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7 Churches - Turkey Highlights (13 nights/14 days)
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7 Churches - Turkey Highlights (13 nights/14
days) Religious Tour
Jewish Heritage Tour (13 nights/14 days)
Key Information:
Tour Duration:
13
nights / 14 days
Days of Operation: Private
Tour
Destination(s): Turkey
Hotel's Class: 5, 4, 3 Stars
Hotel or Tourist Class
Season: All Year
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No |
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Overnight Places:
3 nights Istanbul, 2 night Pamukkale, 2 nights Kusadasi, 4
nights Cappadocia,
2 nights Hatay. |
Discover major highlights as well as the
biblical sites in Turkey. (14 days-Air and land) Istanbul-Izmir
- Smyrna - Ephesus – Pergamum (Pergamon- Bergama)- Sardis -
Philadelphia - Pamukkale - Laodicea - Aphrodisias - Cappadocia -
Tarsus (birthplace of St. Paul) - biblical Antioch.
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Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Istanbul.
Arrival in Istanbul and meeting at the airport, transfer to the
hotel, check- in. Leisure afternoon. Overnight Istanbul.
Day 2: Istanbul.
Full day guided sightseeing in Old Istanbul. Discovery of
Sultanahmet, Blue Mosque, St. Sophia, Hippodrome, Topkapi Palace
and Grand Bazaar. Overnight Istanbul.
Day 3: Istanbul.
Guided Bosphorus Cruise with Dolmabahçe Palace. Visit to the
exotic and aromatic Egyptian Spice Market, cross over to Asia to
Camlic a
Hill for a view of Istanbul. During the cruise, view of Ottoman
seaside mansions, marble palaces and small fishing villages.
Overnight Istanbul.
Day 4: Istanbul-Izmir-Smyrna.
Take the early morning flight from Istanbul to Izmir. Arrival
and meet with your guide and drive to Pergamum (Revelation
2:12-17), and visit to Acropolis and Asklepion. its majestic
acropolis was built on a commanding hill above the modern city
of Bergama. After lunch visit the grand theater, which has
almost perfect acoustics, the Red basilica and the ancient
medical center, the Asclepion. This was the home town of Galen,
the second century renowned doctor and surgeon and his temple,
the asclepium was devoted to healing. Then visit the majestic
acropolis in Pergamum . Visit Acropolis and Asclepion. After
visits, drive and check-in to your hotel in Kusadasi. Overnight-
Kusadasi.
Day 5: Kusadasi-Ephesus-Kusadasi.
Ephesus (Revelation 1:11, 2:1-7, Acts 18:19-28, 19:1-41,
Ephesians) the city dedicated to Artemis, the best preserved
ancient city of Asia Minor with its majestic theater, marble
road, Temple of Artemis, the Church of the Virgin Mary or the
Double Church, the library of Celsus, the stadium, the lecture
hall Tyrannus where St. Paul held daily discussions (Acts 19.9).
For two years St. Paul taught here from eleven to four during
the hottest hours of the day when the hall was empty. Then visit
the Church of St. John and his Tomb in Selcuk before driving to
the Last Home of the Virgin Mary, who was brought to Ephesus by
John, the beloved disciple of Jesus. The home of Virgin Mary on
a hill top, where she lived out her days is now visited by over
a hundred thousand pilgrims each year. The pilgrims drink the
water of the sacred spring, meditate and pray for hea lth
at this ancient spot of worship. Both Pope Paul VI in 1967 and
Pope John Paul II in 1979 have celebrated mass here. Overnight
Kusadasi.
Day 6:
Kusadasi-Sardis-Philadelphia-Pamukkale.
After having breakfast drive to Sardis where visit to ancient
synagogue, one of the most picturesque area of any of the
churches. Visit the Temple of Artemis, a small Byzantine church,
a recently restored gymnasium and the great synagogue Lunch and
we continue, proceed to Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13 ).
Continue to Alasehir ancient (Philadelphia) the city of
brotherly love, another of the cities of Seven Churches.
Afternoon drive to Hierapolis. Have a tour of the spectacular
natural site of Pamukkale. Its hot thermal springs of calcium
spill over the plateau's edge creating dazzling white for mations
called Cotton Castles. Visit the ruins of Hierapolis which also
was the home of Papias and Epicitus, early Christian writers and
Philip the Evangelist. The Martyrium of St.Philip, an octagonal
chamber has recently been discovered. Overnight Pamukkale.
Day 7: Pamukkale-Laodicea-Aphrodisias.
Morning visit to Eskihisar, the ancient Laodicea (Revelation
3:14-22, Colossians 2:1, 4:13-16), then drive to Aphrodisias,
the city of the Goddess of Love, see the well preserved Stadium,
The Temple of Aphrodite, the Odeon, the theater, Agora and
Hadrian Bath.
Overnight Pamukkale.
Day 8: Pamukkale-Cappadocia.
Drive to Cappadocia On the way, visit to Konya (Iconium) and
have stop by Mevlana temple and Sultanhani Caravanserai on the
way to
Cappadocia. Overnight Cappadocia.
Day 9: Cappadocia.
Guided discovery of Cappadocia. Visit to Goreme Open Air Museum
with cave churches, devrent imagination valley, Uchisar Rock
Castle, Fairy Chimneys in Pasabag , Avanos. Overnight Gamirasu
Cave Hotel Cappadocia.
Day 10: Cappadocia.
Tour to Underground city, Soganli valley, Sobessos mosaics,
Keslik monastery and Mustafapasa old Greek town. Overnight
Gamirasu Cave Hotel Cappadocia.
Day 11: Cappadocia.
Walking in Ihlara Canyon, a "mirage" in the Steps of Anatolia up
to Belisirma village, the ancient Peristrema: "Valley of the
Sky" along the Melendiz River. Rock-cut churches, spread across
a wild plantation, surprise you with their successfully painted
representations from the Bible. Lunch in Belisirma a local
restaurant by the river. Stop by Selime, a village with cave
houses at the end of the canyon and a "star wars" like
landscape. Overnight Gamirasu Cave Hotel Cappadocia.
Day 12: Cappadocia-Tarsus-Antioch.
Drive to Tarsus where St. Paul was born, after visits, drive to
Hatay (biblical Antioch) and Overnight in Hatay (Antakya)
Day 13: Antioch (Hatay)
Visit to mosaic museum that houses one of the richest
collections of Roman mosaics in the world. A little outside the
city is the
holy site where St.Peter's Grotto is situated. The cave church
is the place where St.Peter preached and founded the Christian
community. It was declared as a holy place by Vatican in 1983.
Overnight in Hatay.
Day 13: Departure.
Drive to Adana and take a flight to Istanbul
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 Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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