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DAY
1: |
Departure
Departure from USA for your overnight transatlantic
flight to Ankara, Turkey. |
| DAY
2: |
Ankara
Arrive in Ankara. Transfer to your hotel. Welcome
Dinner. Overnight in Ankara. (D) |
DAY
3: |
Ankara/Cappadocia
Visit the Hittite Museum. Continue to Cappadocia.
Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia. (B/D) |
| DAY4: |
Cappadocia
Full-day sightseeing of Cappadocia. See the underground
cities and churches where persecuted Christians
lived. Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia. (B/D)
|
| DAY
5: |
Cappadocia/Tarsus/Adana
Drive to Tarsus, the birthplace of Apostle Paul.
Continued to Adana. Dinner and overnight in Adana.
(B/D) |
|
DAY
6: |
Adana/Antioch/Adana
Visit St Peter’s Grotto where he first celebrated
mass, then Seleucia Peria, from where Paul and
Barnabas set sail on their first Missionary Journey.
Dinner and overnight in Adana. (B/D) |
DAY
7: |
Adana/Konya
See the 13th century Mevlana Monastery and the
sarcophagi of Djelaleddin’s scholars. Dinner and
overnight in Konya. (B/D) |
| DAY
8: |
Konya/Pisidian
Antioch/Pamukkale
Drive to Pisidian Antioch. Visit the Church of
St. Paul. Continue to Pamukkale. Dinner and overnight
in Pamukkale. (B/D) |
DAY
9: |
Pamukkale/Hierapolis/Laodecia/
Kusadasi
Visit Hierapolis where St. Philip lived. Continue
to Laodecia. Dinner and overnight in Kusadasi.
(B/D) |
| DAY
10: |
Kusadasi/Ephesus/Kusadasi
Full-day tour of Ephesus. See the Grand Theater.
Visit the Basilica of St. John and his grave site.
Return to Kusadasi. Dinner and overnight in Kusadasi.
(B/D) |
DAY
11: |
Kusadasi/Izmir/Pergamum/Assos
Drive through Izmir. Continue to Pergamon. Stop
at the Asklepion. Dinner and overnight in Assos.
(B/D) |
|
DAY
12: |
Assos/Troy/Istanbul
Sightseeing tour of Assos. On to ancient Troy.
Cross the straits and drive to Istanbul. Dinner
and overnight in Istanbul. (B/D) |
DAY
13: |
Istanbul
Full-day sightseeing in Istanbul. Overnight in
Istanbul. (B) |
DAY
14: |
Cruise
on the Bosphorus/ Afternoon Free
Cruise on the Bosphorus, sailing between Asia
and Europe. Afternoon free. Farewell Dinner. Overnight
in Istanbul. (B/D) |
DAY
15: |
End
of Tour
Our motor coach takes us to the airport for our
return flight home. (B) |
