Day 1 – departure Johannesburg
Make your way to OR Tambo International Airport for your overnight flight to Istanbul via Cairo.

Day 2 – arrive Istanbul
Arrive at Cairo International Airport and transfer to your onward flight to Istanbul.

Welcome to Turkey! On arrival at Istanbul Airport, you will be met and transferred to your hotel for check in. Enjoy a welcome drink and a chat with gourmet experts in Turkish cuisine. Tonight enjoy a welcome dinner. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 3 – Turkish Cooking lesson
After breakfast, enjoy a morning orientation sightseeing tour of Istanbul. You will participate in your first Turkish cooking lesson: preparing lunch which you will enjoy! After lunch visit to Topkapi Palace. The great palace of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to the 19th centuries housing an exquisite collection of crystal, silver and Chinese porcelain, robes worn by the sultans and their families, the famous jewels of the Imperial Treasury, miniatures, the Holy Mantle; enshrining relics of the Prophet Mohammed.

Sultanahmet Imperial Mosque: Across from St. Sophia built in the 16th century by the architect Mehmet, is know as the Blue Mosque because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles. Hippodrome: Ancient Hippodrome, the scene of chariot races, with the three monuments; the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 4 – Istanbul Cooking lesson
After breakfast, you will visit Istanbul Bosphorus Cruise by boat along the waterway separating Europe and Asia. Then visit the famous Egyptian (Spice) Bazaar, with elaborate displays of herbs, spices, dried fruit, nuts and other snacks and ingredients. Then we will go to one of the city’s most famous baklava shops to watch the masters produce this favorite Turkish sweet. This will be a good experience for you. In the afternoon you will go back to the kitchen for another cooking lesson followed by tea, coffee and goodies. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 5 – departure Istanbul
After breakfast, check out from the hotel. You will be transferred back to Istanbul Airport for your departure flight.

Day 6 – arrive Johannesburg
Early morning arrival at OR Tambo International Airport.

Included:
Airfare on Egypt Air – JNB/CAI/IST/CAI/JNB (subject to certain seats & conditions)
Arrival and departure transfers from Istanbul Ataturk Airport
2 different cooking classes
3 nights accommodation at a 4* hotel in Istanbul
3 breakfasts and 1 welcome dinner
All entrance fees mentioned in the itinerary
Transportation in a fully air-condition, non-smoking coach
Professional English speaking tour guide