Turkey Hop on Hop off - Turkey Express Pass - 6 day tour

Backpacker Budget Bus Around Turkey

Overnight Stop Public Bus Stop Add On: Eastern Explorer Bus Route

Highlights :-   - Bergama - Pergamum Tour   - Cappadocia - Optional Hot Air Balloon Flight   - Cappadocia - Sultanhani Caravansaray   - Duden - Waterfall   - Gallipoli - Optional Gallipoli Battlefields Tour   - Koycegiz - Boat Cruise   - Koycegiz - Waterfall   - Kusadasi - Optional Ephesus Tour   - Kusadasi - Optional Pamukkale Tour   - Troy - Tour Accommodation :- No accommodation is included on this tour

Turkish Folklore Night - Cappadocia

The 'Fez Bus’ Turkey Express pass is great if you are short of time!

It includes the Fez Bus circuit from Istanbul to Kusadasi and then a public bus link across to Cappadocia (via Pamukkale) where you rejoin the Fez Bus for the rest of the circuit back to Istanbul.

You can start anywhere on the express circuit, do the full loop and finish back where you started.

The pass covers the circuit from Istanbul to Kusadasi and Cappadocia to Istanbul - valid all season.

Minimum time to complete pass is 6 days.

An early start today as we head west along the northern coast of the Sea of Marmara. This afternoon, you can honour the ANZAC’s on an optional tour of the Gallipoli battlefields, the site of the ill-fated World War 1 campaign or spend the afternoon exploring Canakkale.

Fez Bus stays overnight in Canakkale

This morning, we head south along the Aegean coast, stopping at the ancient cities of Troy and Pergamum for guided tours. If we have time we may check out some local handicrafts on the way. Tonight, you can choose to stay in either Selcuk or Kusadasi. This overnight stop is the best place on the circuit to do a day trip to the white calcium terraces of Pamukkale.

Fez Bus stays overnight in Kusadasi

Option 1 - Direct bus from Kusadasi/Selcuk to Cappadocia
Option 2 - Take a morning bus to Pamukkale and spend the day exploring the calcium terraces and the ancient site of Hierapolis, or maybe stay the night and catch sunrise over the terraces. You have a choice of several departures each day onto Cappadocia to re join the Fez bus.

Leaving the moonscape of Cappadocia behind we head north through the heart of the central Anatolian plain to nation’s capital Ankara. We will have a short stop at the Anatkibir, the Mausoleum of the famed Mustafa Ataturk before we continue onto Safranbolu, a virtual open air museum of traditional Ottoman architecture where you can watch craftsman at work and maybe bargain with them for their goods.

Fez Bus stays overnight in Safranbolu

We drive along the Black Sea coast today stopping for a chance to relax on the beach at the sea side town of Akcakoca, or maybe you will prefer a little more adventure and will choose the option of river rafting at nearby Duzce if water levels permit. Late afternoon we continue on to the exotic city of Istanbul where we leave Asia and return to the European continent.

Early evening we arrive at Fez office, which is situated in Sultanahmet at the heart of the old city.

Fez Bus stays overnight in Istanbul

Fez Bus includes

• English speaking onboard tour leader giving you a wealth of super interesting and useful info
• Transportation in a fully air-conditioned, non-smoking bus
(local transport used on Turkey Express link and may be used on some travel sectors)
• Guided tours of Troy & Pergamum (entrance fees not included)

Fez Bus does not include

• Accommodation
• Suggested optional activities and sightseeing
• Entrance fees to the various sites

Please Note:-
Your DEPARTURE DATE and DEPARTURE POINT must be advised to Fez at least 48 hours before departure and may be amended any time up until 48 hours before departure. Otherwise your travel on the Fez bus will be on a standby basis and will be dependent upon availability.