2DaysTours: Expanding Your Experience in Turkey
Experience the magic of time travel with 2DaysTours. Join our new Haunted Night Tour in the center of Istanbul. We also offer one or two-day tours leaving Istanbul to the most historical and exciting locations in Turkey. Our locations are in upper Mesopotamia where the world’s first civilizations took form. Visit the oldest and most relevant destinations in Turkey and Expand Your Experience.
Istanbul’s first and only Haunted Night Tour! Listen to the dark stories with our talented guides. Walk in the footsteps of those who were here before while in the dark with lanterns lighting the way. Istanbul is the center of two great Empires where the past and the paranormal intertwine. Journey through the shadows of the hippodrome, investigate Roman ruins and the events that happened there. This two-hour tour has stops for resting and investigating along the way. We will also be using voice recorders and emf detectors and other ghost hunting equipment to investigate some of our locations. Join us for a fun and spooky evening with spinetingling stories that are sure to thrill your friends and family.
The Genesis tour is a two-day tour to eastern Turkey in Upper Mesopotamia where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers form. This is the fertile crescent also known as the cradle of civilization because of its rich soil and location of the world’s first civilizations. The first stop on the itinerary is Göbeklitepe which is the oldest temple ever discovered, and it has also been named as the “zero point of human history” because this is where hunter gatherers began to transition to settled agriculture. This is a pre-pottery neolithic archeological site that is 12,000 years old. We will then visit the city of Urfa; ancient Edessa also known as the city of prophets. Here we will explore the Cave of Abraham (the birthplace of the Biblical Abraham) and the Kazzaz Bazar which once serviced travelers on the Silk Road. The next morning, we make our way to Tas Tepeler which means “stone hills.” This area marks the beginning of civilization, and it is where we find the world’s first village, Karahan Tepe. The next stops on the tour are Sogmater; the city of ancient star worshipers, the well of Moses, and the ancient city of Harran (Mentioned in the Bible, Torah and the Quran).
The Mount Nemrut tour is a one-day tour or an add-on to the Genesis tour (check add-on’s). This tour is a full day tour to Adiyaman in Eastern Turkey. It was designated a UNESCO Heritage Site in 1987 and has been named the 8th Wonder of the World. Crowning one of the highest peaks of the Eastern Taurus Mountain range is the temple-tomb built by the late Hellenistic King Antiochos I of the Commagene Kingdom in the 1st century BC as a monument to himself. It has been listed as one of the best places in the world to see the sunset. Monumental statues of Greek and Persian gods are perched upon their thrones on both sides of the mountain sitting in front of the sanctuaries. We will also be visiting the ancient city of Perre, Karakulus Tumulus, Cendere Bridge, and the ancient city of Arsemia. This day tour is a day you will never forget. It is full of ancient history and natural beauty.
The Göbeklitepe tour is a one-day tour flying to Sanliurfa, Turkey from Istanbul and back. This tour is also a part of the Genesis tour which is a two-day tour. Göbeklitepe is a 12,000-year-old neolithic archeological site that predates pottery, the wheel, metal work, agriculture and civilizations. Göbeklitepe is the oldest temple in the world and the world’s oldest megalith. To put it in perspective this site is 6,500 years older than the Great Pyramids of Egypt and potentially the earliest forms of writing, predating the Sumerians by 5,000 years. The temple was built by hunter-gatherers and helps on shedding light on the development of human civilizations. Göbeklitepe is known as the “zero point of human history” because this is where hunter-gatherers first began to farm and cultivate the land. It was previously theorized that agriculture came before religion and complex social structures, but the discovery of Göbeklitepe has rewritten what we thought we knew about who we are and where we came from.
