After approximately 1 hour early morning Istanbul-Izmir flight,
you will be transferred to Ephesus, the best preserved ancient
city of Roman period which used to contain one of the seven
wonders of the ancient world, the Temple of Artemis.
We will pick you up from your hotel in Istanbul and transfer to
airport in Istanbul.t
Flight from Istanbul to Izmir (approximately 1 hour)
Transfer from Airport to
Ephesus tour.
Full day tour of
Ephesus and House of Virgin Mary, including
transfers, entrance fees, guide.
Ephesus: Enter through the Magnesia Gate and
begin a slow, downhill walk with your guide into the ruins of
this Roman provincial capital. Your route takes you past the
Odeum, the Celsus Library, the Temple of Hadrian, the Fountain
of Trajan and the Great Theater. The Theater had seating for
25,000, was the site where St. Paul preached to the Ephesians,
and is used today for a local spring festival.
House of the Virgin Mary: The Vatican has recognized this
small house in the Solmissos Mountains as the final resting
place of the Virgin Mary. A small shrine dedicated to St. Mary
was found when the ruins of the house were first discovered.
What you see along the way: From
Kusadasi, you travel north to
St. John’s Basilica, passing the Byzantine fortress at Selcuk
and the ruins of the Temple of Artemis. Continue to
Ephesus
Open Museum then up to the House of Virgin Mary located in
Bulbul Mountain. After the visit head for the upper gate of
Ephesus. By the end of touring Ephesus, return to Kusadasi.
Lunch during the tour is included.
Special notes: Ephesus requires walking long distances over
uneven surfaces
Accommodation in
Kusadasi.
Breakfast in your hotel included
Pamukkale & Hierapolis tour including transfers, entrance fees,
guide. Visiting the amazing white colored travertines, hot
spring pools and water terraces have been created by nature in
millions of years on the mountain slopes of
Pamukkale and the
ancient city of Hierapolis which has the biggest ancient
Necropolis of Turkey with 1200 gravestones.
Lunch during the tour is included.
Transfer to Izmir or Denizli airport after the tour
Evening flight to Istanbul.
End of the package upon your arrival to Istanbul (IST) or Sabiha
Gokcen (SAW) airports.
Transfer to your hotel in Istanbul.
PS: The order of tours can be interchanged
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TOUR PRICES:
Attention: The price of this tour package changes,
mainly depending on departure date, time of booking and flight
costs. Higher prices may apply based on flight costs on
different dates / seasons. Early reservation is highly
recommended to secure better prices. Tour itinerary can also be
changed because of discordant flight schedules on the requested
dates. We will do our best to offer best possible prices.
Low Season (November
to March)
455 Euro per person in single rooms.
390 Euro per person in double rooms
370 Euro per person in triple rooms
Mid Season (April, May,
October)
495 Euro per person in single rooms.
420 Euro per person in double rooms
395 Euro per person in triple rooms
High Season (June, July,
August, September)
520 Euro per person in single rooms.
445 Euro per person in double rooms
425 Euro per person in triple rooms
Tour prices include:
All taxes.
Accommodation in standard category hotels
Mentioned tours with professional guidance in
English.
Entrance fees for museums during the tours.
Meals mentioned in the itinerary. Drinks are excluded. (B=
Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)
Domestic flights and airport transfers as
mentioned.
All connecting transfers in between the tour period.
Compulsory local (TURSAB)
travel agency insurance.
Tour prices do not Include:
Anything not mentioned in the itinerary.
Drinks during any meals
Tours and accommodation in Istanbul.
Your international flights to / from Turkey.
Personal expenses, tips etc.
Excess baggage fee for flights.
Accommodation
tax, payable on the spot by the clients directly - around 1,5
to 2 Euros per room per night, which changes for each hotel
Payment and reservation:
We will request some 30 % of the total tour price in advance to
complete your tour reservation. You can make the advance
payment from our secure online payment link or by mail order.
Final payments can also be made online or at our Istanbul
office, before tour departure dates.
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tour packages operated in different cities.These tour packages
we offer are designed so as to visit the places they include in
the shortest time and the most economical way. Unlike standard
group tours you will be independent from other people in
hotels and during the transportation. You will join other
people only during the guided tours and excursions in day time,
but there will not be any guides accompanying you during
flights, intercity bus rides and transfers. Everything related
to the tour program will be organized by us; such as bus and
plane tickets, hotel reservations, guided tours, all connecting
transfers and you will be under our protection along the way if
ever something goes wrong.
