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Journey into the cradle of civilisations

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From the lingering taste of sweet Turkish delight on your tongue to views of the historic battlefield of Gallipoli, Turkey is a destination that you will never forget.

With Authentic Holidays, your tour will be full of local insider secrets, once in a lifetime encounters and unique experiences. Authentic Holidays designs tours for couples, families or small groups. But regardless of who you travel with, your trip to Turkey will be an intimate journey into the heart of a country with delicious food, charming hospitality, and landscapes that are a wonder to behold.

Authentic Holidays, a division of Global Pacha Tours since 1983, is a specialist boutique tour operator in travel to Turkey from Australia. Authentic Holidays creates a genuine Turkish travel experience for you based on an intimate knowledge of the country and its heritage.

Individualised Tailor-Made or Classic Escorted Tours

With years of expertise and knowledge of Turkey's best travel destinations, Authentic Holidays can design your own unique tour or help you choose from the exclusive range of Classic Turkey tours. Whether you are on a first visit or coming back for any occasion, the experts in all things Turkish can design your next dream holiday to Turkey.

Authentic Holidays guarantees all escorted tours departures. Guides are carefully chosen for their knowledge and enthusiasm. Well-educated and fluent in English, they love their country and are eager to share their knowledge of it with you. Unless otherwise indicated, 34 is the maximum number of tour participants accepted on an escorted tour.

Gulet Cruises

A “Gulet” is a traditional Turkish wooden yacht with a pointed fore, a round aft and a double mast. During the charter, life is centered on deck with plentiful deck space for sunning and relaxing. Gulet Cruises are ideal for adventerous travellers who can be satisfied with traditional accommodations.

Discover untouched creeks of the Aegean Sea in an authentic way. The “Blue Voyage” is a yachting tour, cruising along Turkey’s southwestern coast in the warm and clear waters of the Aegean and the Mediterranean. You will enjoy the beauty and serenity of nature, the countless solitary idyllic bays and coves where pine and olive trees, oleander bushes grow, but you will also discover picturesque small towns, villages, remains of ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Lycian and Carian civilizations, and even ancient underwater ruins.