Göbekli Tepe and Şanlıurfa Tour (One-Day)
Tour Detail
A mesmerizing journey to the ancient city of Göbeklitepe between 9000 and 10500 BC. It is 6,000 years older than Stonehenge. Its extraordinary architecture changes all known history of advanced civilizations. This special tour will allow you to explore the region and witness the ongoing excavations firsthand.
What's Included
Not Included
Personal expenses in the city, souvenir and shopping costs
Entrance fees for extra activities such as museums, archaeological sites, palaces, and boat tours
Travel insurance, health insurance, and similar additional security packages
Extra services at the hotel such as minibar, room service, and paid TV channels
Tour Program
You will be picked up early in the morning from your hotel and transferred to the airport for an approximately 2-hour flight. Şanlıurfa, once known as Edessa, has long been regarded as one of the world's most important sacred centers. The discovery of Göbekli Tepe is extremely strong evidence that challenges established knowledge about recorded human civilization. Upon arrival at Şanlıurfa Airport, you will meet your guide and proceed to Göbekli Tepe to visit the site. You will be truly amazed to see how people managed to construct this extraordinary structure using stone tools in the 10th millennium BCE. After our tour of the excavation area, we will return to central Şanlıurfa for lunch at a local restaurant where you can savor exquisite flavors of Southeastern Anatolian cuisine. After lunch, we will visit the Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum and the Mosaic Museum; these are excellent stops to feel the deep history of these lands. Located near the Sacred Pool, the museum became one of Turkey's largest after its reconstruction in 2015. It features a vast usage area of 34,000 square meters, including a restaurant, library, market, and a play area for children. Next, we will visit Abraham Lake. According to legend, Ibrahim was born and raised here, and he incurred the wrath of King Nemrut due to his struggle against idolatry. Nemrut sentenced Ibrahim to death and ordered a large fire to be built in the center of the city. However, it is said that miraculously, when Ibrahim was thrown into the fire, the flames turned into water and the wood transformed into fish.
Afterwards, you will be taken to the airport for your return flight to Istanbul, and upon arrival at Istanbul Airport, you will be transferred to your hotel.
General Information
During reservation, no seat number can be promised or guaranteed. The guide reserves the right to make changes regarding timing and program flow, provided that the entire program is carried out. Our tour is a day trip with no hotel accommodation. Our tours, consisting of bus transportation, tour program, and guiding services, form an integrated whole and cannot be considered separately. Unused rights within the tour, such as transportation or local sightseeing, are not refundable.
Our vehicles depart from designated meeting points at 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 member 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 (not legally adults) participate in the tour without one or both of their parents, it is mandatory to have the required 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 walking shoes and season-appropriate clothing
Personal care products and basic medicines
Camera or fully charged mobile phone and charger
Cash, bank card, and Istanbulkart
Sunglasses, hat, and if necessary, raincoat or umbrella