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LAND
OF CULTURE FAITH AND MYSTERY
(13 Days Tour)
Day 1. Arrive in ANKARA
(Capital
of Turkey), Meet your guide who will transfer you to your Hotel for dinner
and overnight stay in Ankara. BD
Day 2. After breakfast, sightseeing of Ankara: see the Anatolian
Civilisation Museum, the Temple of Augustus and Atatürk's Mausoleum.
Continue to CAPPADOCIA with a
lunch / rest stop in AKSARAY before a short ride to IHLARA VALLEY, to
see the impressive, Byzantine rock carvings and frescoes. Enjoy your dinner
and overnight stay in CAPPADOCIA. BD
Day 3. Full day excursion of CAPPADOCIA
to see the surreal landscapes of volcanic ash, formed 3 million years ago:
spectacular red rock cones,. trogladyte churches and homes dating from 4000
B.C. Now visit UCHISAR, GOREME and ZELVE, then AVANOS, to visit one of its
famous, pottery workshops. Later return to your hotel for overnight stay. BD
Day 4. Visit KAYMAKLI, a unique underground city. Then drive to TARSUS,
birthplace of St. Paul. See St. Paul's Well, Cleopatra's Gate and the
ancient city. It was near here that a Great Fish "vomited out Jonas
upon the dry land" Next to ADANA for dinner and overnight stay. BD
Day 5. Full day excursion to ANTAKYA
(Antioch). Here Jesus' followers were first called Christians (Acts
11:26) Peter, Paul and also Barnabas preached here. Visit St. Peters's
Grotto and the exquisite Mosaic Museum. View the old city of ISKENDERUN
before beginning the return drive to MERSIN for dinner and overnight stay. BD
Day 6. Depart westward along the Mediterranean shoreline, a famous
coastal road. Take a lunch break in ANAMUR. See City of the Monophystie
Archbishop of Seleucia. Continue via ALANYA to the ancient city of SIDE, the
old port where Paul, Barnabas and Mark landed during their missionary
journies. Later they sailed from here to ANTIOCH. Next drive to ANTALYA for
dinner and overnight stay BD
Day 7. This morning go to PERGE, where St. Paul preached when
arriving from Cyprus (Acts 13-14), and to ASPENDOS with its magnificent
theater. Next proceed to LAODICEA which was
condemned by St. John in Revelation 4:15. Drive to HIERAPOLIS, now called
PAMUKKALE, St. Philip was martyred here in 1st AD. Walk the
Necropolis and famous Avenue of Tombs.Overnight stay. BD
Day 8. Drive to SELCUK. Visit the monastery of St. John and EPHESUS
, the best preserved city in the world. see the Library of Celsus, a
Stadium where Paul Preached (Acts 19), and the Theater. Depart for KUSADASI,
a port near Ephesus. Then have dinner and overnight stay. BD
Day 9. This morning take a beautiful drive to IZMIR (ancient
SMYRNA), today a busy port and Turkey's third largest city. Take an
orientation tour of the Bay and City, and enjoy some leisure time on your
own. dinner and overnight stay. BD
Day 10. Early departure to BERGAMA (Pergamum)
, to visit the Acropolis, high above the plain. See the pagan Temples
and Altar of Zeus.Proceed to BURSA, first capital of the Ottoman Empire.
Tonight dinner in your hotel. BD
Day 11. Drive by the Green Mosque and Tomb, and then continue to IZNIK
(Nicea), where the Nicean Creed was formed. Depart for ISTANBUL by
ferry, later lunch at the TOPKAPI PALACE , Now
tour Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sophia, the Blue
Mosque and also the Great Bazaar, Overnight Istanbul. B
Day 12. Visit the Spice Market, followed by the BOSPHORUS CRUISE to
the Black Sea; then enjoy a special fish lunch in SARIYER, Now return to
ISTANBUL, with your afternoon free for shopping, souvenir hunting, and
personnel activities. B
Day 13. Today drive to the Airport and return flight home, arriving
the same day with fresh memories, souvenirs and a renewed interest in
Turkey, the land of culture, faith and mystery.
Tour Includes:
* Transport in a fully air-conditioned non-smoking coach
* English Speaking Tour Leader
* Professional English speaking guide and guided tours of Cappadocia, Tarsus, Antioch,
Laodecia, Ephesus,Pergamum, Nicea and Istanbul.
* Accommodations in Tourist Class hotels with breakfast,
* All Entrance Fees for the sites and museums
Tour Doesn't Include
* Meals unless stated otherwise
* Personal Expense
Our firm is not responsible for last minute delays or change of the schedules. Our company agrees
only to partial compensation in an affort to cover particular unprovided service in case of any
failure and refuses to pay full refund or full compensation for any disappointment and any extra
expenses.
Our firm is not responsible for theft or loss of any belongings of clients.
Travel insurance is proffessionaly advised to (F.I.T.) travellers for unpredictable incidents.
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