3 Days Ephesus & Pergamum & Priene, Miletus, Didyma Tour by Bus

20:00  You will take a shuttle bus form our office and transfer to Bus station.

21:30  Depart from Istanbul to Selcuk by local bus (Duration 11 hrs)
 

Upon your arrival to Selcuk  in the morning, our staff will be waiting you at the bus station with your name sign. You will be picked up from bus station and taken to our office. After meeting with other tour participants and local Ephesus tour guide, you will start to Full Day Ephesus Ancient City & House of Virgin Mary Tour. You will walk with our Ephesus tour guide in the Ephesus Ancient City  through marble streets to the Library of Celsius, then visit Hadrian's Temple, the Fountains of Trajan, Polio, and Domitian,Vedious and Scholastic Baths, Bouloterion, and the Great Theatre with capacity of 24.000 spectators. After visiting Ephesus ancient City, you will have lunch in a local restaturant. Afterwards, you will visit the House of Virgin Mary where she spent last days of her life. It was the 3rd Ecumenical council then drive to the Temple of Artemis, was the one of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World."  Afterwards, 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 Kusadasi.
 

08:30  You will be collected from your hotel after breakfast (Pick up time may change according to your hotel location) and meet with other tour participants and local tour guide then drive to Pergamon. 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. At the end of the tour, drive back to hotel and overnight in Kusadasi.
 

Day 4  – Priene, Miletus and Didyma Tour & Bus To Istanbul (Breakfast & Lunch)

08:30 You will be picked up from your hotel after breakfast (Pick up time may change according to your hotel location) and meet with other tour participants and local tour guide.Then drive to Priene Ancient City. In the 2nd millennium BC, Priene Ancient City  was founded in an unknown location. Visit the theater, the temple of Athena, the Bouleterium, the Agora, and the Altar of Zeus and Cybele. After visiting Priene, have lunch in one of the local restaurant in the area. Afterwards, dirve to Didyma Ancient City, Visiting Temple Of the Apollon which was the biggest Oracle Center of ancient Turkey. After visiting Didyma drive to Miletus Ancient City, was established on the sea shore at that period. Also it was knowen Thales’s home. He has reported forecasted solar eclipse. He has been dealing with astronomy and solstices as one of the first astronomer to calculate in advance. The city was destroyed by the Persians in 5th century BC.  At the end of the tour, drive back to Selcuk/Kusadasi to take an overnight bus back to Istanbul or other destinations.

21:00 Depart from Selcuk / Kusadasi to Istanbul by local bus.
 

Around 08:00am, you will arrive in Istanbul bus station. ( Local bus company has shuttle bus to Sultanahmet area)