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Turkey - Birth of Christianity (15 nights/16 days
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Turkey - Birth of Christianity (15 nights/16
days ) Religious Tour, Biblical
Turkey - Birth of Christianity (15 nights/16 days )
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 15 nights /
16 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, 1 night Antakya, 1 night Tarsus, 2 nights
Cappadocia, 1 night Konya 2 nights Antalya, 2 nights Pamukkale,
1 night Bergama, 2 nights Kusadasi. |
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Tour Itinerary:

Day 1: Istanbul.
Arrive Istanbul. Meet and transfer to the hotel. Overnight in
Istanbul.
Day 2: Istanbul.
Visit Hagia Sofia, Topkapi Palace, the Hippodrome, and the Blue
Mosque. Dinner in Kumkapi, the city’s fish market, and overnight
in Istanbul. (B/D)
Day 3: Antakya.
Morning flight to Adana and drive to Antakya (ancient Antioch).
Located
near
the mouth of the Orontes River, the city was one of the earliest
journeys between 47-55 A.D. Visit the Mosaic Museum and the
Grotto of St. Peter, a cave church where St. Peter is believed
to have preached and the new word, Christian, came into use.
Dinner in town and overnight in Antakya. (B/D)
Day 4: Tarsus.
Visits to Titus Tunnel, Seleuceia ad Pierea, Antioch’s ancient
port near
Samandag,
and the 6th century monastery of St. Simeon, Stylites the
younger. Then on to Tarsus, the birth place of St. Paul. In Acts
21:39, Paul is proud of his city and says, “I am a Jew, from
Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city”. Dinner and
overnight in Tarsus. (B/D)
Day 5: Cappadocia.
Drive to Nigde and visit Eskigumus Monastery, one of the best
preserved monastery complexes with an intact fresco of Mary
depicted smiling with her infant Jesus. Then on to Derinkuyu,
the deepest underground city with eight layers. Dinner and
overnight in Cappadocia. (B/D)
Day 6: Cappadocia.
Full-day tour of Cappadocia: Visits to the Goreme Open Air
Museum, Z elve
Valley, Avanos, and Uchisar. A land of eerie beauty, the region
was a Roman province and the refuge of persecuted Christians
during the early days of the Roman Empire. Cappadocia is well
known for its rock churches that date to the period of the
persecution and for its underground cities, amazingly intricate
systems of tunnels cut into mountains of rock. Dinner in town
and overnight in Cappadocia. (B/D)
Day 7: Lystra-Konya.
Visit Ihlara Valley where there were more than one hundred
churches o nce
upon a time. Then on to Sultanhan Caravanserai and Lystra, where
Paul was stoned by the people during his first visit. Drive to
Konya, ancient Iconium. Optional Whirling Dervish performance in
the hotel. Dinner and overnight in Konya. (B/D)
Day 8: Pisidian Antioch-Antalya.
Visit the Mevlana Museum, which was the cloister of Mevlana, a
great mystical philosopher of the 13th century, and Mevlevi, the
Whirling Dervishes. Drive to Yalvac and visit Pisidian Antioch
where St. Paul addressed the congregation in a synagogue on the
Sabbath, the first recorded sermon. The Synagogue was later
converted into a basilica dedicated to St. Paul. Dinner and
overnight in Antalya. (B/D)
Day 9: Perge-Aspendos-Antalya.
Perge colonnaded street Visits to Perge and Aspendos. In Perge,
the apostles Paul and Barnabas began their first missionary jou rney
in Asia Minor. Its most notable remains include a theater, a
stadium, two basilicas and an agora. It was renowned for its
schools of sculpture during the Roman period. The ancient
Pamphylian city of Aspendos is noted for its Roman ruins,
including an aqueduct and a Roman theater, possibly the finest
in the world, which is carved out of the northeast flank of a
hill. Free time for strolling through the old harbor in Antalya
in the afternoon. Dinner in town and overnight in Antalya. (B/D)
Day 10: Pamukkale.
Visit the Antalya Archaeological Museum, where a rich collection
of artifacts from the vicinity, ranging from the upper
Paleolithic period to Ottoman times, offers a glimpse of the
area’s rich history. Drive to Pamukkale and visit Laodiceia,
known for its “lukewarm” people, like the water of the city, and
Colossae, mentioned by Paul in his letter. Dinner and overnight
in Pamukkale. (B/D)
Day 11: Hierapolis-Pamukkale.
Visit Hierapolis, modern Pamukkale, where the Martyrium of St.
Philip
the
Apostle can be seen behind the Aphrodisias Tetrapylon theater.
Its hot springs have been used since Roman times for their
therapeutic powers. The build-up over thousands of years of
mineral deposits has created fantastic formations of white
stalactite, cataracts, and basins. Then on to Aphrodisias, the
city of Aphrodite, and her temple which was converted into a
basilica. Dinner and overnight in Pamukkale. (B/D)
Day 12: Sardis - Pergamum (Pergamon).
Drive to Bergama visiting three of the Seven Churches -
Thyatira, Sardis, and Philadelphia - from the Book of
Revelation. Sardis, where the first coins were minted, was the
capital of the Lydian Empire and the city of King Croesos.
Dinner and overnight in Bergama. (B/D).
Day 13: Pergamum-Smyrna-Kusadasi.
Visit Ephesus and environs. Sites include the Museum, the Temple
of Artemis, the Basilica of St. John, and the Church of the
Virgin
Mary.
St. John preached and lived in Ephesus. It is believed that he
brought the Virgin Mary to Ephesus after the crucifixion of
Christ and that she spent her last days in the small house that
was built for her on Mt. Koressos (Bulbuldagi). Dinner in town,
overnight in Kusadasi. (B/D)
Day 14: Ephesus-Kusadasi.
Visit Ephesus and environs. Sites include the Museum, the Temple
of Artemis, the Basilica of St. John, and the Church of the Vir gin
Mary. St. John preached and lived in Ephesus. It is believed
that he brought the Virgin Mary to Ephesus after the crucifixion
of Christ and that she spent her last days in the small house
that was built for her on Mt. Koressos (Bulbuldagi). Dinner in
town, overnight in Kusadasi. (B/D)
Day 15: Istanbul.
Chora Church Drive to Izmir for morning flight to Istanbul.
Visit the Church of Holy Saviour (Chora), housing the best
examples of mosaics and frescos in Byzantine Christian art. Free
time at the Grand B azaar.
Dinner on your own, overnight in Istanbul. (B)
Day 16: Departure Dayi.
Transfer to airport for return flight
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Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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