombs, which are known as cradle tombs among the people. After the tour in the laurel trees and its scent, we return to Antakya Uzun Çarşı for lunch and eat the tray or paper kebab, which is famous in Hatay. Of course, the best place to eat these delicacies is the PÖÇ Butcher and Kebab Hall. For the return journey, we are going to Gaziantep, another land of taste. Dinner We are having dinner at Küşleme Kebaphan, which is famous in Gaziantep.
 
Breakfast: UNESCO Hatay Gastronomy House
Lunch: PÖÇ BUTCHER AND KEBAP HALL (Tray Kebab-Paper Kebab)
Dinner: Küşleme Kebaphan (Gaziantep)
Accommodation: Pamuk City Hotel(***) etc.
Distance to Travel: 300 km
 
DAY 5: Gaziantep - City Center (65 KM)
 
We leave our hotel in the morning and continue our gastronomy and city tour. We are going to Orkide Patisserie for our breakfast in the morning. After enjoying Gaziantep's local breakfast there, we start our Gaziantep tour. Zeugma Mosaic Museum is at the top of our list of places to visit in Gaziantep. Most of the exhibition areas of the museum are reserved for mosaics until the total area they cover reaches 3 thousand square meters. On the way out of the museum, we taste Gaziantep's famous katmer at Zekariya Usta, and take a breather by drinking Menengic coffee at Tahmis Kahvesi. We continue our sightseeing tour, this time we turn our route to Zincirli Bedesten. For those who like to shop in a place with a historical atmosphere, we turn our route here. After visiting Bakırcılar Bazaar, we go to Aşina Kebab Baklava, which makes Antep's best Yuvalama and stuffed aubergines with olive oil. After tasting the delicious delicacies here, we visit the bazaar where you can find the rarest examples of copper processing, whose origin goes back 500 years. We visit the Historical Antep Houses, which are historical residences that give people the opportunity to get away from the chaos of daily life thanks to their high walls. World War II and during the War of Independence and why this city was given the title "GAZİ". We visit Şahinbey National Struggle Museum to make a historical journey to the period. Then we will visit the workshop of one of the most famous baklava makers of the region in Gaziantep, which is the first city that comes to mind when talking about baklava in Turkey. You should definitely taste the baklava, which has a legendary taste. You should buy these baklavas as a gift to your loved ones. At the end of the day, we go to Bayazhan for dinner. After spending a pleasant time here, we return to our hotel to stay.
 
Breakfast: Orkide Patisserie
Lunch: Ashina Kebab Baklava
Street Tastes: Zekariya Usta (Katmer) Tahmis Coffee (Menengiç)
Dinner: Bayazhan
Accommodation: Pamuk City Hotel(***) etc.
Distance to Travel: 65 km
 
DAY 6: Sanliurfa - Halfeti - Greek Castle - City Center (470 KM)
 
After breakfast at our hotel in the morning, we start our tour to visit Harran, famous for its Domed Houses and its unique culture. Here we visit Harran Grand Mosque, the oldest mosque built during the Islamic period. We will see the inner castle and historical walls of Harran University, the first Islamic Madrasa, and we are guests in one of the Kubbe Guesthouses. During this pleasant trip, you can take pictures wearing traditional clothes. After visiting Harran, we pass to Şanlıurfa, which is believed to be the city of prophets and where the prophets Adam, Eyyub, İbrahim, Şuayb and Elisha lived. We are going to Gulbaba Restaurant. After our dinner, we will visit Balıklı Lake (Halil-ül Rahman Lake), Ayn-ı Zeliha Lake, which is said to be formed from the tears of King Nemrut's daughter Zeliha, and the cave where İbrahim was born and go to Customs. Han for a coffee break. We drink the famous coffees of Şanlıurfa. After our coffee break, we reach Göbeklitepe, the first place of worship and settlement, known as the starting point of world history, and travel to history to see 12000-year-old temples, reliefs such as Crane and Snake. After our tour here, we return to the center and go to Altın Restaurant for dinner with our valued guests, we attend the "Sıra" Night, which is of course our must-have, to taste the famous Urfa Kebab, and after eating our Çiğköfte, we stay at the hotel.
 
Breakfast: At the hotel in Gaziantep on the first day.
Lunch: Gulbaba Restaurant
Street Tastes: Gulhan Restaurant, Gumruk Han
Accommodation: Newton Hotel(***) etc.
Distance to Travel: 470 km
Dinner: Golden Restaurant
Row Night: At the hotel.
 
DAY 7: Sanliurfa - Adana (395 KM)
 
After listening, we go to the famous Urfa Cevahir Han Restaurant for breakfast in Şanlıurfa and taste our breakfast accompanied by a beautiful view. After our breakfast, we complete our gastronomic tour and start our return journey. When we arrive in Adana, we drop off our domestic and international guests at our contracted hotel.
 
Accommodation: Ramada Adana*** Anemon Adana ***** etc.
Breakfast: Urfa Cevahir Han Restaurant
Distance to Travel: 395 km
 
DAY 8: Adana - Europe (Transfer)
 
After one night's stay, we will drop you off at Adana airport. We bid you farewell to meet you at the next Ayas Tourism organization. Thank you for choosing Ayas Turizm.
 
Price
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Comments
• • The departure date can be set for special groups.
• • Special prices apply for closed groups of more than 23 people, members of cultural associations, students, teachers, the disabled and their companions.
• • Please send an e-mail to learn about special conditions and prices.
• • Free space for closed groups of more than 22 people for performances in Turkey.
 
Optional excursions
• • Sıla Night
• • Disco Night
• • City Night Tour
 
Included in the Price
• • 8 days/7 nights full board from 1st day to dinner. 8th day breakfast
• • Overnight in 3*, 4*-5* cute boutique hotel,
• • Transportation in Turkey, Transfer transactions.
• • Turkish folklore evening,
• • Access to scheduled visits,
• • Services of a university-approved English, German or Dutch-speaking guide.
 
Not Included In The Price
• • Flight Europe/Istanbul
• • Insurance, airport taxes
• • All meals, drinks in typical restaurants.
• • Drinks at the table and the usual tips for the driver and guide (target price 3 to 5 euros per person). Check-out days can be organized (according to the request of special groups).
 
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