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A group of people standing on a wooden platform at an archaeological site with visible excavation pits. 1
Two people standing on a wooden platform with a view of an archaeological site beneath a covered walkway. 2
Ancient ruins with stone structures and a person taking a photo. 3
By Travel Concierge Turkey & Cyprus

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Price is Rp26.366.800 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets

Features

  • 17h
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  • Selective hotel pickup

Overview

  • Reaching Gobeklitepe and Karahantepe from Istanbul requires flights and local transport; this private tour arranges both in one long day. Fly to Sanliurfa, visit the two Neolithic sites with English-speaking guidance, and continue to the Sanliurfa Archaeology Museum, Haleplibahce Mosaic Museum, Kizilkoyun Roman tombs, and Balikligol. The museums include finds from both sites and early Roman-period floor mosaics, while hotel pickup and drop-off in Istanbul, a private vehicle in Sanliurfa, and admission to Gobeklitepe and the Archaeology Museum simplify the day.

Activity location

  • Istanbul
    • Istanbul, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Istanbul
    • Istanbul, Turkiye

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Daily Gobeklitepe, Karahantepe

  • Activity duration is 17 hours17h
    17h
  • English

Spanish Speaking Guidance
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 4:00
Price details
Rp26.366.800 x 1 AdultRp26.366.800
Total
Price is Rp26.366.800
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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    - Private luxury Mercedes Minivan with driver in Sanliurfa for day.
  • Inclusions
    Admission Fees of Gobeklitepe and Archaeology Museum
  • Inclusions
    Flight tickets from / to Istanbul -Şanlıurfa
  • Inclusions
    - Parking
  • Inclusions
    - Professional fluent English-speaking guidance
  • Inclusions
    - Private Istanbul Airport transfer from/to hotel of city centre.
  • Exclusions
    We have lunch in Alacart restaurant.

Know before you book

    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Service animals allowed
    • Specialised infant seats are available
    • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
    • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Istanbul

  • 1h
Our tour guide pick you up from your hotel and drive to Istanbul Airport together. We suggest the TK 2246 flight from IST to Sanliurfa which takes off at 6.25AM. Driving takes around 1 hour. So, we must pick you up latest at 4.15AM.

Istanbul Airport

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
We choose earliest flight to Şanlıurfa either from Istanbul Airport or Sabiha Gokcen Airport. Take flight to Sanlıurfa. Flight takes around 2 hours.

Karahantepe

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Karahantepe is believed to date back similar time with Gobeklitepe. Karahantepe has a special structure carved into the bedrock with a human head and phallic totem. It is thought to have a ritualistic function to be adult for a human.

Göbeklitepe

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
We drive directly to Gobeklitepe where history started. This place is on-going archaeological excavations at Gobeklitepe. Klaus Shmit who discovered Gobeklitepe gave this name to this hill which means abdomen hill. Although this site was not so widely known. But currently being undertaken anywhere in the world. It is thought that first humans was praying and thanking to mother nature for fertility. So They had built huge stones in T-shaped with animal figures on in tonnes of weights. It will be so exciting to be there and smell the oldest history on the hill. After having enough information there, we leave the area and drive to Karahantepe.

Cevahir Han

  • 1h
We have a lunch break in a local kebab restaurant. Sanliurfa is the home of Turkish Kebabs and is the city of Gastronomy in the world. Cevahirhan is the best restaurant to taste the local kebabs.

Sanliurfa Arkeoloji ve Mozaik Muzesi

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
After than we visit Sanliurfa Archaeology Museum and Halepli Bahce Mosaic Museum. They were closed for a year and reopened again in last January. Therefore, we include these worth to visit museums to our itinerary as we promised. We are going to see all findings from Göbeklitepe Hill and Karahantepe. And of course, Haleplibahce Mosaic Museum to see magnificent early Roman period floor mosaics of Roman Villas there.

KIzIlkoyun Nekropolu

  • 45m
  • Admission ticket included
Sanlıurfa is famous with its caves. It is believed Kızılkoyun caves are the oldest caves from Neolitic age. And It had been used during thelater periods too. Today we can see Roman tombs there.

Balikligol

  • 30m
Balikligol (means fish lake in English) has been considered sacred by Jews and Muslims. According to legend, this is where Abraham was thrown into a fire by Nimrod, but God turned the fire into water and the wood into fish. The pool is full of carb fish and not allowed to touch them. We walk around of pool.

Şanlıurfa Merkez (Pass by)

The old bazaar of Sanliurfa is a treasure trove of history, culture, and art. It is a place where you can experience the rich heritage and diversity of this city, as well as find some unique souvenirs and gifts. It is a complex of narrow alleys and covered markets that sell a variety of goods, from traditional handicrafts and textiles to spices. It was very important marketing point on the Silk Road.

GAP Şanlıurfa Airport

  • 1h
After completing our tour around 5.30-6.00PM we drive to Airport to catch our flight back to Istanbul.

GAP Şanlıurfa Airport

  • 2h
We take TK2243 flight back to Istanbul which takes off at 20.15PM from Sanliurfa Airport. It takes 2 hours flight back to Istanbul.

Istanbul Airport

  • 1h
Our driver will meet us at the airport to take us back to Hotel.

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    Istanbul
    • Istanbul, Turkiye

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    Istanbul
    • Istanbul, Turkiye

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