Izmir Trip Overview
In 4 Days you can visit The Seven Churches of Asia as mentioned in the Book of Revelation. Following your arrival in Izmir, your guide meets you at the airport and starts the tour from Izmir which is the 3rd biggest city in Turkey.
The tour includes stops at Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea churches.
By the way, during your travel, you pass through countless small towns and villages which show you Turkish culture and lifestyle.
Tour is available every day, all year long.
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Duration: 4 days
Starts: Izmir, Turkey
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What to Expect When Visiting Izmir, Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey
In 4 Days you can visit The Seven Churches of Asia as mentioned in the Book of Revelation. Following your arrival in Izmir, your guide meets you at the airport and starts the tour from Izmir which is the 3rd biggest city in Turkey.
The tour includes stops at Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea churches.
By the way, during your travel, you pass through countless small towns and villages which show you Turkish culture and lifestyle.
Tour is available every day, all year long.
You can customize this as you wish.
Private Tour only!
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive Izmir – Smyrna & Pergamon Tour
Pass By: Izmir, Izmir, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
Welcome to Izmir(Smyrna). Your guide meets you at the airport.
Stop At: Saint Polycarp Church, Pasaport Iskelesi 75B Akdeniz Mahallesi, Izmir 35210 Turkey
Smyrna is the second of seven churches in Asia Minor that are said to receive a spiritual evaluation directly from God through Jesus Christ. Paul the apostle likely began the Christian church in the city. One of Apostle John’s students, Polycarp (who lived from 69 to 155 A.D.), is thought to have played a major role in leading the church in Ephesus during the second century. Tradition states that he was killed as a martyr in Smyrna. that’s why we start our tour with St. Polycarp Church in Smyrna.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Pergamon Antik Kenti, Bergama Turkey
Then head to Pergamon, also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos, which was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Mysia.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Red Basilica (Kizil Avlu), Adjacent to the second otogar, Bergama Turkey
After Pergamon, we drive in five minutes to the monumental ruined temple in the ancient city of Pergamon. The temple was converted by the Byzantines into a Christian church dedicated to St John but was subsequently destroyed.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight Pergamon
Day 2: Thyatira & Sardis & Philadelphia Tour
Stop At: Akhisar, Akhisar, Manisa Province
Today you visit three churches which are Thyatira, Sardis, and Philadelphia. After breakfast, we leave from Pergamon and we drive about one hour to reach Thyatira. Thyatira was home to a Christian community from the apostolic period. The community continued until 1922 when the Orthodox Christian population was deported.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sardis (Sardes), Belediye Cd. No:124 Sart, Salihli 45300 Turkey
From Thyatira to Sardis takes about one hour of driving. As one of the seven churches of Asia, we will see Sardis which was addressed by the author of the Book of Revelation in the New Testament.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Philadelphia Siesean Kilisesi, Soguksu Mahallesi, Ismet Pasa Cd. No: 114, Alasehir Turkey
From Sardis with 30 minutes driving, we reach Philadelphia church. The church in Philadelphia is said to be the sixth of seven churches that received a spiritual evaluation directly from God through Jesus Christ.
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight Hierapolis
Day 3: Hierapolis & Laodicea & Pamukkale Tour
Stop At: Hierapolis & Pamukkale, Pamukkale 20280 Turkey
Hierapolis was an ancient Greek city located on hot springs in classical Phrygia in southwestern Anatolia. Its ruins are adjacent to modern Pamukkale in Turkey and currently comprise an archaeological museum. The site has the Tomb of Philip the Apostle.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Laodicea, Just off Denizli – Pamukkale, Denizli Turkey
After Hierapolis, we head to The Laodicean Church, which was a Christian community established in the ancient city of Laodicea (on the river Lycus, in the Roman province of Asia, and one of the early centers of Christianity). The church was established in the Apostolic Age, the earliest period of Christianity, and is probably best known for being one of the Seven Churches of Asia addressed by name in the Book of Revelation (Rev. 3.14-22).
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight Kusadasi
Day 4: Ephesus Tour & Depart From Turkey
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
On the last day, we will visit Ephesus ancient city which was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era, it was one of twelve cities that were members of the Ionian League. The city came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkey
The Temple of Artemis or Artemision, also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis (associated with Diana, a Roman goddess). It was located in Ephesus. It was completely rebuilt twice, once after a devastating flood and three hundred years later after an act of arson, and in its final form was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. By 401 AD it had been ruined or destroyed. Only foundations and fragments of the last temple remain at the site.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: The Basilica of Saint John, Isa Bey Mahallesi, 2013. Sk. No:1, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
The Basilica of St. John was a basilica in Ephesus. It was constructed by Justinian I in the 6th century. It stands over the believed burial site of John the Apostle. It was modeled after the now lost Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House), Selcuk 35100 Turkey
The House of the Virgin Mary is a Catholic shrine located on Mt. Koressos in the vicinity of Ephesus, 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) from Selçuk in Turkey.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
