After breakfast you will have a 4 hours journey to Antakya. First and most important visit here is church of St. Peter, one of the earliest church of christianity. After the visit of St. Peter church, you will visit Antakya Archeology Museum. We will also visit a hotel which is built over the largest floor mosaic. Antakya is one of the gastronomy city in turkey so after a delicious lunch you will drive to hotel and overnight in Antakya.

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• PACKAGE RATE: Güngör Ottoman Palace Otel

After breakfast you will have a 3 hours journey to Tarsus city. Christianity can not be understand without St. Paul. First we will visit the church of St. Paul In the city center later we will have 10 min journey to the city center. After visiting city center of Tarsus We will drive 30.min to Mersin city center;one of the most important port city in Turkey. After a walk in Mersin Harbour area and visit St.Antuan Latin Catholic church transfer to hotel and overnight in Mersin.

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• PACKAGE RATE: THE MENORD HOTEL SPA & WELLNESS

After breakfast you will have a 2 hours journey to Gumusler monastery. The monastery is carved out of a large rock and one of the best preserved and largest of its kind in Cappadocia region. Capadocia is a very special place with its history and natural beauty. Starting from 60 thousands years ago with volcanic eruptions,ashes and lava covered a huge area. Within many centuries climate chances, wind, rain had been forming Cappadocia land. As the ash plaque is softer than lava and Stones, during many centuries nature formed fairy chimneys. As it is easy to dig and shape this land, people used this for their benefits. They dig caves,deposits,churces,houses… Ancient people dig undergroud city to run away from wild animals or threat of other nations. First chiristians used this undergroud cities to run away from the threat of Pagan Romans. First three centuries of chiristianity was uneasy. Because the Roman empire who were ruling whole minor Asia was pagan and christianity was illegal for them. Even for all oppressions, Capadocia became a home for the first christians where they can breath and live their religion. All these made capadocia a very magical place for visitors. After Gumusler monastery you will have a 1 hour journey to Kaymaklı underground city. There are more than 150 underground cities in Capadocia,and we will visit the largest and most beautiful underground city; Kaymaklı UC. It is not very clear when and why people needed to dig these underground cities but we are sure that early christians use underground cities for hiding and live their religion without any fear. After visit, we will have 40 min drive to Urgup and overnight in Cappadocia.

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• PACKAGE RATE: SUHAN CAPPADOCIA HOTEL&SPA

After breakfast and check out from hotel early in the morning you will have a quite long journey to to Pamukkale. On the way you will see the biggest caravanserai of Anatolia. Caravanserai was a roadside inn where travelers (caravaners) could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information and people across the network of trade routes covering Asia, North Africa and Southeast Europe, most notably the Silk Road. End of the journey check in to your thermal spa hotel and overnight.

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• PACKAGE RATE: Lycus River Thermal Hotel

Christianity is 2000 years old religion and to be able to be a good believer it is a must to understand first christians. how was the environment they lived? How much they sacrificed? How much they suffered? So next days in our tour we will visit 7 churches of revelations and try to understand the environment in early christianity. Also we should clearly understand that when we say church you should not expect to see church buildings because in the book of revelation when it is mentioned about Ephesus church, Symrna church it reffers to the chiristian community, so in many visits you are not able to see a standing church but will talk and feel about first christians. 9.day in our tour will start with Leodicea ancient city which is 15 min drive from your hotel area. After breakfast in your hotel you will meet with your guide and driver and drive to ancient city Leodicea. Laodicea , thanks to its great location on the meeting point of important trade routes became a very rich and important ancient city. With the last excavations and restoration an amazing city raised. From the enterance of the city espectacular syrian Street wellcomes you which leads you to Ephesus Street. Two sides of the Street amazing buildings with beautiful details lead you the theather of the city. And the church building is a must see place! This city was mentioned in the book of revelation as one of the seven churches of first christians. Leodicea was a prosperous city, famous for its black wool, banking services, and medical achievements so you can obviously see this abundance from the church of the city. After leodicea, we will visit Pamukkale & Hierapolis. Pamukkale with ancient name Hierapolis, which is” Cotton Castle” in turkish is a very special place where history meets with natural beauty. Naturally area has permeable soil and underground hot spring water runs close to the surface. Only in Pamukkale museum part there are 17 points where water comes to the surface. .....

