Kusadasi Trip Overview
This 4-day mini-group tour will show you the highlights of Aegean costs starting from the middle Aegean up to the northern Aegean. These places are located on the western coast of Turkey. Ephesus, Pamukkale, Pergamum, Troy , Gallipoli
* 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 will show you the highlights of Aegean costs starting from the middle Aegean up to the northern Aegean. These places are located on the western coast of Turkey. Ephesus, Pamukkale, Pergamum, Troy , Gallipoli
* 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
The first stop will be the House of Virgin Mary. It is written in the bible that Jesus entrusted his mother to his beloved disciple St. John the evangelist. After the crucifixion of Jesus, St. John and Mary escaped from Jerusalem 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 the 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 Mithridates and Mazues, Commercial Agora and The Grand Theater are two of the most impressive buildings in Ephesus.
Grand theatre was built in the 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 the Temple of Artemis, 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 as 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
08:30 a.m. After breakfast, pick up from hotel and departure to Pamukkale. This drive will take around 2,5 hours.
Stop At: Hierapolis & Pamukkale, Pamukkale 20280 Turkey
Arrival to 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 Kusadasi around 2,5 hours and drop you off to your hotel.
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Kusadasi – Pergamum – Troy – Canakkale ( Lunch )
Pass By: Kuşadası, Aydın, Turkey
08.30 a.m. After breakfast, pick up from hotel and departure for Pergamum.
Stop At: The Acropolis, Bergama Turkey
Pergamum, actually called Bergama is one of the sites of the Seven Churches of Asia. 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: Troy (Truva), Tevfikiye Koyu, Intepe, Canakkale Turkey
After the lunch break, drive to Troia Ancient City around 3 hours.
The ancient city of Troy, famous for the legendary Trojan horse from the times of Beautiful Helen, Queen of Sparta.
Duration: 2 hours
Pass By: Canakkale, Canakkale, Canakkale Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
Drive to Canakkale around 30 minutes for overnight.
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: Canakkale – Gallipoli Tour & Drive to Istanbul ( Lunch )
Pass By: Canakkale, Canakkale, Canakkale Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
After breakfast, pick up from your hotel and drive to Gallipoli.
Stop At: Gallipoli Battlefield, Eceabat Turkey
The World War 1 battlefields of Gallipoli are now a serene site. Visit the Lone Pine – Australian Memorial, Chunuk Bair – New Zealand Memorial, ANZAC Cove, Johnston’s Jolly, Brighton Beach, Beach Cemetery, Ariburnu Cemetery, Johnston’s Jolly (where you’ll visit original Allied and Turkish trenches and tunnels), 57th Regiment – Turkish Memorial, The Nek and the Gallipoli Museum.
Duration: 5 hours
Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
In the afternoon, drive to Istanbul. Arrival to Istanbul and drop off to your hotel or airport in Istanbul The End of our services.
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
