These notes are general. Entry rules, airline timetables and public holidays change. Confirm your passport and any visa with the consulate before you pay for a journey. We will not invent a rule in order to sound certain.
On the ground
- Comfortable shoes. Ancient streets are stone, and several sites ask for more than an hour of walking.
- Sun, a hat, and water in summer. Spring and autumn are kinder for walking. Winter is quieter and some highland roads can close.
- Modest dress at active mosques and at churches where a service is underway. Shoulders and knees covered is the ordinary request. Photography rules are posted at the gate.
- The currency in Turkey is the lira. Card payment is common in cities and uneven at small sites. We do not publish an exchange rate.
- Tipping is appreciated and never a condition of the pilgrimage. Your proposal will say which meals are arranged.