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Anatolia Land of the Mother (13 nights/14 days)
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Anatolia Land of the Mother (13 nights/14 days)
Religious Tour, Biblical
Anatolia Land of the Mother (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:
2 nights Istanbul, 1 night train, 1 night Ankara, 1 night
Konya, 3 night Antalya,
1 night Pamukkale, 5 nights Kusadasi. |
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Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Istanbul.
Short introduction to what we are doing on that day. Visit the
Blue Mosque before dinner. Dinner at an old Istanbul house in
the neighbrhood of the Blue Mosque (Dinner is included).
Overnight in Istanbul .
Day 2: Istanbul.
Start at morning visit the Cistern, Turkish Islamic art Museum.
The quiet surrounding of the museum will be used for an
introduction to the History of Anatolia using the history of the
city of Istanbul After lunch we will visit St. Sophia (We will
have 20 minute of Your Guide's teaching on St. Sophia- the
wisdom followed by a visit the museum of St. Sophia) Topkapi
Palace. In Topkapi palace we will se e
the Harem of the palace and try to understand the institution of
Harem and the role it played in the History of Europe. Before
dinner we will have a group meeting to establish a better
understanding of the tour and tour members can ask questions
about how the tour will be conducted. This tour meeting is very
important. It will be great to see all the tour members at the
meeting. The dinner will be at a fun local dining area of
Istanbul Dinner/lunch is included.
Day 3: Istanbul - Ankara.
We will start at morning. After the Covered Bazaar we will visit
the church of Chora which is a very unique museum of Mosaics
from the 12th century depicting the role of Virgin Mary as the
mother of God with the emphasis on her being mother rather than
Jesus being the God. The tour members will be on their own for
lunch at the 19th century neighborhood of Istanbul we will meet
at 03.30 PM at the Pera Palas hotel where Agatha Christie wrote
her famous book "The Murder on the Orient Express." We will get
a chance to visit her museum room and go to the Spice Market the
last stop of the Silk Road before the riches of the East were
distributed to Europe. At 17.00 we will take our private boat
and cruise in the Bosphorous towards the Black Sea. Dinner will
be on the Asian side of Istanbul. We will take the night train
to Ankara 2 people in one compartment their luggage will travel
with th em.
Lunch is not included. Dinner is included. Overnight in train.
Day 4: Ankara - Konya.
Your Guide will give us an introduction of the goddesses before
the touring of the museum. We will visit the Anatolian
civilizations museum. We will learn about the evolution of man
kind following their ability to control nature. We will
understand how the importance of the cult of the mother
goddesses is very closely related to economic system of the
community. The museum will give us a good insight to various
different civilizations of Anatolia and how they had interpreted
the role of women in their communities. After lunch we will
visit the Mausoleum of the founder of our republic to have a
better understanding of the modern Turkey. We will drive for 3
hours to Konya. For part of the ride the tour members will
introduce themselves and will talk about why they have chosen to
come to Turkey on this tour so that the tour can be tailored to
their expectation when possible. Over night
in Konya. At night we will have a music recital with Turkish
instruments. Lunch and Dinner included.
Day 5: Konya - Antalya.
Your Guide's lectures in Catalhoyuk/Rituals/Dancing. This will
be the longest day on the tour We will start the day at 08:00.
At the near by mosque using the mosque as an auditorium we will
learn about Rumi. We will leave for Catalhoyuk at 10:00 We will
arrive at Catalhoyuk at 11:15 We can have rituals, teachings at
the site picnic will be available so if the group decide to
spend long time there (Physically there is not much to see it
takes 45 minutes to walk around the site) we can use as much
time as they wish. We need to leave the site by 2.30 PM. Drive
over the Toros Mountains. Overnight at Antalya at a 200 year old
beautiful house in
the old city of Antalya, picnic lunch. Overnight in Antalya.
Dinner served in of the hotel included.
Day 6: Antalya.
Drive to Side Perge And Aspendos. At Perge on the main street we
can see the columns adorned with the images of Artemis. The
group can do their rituals and studies at the site. If the tour
members can prepare a dance or a song that they would like to
perform in Aspendos, we can have a little time for our
individual performance. We will be at the best preserved roman
theater that we have in Turkey in Side which is a very terribly
touristic town there is good swimming. We will try to avoid
seeing the tourists but enjoy a good lunch and 1 hour of
swimming For those who are not interested in swimming we have a
great museum that they can go and a fabulous ancient site to
visit. We will finish the day with a great experience in a
Turkish Bath. Lunch in Side. Overnight in Antalya.
Day 7: Antalya.
We will have a full day on a gullet. Lunch will be served on the
boat. We will go swimming We will have a great superb location
for a ritual in the ruins of Olympos. If the tour members are
willing to have a more private place than Aspendos for
performing in a superb setting they can use this theater and its
excellent surrounding for a great spiritual experience. We will
finish our boat ride in Phasalis which is a stunning little
Roman City on the Mediterranean. Dinner will be on your own.
Overnight in Antalya.
Day 8: Pamukkale.
Drive north to Pamukkale visit the Nomads en route. Observe the
matriarchal nature of the nomad women. Swim in the natural pool
of the hot springs of Hierapolis. Overnight in Pamukkale.
Day 9: Aphrodisias - Kusadasi.
Drive to Aphrodisias. Visit the museum and the site. Picnic
lunch free time at the site for tour members to enjoy the site
on their own and have rituals at the Temple of Aphrodite. For
those who prefer a guided tour Your Guide will try to bring her
favorite city alive. Overnight at Kusadasi. Picnic lunch and
dinner included.
Day 10: Metropolis and Notion Colophon
Temple of Apollo and Leto.
Metropolis and Notion Colophon Temple of Apollo and Leto. Very
leisurely day. Visit to unknown new excavations. Visit the new
excavated site Metropolis which was the cult center for the
Mother goddess Artemis. Visit Notion for the temple of Athena
picnic lunch and visit the temple of Apollo and his mother
Leto.Swim in th e
Aegean. Overnight in Kusadasi. Lunch and dinner included.
Day 11: Odemis - Tire.
Visit the local Market of Tire see lots of hand crafts. Lunch at
a very beautiful place opportunity to have a ritual. Free time
in Kusadasi Swimming, Shopping. Overnight in Kusadasi. Dinner on
your own.
Day 12: Didyma - Priene - Miletos -
Magnesia.
Your Guide will teach about the Oracles. The oracle center where
the women oracles changed the history with their prophesies The
temple of Athena-Prienne. The temple of Artemis - Magnesia and
Meandros. Overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 13: Ephesus.
 Visit
Ephesus Museum, The Temple of Artemis and the grand city of
EPHESUS If the site is open to Public in the evening an evening
ritual at the library of Ephesus. Overnight in Kusadasi.
Day 14: Departure.
The tour is over after breakfast..
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