Ephesus and Pamukkale Tours
Ephesus Tour (Daily)
Tour Programme
Early morning flight to Izmir to join the full day Ephesus tour. Return to Istanbul on night flight
Ephesus and Pergamum Tour (One Night Two Days)
Tour Programme
Early morning flight to Izmir to join the Ephesus tour. Overnight in Kusadasi
After breakfast Pergamum tour and return on late flight to Istanbul
Ephesus and Pamukkale (Hierapolis) Tour (One Night Two Days)
Tour Programme
Early morning flight to Izmir to join the Ephesus tour. Overnight in Kusadasi
Breakfast followed by Hierapolis tour and return on late flight to Istanbul
Aegean Tour (Four Nights Five Day)
Tour Programme
Early morning flight to Izmir to join the Ephesus tour. Overnight in Kusadasi
Breakfast followed by Hierapolis tour. Overnight in Kusadasi
Free day in Kusadasi
Breakfast followed by Preen, Miletus and Didyma tour. Overnight in Kusadasi
Breakfast followed by Pergamum Tour and return flight to Istanbul
Pamukkale Tours
DAY 1
  Early morning flight to Izmir Pamukkale
St Polycarp near the Grand Efes Hotel
Thyatira (Akhisar) on the way to Pergamum
Sardes on the way to Pamukkale
Philadelphia (Alasehir)  
Hierapolis close to Pamukkale
  Overnight in Pamukkale
DAY 2
  Breakfast
Laodicial on leaving Pamukkale
The Seventh Church (in Ephesus) where the THIRD ECUMENICAL COUNCIL was held in 431 AD
  Return flight to Istanbul
Highlights of Ephesus (Full Day Private)
House of the Virgin Mary
You will visit the shrine thought to be the House of the Virgin Mary. Tradition states that Mary, accompanied by John the Apostle, came to Ephesus at the end of her life. In 1967, Pope Paul VI claimed the site authentic and each year a traditional service, celebrated by Orthodox and Muslim clergy, honors Mary’s Assumption into heaven.
Ephesus
Enter through the Magnesia Gate and begin a slow, downhill walk with your guide into the ruins of this Roman provincial capital. Your route takes you past the Odeon, the Celsus Library, the Temple of Hadrian, the Fountain of Trajan and the Great Theater. The theater had seating for 25,000, which was the site where St. Paul preached to the Ephesians, and is used today for a local spring festival.
You will stop for a traditional Turkish open-air lunch just outside of Ephesus before continuing the tour.
Archeological Museum
you will be escorted through the nine exhibits tracing the religious and chronological history of the ancient city. Filled with attractively displayed mosaics, statuary, and other artifacts, the museum exhibits several marble statues of the Mother Goddess Artemis, goddess of nature, childbirth, and the harvest. Combining the Information at the Open Air Museum and the Archeology Museum will give you a very fulfilling idea of the city of Ephesus and its importance in the ancient times.
St. John’s Basilica
a once great church built on a 2nd century tomb thought to hold the remains of St. John. While the church is now in ruins, many frescoes, mosaics and graceful columns attest to the glory that marked the place where St. John, the Evangelist, lived and died. The site requires stair climbing at the entrance and walking over uneven dirt, stones and gravel walkways. The site has some fallen ruins and some light climbing will be required. There will be time for browsing and shopping once back in Kusadasi or you can return directly to the ship.
WHAT YOU SEE ALONG THE WAY
From Kusadasi, you travel north to Ephesus, passing the Byzantine fortress at Selcuk and the ruins of the Temple of Artemis. The drive to the House of the Virgin Mary is long and winding but with great vistas of the valley.Archealogical museum where findings of Ephesus exhibits. Basilica of st. John After your tour, return to Kusadasi, where you may either choose to take in a carpet exhibition, or shop on your own in the bazaars.
SPECIAL NOTES
Guests must be able to walk approximately 2.5 miles over uneven and cobblestone surfaces, inclines and 10 - 30 steps. Comfortable shoes, a hat and plenty of sunscreen are recommended. The order of the tour itinerary may vary in order to avoid congestion. Guests should watch their step at all times in order to avoid injuries. Due to the nature of this tour, it is not recommended for guests with walkers or wheelchairs. Bring sunscreen and a hat, as shade is limited. Expect dense crowding and congestion at the sites.
LUNCH
Lunch, featuring a selection of Turkish cuisine.
DURATION
Approximately 7 hours.
Pamukkale (Full Day)
Tour Itinerary
Meet at your hotel in Kusadasi; proceed to PAMUKKALE “Cotton Castle”, once known as HIERAPOLIS, famous for healing thermal/ mineral baths and beautiful snow-white “petrified waterfalls”. After lunch, visit HIERAPOLIS, including the magnificently preserved Necropolis, the Main Street and Gates, the Thermal Baths, the Devil's Hole, and the Masterpiece Theater. Swimming or a therapeutic bath in a hotel pool's hot spring mineral waters (but not in the Cascade Pools) is one of your year-round options, before returning back to your hotel in Izmir or Kusadasi.
Jewel of Ionia (Full Day)
Tour Itinerary
Meet at your hotel in Kusadasi; depart for PRIENE, the first grid-system planned city of the Ancient World, built on a hillside. Visit the Theater, the Temple of Athena, the Bouleterium, the Agora, and the Altar of Zeus and Cybele. Proceed to MILETUS, the home of Thales and a principle Ionian city. Visit the Delphinium, the Nymphanion, the Theater, and the Faustina Baths. After lunch at a local restaurant, continue to DIDYMA to visit the Temple of Apollo, with its gigantic columns, and then return to your hotel in Kusadasi.
Pergamon (Full Day)
Tour Itinerary
Acropol, site of the Altar of Zeus (in Berlin), the birthplace of books & one of the most famous libraries of history; Asclepion, Galen born & educated in Pergamon, was the authority of European medicine from the 2nd century until Renaissance. He was the founder of the health principles of diet, relaxation, exercise. Visit the ancient hospital & health centre where he worked; Red hall, one of the largest buildings in antiquity, dedicated to the Egyptian goddesses Serapis & Isis.
We can organise personal tour programmes to suit your requirements

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