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Istanbul: Gobeklitepe Day Trip with Flights & Guide

By SELİM BAKIR TURİZM
Free cancellation available
Price is ฿39,918 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 17h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

Travel back 12,000 years on a private day trip to Göbeklitepe, the world’s oldest known temple—predating Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids by millennia. Built during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Age, this UNESCO World Heritage Site offers a rare glimpse into early human civilisation.
Your journey includes:

  • Return flights from Istanbul
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Private VIP transport
  • All entrance fees included
  • Visits to Göbeklitepe, Kızılkoyun Caves, and Urfa’s top museums.

Activity location

  • Potbelly Hill
    • Orencik
    • 63290, Sanliurfa, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Potbelly Hill
    • Orencik
    • 63290, Sanliurfa, Turkiye

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Istanbul: Gobeklitepe Day Trip with Flights & Guide in English

  • Activity duration is 17 hours17h
    17h
  • Opening hours: Mon 0:00-23:59
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
฿39,918.31 x 1 Adult฿39,918.31
Total
Price is ฿39,918.31
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private transport
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bottled water
  • What's includedWhat's included
    istanbul-Şanlıurfa and Şanlıurfa -İstanbul flight tickets
  • What's includedWhat's included
    tour guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Air-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Gobeklitepe, Urfa Archaeology Museum and Halepli Bahçe Mosaic museum
  • What's includedWhat's included
    transfer from hotel to istanbul airport and istanbul airport to hotel where we pickup
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Lunch

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Potbelly Hill

  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
Göbekli Tepe is one of the most extraordinary archaeological discoveries in the world. Dating back over 12,000 years, it predates writing, pottery, and even agriculture—making it the oldest known ritual complex ever uncovered. This awe-inspiring site continues to reshape our understanding of early human civilisation. Don’t miss the chance to experience the mystery and majesty of Göbekli Tepe first-hand.

Sanliurfa Arkeoloji ve Mozaik Muzesi

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Sanlıurfa Archaeological Museum: After Gobekli Tepe, visit the Sanlıurfa Archaeological Museum to further immerse yourself in the historical artefacts of the region. Visitors to the Museum will have the opportunity to view a range of fascinating exhibits, including the oldest statue in the world, an imitation of the Göbeklitepe D Temple, the original Nevali Çori Temple, numerous periodic animations, a Prophet Abraham Animation, about 10,000 artefacts, and some of the most aesthetically pleasing mosaics in the world at the New Şanlıurfa Museum.

Balikligol

  • 1h
Experience the beauty of Abraham Pool and its cave through scenic views and nature walks. Balıklıgol, the Pool of Abraham is famous for its significance in Jewish and Islamic legends, where it is believed that Nimrod threw Abraham into a fire. The Cave of Abraham is a famous pilgrimage site in Urfa, believed to be the birthplace of Prophet Abraham.

KIzIlkoyun Nekropolu

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Necropolis area of ​​the city of Edessa from the Roman period. We will have the opportunity to visit these graves in the caves.

Gümrük Hanı

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
It is stated that the two-storey historical inn, built with cut Urfa stone and from whose courtyard flows the water of Balıklıgöl, which is rumoured to be the place where Prophet Abraham was born and was thrown into the fire, was one of the places where commercial activities were carried out during the Ottoman period.

GAP Şanlıurfa Airport

  • 40m
  • Admission ticket included
end of the day we drive back to şanlıurfa airport

Istanbul Airport

  • 1h 40m
  • Admission ticket included
fly back to istanbul around 8:00 pm

Sultanahmet District

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
you will meet your driver at the istanbul airport, and he will drive you your hotel we pick you up this morning

Location

Activity location

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    Potbelly Hill
    • Orencik
    • 63290, Sanliurfa, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Potbelly Hill
    • Orencik
    • 63290, Sanliurfa, Turkiye

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