Ephesus  
Ephesus - Pamukkale - Didyma-Milletus-Priene - Pergamum - 4 Days 5 Nights by Bus BOOK NOW
Day 01
Transfer to bus station for night bus to Selcuk. Day 02 Arrive in Selcuk, check in hotel, after short rest join in tour of Ephesus (lunchs is included) after the tour back to the hotel and stay the night.
Temple of Artemis: was one of the Seven Wonders
of the World and located in Ephesus. Throughout the
excavations in Ephesus, the actual location of the
temple was presumed in different places. Its ancient
cult dedicated to Artemis was famous in antiquity and
made ancient Ephesus a much-visited pilgrimage place.
Each year one month was considered a holiday and set
aside for the religious ceremonious observations.
The Ruins of Ephesus: Concert hall, market places, colonnaded street, temples, fountains, library, theather, arcadian way and more. The House of Virgin Marry: It is known with certainty That the Virgin Mary went to Ephesus and lived there for some time. Whether or not she died in Ephesus was not known until Anne Catherine Emmerich's vision. Day 03
Full Day Pamukkale Tour Details;
Ancient City of Hierapolis:
A Magical and spectacular natural
site, unique in the world, Pamukkale
(Hierapolis) is a fairyland of dazzling
white, petrified castles. Thermal spring
waters laden with calcareous salts
running off the plateau's edge have
created this fantastic formation of
stalactites, cataracts and basins. The
hot springs have been used since Roman
times for their therapeutic powers. Both
the thermal center with its motels and
thermal pools, and the ruins of the
ancient city of Hierapolis, are situated
on the plateau.
Day 04
Full Day Didyma-Milletus-Priene Tour Details;
Didyma: The
word Didyma meant "twins" and was
associated by some as being the meeting
place of Zeus and Leto to have their
twins Apollo and Artemis. Didyma was
famed as a prophecy center dedicated to
Apollo which served a similar purpose as
the Delphi of Anatolia. It was not a
city but a sanctuary linked to Miletus
by Milesians with a 19 km / 12 mi sacred
road. However, this road may not have
been constructed until the end of the 1C
AD. In addition to pilgrimages made by
sea, some festivals of drama, music and
sports were held there every four years.
Miletus: Miletus, an ancient city located near the present Akkoy at the mouth of the Buyuk Menderes (Meander) River, owed its importance to its position on trade routes. It was one of the largest cities in Anatolia with a population of between 80,000 and 100,000. Highly prosperous, it founded many colonies and was the home of the 6C BC philosophers Anaximander, Anaximenes, and Thales, the town planner Hippodamus and architect Isidorus. Miletus seems to have produced geniuses the way Aphrodisias produced sculptors. Priene: The ancient harbor city of Priene probably changed its location when the silt of the Meander River threatened to bury it. Now it is nearly 16 km / 10 mi from the sea. The original place of the city has never been found but it was probably a peninsula with two harbors. Priene was laid out on a Hippodamian system of grid plan at the foot of a spectacular cliff on Mount Mycale and contained many famous examples of Hellenistic art and architecture. All the streets intersect at right angles. Remaining small with about 4 or 5 thousand inhabitants and never of great political significance it shared the same history as the other Ionian cities.
Visit to
AESCULAPIUM, ancient medical center
built in the name of AESCULAPIS, God of
Medicine. Lunch and continue to PERGAMUM
ACROPOLIS. Visit ATENA and TROJAN
TEMPLES, TEMPLE of ZEUS,TEMPLE of
DIONYSOS, GYMNASIUM of YOUTH, ODEON,
LIBRARY, AGORA, GREAT THEATRE and ROMAN
BATH.
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All the transfers from bus station to hotel and
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