7 Days Accessible Travel Turkey

Upon our arrival at Istanbul International Airport, your guide will meet, assist and transfer you to the “Fully Accessible Point Hotel” in Taksim square. Overnight in Istanbul.

Istanbul was the capital city of Byzantium & Roman Empires and the Ottoman State. It is a very fascinating city which actually crosses two continents Europe and Asia. It is a city of a mixture of museums, bazaars, minarets, mosques, churches, palaces, and restaurants catering to everyone’s taste, customs, and the house of fifteen million people. 

(Breakfast and Lunch included)

After breakfast, we will have the “Istanbul City Tour”. Our first visit will be to Hippodrome. Ancient Hippodrome was the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments; The Obelisk Of Theodosius, The Bronze Serpentine Column, and the Column of Constantine. Then we will visit Hagia Sophia Mosque. It was previously known as the Church of Divine Wisdom, is simply the best of its kind! Hagia Sophia Mosque is the greatest surviving example of Byzantine Architecture. For 1000 years, it was the largest church in the world, decorated with stunning 6^th-century golden mosaics. Today it is a mosque. (Wheelchair ramps are available)

Your next visit will be to Sultanahmet Mosque. It was built in the 16^th century by the architect Mehmet and is known as the Blue Mosque because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles. 

(A wheelchair ramp is located at an entrance on the northwest side of the Mosque. The carpet inside is hand-woven and decades old. Here, wheelchair users will have to transfer out of their own wheelchair and into a wheelchair that the staff provides.)

Lunch break at 13:00 pm. at Serbethane Restaurant which is next to the mosque.

After lunch, the magnificent Topkapi Palace which was built as the official residence of Ottoman Sultans will be visited. Today this palace is a museum with a wide collection of Ottoman artifacts including imperial jewels, porcelain, armor, weapons, and else…

(The entrances of some parts of the museum are straight entrances without thresholds. Disabled visitors using their wheelchairs to enter these sections.) Overnight in Istanbul

Please Note: Please do not forget to carry a scarf with you for the visit to religious places such as Blue Mosque & Haghia Sophia Mosque.

This tour is suitable for disability statuses which are:

• Hearing Impaired           • Wheelchair users           • Down Syndrome

(Breakfast and Lunch included)

After breakfast we will visit the Rahmi Koc Museum. We will see the collection of the railway vehicles, Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz's Reign Wagon and Kadikoy-Moda Tram including the 14th century celestial globe and the 19th century transit telescope, also the

Wright Brothers' glider model, the Douglas DC-3, one of the most important aircraft of all time, from the F 104S Starfighter fighter to a submarine even many old cars.

At the end of the tour transfer back to hotel.

Overnight in Istanbul.

This tour is suitable for which type of disability:

• Deaf / Hearing Impaired

• Wheelchair users • Down Syndrome

• Dialysis Patients • Elderly

(Breakfast and Dinner included)

After breakfast we will transfer to the airport for Antalya flight. Arrive Antalya, meet and assista by our guide and transfer to our “Fully Accessible Point Hotel”. Rest of the day is free in the hotel; relax at leisure in the colorful coastal town.

Antalya is surrounded by sandy beaches, soaring mountains, and picturesque waterfalls, and this tour takes in some of these most scenic spots.

Overnight in Antalya.

(Breakfast and Dinner included)

After breakfast drive to Antalya Old City (Kaleici) Kaleici is a small historic part of Antalya’s modern side, also known as the Old City of Antalya. In history it was once the sprawling modern Roman town, then the Byzantine Empire, then Seljuks, and finally the Ottoman Turkish town. Admire the Ottoman-era architecture and remains of the Roman walls. Wander the narrow streets lined with stone and timber houses, and see the ruins of Hadrian’s Gate, built to commemorate a visit by the Roman emperor in 130 AD. Antalya's broken wonder is the Broken Minaret of the Korkut Mosque, which was built originally as a Roman temple in the 2nd century AD, and thus did not have a minaret at all. Hıdırlık Tower is a landmark tower of tawny stone in Antalya, Turkey, where Kaleiçi meets Karaalioglu Park. It is believed to be built in Hellenistic era on a square plan and later turned into circular tower in 2^nd century AD and was used as either a fortification or a lighthouse in the past. We have lunch and then depart for Duden Waterfalls. All the streams of the region aim at finding their way into the Mediterranean and they pour down the slopes of the Taurus, sometimes overland sometimes underground and reaching their destination, result in lovely waterfalls, of which there are more than twenty. After tour come back to hotel and rest of day is yours.

Overnight in Antalya.

This tour is suitable for which type of disability:

• Blind / Visually Impaired

• Deaf / Hearing Impaired

• Wheelchair users • Down Syndrome

• Dialysis Patients • Elderly

(Breakfast and Dinner included)

After breakfast you will depart or full day tour of the ancient sides. First you will visit Perge. The ancient city, that was one of the most important cities along the coast. The city, known as "Parha" and believed to have survived in the Hittite Period , became one of the most organized cities of Anatolia during the Roman Period. The sculptures unearthed in the excavations in the ancient city.

Perge is also important for Christianity. St. Paul, one of the most important figures of Christianity, arrived in Perge because it is written in the Bible, the city and the river are considered as one of the holy places of Christianity.  

In Perge, you can visit the ancient baths, the acropolis and the agora, which is used as a city square. (This place is suitable for wheelchair users to visit. There are ramps at the entrance).

After visiting this impressive city you will have a lunch break.

Then you will visit the world famous ancient Greco – Roman Amphitheater. Aspendos is the most well preserved example in the world. It is famous for having the best preserved Roman theater not only in Anatolia but also in the entire Mediterranean world.

**There is a toilet suitable for wheelchairs in the ancient city of Perge.

This tour is suitable for which type of disability:

• Blind / Visually Impaired

• Deaf / Hearing Impaired

• Wheelchair users • Down Syndrome

• Dialysis Patients • Elderly

(Breakfast and Dinner included)

Today is the departure day. After breakfast you will transfer to the airport for your flight back to home.

We hope your tour was a memorable one and we would like to see you in the future in one of our tours again. Thanks for choosing mice & wedding travel.

**At the museum entrances need presentment of ID's or Parking Permits indicating the Disability.

**The tour program has been created for the wheelchair users.

**Please ask for the other kinds of disabilities