Day 1: Istanbul – Ipsala
Meeting Points:
23:00: In front of Kadıköy Marriage Office
23:30: In front of Mecidiyeköy Polat Holding
00:00: In front of İncirli Plaza
We pick up our guests from the designated locations and start our journey. We reach the Turkish border in Ipsala by following the Tekirdağ - Keşan - Ipsala route.
Day 2: Thessaloniki
Arrival in Thessaloniki in the morning and panoramic city tour; the waterfront, White Tower, rotating tower, fair square, Ottoman and Byzantine monuments, Aya Dimitros Cathedral, the largest cathedral in Greece, Statue of Alexander the Great, Hamza Bey Mosque, E. Venezelo - P. Konstantin statues, Vardar, Makedonia, Aristotle, and Eleftherios squares are among the places to be seen. At the end of the tour, we visit the house of the Great Leader Atatürk and settle into our hotel. In the evening, for those who wish, there is an optional opportunity to join a Greek tavern, with delicious food, Greek music, and unlimited entertainment accompanied by bouzouki. (50 EUR)
Day 3: Thessaloniki - Kavala – Komotini – Alexandroupoli – Istanbul
After breakfast, departure for Kavala. After approximately a 2-3 hour journey, arrival in Kavala and panoramic city tour; aqueducts, port, castle, 19th-century neoclassical buildings, Pangia, old and new town, Acropolis, lighthouse, Ag. Nicholas and Teodoro Kimissi churches, the inn of Mehmet Ali Pasha from Kavala, and after seeing the House Statue, free time for lunch, then passing panoramically through the Turkish region cities of Xanthi & Komotini & Alexandroupoli, and journeying to the Ipsala border gate. Following passport and customs procedures, we travel to Istanbul via the Keşan-Tekirdağ-Silivri highway. After a free meatball break in Tekirdağ, arrival in Istanbul in the evening, end of our tour, and drop-off of our guests at the points from which they were picked up.