Cheapest Countnries to Visit from Pakistan

 

BREAKDOWN (for 2 persons)

•INTERNATIONAL TICKETS:

208,000 (Etihad)

•INTERNAL FLIGHT TICKETS:

21,200 (ist-cappadocia) Pegasus airlines

22,181 (izmir-istanbul) Turkish airlines

HOTELS: 114,000 (5 budget hotel, breakfast included)

DAY 1: ISTANBUL

• Reached Istanbul In the evening, took havaist bus from airport in 52 lira pp

• Reached hotel and roamed around istaklal Street. Hotel was in the main istaklal street. Had amazing kunafe and tres leches cake from hafiz mustafa.

• went to galata Bridge and eminoue Station and soaked in bosphorus views.

DAY 2:

• made Metro card and went straight to sultanahmet.

• explored Aya Sophia mosque, blue mosque, topkapi palace (320 lira pp)

• explored Grand bazar

• went to Sulemaniaye mosque, and man what views of Istanbul. Worth it.

• chilled in istaklal street

DAY 3:

• took ferry to Princess island in the morning ( 70 lira with return ticket), rented bicycle In (50 lira) and explored the biggest island Buyukada, had lunch and went back.

• went to galata Tower, ate San Sebastian cheesecake (omg)

• night at istaklal

DAY 4:

• Went to the Asian side of Istanbul, such chill vibes. Went to Camilica mosque first, the biggest mosque in istanbul, and just roamed around the Asian side and had lunch across the bosphorus.

• had Massage again, went back to hotel, took havaist bus from taksim to sabiha gocken Airport (50 lira pp) and took flight to Cappadocia

• took Shuttle from Keyseri airport to our hotel (150 lira pp)

• checked in the hotel and slept

DAY 5: CAPPADOCIA

• woke early morning and roamed around Cappadocia. Loved Cappadocia’s vibes and landscape. We booked ATV TOURS AND GREEN TOURS. Went back to hotel

• the tour company picked us from the hotel for the 2 hours sunset ATV (25 euro pp), you can take 1 Atv and take turns riding it.

• it was such an amazing activity, we went to pigeon valley, sword valley, sunset point, love valley. The sunset was beautiful.

• they dropped us off at City centre, had dinner and shisha, went back to hotel and slept. We had Green tour next morning.

DAY 6:

• Tour company picked us at 9.30 am for GREEN TOUR (40 euro pp).

• Our tour guide was so good, made the whole tour amazing. We went to underground city, Illhara valley, Hiked for 3 km, went to Selime cathedral, lunch was included. Went to free tasting of Turkish delicacies. Bought some ofcourse as well

• They dropped us off hotel, took our luggage and made some friends at a restaurant that served us shisha for 4 hours and even stored our luggage for safekeeping.

• we took overnight bus to Antalya at 11 pm with bus service KamilKoc (320 lira pp)

• it took us 9 hours to reach Antalya, saved us a day from hotel.

DAY 7: ANTALYA

• Reached Antalya in the morning, went straight to tramway and made Antalyacart on spot and took the tram to mustapasa Station and walked to our hotel.

• it was 10 am, but our check in was at 2pm. They give us early check in ( bless him).

• slept for 2 hours than went out to explore Antalya. Went to the harbour side, ate lunch. Saw the prettiest sunset from the harbour

• went to old town kalechi at night and explored the cute streets, saw Hadrains gate, had some shisha and booked tours for the next 3 days from a Pakistani guy omer, apna hi nikla to khoob discounts karai.

DAY 8: LAND OF LEGENDS

• We booked land of legends with transfers with omer. It costed us ($75) from morning till evening. It was so much fun, we were in the pool all day, took amazing slides, than went to theme park and enjoyed all the rides like roller coaster etc, again went to the pool to relax and went back to the hotel in the evening.

• we were drained at that point, had dinner and went to bed

DAY 9: RAFTING, ZIPLINING, QUAD BUGGY (pick and drop from hotel and lunch included)

• oh man what an amazing day it was, booked from omer for ($35 pp)

• we Ziplined first, it was okay, I have had better ones

• than quad buggy, it was ahmazing, we rode it for 45 min or more. We were all muddy in the end.

• last we went for rafting, it was so good, the water was so beautiful. It was the Highlight of our day. You can even jump in the water and relax.

• went back to the hotel, had dinner, went to kalechi again for shisha and old bazar, it was right next to our hotel. Last night in Antalya well spent.

DAY 10: SCUBA DIVING

• Booked this again from omer in ($25 pp) included 2 dives and lunch with pick and drop from hotel

• was scared from deep waters but had to do it as want to scratch from my bucket list. First dive was scary as hell but it was such a different experience with fishes all around.

• after lunch we had our second dive and our instructor took me under the boat with so many fishes it was mesmerising. Loved the experience.

• went to the hotel as we had to take the bus to fethiye in the afternoon. Reached fethiye after 3.5 hours.

• checked in, had dinner and went to sleep

DAY 11: FETHIYE

• woke early morning and took a bus to oludeniz for (23 lira pp)

• we booked DRAGON BOAT on spot for ($25), It leaves at 10.30 so we got lucky as we reached at 10.25 am.

• omg what an amazing and fun that was, there was music, dancing, foam party, dives, lunch, island hopping. What a day.

• took the bus back to fethiye in (23 lira pp) again and explored fethiye as it was our last day. Went to fethiye harbour, watch the sunset. Relaxed a bit, had amazing fried chicken, went to hotel and slept.

DAY 12: PARAGLIDING

• we booked paragliding a day before from infinity paragliding ($125 pp) with pictures and videos

• what an amazing experience, totally worth it, the blue lagoon, the thrill, just wow

• took bus back to fethiye, took our luggage to fethiye otogar and booked bus to Izmir ( 249 lira pp) from KamilKoc. Took us 6.5 hours to get there

• checked in, had dinner and slept

DAY 13: IZMIR/ALACATI

• woke early morning and took taxi to izmir otogar and took cesme bus to Alacati for (80 lira pp)

• Reached Alacati in an hour, explored the cute streets of alacati, spend 2,3 hours, had lunch, and took the cesme bus back to izmir (80 lira pp)

• Reached Izmir late afternoon, freshen up and walked to konak pier, watched the most beautiful sunset ever. So peaceful

• had shisha and dinner at the harbour

• went to hotel, slept and had an early morning flight to Istanbul Airport

Day 14

• we had long flights ahead, but reached karachi late night Alhumdulliah, missing Turkey badly

BREAKDOWN CONTINUED

ACTIVITIES: 140,000 for 2 person that includes ( Topkapi Palace, Princess island+cycling, ATV, Green tour, Land of legends, Scuba Diving, Rafting, ziplining, Quad Buggy, Dragon boat, paragliding)

VISA: 43,000

INSURANCE: 6000

8 SHISHA’s: 13,000

FOOD+DRINKS: 32,000

INTERCITY TRAVELLING: 37,500 ( Buses, trams, metro, shuttles, taxi)

SIM: 4,600 (TURK TELECOM 25GB+5GB free), we topped up 8 GB more for 800 pkr.

MASSAGE CHAIRS AT ISTAKLAL: 20 lira for 20 minutes (do try after all day walking, heaven on earth)

SOUVENIRS: bought some sweets, magnets, jewelry, didn’t do shopping (wasn’t interested).

The total breakdown for 2 people were 640,000 pkr for the whole trip.