1 Gün: First Day: 21 March 2023 – TuesdayWe fly from Dalaman airport to Kars at 10:05 and reach to Kars airport at 13:35 with Turkish Airlines.
Upon arriving in Kars, a unique place for both calm, history and adrenaline lovers with its historical past and natural beauties, you will have the opportunity to get to know the city closely. While visiting the city, you can see Russian-Baltic architectural structures of and reflections of different cultures in the city; In the restaurants, you can taste many local delicacies such as Kars cheese and Kars goose, nettle soup and Evelik, Hangel rise with goose broth.
In addition to the Caucasian War History Museum in Kars, which is among the three interactive museums in Turkey, Cheese Museum which is famous for its various cheeses, especially gruyere, are also frequented by tourists coming to the city.
After our 1st day rogram finishes, we go to our hotel Grand Ani for accommodation. We have our dinner at our hotel.
2 Gün: Second Day: 22 March 2023 – WednesdayAfter having breakfast in Grand Ani Hotel in Kars, we will head to our way to the Ani Ruins which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List, known as the “world city”, “cradle of civilizations”, “thousand and one churches” and “the city with 40 gates”, which has a special importance as it is the first entrance gate from the Caucasus to Anatolia. At Ani Ruins we will see Ebul Menucehr Mosque, the first Turkish mosque built in Anatolia, Amenaprgic Church, Ani Cathedral, Dikran Honentz Church, Abugamir Pahlavuni Church.
After Ani Ruins we will visit Çıldır Lake between Kars and Ardahan, which is one of the important tourism centres of Turkey and whose surface is covered with ice in winter, can take a ride on horse-drawn sledges in this lake, where 123 square kilometres of area is covered with ice in winter, break the ice on the lake and catch Eskimo fish.
Before getting on train you can eat goose meat, one of the indispensable flavours of Kars, together with the Caucasian entertainment in the hotel you stayed. (EXTRA)
22th of March we board the train at 22.20 from Kars gar. You will have 2 nights in the train.
3 Gün: Third day: 23 March 2023 - ThursdayOn the Kars and Ankara route; it stops in İliç, Divriği and Sivas for 3 hours each, allowing group and individual passengers to visit touristic places to explore the natural and cultural heritage. (Each Tour EXTRA)
4 Gün: Fourth Day: 24 March 2023 – FridayWe will arrive at Ankara in the morning. We will visit Anıtkabir Mausoleum Republic's founder and leader, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Within the Anitkabir complex are the Tower of Independence, the Tower of Liberty, The Road of Lions, Mudafaa-i Hukuk Tower, the Soldier's Tower, the Tower of Victory, the Tower of Peace, the April 23 Tower, the Misak-i Milli Tower, the Reform Tower and the Victory Relieves.
After Anıtkabir, we will go to Anatolian Civilizations Museum, located on the south side of Ankara Castle. The museum has a number of exhibits of Anatolian archaeology. They start with the Palaeolithic era, and continue chronologically through the Neolithic, Early Bronze, Assyrian Trading Colonies, Hittite, Phrygian and Urartu periods.
After we finished our program, we will get to our İçkale Hotel in Ankara.
5 Gün: Fifth Day: 25 March 2023 – SaturdayWe will fly from Ankara at 08:05 and arrive at Dalaman airport at 09:25.
