GAP Tour (4 Nights 5 Days)
What's Included
✅ Return Transportation
✅ 4 Nights Hotel Accommodation (Half Board)
✅ Dinner
✅ Morning Breakfast
✅ Service
✅ Tours
✅ Inclusions
✅ Travel Insurance
Not Included
❌ First Day Breakfast
❌ Lunches
❌ Last Day Dinner (To be taken on the way)
❌ Museum and archaeological site entrance fees,
❌ Nemrut Mountain Entrance Fee
❌ Shuttle Fee
❌ Beverages consumed during meals
❌ All organizations specified in the program
❌ Personal expenses,
❌ Halfeti Boat Tour
Tour Program
Day 1:
Our journey to Gaziantep begins at 20:00 from the designated points.
Day 2: Zeugma Mosaic Museum - Medusa Glass Museum, 14 Martyrs Monument - Bakırcılar Bazaar - Gaziantep
After enjoying a local breakfast early in the morning, we will visit the Zeugma Mosaic Museum. Then we begin our city tour. Notable sights include the hans (caravanserais), bazaars, the citadel, stone mansions, Çift Şerefeli Osmanlı Şirvani Mosque, a rural coffee house, the Medusa Carpet Museum, the historic Naip Hamam, and the 14 Martyrs Monument. After a lunch break, we will visit shopping stops such as Gümrük Han, Millet Han, and Zincirli Bedesten, followed by a visit to Tütün Han. In the Coppermakers Bazaar, we will have the opportunity to examine Gaziantep's famous handicrafts: copperwork, yemeni production, mother-of-pearl inlay, silver craftsmanship, and saddlery products. We will then arrive at our hotel for overnight stay. Dinner will be taken outside.
Day 3: Halfeti - Birecik Dam Lake - Boat Tour, Euphrates River - Cendere Bridge - Nemrut Mountain - Adıyaman
After having breakfast at our hotel, we depart by bus and arrive in Halfeti. From a terrace offering a bird's-eye view of the area submerged beneath the Birecik Dam Reservoir, built over the Euphrates River in 2000, and the historic Rum Fortress, we take photographs. Then, during a special boat tour lasting approximately one hour along the narrow valley on the Euphrates River, we capture beautiful scenes. After having lunch here, we head towards Kahta. Following a short journey, we visit the historical Cendere Bridge, Karakuş Tumulus, and Arsemia ruins, then ascend to Nemrut Mountain, which stands at an elevation of 1150 meters and is among the world's best locations for witnessing sunrise and sunset. Dinner and overnight stay at our hotel in Adıyaman.
Day 4: Atatürk Dam – Halepli Garden Mosaic Museum – Balıklı Göl Rizvaniye Mosque – Sipahiler Bazaar – Bakırcılar Bazaar – Şanlıurfa
After breakfast at our hotel, we set off by vehicle towards Şanlıurfa. Our first stop along the route is the Atatürk Dam View Terrace. From there, we continue our journey and arrive in Şanlıurfa. Here, we visit the Halepli Bahçe Mosaic Museum, which is Turkey's and Europe's most modern and newest mosaic museum after Zeugma. After the museum tour and a lunch break, we continue exploring Şanlıurfa. Our visits include Balıklı Göl, Halil Rahman Gölü, Rızvaniye Mosque, and Mevlid i Halil Mosque. We will also explore Sipahiler Bazaar, Bakırcılar Bazaar, Kazaz Market, and Gümrük Han. After visiting the cave and sacred well where Prophet Hz. Eyyüp endured his trials and offering our prayers, we ascend to Şanlıurfa Castle. Following our visit to Ulu Cami, we have free time for shopping in the historic markets and bazaars. In the evening, we proceed to the designated venue for dinner and an extra Sıra Gecesi.
Day 5: Deyrulzafaran Monastery - Kasimiye Madrasa, Syriac Church - Old Post Office - Midyat - Mardin
After an early breakfast, we head to Mardin and visit the Deyrul Zafaran Monastery, the Kasımiye Madrasa built by Akkoyunlu Sultan Kasım, followed by the Syriac Church open for worship, Kırklar Church, the Old Post Office Building, and the Grand Mosque. Afterwards, we take a lunch break. After lunch, we tour the Midyat State Guesthouse, then have free time for shopping in the bazaar, including the Midyat Silversmiths Bazaar. After completing our tour program, we begin our journey back to Istanbul.
General Information
During reservation, no seat number can be promised or guaranteed. The guide reserves the right to make changes in timing and program flow, provided that the entire program is carried out. Our tours constitute an integral whole comprising hotel, bus, tour program, and guiding services and cannot be considered separately. Unused transportation, accommodation, sightseeing tours, etc., rights within the tour are not refundable.
Our vehicles depart from the designated meeting points at the specified times for each tour; please be ready at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before departure time.
The contact number of the tour staff will be sent via SMS to the phone number you provided during reservation prior to the tour participation date. Please ensure that the contact number you provided is correct. Otherwise, responsibility lies with you.
In cases where children under 18 years of age (minors) do not participate in the tour accompanied by one or both of their parents, it is mandatory to have the necessary consent letters with them during travel.
The agency reserves the right to cancel the tour if there are insufficient participants, provided that notice is given 3 (three) days in advance. The latest circular supersedes all previous ones. Prices include VAT.
"In cases where facilities, museums, and historical sites operating under the T.C. Ministry of Culture and Tourism and local municipalities are closed due to renovation, maintenance, restoration, or any other works, Fison Travel bears no responsibility for tours that cannot be conducted due to adverse weather conditions before or during the tour."
What to bring with you?
• Comfortable clothing suitable for the season and hiking shoes,
• Cash and bank cards,
• Phone charger,
• Personal medications and basic hygiene items.