Kusadasi Trip Overview
This 4-day mini group tour ( Max. 10 Guests ) will take you to the ancient Ephesus, Pamukkale, Priene, Miletus, Dydima and to the Acropolis and Asklepion of Pergamum.
Delicous Turkish lunches on your tour days will be included. So, you will not only visit the highlights of Asia Minor, but also enjoy traditional Turkish Lunches. You will undoubtedly enjoy your time on this tour.
* Small group ensures personal service
* Informative, friendly and professional guide
* Small-group tour by minibus
* Option with Private Tour for your family
Additional Info
Duration: 4 days
Starts: Kusadasi, Turkey
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey
This 4-day mini group tour ( Max. 10 Guests ) will take you to the ancient Ephesus, Pamukkale, Priene, Miletus, Dydima and to the Acropolis and Asklepion of Pergamum.
Delicous Turkish lunches on your tour days will be included. So, you will not only visit the highlights of Asia Minor, but also enjoy traditional Turkish Lunches. You will undoubtedly enjoy your time on this tour.
* Small group ensures personal service
* Informative, friendly and professional guide
* Small-group tour by minibus
* Option with Private Tour for your family
Itinerary
Day 1: Kusadasi to Ephesus Full Day Tour ( lunch )
Stop At: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
Your tour guide will meet you at your hotel. After greetings, you will be driven to Ephesus region.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkey
First stop will be the House of Virgin Mary. It is written in the bible that Jesus entrusted his mother to his beloved desciple St. John the evangelist. After the crusifixion of Jesus, St. John and Mary escaped from Jarusalem because of the torture to early christians and came to Ephesus and spent her final years at Ephesus.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkey
It is time to visit famous ancient city of Ephesus walking through history along marble streets lined with wonderful public buildings, among them The State Agora, Odeon, Memnius Monument, the Temple of Domitian, , Polio Fountain, Curetes Street, The Trajan Fountain, The Baths of Scholastica, Hadrian Temple, Latrina, Celcus Library, the gate of Mihridates and Mazues, Commercial Agora and The Grand Theater are two of the most impressive buildings in Ephesus. Grand theatre was built in 3rd century B.C and it was later expanded to 24.000 spectators by the Romans in the 1st century A.D.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkey
We will complete our tour after visiting Temple of Artemis where is the one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The temple was dedicated greek fertility goddess Artemis and built in 3rd BC. According to its giant size and being the first temple made of marble, a Greek poet named Antipater listed it one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
Drive to Kusadasi to drop you off to your hotel for overnight in Kusadasi.
Duration: 25 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Kusadasi – Pamukkale – Kusadasi ( Lunch )
Pass By: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
09.00 a.m. After breakfast, pick up from hotel and departure to Pamukkale. This drive will take around 2,5 hours.
Stop At: Pamukkale, Pamukkale
Discovery of Travertine terraces and Hierapolis. The travertine terraces at Pamukkale are one of the most spectacular natural wonders we ever have seen from various mineral springs in a vast white cliff side, about 200 m overlooking the plain, calcite-laden waters have dripped down over a series of terraced levels and created a fairyland of bizarre solidified cascades and shell-shaped basins. It looks like creations from snow or like balls from cotton, which gave the scenery the Turkish name Pamukkale (cotton castle): Moreover the water in the basins is changing its color according to how the light enters.
Duration: 4 hours
Pass By: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
Drive back to your hotel in Kusadasi. This will take around 2,5 hours.
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Kusadasi – Priene – Miletus – Didyma – Kusadasi ( Lunch )
Stop At: Priene Antik Kenti, Soke/aydIn Güllübahçe mahallesi, Gullubahce Turkey
09.00 a.m. After breakfast, pick up from your hotel and depart for the ancient Anatolian-Greek city of Priene in the forest overlooking the fertile Meandros Valley. Priene was an ancient Greek holy city and the home of an important temple of Athena.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Stop At: Miletus, Didim Turkey
Continue to Miletus, one of the most important commercial and governmental cities from 700 BC to 700 AD among all the ancient Ionians cities. We will discover the Roman Theatre and the magnificent Faustina Baths.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Temple of Apollo, Ataturk Boulevard Yenihisar, Didim 07330 Turkey
Last, but not least, we arrive in Didyma. Here you will find the largest Ionic Temple in the world, that of Apollo. Also in Didyma lies the huge, cracked head of Medusa which long ago fell from the frieze. Drive back to your hotel in Kusadasi.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Stop At: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
Drive back to your hotel in Kusadasi.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: Kusadasi – Pergamum – Kusadasi or Izmir Airport ( Lunch )
Pass By: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
Pick up from your hotel at 08:30 and drive to Pergamum around 2 hours.
Stop At: The Acropolis, Bergama Turkey
Arrive to Pergamum, actually called Bergama. It is one of the sites of the Seven Churches of Asia [Rev. 1:11; 2:12]. Here we explore the impressive Acropolis, the steepest theatre in the world, see the Altar of Zeus which is mentioned as the «Throne of Satan» in the book of Revelation, the marble columns of the Temple of Trajan and the Library which was foremost in the world and was long a rival of the equally famous Library of Alexandria in Egypt. Its wealth of volumes was estimated at over 200,000. It inspired the invention of parchment.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: The Asklepion, Zafer Mah. Prof. Dr. Frieldhelm Korte Cad. No:1, Bergama 35700 Turkey
After Acropolis, we will continue with the Asklepion, famous medical centre of classical times.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Pass By: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
End of the tour we will drive back to Kusadasi and drop you off to your hotel.
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
