Gerassimidis Travel - Turkey

•  Transfers according to itinerary .
•  7 nights' accommodation
• 7 Breakfasts, 7 Dinners
•  Tours as itinerary, professional guide
•  Entrance fees to tour sites during
•  Hotel Taxes

Price Excludes :

•  Air Tickets  (domestic or international)
•  Cost of visa
•  Personal expenses / drinks.
•  Gratuities

Day 1 - ISTANBUL
Arrival in Istanbul. Reception and transfer to hotel. Overnight  in Istanbul. (D)

Day 2 - ISTANBUL
Breakfast. Visit the FENER and the neighborhood, which was the heart of the community Christianity after the conquest of Constantinople, where he is currently the "Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate." (Visit  St. Savior in Chora), Chora Church of the Pantocrator, a work of Byzantine architecture. We will continue to visit the Church of Sergius, Bacchus, known as "Kucuk Ayasofya." Also visit the Mosque "Sokollu Grand Vizier." Return to hotel. Overnight . (B,D)

Day 3 - ISTANBUL / Troy / CANAKKALE
Breakfast. In the morning departure by bus to Canakkale, located on the Asiatic frontier of the Dardanelles Strait, where we visit Troya, famous ancient city, which itself evokes another name Poret: "Homer's Iliad." Visit the Trojan horse that served to hide the warriors . Overnight . (B,D)

Day 4  Canakkale / PERGAMUM / Thyatira / KUSADASI
Breakfast. Visit  the ancient city of Pergamon, one of the cultural centers, of doctors of the past. Evangelization of Pergamon is related to St. John the Evangelist and his disciples. The importance is to be your angel a recipient of the letters to the Seven Churches. Visit to the Acropolis, where we will have the opportunity to see the steepest theater of the world, the Temple of Trajan, the Temple of Athena Polias, the Temple of Hera, the Library, the Gymnasium and the Altar of Zeus Soter of large proportions and considered as a of the seven wonders of the world. In the lower town to see the ruins of a Roman Basilica, called "The Red" because of the color of its bricks. Visit the famous Asclepion, which is the temple in honor of the God of Health will continue to drive to Thyatira, a small colony where you can admire the Temple of Apollo Tirimparío "Sun God" the great Byzantine Basilica. Continuing  the journey to Kusadasi. Overnight. (B,D)

Day 5 - Kusadasi (Ephesus)
Breakfast. Visit Ephesus, founded in the eleventh century BC Its strategic location next to the sea becomes a point of communication between East and its great temple dedicated to Goddess Artemis (considered one of the seven wonders of the world) attracts a large number of pilgrims of the most several places and made an important city of Ephesus, famous and rich. Continuing the visit to the theater with capacity for 25,000 people, pride of the city where St. Paul preached, and yet standing and in good repair: the Agora, the Roman Baths, the Library of Celsius, Temple of Hadrian, the Church the Virgin Mary, which was celebrated in 431 the Third Ecumenical. Visit the Basilica of St. John, where was buried the body of the apostle. Visit to the House of Virgin Mary (a secular tradition of the Churches of Asia Minor claims that the Blessed Virgin Mary lived the last years of his life and died at Ephesus, so care of the beloved disciple, St. John the Evangelist, who was given him by Jesus in the moments immediately preceding his death on the cross). Return to the hotel. Overnight. (B,D).

Day 6 - Kusadasi / Aphrodisias / Laodicea / PAMUKKALE
Breakfast. Departure to  Aphrodisias, the largest school of sculpture dedicated to the ancient Goddess of Beauty. Continuing the visit to Laodicea which was founded by Antiochus II, gave him  the name of Laodicea in honor of his wife Laodice. Apparently, Christianity arrived in Laodicea by the preaching of Epaphras, a disciple of St. Paul. Visit the ruins of a theater and a hippodrome. Following then to Pamukkale, famous for its thermal waters, the petrified waterfalls calcium that form a unique show with its mountains of white cotton. Visit the ancient city Hierapolis, which as its name indicates, is known as the "Holy City". Overnight. (B,D).

Day 7 – Philadelphia / Sardis / SMYRNA / ISTANBUL
Breakfast. Visit  Philadelphia, city of Lydia (his name from the King of Pergamum Attalus II Philadelphus). City tour, then went to Sardis, the ancient capital of Lydia, who became famous for his riches, fabrics, carpets and for its temples dedicated to different gods, Artemis, Cybele, Jupiter. Visit the Temple of Artemis, the Acropolis, Synagogue, Gym. Continue to Smyrna, where they were born, among other figures, Homer, St. Polycarp and St. Irenaeus of Lyon. . In the church of St. Polycarp, with St. John the Evangelist. The stay of St. John the Evangelist in Ephesus may have been the reason for the rapid Christianization of Smyrna and its environs. Polycarp was martyred in Smyrna in 156, during his return from Rome. We will also visit the Church of Polycarp and the further transfer to airport for flight to Istanbul.
Reception and transfer to hotel. Overnight in  Istanbul. (B,D).

Day 8 - ISTANBUL
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport. End of our services. (B)

(B) Breakfast, (L), lunch (D) dinner

The order of visits may change, respecting the contents of the script

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