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Accommodation Places:

3 Nights Istanbul, 2 Nights Pamukkale, 2 Nights Kusadasi 4 Nights Cappadocia, 2 Nights Hatay

Day 1: Istanbul (Arrival)

After you arrive in Istanbul, we meet at the Airport then we move to Airport.  Free time and overnight in hotel.

Day 2: Istanbul (Old City Tour)

Full day guided old city tour. Let’s discover Sultanahmet, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome Topkapı Palace, Grand Bazaar.

Day 3: Istanbul (Bosphorus Cruise)

Start the your with Bosphorus Cruise with Dolmabahce Palace. After cruise tour visit famous Egyptian Spice Market. Also cross over to Asia to Camlica Hill for amazing view of Ottoman history. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 4: Istanbul – Izmir

We meet at the hotel and make transfer to Airport for your domestic flight to Izmir. After you arrive Izmir Airport you meet your guide and drive to Pergamum. Also visit to Acropolis and Asklepion. After lunch visit the grand theater which has perfect acoustic. Visit the Red Basilica in the following period of the tour. After all these visits drive and check-in to your hotel in Kusadasi. Overnight in Kusadasi.

Day 5: Kusadasi – Ephesus – Kusadasi

Ephesus 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, the Library of Celsus, the stadium, the lecture hall Tyrannus where St. Paul held daily discussions. 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. Overnight in Kusadasi.

Day 6: Kusadasi -Sardis-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.Have lunch and we continue for Philadelphia where the city of brotherly love, another of the cities of Seven Churches.

Afternoon drive to Pamukkale to see spectacular natural sites of that brilliant historical place. Its hot thermal springs of calcium spill over the plateaus edge creating dazzling white formations called Cotton Castles. Visit the ruins of Hierapolis which also was the home of Papias and Epicitus, early Christian writers and Philip the Evangelist. Overnight in Pammukkale.

Day 7: Pamukkale -Laodicea – Aphrodisias

Start the tour from Eskihisar, the ancient city Laodicea. Then drive to Aphrodisias, the city Goddess of Love. Also following the tour we visit the Temple of Aphrodite, the odeon, Agora and Hadrian Bath.

Overnight in Pamukkale

Day 8: Pamukkale – Cappadocia.
Drive to Cappadocia. We stop on the way to visit Konya. Then we visit  Mevlana Temple and Sultanhani Caravanserai on the way to Cappadocia. Overnight Cappadocia.

Day 9: Cappadocia.
Guided discovery of Cappadocia. Starting to visit with Goreme Open Air Museum with cave churches, devrentimagination valley, Uchisar Rock Castle, Fairy Chimneys in Pasabag , Avanos. Overnight in Cappadocia.

Day 10: Cappadocia.
Tour to Underground city, Soganli valley, Keslik monastery and Mustafapasa Old Greek Town. Overnight in 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 and end of the tour.

Overnight in Cappadocia

Day 12: Cappadocia-Tarsus-Antioch.
Starting the tour from Tarsus where St. Paul was born, after visits, drive to Hatay (biblical Antioch) and Overnight in Hatay.

Day 13: Antioch (Hatay).
Visit to most exciting mosaic museum that one of the richest collections of Roman Mosaics in the world. A little outside the city is the holy site where St.Peters Grotto is situated. The cave church is the place where St.Peter preached and founded the Christian community.
Overnight in Hatay.

Day 14: Departure.
Drive to Adana Airport and take a flight to Istanbul.