KUSADASI – SELCUK – EPHESUS – HOUSE OF VIRGIN MARY – KUSADASI
AT THIS FULL DAY TOUR, YOU WILL SPEND HOURS WITH BOTTOMLESS INFORMATION, STORIES AND WOWS WHILE TRAVEL BACK IN TIME.
MEET YOUR GUIDE AT THE PORT AND DRIVE THROUGH THE VERDANT COUNTRYSIDE WILL BRING YOU TO EPHESUS. THIS UNIQUE OPEN AIR ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PLACES IN THE WORLD.. SEE THE ODEON, THE FOUNTAIN OF TRAJAN, THE STEAM BATHS OF SCHOLASTIKA, TEMPLE OF HADRIAN, THE LIBRARY OF CELSUS AND THE GRAND THEATRE . FINALLY, VISIT TO THE CHURCH OF VIRGIN MARY, ALSO KNOWN AS THE DOUBLE CHURCH BECAUSE IT IS THOUGHT ONE AISLE WAS DEDICATED TO THE VIRGIN AND THE OTHER TO THE APOSTLE JOHN. DRIVING UP THE BULBUL MOUNTAIN, YOU WILL ARRIVE AT THE HOUSE OF VIRGIN MARY, WHERE THE BLESSED VIRGIN IS REPUTED TO HAVE SPENT THE LAST YEARS OF HER LIFE. AFTER LUNCH, YOU WILL CONCLUDE THE TOUR WITH A VISIT TO SAINT JOHN’S BASILICA WHERE, FROM THE CHIEF OF EXCAVATIONS, YOU WILL BE GIVEN A SHORT TALK ON THE EXCAVATIONS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY. AFTER VISITS, RETURN TO KUSADASI AND TRANSFER TO THE PORT.