Duration:3 Nights - 2 Days
Departure:Everyday
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Day 1 – Overnight local bus from Istanbul to Selcuk
20:00 You will be picked up infront of our office by shuttle bus and transfer to Bus station.
21:30 Depart from Istanbul by local bus to Selcuk (Duration 11 hrs)
Day 2 – Arrive in Selcuk & Ephesus Ancient City Tour (Lunch)
You will arrive in Selcuk arround 08:00am. Our staff will be waiting for you at the bus station with your name sign. You will be picked up from bus station and transferred to our office. After meeting with other tour participants and local tour guide, drive to Ephesus Ancient City , stroll past the celsus library, the Temple Of Hadrian and the Trajan Fountain in the Ancient Ephesus.After walking on the historical marble street the Great Theater where St. Paul preached will meet at the end. Then drive Isa Bey Mosque,After visiting Isabey Mosque, stop in a local restaurant for lunch. In the afternoon will visit the carpet coorperative to see how the Turkish carpets are made by hand. Proceed to shrine of Mother Mary,it is believed where she spent recent years of her life. Ephesus Archeological Museum to see findings of Ephesus excavations and Temple Of Artemis (Diana), on the side of one of the seven wonders of ancient World.At the end of the tour, drive back to Selcuk/Kusadasi the tour ends and you will be transferred to Hotel which is reserved by our company according to your choise.
Check in hotel and overnight in Selcuk / Kusadasi.
Day 3 – Pergamon Ancient City Tour (Breakfast & Lunch)
08:30am You will be picked up from your hotel after breakfast (Pick up time can be changed according to your hotel location) and meet with other tour participants and local tour guide. Pergamon was an important capital city in ancient word.. Built on a conical hill rising 1,000 feet above the surrounding valley. Pergamum's acropolis and Asclepion are both listed among the top 100 historical sites on the Mediterranean. Most of the buildings and monuments in Pergamum date to the time of Eumenes II (197-159 BC), including the famed library, the terrace of the spectacularly sited hillside theater, the main palace, the Altar of Zeus, Temple of Athena. It was main function was social and cultural as much as it was sacred Also it was one of the Seven Churches of Revelation. Asclepion, Galen born & Aducated in Pergamum, was the authority of European medicine from the 2nd century until renaissance. He was the founder of the health principles of diet, relaxation, exercise. Visit the ancient hospital & health center where he worked. Tour ends and you will be transferred to bus station to take an overnight bus back to Istanbul or other destinations.
21:00 Depart from Selcuk / Izmir to Istanbul by local bus.
Day 4 – Arrive in Istanbul
Around 08:00 am you will arrive in Istanbul bus station.(Local bus company has shuttle service to Sultanahmet area)
Venkataraman
02.09.2015, 14:49
Great experience about the ancient world.
Alexander
24.08.2015, 14:51
Excellent trip. It was nice bus journey and excellent trip for the historical site.
Marta Khallesi
15.10.2014, 17:54
İt was a good trip for me and for my family my husband and me liked ephesus theather was very old and you feel that years when you went there also our agency was the true one ı mean about this site they let us choose the true way and there didnt go anything wrong thank you all guys .... Our next vocation gonna be in turkey but we donno about whic city we have to go so its gonna be suprise i think ... Big hugs from Sweden........