turkey tours

Tour duration:  06 nights / 07 days
Itinerary:  Adana / Antakya / Tarsus / Cappadocia / Konya / Antalya

Day 01: Arrival in Adana
Meet at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Dinner and overnight is in Adana.
Meal: -

Day 02: Adana / Antakya / Adana
Today after breakfast we will have a full day sightseeing tour of Antakya. Antioch on the Orontes was an ancient city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. Continuously inhabited since then, it became the modern city of Antakya, Turkey. Highlights of the tour include the Museum which houses a superb collection of mosaics from Antioch, Daphne and Seleucia Pieria as well as St. Peter's Grotto, the cave church which came to be known as the meeting place of early Christians.
The next site we will visit is Seleucia Pieria which was the port city of Antioch in ancient days. The most interesting monument here is the Tunnel of Titus which is a tremendous canal dug for the purpose of diverting the waters of the Orontes River. Another highlight here will be the rock tombs with their impressive facades of the Hellenistic period. Later we will return back to Adana for overnight.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 03: Adana / Tarsus / Cappadocia
After breakfast we will drive straight to Tarsus, the birthplace of St. Paul. Then we drive north to Cappadocia and first stop at Derinkuyu.
This is an underground city, carved into soft rocks resembling a huge labyrinth of tunnels, rooms, kitchens, wine cellars and passageways. A huge chimney ventilates this 8-levelled dwelling, which was used by Christians hiding from there Roman and Byzantine persecutors.
Their colorful frescoes remain as vibrant as when they were first made. Further on we come to Cappadocia whose effect on the visitor is like that of a village out of Grimm's Fairy Tales. What Turks commonly call "Fairy Chimneys" are jutting pieces of volcanic rocks that have been beaten and shaped by the wind and rain. Highlights will be The Apple Church, The Church of St. John the Baptist and the Church with a Buckle in Goreme. Dinner and overnight is in Cappadocia.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 04: Cappadocia / Derbe / Lystra / Konya
Right after breakfast, we begin our drive to Konya or ancient Iconium, which became an important Christian city following St. Paul's preaching. A Phyrigia legend says that Konya was the first city to be founded after the flood. St. Paul and Barnabas came here in 47 A.D. and their preaching was accompanied by many miracles. St. Paul made two more stops here on his second and third journeys. Today's Konya is quite new but the center of the city is very old. Visit Derbe and Lystra where St. Paul visited on his journeys. Dinner and overnight is in Konya.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 05: Konya / Antioch of Psidia / Antalya
Early morning we will drive to Psidian Antioch (Yalvac) where St. Paul opened Christianity to the world. Then transfer to Antalya for overnight.
Meal: Breakfast

Day 06: Antalya / Side / Perge / Aspendos
After breakfast, we transfer to Perge, where St. Paul began preaching after arriving from Cyprus. Visit the Gymnasium, the Bath, the Agora, the Theater, the Stadium and the Hellenistic Gate. Continue to Another the Pamphilian city of Aspendus.
The Theater is the best preserved in the world with its incredible acoustics. Visit Side, which is built exactly on top of the ancient city. See the Temples of Athena and Apollo, the State Agora, the Theater and the Museum. Afternoon we will return to Antalya for overnight.

Day 07: Antalya / Istanbul
After breakfast we will ttansfer to Antalya Airport for homebound flight via Istanbul.
Meal: Breakfast


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