Diyarbakır & Mardin Tour

Destinations

Diyarbakır – Hasan Pasha Inn – Fortification walls – Ten Eyed Bridge – Malabadi Bridge – Hasankeyf – Midyat – Telkari Bazaar – Midyat Guest House – Mardin – Mor Behrem Fourties Saints Church – Mardin Museum – Latifiye Mosque – Grand Mosque – PTT Building – Shediye Madrasah – Abbaralar – Kasimiye Madrasah – Deyrulzafaran Monastry – Dara Ancient City

We meet  with you, our esteemed guest, in front of the Ugur Plaza, HRT TOURS Agency  at 00:00 on Saturday and at 01:00, start to move to Diyarbakır enjoyably.

1st Day, Saturday

Destinations

Diyarbakır

Hasan Pasha Inn

Fortification walls

Ten Eyed Bridge

Malabadi Bridge

Hasankeyf

Midyat

Telkari Bazaar

Midyat Guest House

Mardin

Dear guests, we have breakfast, specially prepared for us, at famous Kadir Usta’s place in Hasan Pasha Inn in Diyarbakır center at the morning.  Following this delicious breakfast, we pass to Diyarbakır Grand Mosque, which is 5th most important praying place of Muslim World, placed opposite of the our breakfast place, Hasan Pasha Inn. Then we go to the most importatnt fortification walls of Diyarbakır fortification walls, Goat Tower and overview the Diyarbakır panaromically. Then we take photos of Ten Eyed Bridge and visit the Malabadi Bridge, constructed on Diyarbakır-Batman road in 1147 by Artuqids (Artukoğulları), and take a  tea-coffee break here. After this enjoyable tea-coffee timebreak, we go towards Batman. We see the petroleum wells on the road. We arrive Hasankeyf and here's unique caves. May be here we can't do visit all places (New Palace, Masjit, Control Tower,Grand Palace, Grand Mosque, Caves)  becaus of ongoing Ilısu Dam Project and some restorations. And we see unique Minaret, only remained part of El Rızk Mosque and the largest bridge of middle age constructed by Fahrettin Karaaslan in 1116. And we get informed about here's histrory by guide and take wonderful photo frames. After this nice visit, we go to the religions home, Midyat as known small Mardin. Following the free time-break at Telkari Bazaar which is one of the important handcraft of the region, we go to Midyat Guest House that is remembered from Turkisk TV series Sıla. Next, we go to the hotel in Mardin and have dinner and a rest.

Accommodation:

Shopping Places: Shops explained on programme

Breakfast: Master Chef Kadir's Place (included to price)

Lunch: Rural Meals etc. (Extra)

Dinner: Open Buffet or Set Buffet in Hotel

Evening Entertainent of the Day: Hotel & Entertaining Place near the hotel

2nd Day, Sunday

Destinations

Mardin

Mor Behrem Forty Saints Church

MardiN Museum

Latifiye Mosque

Grand Mosque

PTT Building

Shediye Madrasah

Abbaralar

Kasımiye Madrasah

Deyrulzafaran Monastry

Dara Ancient City

 We start to our Mardin tour with Mardin City Museum which is like a masterpiece, after the open buffet breakfast in hotel. Our first stop point is Mor Behrem Forty Saints Church in here. Following to get informed by church officer about here, we go for a walking among Mardin's narrow streets in the meanwhile we see Mardin Museum, Latifiye Mosque, and one of the most important structure of the region, Grand Mosque and then take photos. And we visit PTT (Post Office) Building where is done  a lot of TV series and films, and Shediye Mosque and Madrasah, then pass through the Mardin symbol's Abbaras ( fastener archways among the streets) and arrive the Kasımiye Madrasah. Here, which educational system is  as much equal as  universities, during the Seljuk Rule, we learn Eyvan philosophy of South-East Anatolia by guide explanation. Next, we head for Deyrulzafaran Monastry that is center for Assyrian people until 1932. Following to get informed about here, we go to Dara Ancient City as named Mesapotamia's Ephesus. We see the ancient ruins of the first dam of the World in this ancient city placed on Silkroad and hear the belief of Achaemenid God, Ahura Mazda  and so, some fire towers were constructed. We search the here's ruins such as castle (Daras Anastasiupolis), bridge, water-channels, water-cisterns, arasta, rocky tombs and ruins of ancient civil residences and in the meantime we talk with region people about Mesapotamia hospitality, notice power of kindness and tolarance of here's society again. After this generous hospitality, we finish the tour and move to come back Gaziantep.

We arrive start point of us in Gaziantep at 23:00 after tour, rich with culture and history. We say good bye you, our esteemed guest, hoping to meet at another HRT TOURS.

Shops : Explained on pragramme

Breakfast: Open-buffet in hotel (included to price)

Lunch: Rural meals ( Extra)

Dinner: In quality and safe facilities on returning route.

Services included to price

Travel by high model vehicle

Professional Guidance Services

1 Night at 5 Stars Hotel

Dinner at hotel

2 Breakfast icluding first day

Entrance Fees to National Parks

Otopark and Highway Fees

TURSAB Travel Insurance

HRT TOURS refreshment in vehicle

Accompany and Assurance of HRT TOURS

Services not included to price

Lunches and Drinks

Entrance Fees of Museum and Historical Cites

Extra Activities

Agency & Tour Notes

• Our guide may change in tour programme relevant with main programme depend on unforeseen weather and road situation. As a result of  do not obeying destination time plan by guests during the tour, the agency isn't responsible of not visited places , even though, written  on destination plan.
• There isn't responsibility of agency due to bad weather condition  during and prior to the tour. If the tour go on in normal speed in planned destinations, then the optinal places will be visited and this situation is under guide inisiative.
• Seat number cannot be promised and guaranteed at the time of booking. The tour operator arranges groups according to the order of registration, health status, compliance and wishes.
• Our hotels can be exchanged with the same standards-level and at least as good as the existing hotel. Our Agency reserves the right to make changes in hotels due to compulsory, force majeure, unforeseen or unobstructed reasons. In case of change, guests will be informed for approval.
• Our tours are a whole with hotels, vehicles, tour program and guidance services. The vehicles are determined by the agency according to the number of people and seats cannot be promised in the vehicle type or as stated above. The vehicles used by our agency in the tours are new-end model vehicles and all our tours are made with HRT TOURS in a luxurious and comfortable way.
• Museum Card is the only card issued by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey is a citizen. Those who have a Museum Card are entitled to free visits to all museums and historical sites of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for a year. Museums for persons under 18 are free of charge. T. C. museum card cannot be given to guests who are not citizens. Full museum card fee is 70 TL and Student / Teacher museum card fee is 30 TL.