You can customize these tours
Tour prices are advertised for standard 2 / 3 star hotel
accommodation. Each of these tours can be upgraded or
customized for your personal requirement.
Hotels can be
upgraded and additional days can be added to each tour packages at any
destinations you prefer. Istanbul departure and
arrivals can easily be replaced by other cities of Turkey in
some cases..
Important Notice
Istanbul is not included in any of the Turkey package tours we
offer. To be able to join them comfortably, you need to stay in
Istanbul at least for 1 night before and after the tour period.
We’d recommend you not to book your international flights or
bus tickets right before or after this tour package,
considering unexpected delays. To be able to benefit from our
airport transfer services in Istanbul, the hotel you stay in
should be centrally located on the European side, roughly
within 2-3 km distance with respect to the downtown
Sultanahmet district,
aka old city. Let us know in advance if you intend to stay at
airport hotels or at hotels out of the city center, especially
if it will be on the Asian side; before and after this tour.
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Ephesus
During both the Hellenistic and Roman periods
Ephesus was the
most important port and cultural center of the eastern world.
The remains of the city are still spellbinding today. Of all
the ancient cities of Turkey, Ephesus is the best preserved and
most visited in all ages and is as popular as it was in ancient
times. This is due to the miraculous discovery of the House of
the Virgin Mary. The city had splendid buildings and was
dedicated to the Goddess Artemis, whose temple was considered
one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The main monuments that
we will see during the visit of this fascinating city are: the
street of Arcadiane, the majestic theatre, marble road, library
of Celsus, market place street of the Curettes, baths of
Scholastic state agora, prytaneion, odeon. The town of Seljuk,
is dominated by a Byzantine citadel close to the basilica of
St. John built in the 5th century, on the site of tomb of the
Apostle. Seljuk has also an exceptionally fine archaeological
museum.
The Artemis Temple was destroyed in 356BC, and when Alexander
the Great passed through in 334 BC he offered to pay for the
cost of a new construction, provided it was dedicated to him.
The Ephesus people declined, and rebuilt it with great success.
When the Romans made Ephesus their provincial capital, it
became a busy town with great commercial, trading and political
importance, and a population that grew to around 250,000. A
significant Christian community grew, and the city was visited
by St John the Evangelist in the 1st century, then by St Paul,
who was there between 51-53 AD and wrote some of his epistles.
It was also the venue of two Ecumenical Councils.
But the success of Roman Ephesus began to dwindle, mainly
because of problems connected to the harbour, which was the
main source of trade. The Cayster River was pushing silt up the
harbour and despite attempts to dredge it and rebuild the
harbour, the sea was pushed back to Pamucak, 4km away, and
therefore Ephesus lost its source of wealth. By the 6th
century, the city was unliveable and was shifted near to St
John’s Basilica, and by 1090 it was taken over by the Turks.
Pamukkale & Hierapolis
Pamukkale is one of the most enchanting and remarkable sights
in the whole of Turkey with the great dazzling white plateau,
almost 400 feet high, rising in a curtain of stalagmites and
shallow pools, giving one into another on hundreds of different
levels, and ancient city of Hierapolis located on this plateau.
The great baths were constructed in the second century and are
so well-preserved that they now serve as a museum. The
impressive and recently restored theatre, the Martyrium of St.
Philip the Apostle of the 5th century – a colonnaded street
erected by Domitian, a monumental gate of the same period,
another bath stretching on for over a Mile, the necropolis with
a fascinating variety of tombs and sarcophagus are the famous
monuments of this antique city.
Pamukkale is recognized as a World Heritage Site together with
Hierapolis. Hierapolis-Pamukkale was made a World Heritage Site
in 1988. The underground volcanic activity which causes the hot
springs also forced carbon dioxide into a cave, which was
called the Plutonium, which here means "place of the god
Pluto". This cave was used for religious purposes by priests of Cybele, who found ways to appear immune to the suffocating gas.
Pamukkale's pool terraces are made of travertine, a sedimentary
rock deposited by water from the hot springs. In this area,
there are 17 hot water springs in which the temperature ranges
from 35 °C (95 °F) to 100 °C (212 °F)
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