Nemrut & Urfa Tour 
3 Day Tour / By Bus  
Kahta-Mt.Nemrut-Harran-SanliUrfa

Day 1 - Cappadocia-Kahta 
Depart from your hotel in Cappadocia. We begin heading east and make a short photo stop at Incesu Caravansarai. We will also get a magnificent view of Mt.Erciyes near Kayseri. Lunch and tea break. We will stop in Kahramanmaras for  a taste of Turkey’s most  famous ice cream. Arrival in Kahta, near the mountian, check in hotel, dinner and overnight stay in Kahta.

Day 2 - Kahta-Mt.Nemrut-Harran-SanliUrfa (Harran)       
Rise early for the drive and the walk up to the summit of Mount Nemrut. See the magnificent relics of the tumulus of the Commagene King Antiochus Epipanes I at top of Mt. Nemrut (2150m above sea-level)  located near Adiyaman and Malatya. The amazing statues of the gods on the Nemrut summit make it a very impressive site. View a fantastic sunrise from the East Terrace. Visit the East and West terraces, fire altar, statues, of Apollo, Zeus, Hercules, Tyche and Antiochus Epipanes I, tumulus, and see the world’s first horoscope. Descend down the mountain through small villages and beautiful scenery. Stop in Arsemia to see the old castle and remains of the bridge made during the time of Alexander the Great, then cross the Cendere Roman Bridge built by Septimus Severus in the 2nd century AD and still in use! Visit Karakus, which is the tumulus of the royal Commagene women and features columns with eagle and relief. Breakfast and free time. After breakfast we will drive to Harran, city of the prophet Abraham. We will walk through the village with its fortress, old islamic school and beehive shaped adobe houses. Experience the village life. We continue to Sanli Urfa for lunch and then a view of the castle with Roman columns. Visit Mevlid Halil Mosquee and the cave of Prophet Abraham. Halil Rahman mosque and the sacred fish pool. Time permitting a chance to wander in the old Bazaar. Overnight stay in SanliUrfa.

Day 3 – SanliUrfa-Cappadocia
We will depart from Sanli Urfa after breakfast and continue to Birecik for a view of the fortress, and then cross the Euphrates River. Birecik is known for the nearly extinct Bald Ibis . Lunch and return early evening to Cappadocia, tour ends.

Tour Includes:
*Pick up and drop off
*2 Night accommodation in a S-class, individually chosen hotels
*All accomoodation is with breakfast and dinner
*Professional English speaking tour guide and driver
*All of the transfers by a comfortable vehicle
*All of the tax and service charges
*All entrance fees and lunch

Excludes:
*Drinks with meals



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Cappadocia Tour North  
Cappadocia Tour South  
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