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" PERGAMUM AND AEGEAN REGION TOURS "
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PERGAMUM TOUR |
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After
breakfast drive to ancient city of
Pergamon, enter the Red Court,
a precinct of successive religious worship - evident in the
various transformations of a formerly pagan temple to a
Byzantine basilica, eventually to a mosque. Following a lunch
break, drive up to the Asclepion on
the hilltop, once a world-renowned medical center of physicians
and scholars. Afterwards, visit the impressive remains of the
Acropolis |
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EPHESUS TOUR |
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The
tour begins by visiting the remains of the
Artemis Temple, one of the seven wonders of the ancient
world. Afterwards, it proceeds to the spectacular main site of
Ephesus, undoubtedly the most
superbly preserved Greco-Roman city. Unmistakable highlights
surviving among the ruins are the Celsius Library, Agora,
Theater, Odeon, Trajan Fountain, Domitianus Temple and Roman
Latrines. Following a lunch break, visit the
House of Virgin Mary; reputed to be where she spent her
final days. |
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PAMUKKALE & HIERAPOLIS TOUR |
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After
breakfast drive to Pamukkale which
is the center of natural thermal spring
waters with healing properties. Due to the chemical
properties in the water, pure white colored travertines and
stepped water terraces have been created on the mountain slope.
It is for its resemblence to cotton piles that it is called 'Cotton
Castle' in Turkish.
Visit the travertines and
the ancient city of Hierapolis
which has the biggest Nekropol with 1200 gravestones in
Anatolia. The sacred pool also is one of the highlights of the
site. There shallow thermal waters ripple over a wonderful
scattering of ancient roman ruins that lie beneath |
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PRIENE -
MILETUS - DIDYMA TOUR |
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Begin the day among the Hellenic art and architecture of the
ruins in Priene, an ancient
Ionian city dramatically overlooking the fertile plains of
the Meandre Valley. Afterwards, continue to the second
archaeological site of the day; the
ancient city of Miletus, formerly a prosperous
commercial harbor city and the most prominent in Anatolia in
its heyday. Most noteworthy among the scattered ruins are
the Great Theater and Roman Baths. Eventually, the tour
reaches Didim town, where there is time for an open buffet
lunch. Following that, the tour proceeds to the
ancient city of Didyma, the
setting for one of the most colossal temples in the Hellenic
World, venerating the God Apollo. |
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APHRODISIAS & PAMUKKALE TOURS |
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Aphrodite - the Goddess of love and fertility was
worshipped. Following a lunch break, the tour picks up again
at Pamukkale, or 'Cotton Castle',
the name so derived as a result of the calcium
deposited terraced travertines,
which cascade in snowy white down the mountain side slopes.
Visit these travertines as well as the nearby ruins of the
ancient city of Hieropolis.
Finally, there is time set aside for a relaxing swim in one
of the more unusual hot pools supplied by the natural
springs - marked by a splendid scattering of ancient stone
columns underwater and around. |
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