An unobtrusive small group tour, that doesnt feel like a tour. Accommodation and transport hassles are all removed.

Please call Annie re tours on 0411 367 16

Colleague Lulu Taylor - who lived for 12 years in Turkey and most of 2008 - is leading a 16 day tour this September 2009. 
It will be a special Exotic East Turkey tour ('Eastern Promises')  with internal flights and a tantalising look through her eyes of the undiscovered east.     

The itinerary is drafted with amazing boutique / special class hotels, minibus (strictly limited to 12 passengers) in a 'no rush' time frame. 

Let Lulu know your special interests and she will endeavour to cater to this. eg. Catal Huyuk, mosaics, archaeology, food, craft, photography, carpet weaving, music.....

In brief:  Istanbul, Trabzon, Dogubeyazit, Van, Mardin, Urfa, Nemrut Dag, Cappadocia will be journeyed through, bazaars visited, professional guides at all sites, spontaneous adventures. 

To discuss ''Eastern Promises",  costings, itinerary information etc.

Please contact Lulu on lulutaylor3@gmail.com  or 0405 144 328

With such an intimate tour you are bound to get just what you want from your visit to Turkey.

Not only does Lulu organise all the accommodation in special pension hotels or small boutique hotels, the transport and driver and the itinerary she will fill you in on everything from Turkish Bath etiquette, fables and facts, anecdotes and lots of tips on culture, language, religion and buying the best souvenirs.

Here is a sample of a recent Turkey tour -

EASTERN TURKEY

Flight from Istanbul to Goreme, Cappadocia. 3 days Cappadocia. Up to the top of Nemrut Dag to see the

amazing Heads at sunrise. 2 nights is spiritual Urfa including a trip to Harran to see the Bee Hive houses and a terrific music night of traditional eastern tunes in a historical saray (palace). On to Mardin a spectacularly unspoilt and scenic stone village on the Mesopotamian plains. A city of 5 ancient languages and home to not only a gourmet cooking school but a 2.5 metre bell boy!

Via historic and beautiful Hasankeyf (sadly due to be purposely flooded for a dam) we explored for several hours this village and had a riverside lunch in a cave. Staying on route in Batman we ate at an interesting womens' refuge/ restaurant, raising funds for womens' programs. Next day was scenic Lake Van and the Akdamar Island church.

Stayed on the lake and set off to Van fortress with a guide who then advised us to go to the Van  University and see the Van cat breeding program in action. Spontaneous and very interesting. A treat at afternoon tea as we stopped by a beautiful waterfall before arriving in Dogubeyazit and seeing not only amazing amounts of shepherds with sheep but also most glorious snow capped Mount Ararat.

There were wonderful moments in every single day of the last 14 day tour of eastern Turkey. Tailored to the requests of the travellers a cheery group who had mostly travelled in Turkey before, set off into the "unknown" and mostly little explored, non tourist side of Turkey THE EAST.