WHAT’S INCLUDED:

Air-conditioned and non-smoking vehicles

All entrances, taxes and parking payments

Lunch at a reputable restaurant

All the listed attractions mentioned in itinerary

Professional foreign language  speaking, licensed tour guide

(Topkapi palace is closed on tuesdays)

INFO :

DAY 1 EPHESUS TOUR 

Ephesus   It was one of the most important harbor cities in antique world and also it is mentioned in the book of Revelations as one of the seven churches of the apocalypse. In Ephesus Celcus Library, Temple of Hadrian, the fountain of Trajan and the Theater will be the highlights.

Virgin Mary’s house    This place is discovered by Lazarist priests after a German nun described the house and the mountain as the last residence of Virgin Mary after she had some visions about the place.

Lunch at a local restaurant.

Ephesus Archaeological Museum    We see the archaeological artifacts from ephesus excavations as the statue of the greek goddess Artemis.   

Artemis temple   We see the ruins of one of the seven  wonders of the world.

The tour ends close to the port in Kusadasi for shopping opportunities.

Order of the visit can be changed by the guide due to daily conditions.

DAY 2 ISTANBUL TOUR 

Hippodromme Square    It was a public arena mainly for chariot races and also home to gladiatorial games, official ceremonies, celebrations, protests, torture to the convicts and so on. The German Fountain of Wilhelm II, the Obelisk of Theodosius, the bronze Serpentine Column and the Column of Constantine are other monuments at the square.

Sultanahmet  Mosque    built in the 17^th century and known as the Blue Mosque  because of its magnificent interior decoration of blue Iznik tiles.

Hagia Sophia    This ancient basilica, built by Constantine the Great, in 4th century and reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, is one of the architectural marvels of all time.

Lunch    (Drinks not included)

Topkapı palace    The great palace of the Ottoman sultans from 15th to 19th centuries, housing an exquisite collection of precious gems, jewelry thrones of sultans, robes worn by the sultans and their families; miniatures, the Holy Mantle; Chamber of Sacred Relics.

[Harem (women's quarters) is not included in visit program and extra entrance fee is required.]

Hagia Irene    is the first building converted to a church from a pagan temple in the 4th c. AD. With remainings from sixth, eight and fifteenth centuries it has an authentic architecture. It was used as the patriarchate of the city too . A short but impressive visit will take us to  the Byzantine era.

Grand Bazaar (Covered Market)    More than 4000 shops in this labyrinth of streets and passages trade having its own area; the goldsmiths’ street, the carpet sellers, Turkish arts and crafts, such as hand painted ceramic plates, hand-honed copperware, brassware and trays, water ewers, onyx ware and meerschaum pipes.

Return to the Port     (The tour has to end 30 minutes before the last board on time) 

Order of the visits can be changed by the guide due to daily conditions.

PRICE :

For one person 560 USD 

For two people p.p. 350 USD  

For three people and more p.p 270 USD