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>Internal flight tickets, Airport transfers, 1-night stay in Kusadasi, Guiding at tours, Skip-The-Line tickets, Lunch at tours provided >
Explore UNESCO Sites of Turkey with customized 2 Days Tour by plane from-to Istanbul. Walk on the ancient streets of Ephesus where Mother Mary, St John, and St paul walked and see monuments such as Celsus Library, Great Theather, Trajan Fountain, Odeon Temple, see Mother Mary House where she spent her final days, swim in Pamukkale’s thermal springs and Visit Hierapolis which has the biggest Necropolis with 1200 gravestones in Anatolia. Learn history about Romans and early Christians from your expert local guide, tasty typical Turkish food in local restaurants
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Duration: 2 days
Starts: Istanbul, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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>Internal flight tickets, Airport transfers, 1-night stay in Kusadasi, Guiding at tours, Skip-The-Line tickets, Lunch at tours provided >
Explore UNESCO Sites of Turkey with customized 2 Days Tour by plane from-to Istanbul. Walk on the ancient streets of Ephesus where Mother Mary, St John, and St paul walked and see monuments such as Celsus Library, Great Theather, Trajan Fountain, Odeon Temple, see Mother Mary House where she spent her final days, swim in Pamukkale’s thermal springs and Visit Hierapolis which has the biggest Necropolis with 1200 gravestones in Anatolia. Learn history about Romans and early Christians from your expert local guide, tasty typical Turkish food in local restaurants
Itinerary
Day 1: Flight to Izmir / Ancient Ephesus Tour
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
Ancient Ephesus; The best-preserved classic city in the western Mediterranean. The largest open-air museum in Turkey with marble streets, Library of Celsus, The great theatre, Odeon Temple, one of the seventh wonders of the Ancient world-Temple of Artemis and Agora. Ephesus is also one of the 7 Churches of Revelation and holds the House of Virgin Mary.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkey
located 6km to the north of the ruins of Ephesus, a church was built from the 6C AD to the top of the foundations of a house from 1C AD and it is declared by the church to be the final house where Mary spent her last days. Also, it is believed that the Assumption took place there in the 15th of August.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkey
was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Its ancient cult dedicated to Artemis was very famous in antiquity and made Ephesus a much-visited pilgrimage place. There were a total of 127 ionic columns with a height of 19m. The temple is also considered to be the earliest bank of the ancient world.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch
Accommodation included: Overnight stay in Kusadasi. (4* Hotel)
Day 2: Pamukkale Tour / Flight to Istanbul
Stop At: Pamukkale Thermal Pools, Pamukkale Turkey
Pools of Heaven on Earth… Pamukkale has always been a very popular settlement where hot springs were believed to have healing powers so it is considered to be the earliest spa on earth where in history people traveled long distances in order to find a cure. The unique terraces were formed by running warm spring water at a temperature of 35 C, containing calcium bicarbonate. Today Pamukkale is declared as a worlds heritage site by UNESCO.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Hierapolis & Pamukkale, Pamukkale 20280 Turkey
which has the biggest Necropolis with 1200 gravestones in Anatolia. Also, The Sacred Pool is one of the highlights of the site. Theır shallow thermal waters ripple over a wonderful scattering of ancient roman ruins that lie beneath.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
