Ankara - Cappadocia - Pamukkale - Ephesus - PMD - Pergamon (7 Days 6 Nights)
DAY 01- ANKARA CITY TOUR - CAPPADOCIA (5 hours)
Pick up from the hotel, airport or train station and tour in Ankara city. As you visit the Turkish capital, the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations offers an insight to the
past civilizations and cultures of the vast Anatolian lands; and viewing the Ataturk Mausoleum, informs you about the founder of modern Turkey. Drive to Cappadocia via salt lake.
Overnight in Cappadocia.
DAY 2 - CAPPADOCIA TOUR 1
Devrent imagination valley(a lunar landscape), Zelve open air museum(houses carved in rock, Seljukian mosque & remains nearly from all the ancient civilizations),Pasabaglari
(Fairy chimneys), Avanos (pottery demonstration with the Hittite tecnique), Lunch, Pigeon valley, Uchisar rock-castle, Esentepe(panoramic view of Goreme valley) and Goreme open air
museum(rock cut churches, frescoes, monastery).Overnight Cappadocia.
DAY 3 - CAPPADOCIA TOUR 2 - PAMUKKALE
09:15 pick up from the hotel. Mustafapasa (old Greek village Sinasos), Keslik monastery, Taskinpasa medresesi (an Ottoman theological school), Sobesos the ancient city of
Byzantium (Roman bath, Mosaics and more), Soganli valley (3 km walking in the traditional village, churches and Lunch), Cemil (Greek-orthodox church) and Kaymakli underground city.
Transfer to Cappadocia bus station and overnight bus to Pamukkale.
DAY 4 - PAMUKKALE
06:30 You will be picked up from Denizli bus station and transfer to Pamukkale town.In Pamukkale, you will see the Cotton Cliffs, one of the natural wonders of the world formed
by deposits of calcareous salts. Also visit the ancient ruins of the City of Hierapolis with its basilica , theatre and Roman Baths. After tour drive to Kusadası and Overnight.
DAY 5 – EPHESUS TOUR
08:30 You will be picked up from your Hotel then drive to Selçuk Town for Full day tour of Ephesus & The House of Virgin Mary. First you will visit The Temple of Artemis, which once
was one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Then you will visit the world famous ancient Greco-Roman City of Ephesus, the most well preserved example in the world. After visiting
this impressive site, you will have a lunch break. After lunch, you will visit The House of Virgin Mary, where it is believed she spent her last days. This is a holy place for both
Christians and Muslims.Overnight Kusadası
DAY 6 - PRIENE MILETOS DIDYMA
After breakfast drive to Priene, which is a well preserved ancient Greek city. Then see Miletos which has a beautiful Greco-roman theater where St. Paul gave a speech to spread
Christianity in the 1st century. Proceed to Didyma to see the Temple of Apollo, famous for its oracle. Lunch at a local fish restaurant in Didyma,Return to Kusdasi and Overnight.
DAY 7 - PERGAMON - FLIGHT BACK TO ANKARA
Pick up from the hotel early in the morning and drive Pergamon. Visit the Acropolis, Temple of Athena, the famous library and royal palaces, the Temple of Trajan, the 3rd century
Theater of Pergamon (one of the steepest theaters in the world), the Temple of Dionysos, remains of the Altar of Zeus (Seat of Satan), and a view of the Red Basilica (St. John''s Church).
Lunch included in town. Visit the ruins of Asclepion, a medical center of the ancient world.End of the tour transfer to Izmir Airport to take a flight to Ankara.
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