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• PACKAGE RATE: Lycus River Thermal Hotel

After breakfast in the hotel you will leave Pamukkale and 1 and half hour journey to Philadelphia, a very small part of Church and ancient city survived today. After a short visit and interpretation of the letter of St.john journey to Sardis. Except it is importance as a one of the seven churches of revelation, the ruins of the ancient Sardis is magnificent. First of all you will visit Sardis gymnagium, which is a monumental building and one of the best place that you can take photos to remember you visit in turkey. Next to this place you can see one of the most important synagogue in Anatolia and also ancient shops of those times. After here with 5 min drive , you arrive to Artemis temple and next to the temple ancient church that is mentiones as dead church in the book of revelation. After lunch break in a local restaurant here in Sardis, you will have a 45 min journey to Thyatira and visit very few ruins left here and read the letter. Thyatıra , which became a trade center where there was a strong jewish comunity. Today there is not much left to visit from the ancient city but the massage in the letter is important. After Thyatira you will have 1 hour journey to Pergamon. Pergamon ancient city was founded by greek colonists after the great greek colonization started 800 B.C. This city became the only kingdom between these colonized cities and Pergamon kings gave great importance to agriculture, this how they built great irrigation systems. Pergamon kings paid great importance to education and phylosophy ,this is how second biggest library of the ancient World after Alexandria library, founded here. Also in this city one of the most impressive temple dedicated to Zeus is built here, which is moved to Berlin museum today. That why this in the book of revelation this church chiristian community mentiones as compromising and where the seat of Satan is. Here you will visit ruins of red bazilica and then you will visit one of the first healing center of ancient Wo

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• PACKAGE RATE: Berksoy Hotel

After breakfast we will pick you up from reception and start the tour. Ephesus had been a trade centre of the ancient world, because Ephesus was in that location where trade roads end by land. Trade continued from the horbour of the city to Europa by sea. Other reason is Ephesus always been an importand culte center of mothergoddes, Kybele or Artemis in greek period and later all these female figures converted in to Mother Mary. And also Ephesus is considered to one of the most well preserved ancient city from Greko-Roman preod where you can imagine easly how people lived 2000 yers ago. Visit to ruins of ancient city Ephesus is the most important visit of the day. You will walk trough the original streets of the city which is 2000 years old. You will enter city from upper gate from the official part of the city. Firstly you will visit Boluterium, the parliament building of the city. So do not expect to see a palace of a king here because ephesus never been a kingdom. After greek colonization city was a greek federation, 1 century bc Ephesus became a state of Roman empire. Thats how you will see greek and Roman style together in this city architecture. After you will walk down to domitianus square, you will see beautiful Nike relief. Then you will pass truogh the Hercules gate where you have a general look to the city center. You will walk by the trojan fountain,hadrian temple,public toilets and reach to the most important monument in ephesus,Library of Celcius. Last visit point will be great public theather which has a capacity of 25.000 people,one of the biggest in the World. Other visit during the tour will be House of Virgin Mary. As it is beleived when Jesus crucified he left his mother to the guard of St. John the Evangelist and because of his mission St John travelled to Ephesus with Mother Mary where Virgin Mary. spent her last days and deceased. .......

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• PACKAGE RATE: Charisma De Luxe Hotel

After breakfast and check out you will have 1 hour journey to Izmir city center, the third largest population of Turkey and most modern city. Firts you will visit old city center. Symrna became a trade center after Ephesus lost its importance. Symrna was the main port city in late Roman period and still today is one of the most important port of Turkey. Izmir city center where you will visit the ruins of Agora of ancient Smyrna which is one of the largest agora of Roman empire and listen to your guide about the atmosphere of those times of first chiristians. After that you will visit the old bazaar, Kemeraltı ,a very authentic old trade center where you will also have lunch. After lunch you will drive to St.polycarp church which is dedicated to St.polycarp 2nd century Bishop Policarp who was burned alive at the age of 85. End of the tour transfer to the Airport end of the service. Thank you!

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