Southeast Türkiye: Gaziantep to Mardin
One of the world’s oldest living cuisines, Roman mosaics, Silk Road caravanserais and a stone city that glows at dusk.
Highlights
Signature moments
A food walk with a local cook
Baklava kitchens, pistachio markets and the difference between good and correct.
Zeugma mosaics
The finest Roman floor mosaics in the region, in a museum built for them.
Mardin at evening prayer
Honey-coloured stone, and the call to prayer rolling across the plain.
Itinerary
Day by day
- 01
Gaziantep: baklava & spice bazaar
Arrival, then a first walk through the food streets with a local cook.
Meals: Breakfast Boutique hotel in Gaziantep - 02
Zeugma Museum & copper workshops
The mosaics in the morning, the coppersmiths in the afternoon.
Meals: Breakfast Boutique hotel in Gaziantep - 03
Halfeti & Rumkale
A boat on the Euphrates to a half-submerged village and a cliff fortress.
Meals: Breakfast Boutique hotel in Gaziantep - 04
Şanlıurfa: Göbekli Tepe
The world’s oldest known temple, then Balıklıgöl in the evening.
Meals: Breakfast Boutique hotel in Şanlıurfa - 05
Harran & Deyrulzafaran
Beehive houses, then a working Syriac monastery.
Meals: Breakfast Stone hotel in Mardin - 06
Mardin old town
Monasteries, bazaars and rooftops before departure.
Meals: Breakfast
What's included
Private guiding and transfers Accommodation as listed Breakfast daily Entrance fees to sites named in the itinerary
Optional upgrades
Domestic flights Additional nights Private cooking classes Upgraded room categories
Staying
Boutique hotels, riads and family-run guesthouses
Made for
Couples, families and private groups who prefer their own pace
Trusted
What travellers and partners say
The most relaxed two weeks of my life. Someone had always thought of the small thing — the cold water, the right song on the drive, the table by the window.
They rebuilt half our honeymoon when a flight changed overnight — without a single grumpy message. Felt like travelling with friends who happen to be superhuman.
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