Jewish Heritage Tour (6 nights/7 days) Religious Tour, Biblical Tour
TOUR DETAILS:
Jewish Heritage Tour (6 nights/7 days) Key
Information:
Tour Duration: 6 nights / 7 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: Yes
Overnight Places:
3 nights Istanbul, 3 nights Izmir.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Istanbul.
Arrive in Istanbul. Our transfer man will be ready to
meet you at Istanbul Airport upon your arrival. After we
meet you at the airport, you will be transferred to your
hotel. Time at leisure, stay overnight in Istanbul.
Meals: No meals.
Day 2: Istanbul.
After meet with your guide, visit to The Galata Tower,
in the Galata Region where, you will enjoy magnificent
view of Istanbul. The Bosphorus, The Marmara Sea and the
Golden Horn. Galata tower was the center of the old
Jewish community. Then we continue to visit Jewish
Museum ( Monday to Thursday between 10:00am to 16:00pm)
in Karakoy street, just near old Tunnel where you can
see the Ottoman and Turkish tolerance to the Jewish
community in Turkey and it is also a unique and only one
museum one of the Muslim country in the world. Then
visit the Neve Shalom Synagogue or the Askenazy
Synagogue. After having lunch, we drive to Balat where
we will visit to Star of David, appears ont the facade
of some of the buildings in the area and during the tour
we will continue to visit Ahrida Synagogue which was
built in 1412.After tour transfer back to your hotel.
Stay overnight in Istanbul.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch.
Day 3: Istanbul.
Today we will explore some of Istanbul's most famous
landmarks and see why it is the only city in the world
that truly bridges East and West, past and present.
Visit the world-renowned Blue Mosque, built in 1616, and
enjoy the rare beauty of its Iznik tiles and six
minarets. Across the way. Then Hagia Sophia, built in
the 6th century by Emperor Justinian as the largest and
most magnificent church in the Christian world. After
lunch, it's on to explore the worldly splendors of
Topkapi Palace overlooking the bosporus, home of the
Ottoman sultans for almost 400 years. The oldest and
largest of the remaining palaces in the world. Many of
the Ottoman diplomats and court physicians were Jews and
you'll have the chance to walk in their footsteps, as
you explore the lavish chambers and courtyards that
comprise the Palace and their contents including the
legendary harem, imperial thrones, costumes and precious
jewels. The most famous inhabitant of the treasury is
the pear-shaped 86 carat Spoon maker's Diamond, one of
the largest in the world. The Grand Bazaar was built at
the command of Fatih Mehmet shortly after the Conquest.
It contains 4399 shops, 2195 workshops, 497 stalls and
18 fountains. After the tour, transfer back to the
hotel, time at leisure. Stay overnight in Istanbul.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch.
Day 4: Izmir.
Breakfast and check out from your hotel in the morning.
Visit the Egyptian Bazaar known as Spice Market to taste
the hundreds of lively colored spices; before embark on
a ferry to start your cruise on the Bosphorus Strait,
while sailing along the European and Asian shores enjoy
viewing Ottoman Palaces, Fortresses, Ottoman wooden
houses and Suspension bridges. After this lovely cruise,
possibility of lunch in a restaurant along the Bosphorus.
After lunch, take a flight to Izmir known in ancient
times as Smyrna and has a 400-year-old Jewish community.
Arrive in Izmir and check in to your hotel. Stay
overnight in Izmir.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch.
Day 5: Izmir Smyrna - Sardis.
After breakfast you will visit Beth Israel Synagogue
which dating from 220 B.C. It is abundant in synagogues,
of which you will visit the most important one this
morning. Then drive on to Sardis, the ancient capital of
Lydia. Here you will visit the remains of one of the
world's oldest synagogue's, the Sardis Synagogue, first
built in the 3rd century BC. After tour return to Izmir
and enjoy wonderful Kordon offers the bests of the
Aegean. Stay overnight in Izmir.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch.
Day 6: Ephesus.
After breakfast we will have a full day to explore
Ephesus, one of the best-preserved cities of antiquity.
It is the site of the temple of Artemis, one of the
seven wonders of the ancient world. You will stroll the
marble road past the Roman terrace houses, the Library
of Celsus and the bath to the theater where Greek and
Roman drama was performed and classical concerts still
take place today. Inside the Ephesus Museum you'll find
many of the most famous relics of the ongoing
excavations protected from the elements. After tour
return to your hotel. Stay overnight in Izmir.
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch.
Day 7: Departure to Istanbul.
After visits transfer to the airport to take a back to
Istanbul. Arrive in Istanbul and the end of our
services.
Meals: Breakfast.
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