Newmarket Holidays has extended its Premier Collection of escorted tours with a new adventure visiting the ancient highlights of Istanbul and the distinctive region of Cappadocia in central Turkey.
Istanbul & Cappadocia – Turkey's Historic Gems is an eight-day small-group tour that explores the cultural impact of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires. The itinerary includes guided walking tours of Istanbul to discover religious icons including the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia; Topkapi Palace, once the crown jewel of the Ottoman Empire, and the 6th century Basilica Cistern, the city's ancient underground water store.
This section of the tour ends with the option of a cruise through the Princes' Islands archipelago in the Sea of Mamarra, with a final stop of the car-free isle of Büyük Ada. Guests then fly to Cappadocia in Anatolia to explore the region's famous volcanic landscape dotted with tufa rock spires, otherwise known as fairy chimneys, and distinctive subterranean settlements that are cut into the soft rock.
Sights include an immense underground citadel, sculpted forts and cave dwellings, with guests spending three nights in a new rock-carved hotel, Yusuf Yiğitoğlul Mansion. As a Premier Collection tour, group numbers are limited to no more than 24 people, with accommodation in elegant four-star hotels, and internal flights rather than road transfers to reduce travel times.
Prices include bed-and-breakfast accommodation, return flights from Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham and Heathrow, tours and transfers, with four departures in September and October 2025.
Newmarket Holidays' range of Premier Collection holidays offer travellers a choice of carefully curated premium tours all providing a more intimate and slower-paced travel experience. With group sizes capped at 24, the tours showcase unique, characterful and luxury boutique accommodations alongside lighter-paced itineraries to maximise enjoyment and comfort.
