@ ANTALYA

TERMESSOS

Visit Termessos, Lycian city in the mountains which resisted Alexander the Great.
Overlook the sea from the theatre; Necropolis, impressive cisterns, Gymnasium, temples and Bouleuterion.

PERGE – ASPENDOS

Visit Perge, first stop of St. Pau in Asia Minor; the ancient city with the street of pillars, the Stadium, the Greco-Roman Theatre.  Visit the Theatre of Aspendos,  the best preserved theatre in the Mediterranean area.

SIDE – MANAVGAT

Visit Side, its walls dating from the Hellenic period, magnificient Nymphaeum, theatre (the largest of Pamphylia), Agora, baths restored and made into a museum, the Temples Athena and Apollo.  Visit Manavgat Waterfalls.

ALANYA

Visit Alanya, ancient Corecesium, the fortress of Alanya. View the Red Tower and the Naval Arsenal.

FINIKE – DEMRE

Visit Demre, ancient Myra, where St. Paul embarked on his voyage to Rome.  Visit the theatre, the open air sculpture museum,  dpminated by a steep cliff and the City of the Dead.
Kale: the church of St Nicholas.

 @ IZMIR

EPHESUS

Visit Ephesus, Ruins of the old city, the Arcadian Way, the Street of  the Curetes, The Theatre, the Agora, the Marble Way, the private homes, the Odeon, the Basilica of St. John, the Sepulchre of St. John, the double church where the Ecumenical Councils metg in 431 and in 439. The House of the Virgin Mary and theMuseum.

PERGAMUM

Visit Pergamum, the Asclepieum, curative centre the Red Basilica (the temples of Isis and Serapis), the Hellenistic citadel and amphitheatre, the ancient cisterns.

SARDIS

Visit Sardis, capital of Lydia, where Croesus minted the first gold coins.  Visit the imposing remains of the Temple of Artemis, the great synagogue of the third century to admire its mosaics, reliefs and the platform reserved for dignitaries of the Jewish community, the ceremonial atlar decorated with two lions.

PRIENE DIDYMA MILETUS

Visit the Hellenistic cities of Iona, following the shore line.
Pirene City of Alexander the Great ; the theatre, the ruins of the temple of Athena, the Agora and Gymnasium.

Miletus; The theatre, the hot springs, the port where St Paul bid farewell to the Christians.

Dydima and the imposing ruins of the immense  temple of Apollo; the toppled colums, the Sanctuary, the monumental entry way.

EPHESUS HIERAPOLIS APHRODISIAS

Visit Ephesus, the Museum,the Basilica of St John. Climb to Panayakapulu; the House of the Virgin Mary, the double church where the Ecuenical Council met in 431 and in 449, the ancient city, the Arcadian Way, the Theatre, the Street of Marble, the Odeon, the Agora, lodging

Pamukkale; Visit the theatre, the baths go to Laodicea.  Visit the ruins of Aphrodisias, the Temple of Aphrodite and the Odeon

@ CAPPADOCIA

Visit the churches of the Valley of Goreme and Ortahisar

Visit Urgup, Uchisar, Avcılar, Zelve, Avanos

Excursion to the picturesque village of Sinasos. Visit the wine cellars and sip their wines.

Visit the underground cities of Derinkuyu and Kaymaklı