From Istanbul
Magic tour of Aegean cost / Asia Minor, West Turkey tour will offer you 5 days tour from Istanbul visiting Gallipoli, Troy, Pergamon, Ephesus, Pamukkale, Hierapolis, Priene, miletos, and Didyma.
You will have a wonderful holiday and feel the history with us..
Day 1 – Gallipoli Tour : We will start our program from Istanbul early about 06:30 and pick you up, drive to Gallipoli Peninsula. We will have lunch and start our Gallipoli tour with our professional tour guide. We will see Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, ANZAC Cove, Ariburnu Cemetery, Turkish 57th Infantry Regiment Cemetery, The Nek, Chunuk Bair, New Zealand Memorial. Dinner and Overnight
Day 2 – Troy Pergamon Tour : Second day we will have breakfast and drive to Troy ancient city. We will see The Trojan Horse, Sacrificial Altars, The 3700 year old city walls, Houses of Troy I, 3000 B.C. – 2500 B.C ,The Bouleuterion (Senate Building) ,The Odeon (Concert Hall) ,Remains of the various cities from Troy I through to Troy IX
After lunch we will visit Pergamon city, ancient city of Pergamon, an important cultural centre and the east capital of the Roman Empire. Pergamon, located 26kms from the Aegean Sea, is famous for the invention of parchment which substituted papyrus when it became hard to find. Acropolis, which was modelled after the site in Athens. The beautiful view from the hill-top will give you a great panorama of the surroundings. Marvel at the impressive Athenaeum library once held 200,000 volumes, which Mark Antony later offered to Cleopatra as a wedding present.Following on from this you will discover the famous Sanctuary of Asclepius, located down in the valley from the Acropolis. A sacred fountain where people with health problems could bathe can be found here and legend has it that Asclepius would then give them a vision and explain how they could be cured.
End of the tour we will drive to Kusadasi holiday village, have dinner and overnight.
Day 3 – Ephesus Tour : After breakfast we will drive to Ephesus. We will see Ephesus Ancient City, The House of Virgin Mary, The Temple of Artemis and Seven Sleepers, Harbour Street, theatre, the Marble Street, Celcius Library, the gate of Mihridates and Mazues, Commercial Agora, latrina, Hadrian Temple, the Scolastica Baths, Trajan Fountain, Curetes Street, Polio Fountain, Memnius Monument, the Temple of Domitian, the Prytaneion, Odeon and the State Agora. Lunch will be in Selcuk village. Dinner and overnight same hotel.
Day 4 – Pamukkale Tour : After breakfast we will drive to Hierapolis ancient city. We will visit Necropolis, Roman Baths, Domitian Gate, Latrina, Oil Factory, Frontinus Street, Agora, Byzantium Gate, Triton Fountain, Cathedral, Apollon Temple, Plutonium, Theater and Cleopatra Antique Pool. You will have lunch in Pamukkale.
You can walk at Calcium Terraces and you have chance to swim at Thermal ancient pool (extra fee)
Dinner and overnight same hotel.
Day 5 – PMD Tour : Breakfast at the hotel. We will drive to Didyma and visit Priene, Miletos, Didyma, The God’s Sanctuary, Apollo Temple, Alexander the Great’s favorite home. Lunch is included.
At the end of the tour we will drive to airport and fly to Istanbul back.
If you prefer we can supply another flight or bus to south Turkey or you can extend your tour.
