Kusadasi Trip Overview
NO HIDDEN COSTS in our 2 days mini group tour will take you to ancient city Ephesus and Pergamum. Pergamon is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Undoubtfully, you will enjoy your time on this tour.
* Small group ensures personal service with
* Informative, friendly and professional guide
* Option with Private Tour for your family
Special Offer – Book by March 29 to save 15% off our previously offered price! – Book Now!
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Kusadasi, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey
NO HIDDEN COSTS in our 2 days mini group tour will take you to ancient city Ephesus and Pergamum. Pergamon is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Undoubtfully, you will enjoy your time on this tour.
* Small group ensures personal service with
* Informative, friendly and professional guide
* Option with Private Tour for your family
Itinerary
Day 1: Kusadasi to Ephesus Full Day Tour ( lunch )
Stop At: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
Your tour guide will meet you at your hotel. After greetings, you will be driven to Ephesus region.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkey
First stop will be the House of Virgin Mary. It is written in the bible that Jesus entrusted his mother to his beloved desciple St. John the evangelist. After the crusifixion of Jesus, St. John and Mary escaped from Jarusalem because of the torture to early christians and came to Ephesus and spent her final years at Ephesus.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
It is time to visit famous ancient city of Ephesus walking through history along marble streets lined with wonderful public buildings, among them The State Agora, Odeon, Memnius Monument, the Temple of Domitian, , Polio Fountain, Curetes Street, The Trajan Fountain, The Baths of Scholastica, Hadrian Temple, Latrina, Celcus Library, the gate of Mihridates and Mazues, Commercial Agora and The Grand Theater are two of the most impressive buildings in Ephesus. Grand theatre was built in 3rd century B.C and it was later expanded to 24.000 spectators by the Romans in the 1st century A.D.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkey
We will complete our tour after visiting Temple of Artemis where is the one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The temple was dedicated greek fertility goddess Artemis and built in 3rd BC. According to its giant size and being the first temple made of marble, a Greek poet named Antipater listed it one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
Drive back to Kusadasi and drop you off to your hotel.
Duration: 25 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Kusadasi – Pergamum – Kusadasi or to Izmir Airport ( Lunch )
Stop At: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
08.30 a.m. After breakfast, pick up from hotel and departure for Pergamum.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Ruins of Pergamum, 8 km (5 mi) from Bergama, Bergama Turkey
Pergamum, actually called Bergama is one of the sites of the Seven Churches of Asia [Rev. 1:11; 2:12]. Here we explore the impressive Acropolis, the steepest theatre in the world, see the Altar of Zeus which is mentioned as the «Throne of Satan» in the book of Revelation, the marble columns of the Temple of Trajan and the Library which was foremost in the world and was long a rival of the equally famous Library of Alexandria in Egypt. Its wealth of volumes was estimated at over 200,000. It inspired the invention of parchment.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Asklepion, Zafer Mah. Prof. Dr. Frieldhelm Korte Cad. No:1, Bergama 35700 Turkey
After the Acropolis, we will continue with the Asklepion, famous medical centre of classical times.
At the base of Pergamon Acropolis, there was a healing complex built in the 4th century BC in honor of Asclepius, the God of Healing. With its advanced architectural layout and the treatment methods employed, it earned the title of the most important healing center in western Anatolia.
Remains of Asklepion’s surviving ruins belong to the arrangements promoted by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD. Asklepion shows the feature of being a sacred area in earlier periods than its foundation date. However, its development started after the 4th century BC.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
Drive back to your hotel in Kusadasi or drop you off to Izmir Airport where is on our way back to Kusadasi.
Duration: 2 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Special Offer – Book by March 29 to save 15% off our previously offered price! – Book Now!
