TREASURES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT

ISTANBUL – TROY – BERGAMA – KUSADASI – EPHESUS – PAMUKKALE – BURSA – ISTANBUL

DAY 1: ARRIVAL AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT AND YOU ARE ASSISTED WITH CUSTOMS AND TRANSFERRED TO YOUR HOTEL.

DAY 2: AFTER BREAKFAST DEPART FOR LEGENDARY TROY, MADE FAMOUS BY HOMER IN THE ILIAD. VISIT THE NINE CITIES BUILT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND THE ENORMOUS RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FAMOUS WOODEN HORSE. CONTINUE TO CANAKKALE FOR DINNER AND OVERNIGHT.

DAY 3: DRIVING SOUTH TROUGH THE RICH OLIVE FIELDS ALONG THE AEGEAN COAST TO BERGAMA, THE ANCIENT PERGAMON, IMPRESSIVE SITE OF AN ANCIENT KINGDOM, SEE THE ACROPOLIS, THE TEMPLE OF ATHENA AND THE FAMOUS LIBRARY, BEFORE VIEWING THE RUINS OF ASKLEPION – IN THE LARGEST BUILDING WAS LATER ON USED AS A CHURCH DEDICATED TO ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE. AFTER THE LUNCH DRIVE TO KUSADASI. AND VISIT THE VIRGIN MARY HOUSE. CONTINUE TO KUSADASI FOR DINNER AND THE OVERNIGHT.

DAY 4: AFTER THE BREAKFAST VISIT OF THE EPHESUS, THE WORLD FAMOUS ANTIQUE CITY INCLUDING THE ODEON, THE TEMPLE OF THE HADRIAN, THE THEATRE WHICH IS THE IN ASIA MINOR THE CELSUS LIBRARY, THE MARBLE STREET AND THE MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY, FOLLOWED BY A VISIT TO THE BASILICA OF SAINT JOHN. LUNCH IN SELCUK. DRIVE TO PAMUKKALE DINNER AND OVERNIGHT.

DAY 5: AFTER THE BREAKFAST VISIT OF THE RUINS OF HIERAPOLIS, A ROMAN SPA FAMOUS ALSO ITS VAST NECROPOLIS FOLLOWING BY SOME FREE TIME FOR BATHING IN THE WARM WATERS OF PAMUKKALE. LUNCH IN PAMUKKALE. DRIVE TO BURSA AND THE OVERNIGHT.

DAY 6: AFTER THE BREAKFAST VISIT  BURSA. BURSA WAS THE FIRST CAPITAL OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, INCLUDING VISITS TO THE GREEN MAUSOLEUM, THE GRAND MOSQUE. LUNCH IN BURSA. DEPARTURE FOR ISTANBUL, CROSSING THE SEA OF MARMARA BY FERRY-BOAT. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT IN ISTANBUL.

DAY 7: IN THE MORNING DEPARTURE FOR SPECIAL TOUR (HAGIA SOPHIA, TOPKAPI PALACE, BLUE MOSQUE, CHORA CHURCH, AND HIPPODROME). LUNCH INCLUDING TOUR. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT.

DAY 8: TRANSFER TO AIRPORT YOUR FLIGHT HOME.