Turkey at a glance
Tap through to the live Land-tour Atlas for every place’s card: how ships or tours use it, who goes and when.
Tour start cityOvernight stopDay highlightClassic route
Tours run year-round · best April–June and September–October
- Jansailing
- Febsailing
- Marsailing
- Aprpeak
- Maypeak
- Junpeak
- Julsailing
- Augsailing
- Seppeak
- Octpeak
- Novsailing
- Decsailing
Spring and autumn bring clearer balloon mornings in Cappadocia and easier walking at Ephesus. August is when heat, crowds and prices peak on the coast; winter means more balloon cancellations.
Every Turkey place we map
10 land-tour stops, grouped as the itineraries use them. Places with a full Seabound guide link straight to it.
Day highlights 2
Overnight stops 7
The classic routes
The routes the tour companies sell most often here, drawn on the map above.
Istanbul → Ankara → Cappadocia → Konya → Antalya → Pamukkale → Kuşadası → Ephesus · 13 days
Run by Rick Steves
Istanbul → Gallipoli → Troy → Ephesus → Pamukkale → Antalya → Konya → Cappadocia → Ankara → Istanbul · 14 days
Istanbul → Cappadocia → Konya → Pamukkale → Ephesus → Antalya · 10 days
Run by Intrepid
Bodrum → Fethiye · 8 days
Run by Intrepid
Tour companies that go here
The number is how many places on this map each one uses.
Turkey map questions
How many land-tour stops are on the Turkey map?
10: 2 day highlights, 7 overnight stops, 1 tour start cities. Each one opens a card on our interactive map.
When is the Turkey season?
Tours run year-round · best April–June and September–October. Spring and autumn bring clearer balloon mornings in Cappadocia and easier walking at Ephesus. August is when heat, crowds and prices peak on the coast; winter means more balloon cancellations.
Who runs tours in Turkey?
Trafalgar, Rick Steves, Intrepid, Globus, Collette, Contiki use places on this map.
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