5 Days Malatya City & Cooking Tour

Meet at the Malatya Airport. Transfer to Malatya City and check-in to the Hotel. Overnight in Malatya.

(Breakfast included)

We will pick you up from your hotel early in the morning. We are starting the Malatya City Tour. You can see the historical and touristic values of Malatya by visiting our Malatya tour, seeing and getting to know it. In the centre of Malatya we go to the ASLANTEPE MOUND, one of the largest in Turkey. The excavations found a temple, a palace and many seals and ingenious metal items from 3,600-3,500 BC. Then we go to the Archeology Museum. Many works belonging to Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Hittite, Urartu, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods are exhibited in Malatya Archeology Museum. Our next route is Eski Malatya City walls. Malatya City Walls is located in Battalgazi district. The city was built around the time of the Roman Emperor Traianus (98-117). The walls, which are repaired from time to time, have 95 bastions and 11 gates. Then we go to Ispendere Drinking Water. İspendere is famous for its healing waters in Malatya. You can drink from soda water. Our last stop is passing to Sürgü Takaza. Sürgü Takaza is one of the promenade places of Malatya in the green. The streams in it add a different coolness here. You can find places to eat delicious trout around. We return to the hotel after the end of the tour. Overnight in Malatya.

(Breakfast and Lunch included)

After breakfast we will go to a local restaurant to get a cooking class by the chef of the restaurant. The guide will also explain all the details to us. You will prepare the lunch with Chef and after the preparation you will eat that lunch at the restaurant. In our food menu we will learn local dishes from Malatya Cuisine, which is inspired by Turkish cuisine. Of course some desserts and salads will be on the menu. After the lunch we will return to hotel. Overnight in Malatya.

(Breakfast included)

We will pick you up from your hotel and go to Hamamı (Turkish Bath). This Hamam culture dates back to the Roman empire ages. Today the Turkish Bath has three sections as cold part, warm part and hot part like a Roman Bath. Also Turkish Baths have special staff for the scrub (peeling) ritual. Female staff called as natır, male staff called as tellak in Turkish Language. We will get relax and chill. After this local relaxing ritual return to hotel. Overnight in Malatya.

(Breakfast included)

After breakfast check out from your hotel and transfer to Airport for your flight back home. We hope you have enjoyed our 5 Days Malatya City - Cooking Tour & Turkish Bath. We hope this was a memorable tour for you and looking forward to see you again on another tour of ours. Thank you for joining us.