IZMIR - ATHENS COMBINED PACKAGE TOUR (8 Days -7 Nights)
Day - 1: Arrival to Izmir
Arrival at Adnan Menderes Airport in Izmir. Your Izmir guide will meet you at the airport, port or at your hotel in Izmir.Your Izmir guide will be holding up a sign with your name on it, your guide will provide you with a complimentary map of Izmir, depending on the city you are staying and on the reverse side a map of the historical attraction of the city so when you are walking around the ancient sites you can have a better understanding of where you are placed and whats coming next. Airport transfer to your hotel. Brief orientation followed by a free day to enjoy for your own leisure. Overnight in Izmir.
Day - 2: Full Day Ephesus Tour
Early pick you up from hotel, meet with your Ephesus guide & join the Ephesus Tour. Visit The House of Virgin Mary,According to predominant Christian tradition, Mary was brought to Ephesus by the Apostle John after the Resurrection of Christ and lived out her days there. This is based mainly on the traditional belief that John came to Ephesus combined with the biblical statement that Jesus consigned her to Johns care. The next stop is The Temple of Diana,built in honour of the Greek Goddess of hunting, wild nature and fertility,Deemed as one of the Seven wonders of the ancient world. It was used to be the largest marble temple in the ancient Greek world since it was four times as the big as the Parthenon in Athens.After lunch visit the Ephesus Ancient City,a walking tour will take you throughout one of the most magnificent excavations in the world. See the Odeon,the temple of Hadrian and impressive library of Ephesus. The Grand Theater, where St.Paul preached, is the largest theater is antiquity with capacity of 24,000 seats. After that
we will drive back to Izmir for overnight in Izmir.
Day - 3: Full Day Pergamon Tour
After pick up we will drive to Bergama City. It is a 1 hour 30 minute drive from Izmir to Pergamon. Visit The Pergamon 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) Also The Parchment Paper, They stand as the most brilliant works of art of the 4th and 3rd century B.C. in Anatolia. The Parchment Library housed the most famous collection of books of that time, written on a type of processed lamb and goat skins. This was a process invented in Pergamum, when the rulers of Ptolemean Egypt embargoed the export of Egyptian papyrus sheets to Pergamon. After that visit the Red Basilica (Temple of Serapis), this huge brick edifice was built in the 2nd century as a Roman temple to the god Serapis and later converted into a Byzantine church. After the traditional Turkish lunch, we will visit the Asklepion Pergamons 2nd century Asklepion was a famed temple and medical center dedicated to Asklepius, the god of healing.Some treatments used a sacred water source that was later discovered to have radioactive properties.Afterwards, you drive back to your hotel in Izmir for Overnight.
Day - 4: Flight to Athens
Flight to Athens. Transfer from your hotel to the airport. Departure from Izmir to Athens. 08:30 am flight and arrive at Athens at 11:30. Transfer to Hotel, free day to enjoy for your own leisure. Overnight in Athens.
Day - 5: Athens City & Acropolis Tour (Half Day)
Our expert guides take you to see the center of the city,Constitution Square,The House of Parliament,The Memorial to The Unknown Soldier & The National Library. Driving down Herod Atticus street, you will see the Evzones in their picturesque uniform and the Presidential Palace. On your way to the Acropolis you will see Hadrians Arch, visit the Temple of Olympian Zeus and you will make a short stop at the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in 1896. You will complete the visit with the Museum of Acropolis. The rest of the day to spend at your leisure in Athens. Overnight in Athens.
Day - 6: Corinth Canal & Corint Ancient City Tour (Half Day)
Leave Athens and drive Southwest until we reach the Corinth Canal which connects The Aegean Sea with the Ioanian Sea (Short stop) Drive on and visit the Ancient Town of Corinth where St.Paul lived & preached for 2 years. The remains of the City, which include the Agora (market place) and Apollo’s Temple clearly show how rich and important Corinth was in the Ancient Times. A Short stop at the Site of the Ancient port of Cehries, where St.Paul disembarked will conclude the visit. Return to Athens in time for lunch. After that a Brief orientation followed by the rest of the day free to enjoy at your own leisure. Overnight in Athens.
Day - 7: Full Day Delphio Tour
Drive through the fertile plain of Boeotia, crossing the towns of Thebes connected with The tragedy of King Oedipus-Levadia and Arachoca (short stop on the way back). Arrive at Delphi, the center of Ancient World-the Omphalos whose prestige extended far beyond the bounderies of the Hellenic World. On the Slopes of Mount Parnassous, in a landscape of unparalleded beauty and majesty, lie the ruins of the Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios. Visit the Treasury of the Athenians, the Temple of Apollo and the Museum containing such masterpieces of Ancient Greek sculpture as the bronze Charioteer and the famous athlete Aghias. After Lunch, return to Athens by the same route. Overnight in Athens.
Day - 8: Transfer to Airport
Transfer to Athens airport and flight back to home sweet home