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Fifteen destinations across Türkiye, operated end-to-end by Marveltour since 1982.

Marmara Region

Istanbul, Bursa and the Dardanelles — the arrival point for most programmes, and the first day that has to work.

Central Anatolia

Cappadocia, Konya and Ankara across the plateau: long transfers, early light, and the logistics that hold them together.

Aegean Region

Seven destinations between Ayvalık and Bodrum: classical cities, faith routes and the coast on a single overland line.

Mediterranean Region

Antalya, Antioch and the St. Paul route — the south coast where classical touring and pilgrimage share one road.

Eastern & Southeastern Anatolia

Upper Mesopotamia and the eastern highlands: long distances, early civilisations, ground that rewards careful scheduling.

Black Sea

Green valleys and the coast road east — the quieter north, usually a second or third visit to Türkiye.

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Fifteen destinations across Türkiye, operated end-to-end by Marveltour since 1982.

Marmara Region

Istanbul, Bursa and the Dardanelles — the arrival point for most programmes, and the first day that has to work.

Central Anatolia

Cappadocia, Konya and Ankara across the plateau: long transfers, early light, and the logistics that hold them together.

Aegean Region

Seven destinations between Ayvalık and Bodrum: classical cities, faith routes and the coast on a single overland line.

Mediterranean Region

Antalya, Antioch and the St. Paul route — the south coast where classical touring and pilgrimage share one road.

Eastern & Southeastern Anatolia

Upper Mesopotamia and the eastern highlands: long distances, early civilisations, ground that rewards careful scheduling.

Black Sea

Green valleys and the coast road east — the quieter north, usually a second or third visit to Türkiye.

More than 40 years, learning one country by heart, now yours to discover.

Türkiye, since 1982: This is all we do.

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Our Journey

Four Decades & Counting

From a small incoming agency in Istanbul, Marveltour grew into the trusted ground operator and long-term partner of international tour operators running programmes across Türkiye.

1982
Founded in Istanbul, for Italy
Marveltour Tourism began operating in Istanbul, first for the Italian market. Four decades later, Italy remains one of our largest source markets and a department of its own.
1983
Early to the technology
An Apple II arrives in the office. Tomruk Özden writes the company's first quotation programme, and Birgül Özden later builds its reservation system, digitising the work years before the industry does.
1984
A partnership that would span four decades
Work begins with one of the world's leading guided touring brands. The relationship is still running today.
1985
Across the Atlantic
The United States market opens, through group and faith travel. Four decades on, Faith & Pilgrimage remains one of our deepest specialisms.
1990s
East and west
Operations expand into Southeast Asia and Portugal, broadening the markets Türkiye is sold from.
2008
Leisure under one roof
A partnership with Dorak Holding is established, and the group's leisure operations are brought together under Marveltour.
2016
One brand becomes three
The touring partnership widens. Three brands from the same international group now run their Türkiye programmes with us.
2019
A thousand agents, one country
Marveltour hosts the annual convention of a major Italian retail travel network, bringing more than 1,000 travel agents to Türkiye. One of the largest trade programmes we have operated.
2023
Istanbul hosts the Champions League Final
Marveltour hosts Manchester City during the week the club wins European football's biggest night in Istanbul.
2026
A new home, a new generation
The company moves to its new Levent headquarters as the second generation takes it towards its fiftieth year.
Since 1982

Where it all began.

Marveltour began at a turning point, when international demand for Türkiye was rising faster than its infrastructure could keep up. We set ourselves one task then, and it still holds: to operate Türkiye properly, region by region, for the travel companies that sell it worldwide.
We work exclusively with the travel trade. Tour operators, guided touring brands and travel designers entrust us with their Türkiye programmes, and we deliver them on the ground under their own name, for groups and independent travellers alike.
Full service covers the entire journey: transfers from airport to airport, guides, coaches, hotels, restaurants that can host a coach group without becoming a canteen, and an operations desk in Istanbul that responds the moment a road closes. One country, run end to end.
1982
Operating Türkiye,
every season since
8,000+
Guests on the ground
each year
650+
Travel trade partners
worldwide
25
Countries their guests travel from
From brief to departure

Four decades, a few things we know

Local
One country's worth of knowledge, entirely in-house.
Direct
One desk. One answer. An honest call before the problem becomes your guest's.
Contracted
Hotels, guides and restaurant capacity are secured before the season, not chased during it.
Invisible
Your name on the programme, our hand in every day, visible only in how it feels.

Leadership

Hot air balloons drifting over the valleys of Cappadocia at sunrise
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