Ephesus Meeting Tour (9 nights/10 days)
Key Information
Tour Duration: 9 nights / 10 days
Days of Operation: Private Tour - Regular Tour
Destination's: Turkey
Hotel's Class: 5, 4, 3 Stars Hotel or Tourist Class
Season: All Year
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: Yes
*Overnight Place:
2 nights Istanbul, 1 night Assos, 1 night Izmir, 1 night Pamukkale,
4 night Kusadasi.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: Istanbul.
Arrive Istanbul Airport. Our representative will meet you after the
customs and baggage claim. Transfer to the hotel. Afternoon visit to
the Topkapi Palace, the Imperial Residential Palac
e
of the Ottoman sultans between the 16th and 19th centuries and the
oldest and largest of the remaining palaces in the world. Its
displays include priceless world-class collections of jewelry,
porcelain and costumes of the sultans. Dinner and overnight. (D).
Day 2: Istanbul.
Full day Istanbul tour; the Roman Hippodrome Square, Blue Mosque
with its beautiful blue tiles, St. Sophia Church, built by
Constantine the Great and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th
century, one of the world's greatest architectural marvels and a
designated World Heritage site. Then visit the important Istanbul
Archaeological Museum containing the Gezer Calender, the Titus
Inscriptions, City Walls from Babylon, and other important items.
Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. (B, D)
.
Day 3: Istanbul - Troy - (Acts 16:8-11; 20:5, 6, II Tim. 4:13 II
Cor. 2:12) Assos.
Drive to anakkale. Cross the Dardanelles Strait by car ferry.
Proceed to Troy to see the legendary city and the replica of the
Wooden Horse. Then drive to Alexandria Troas founded by Alexander
the Great. Paul visited here at least twice. Then drive to Assos,
this Hellenistic city where Paul rejoined his companions. Dinner and
overnight in Assos. (B, D).
Day 4: Pergamon (Rev. 1:11; 2:12) - Thyatira (Acts 16:14, Rev.
1:11; 2:18-24)-
Smyrna
(Rev. 1:11; 2:8).
Leave for Pergamon. Visit the Acropolis with the steepest theater of
the ancient world and the Temple of Trajan. Then visit the Red
Basilica which was an Egyptian Temple, later converted to a church
in the 1st century. Continue to Izmir for dinner and overnight. (B,
D).
Day 5: Sardis (Rev. 1:11; 3:1-4)- Philadelphia (Rev. 1:11; 3:7) -
Pamukkale.
Drive to Sardis, the capital of the ancient Lydia, where first coin
of the world is invented. See the ruins of the early Church
constructed next to the Temple of Diana. Continue to Alasehir to see
the 1st century Philadelphia Church. Dinner and overnight at
Colossae Hotel in Pamukkale. (B,D).
Day 6: Laodicea (Col 2:1; 4:13-16, Rev. 1:11; 3:14) -
Colossae(Col. 1:2)-Aphrodisias - Kusadasi.
Morning tour of Pamukkale, noted ancient spa, where pure white
travertines form frozen waterfalls. Drive to Aphrodisias, the city
of the Goddess of Love, see the well preserved Stadium, the Odeon,
the Theater and the Agora. Continue to Kusadasi for dinner and
overnight. (B, D).
Day 7: Ephesus (Acts 18:19-24; 19:1-35; 20:16-17; 21:29, 1 Cor.
15:32; 16:8, I Tim. 1:3 II Tim. 1:18; 4:12, Rev. 1:11, 2:1)-Kusadasi.
Visit the famous ancient city of Ephesus, the Ephesus Archaeological
Museum and the Basilica o
f
St. John. The visit of the House of Virgin Mary is optional. Dinner
at the hotel. Then JOIN THE EPHESUS MEETING in the evening.
Overnight in Kusadasi. (B, D).
Day 8: Miletus - Didyma - Priene - Kusadasi.
Visit the Greco-Roman city of Priene. Then visit Miletus theater
where Paul spoke to the locals. Last visit to the Apollo Temple in
Didyma, the famous oracle center of Asia Minor. Return to Kusadasi.
(B, D).
Day 9: Kusadasi.
Today we will visit Saint John Basilica, Virgin Mary House and
Temple of Artemis. Return to
Kusadasi
for overnight.
Day 10: Departure.
Early transfer to the Izmir Airport for departure.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
INCLUDING
8 nights at good 4 star hotels in Turkey
Sightseeing as per the itinerary
All escorted transfers
Daily breakfast and 8 dinners (B: breakfast, D: dinner)
Transportation by private A/C bus with driver throughout the tour
Car ferry cost, tolls, parking fees, gasoline
Bible Oriented English speaking professional tour guide throughout
the tour
Entry fees to the sites & museums
Service charges & local taxes
JOIN THE EPHESUS MEETING
EXCLUDING
Lunches and all drinks
Turkish Visa fee
Personal expenses
Any other service which is not mentioned above
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