12-day run special train journey between Orient and Occident
Experience your very own fairy tale in the world of stories from 1001!
Be enchanted by the scents and colors of the East, the bustling life in the bazaars and the silence of the desert. Discover the all eras from the lively trade between the cultures shaped traces of European history. With the air-conditioned special train go by beautiful natural landscapes safe and comfortable. Short Transfers you to the cultural highlights of the region. In the dining car, you will be well served and exciting as informative Board lectures to give you more detailed background on the history and culture.
special train 1001
The special train consists of modern Turkish sleeping car type to be used in scheduled traffic of the Turkish State Railways. For the special train trip, the wagons are decorated in oriental style. Each sleeper car is looked after by a sleeping car conductor, who directed you to the beds. The special train has served on a dining car in which freshly prepared dishes of regional cuisine. Evening out with bar, he invites you to get together. In addition to soft drinks, beer and wine, and selected long drinks and spirits are available.
program
first Tag: Frankfurt / M. - Istanbul. Flight to Istanbul, where your guide will be welcomed. Transfer to 4-star hotel.
second Tag: Istanbul - Pearl of the Bosphorus (F / M / A). Visit the old town with a visit to the Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque. A sense of pomp and splendor of the Ottoman period gives a tour of the Topkapi Palace. In the treasury of gold and precious stones to remember the old times of sultans. A visit to the Basilica Cistern rounded off the day. Evening cruise with buffet dinner on the Bosphorus. Enjoy the view of the city, its location with numerous palaces, villas, parks and towers from the water is particularly worth seeing.
3. Tag: Istanbul (B / A). Dolmabahace visit the Palace and the Church of Chora. Oriental tea ceremony before you translate a boat on the Asian side of town. Then you move into your compartment on the train. The journey through varied landscapes begins along the coast of the Marmara Sea. Particularly impressive is the subsequent trip through the ravines of Kapiorman Mountains.
4th Tag: Churches of the Göreme Valley (F / M / A). Partly meets the special train in Incesu. By bus, it goes through an impressive landscape of Cappadocia to Goreme. Hotel accommodation.
Day 5: Heading in the Taurus Mountains (F / M). Visit the underground city Kaymakli and the pottery town of Avanos. Through the Taurus mountains, it is the special train to the Mediterranean. This track is one of the most beautiful sections, built by engineers dt Baghdad railway. Board lecture and evening arrival in the port city of Mersin. N. on the train.
6th Tag: Through the mountains to Aleppo (F / M / A). At night the special train through the mountains on the Turkish-Syrian border, which can be accessed in the morning. Around noon arrival in Aleppo, the old town to the UNESCO world heritage matters. On foot you will take a guided tour. Overnight at hotel.
7th Tag: Aleppo (F / A). Free day in Aleppo. Optional half-day excursion to the Monastery of St. Simeon.
8th Tag: Hama - city of water wheels (F / M / A). Morning approximately 2 hours. Drive to Hama, famous for the 500 year old water wheels, Norias called. After a walk along the river bank and a lunch overlooking the Norias the journey continues to Palmyra. Nights in a 4-star hotel.
9th Tag: oasis city of Palmyra (F / M / A). Transfer to the archaeological sites, into the desert nearby, oasis city of Palmyra. After sunset, you are a guest of Bedouins, where you listen to the campfire tales of 1001 nights. Next night ride on the train.
10th Tag: In the Footsteps of the Crusaders (F / M / A). In the morning you will reach and visit Qatna Homs, where much evidence of Bronze Age were found. Next by special train to the crusader castle Krak des Chevaliers. After a tour bus trip to Tartous. After dinner, meet your special train leaves Damascus.
11th Tag: Damascus (F / A). City tour with visit to the tomb of Omajjadenmoschee and the Sultan Saladin. Then visit the Azem Palace, and free time. Or fakult. Trip: Lunch at the rooftop restaurant overlooking the old town. Tour of the National Museum, one of the most precious treasure of the whole Middle East. The farewell dinner is served in the panoramic revolving restaurant. Enjoy the view of the mosques and in the evening sun sinking city.
12th Tag: Damascus - Germany (F). Transfer to the airport and fly to Frankfurt / Main.
program changes reserved. F = breakfast, L = lunch, D = Dinner
services
• Scheduled flight with Austrian Airlines (or other west airline) Frankfurt / M. - Istanbul and Damascus - Frankfurt / M. in economy class including all taxes and fees • 4 nights in a special train in compartments of the chosen category • 7 nights in hotels • Meals as per program • Activities and transfers in air-conditioned coach as per program • Informative on-board lectures • Baggage handler • Group visa Syria • German-speaking tour guide • Travel documentation
Tour Package
packages Package: Half-Day Trip the monastery of San Simeon (including lunch), admission and tour the National Museum in Damascus (including lunch-es-sen) 76 € per person surcharge
Wohlfühlhotels: € 480 per double room, single room supplement € 980 pp
other airports dt: 130 € pp
Note This trip can be booked from Damascus to Istanbul. We will send you the program.
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Hotel: Hotel accommodation in 4 star hotels in rooms with bath or shower, WC. Wellness hotel (extra charge): interruptions. For example, in the cave hotel in Cappadocia, first class hotel at the entrance to the souq in Aleppo, Four Seasons Hotel in Damascus (surcharge).
train: Cat Pasha: 4-bed compartments (200 x 189 cm), two beds (172 x 62 cm) above the other in the center under the window there is a table. On the wagon ends combined washing and toilet facilities and a communal shower. ZD1: 4-Bett-Abteil/DZ ZE1: 4-Bett-Abteil/EZ Cat vizier: 2-bed compartments (200 x 189 cm) with 2 superposed beds (168 x 75 cm). Storage space, fridge, sink with hot and cold water, mirror and 220-volt outlets in the compartment. At both ends of carriage are toilet facilities and a shared shower. ZD2: 2-Bett-Abteil/Doppelzimmer ZE2: 2-Bett-Abteil/Einzelzimmer ZE4: 2-bed compartment for Alleinben. / EZ Cat Sultan: Spacious 2-bed compartments with double bed, shower and toilet. For the guests there is this cat in the middle of the wagon a lounge area with table. ZD3: 2-Bett-Abteil/Doppelzimmer ZE3: 2-Bett-Abteil/Einzelzimmer
Minimum: 60 people
benefits (ANF H / Power: 2076Y0)
X01 X mark Wohlfühlhotels DZ EUR 480
X02 X mark Wohlfühlhotels EZ EUR 980
benefits (ANF H / Power: 2076S0)
X01 X Tour Package EUR 76
X02 X dt other airports charge EUR 130
A travel dates Istanbul - Damascus: 6.4, 5.10.. . Damascus - Istanbul: 17.4, 16.10.
more information and reservations 04532-1207 or info@sunnyglobe.de
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