Private journeys through Turkey, planned by the people who live here
Tailor-made tours, honeymoons, stays at charming boutique and luxury hotels, and private gulet cruises, thoughtfully designed by our team in Cappadocia since 2004. Your own guides, your own pace, and one dedicated team from the first email to the final airport transfer, with around-the-clock assistance every step of the way.
Planning private journeys from Ürgüp since 2004 · Licensed Turkish travel agency A5328 · Member of ASTA
Tailor-made since 2004
Let’s find your own ideal journey
Dreaming of somewhere new? Been working far too hard? Choosing the most romantic place for a honeymoon, or finally planning time with the whole family? If any of that sounds like you, you’re in the right place. Tailoring the best doesn’t cost extra. It just brings more.
Curated planning
Hotels, guides and experiences we have hand-picked over twenty years of living and working here.
Support around the clock
From the moment your plane touches down until we say goodbye, someone who knows your trip is one call away.
Bespoke concierge
Tables, tickets, private visits and small surprises. We’ll show no mercy until it’s exactly right.
Incredible vacations
Let us create an unforgettable adventure designed just for you!
Close to our hearts
Journeys we never tire of
Twenty years on, we still envy every guest we send down these roads. Take one as it is, or let us bend it to your own pace.
7 days · a first visit
Golden Triangle of Turkey
- Istanbul3 nights
- Cappadocia2 nights
- Ephesus1 night
Byzantine and Ottoman Istanbul, a sunrise balloon flight over Cappadocia and the marble streets of Ephesus.
11 days · land and sea
Golden Triangle and a Bodrum gulet
- Istanbul
- Cappadocia
- Ephesus
- Bodrumby gulet
The same three highlights, then slow days at sea on a private gulet along the Aegean coast.
6 days · ancient history
From the Mother Goddess to the oldest temple
- Cappadocia
- Gaziantep
- ŞanlıurfaGöbeklitepe, Harran
- KahtaMount Nemrut
From Cappadocia to Göbeklitepe, the 11,000-year-old sanctuary near Şanlıurfa, and the stone heads of Mount Nemrut.
8 days · upper Mesopotamia
Dawn of Man in the southeast
- Istanbul
- Mardin
- Şanlıurfa
- KahtaMount Nemrut
- Gaziantep
Stone towns, Mount Nemrut at sunrise and some of the best food in Turkey.
Where to go
One country, many journeys
From Byzantine Istanbul to the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia and the turquoise coves of the south, every region deserves its own pace.
Two continents, one city
Istanbul
Our home
Cappadocia
Marble streets
Ephesus
Villages and vineyards
The Aegean
Coves and islands
Fethiye and the Turquoise Coast
Mardin, Şanlıurfa, Nemrut
The southeast
All destinations and travel guides
How it works
Plan your perfect trip in 4 steps
Begin the conversation
A phone call or an email is all it takes to start planning with one of our travel advisors, at the speed of light.
Sent to the Atelier Lab
We read your wish list, your budget and every detail, cook up a draft in our Atelier Lab and send it over to you.
Draft itinerary confirmation
Tell us what you think and we fine-tune it. Once you confirm, the booking begins. Grab a coffee, sit back and watch the magic!
Final confirmation & payment
All booked, and more than you asked for: an upgraded room where we can, a few surprises on the way, and we look forward to meeting you at Proper House.
Inspiring journeys
It is MORE than a room with a view…
Cave suites in Cappadocia, palaces on the Bosphorus and quiet hideaways on the Aegean. We know them personally and match them to your trip.
Pick of the month
Anchors aweigh.
Book a private gulet and reload the week: your own crew, a new bay every morning and a swim before breakfast.
Everything arranged
What is the limit? The sky, probably.
Besides private tours, we book hotels, flights and transfers, find the right guide and arrange the extras, for independent travelers and groups alike.
Based in Ürgüp since 2004
Why travel with a local team
We live here. Our office is Proper House in Ürgüp, in the heart of Cappadocia. Founders Pınar and Murat have planned journeys across Turkey since 2004.
Guides we know personally. Licensed local guides in every region, including our own national-licence guide, chosen for your interests: Byzantine art, food, walking or history.
One team, start to finish. The person who plans your trip stays with you until you’re home. No call center, no hand-offs.
Offline is the new luxury
Let’s wander where the Wi‑Fi signal is weak.
High plateaus above the clouds, stone villages and valleys you walk in silence. Turkey still has plenty of them.
Black Sea highlands
Journeys for every reason
We know more than we can tell
Honeymoons and weddings, families and food lovers, incentive groups and film crews. We plan them all.
Guest stories
What our guests say
Having just concluded 62 days traveling through Turkey which was arranged by Travel Atelier we have nothing but the highest praise for them. They were exceptionally helpful and thoroughly professional not only during the planning of our journey but also throughout its course.
Ted Middleton
62 days across Turkey
This is a seriously good operator. A holiday in far eastern Turkey arranged late in the day and with all the potential for error associated with that approach, became a seamless operation when put in the hands of Orsan.
John Jennings
Eastern Turkey
We had such a great experience with Ismail’s arrangements and guides on a trip to Turkey a year and a half earlier, we thought we could not go wrong having him help us again for Morocco. We were right!
Cindy Sumarauw
Repeat guest
Read more on TripAdvisor, Trustpilot and in our guest stories.
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On the coffee table, now and then
Where to travel now?
Anywhere. Just let us plan it, stress-free.
Dates, who’s traveling and what you’d love to see are enough to start. We reply within 24 hours.