4 Days/3 Nights Aegean Trio
(Kusadasi-Pamukkale-Bodrum)
All year arrangement for individuals and groups
Head-spinning journey through time and nature, walk in the footsteps of emperors and saints, enjoy the breathtaking monuments and delight in Turkish hospitality, shop till you drop….
And visit the two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Artemision and the Mausoleion.
Day 1: EARLY ARRIVAL IZMIR - KUSADASI (l, d)
Meet and transfer to Selcuk. Today’s visits concentrate on the Selcuk region with its ancient ruins and seaside resorts. Before arrival at Ephesus, visit the remains of the Artemision, one of the ancient world’s Seven Wonders.
Visit the ancient city of Ephesus. Highlights will be the Odeon, Celsus Library, Hadrian’s Temple, Trajan’s Fountain, the Agora, the Scholasticia Baths, the Marble Street, the Amphitheater with its 25.000 seating capacity and the Arcadian Way leading down to the port which is now silted up.
In the Selcuk Museum we will see the statues of the Goddess Artemis and later visit the Isabey Mosque from the Seljuk era.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
On Mount Nightingale, the House of Mary (Meryemana), a pilgrimage site where Mary is believed to have spent her last days, will be visited. A short break at the Aegean resort town of Kusadasi with its bazaars and sandy beach.
Dinner at the hotel in Kusadasi.
Day 2: KUSADASI - PAMUKKALE (b, l, d)
Breakfast at the hotel.
Depart for Aphrodisias, unique with the cult image of the Goddess Aphrodite and famous for its ancient marble school of sculpture in the Hellenistic and Roman period, the city was named Stauropolis (City of the Cross) in the Christian era.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
In Pamukkale visit the travertines (terraces and basins formed by the calcium rich deposits of the thermal springs) of Pamukkale (Cotton Castle) and the surrounding the ancient Roman city of Hierapolis with its Roman baths converted to early Christian churches, the amphitheater, the Martyrium of St Philip and the extensive necropolis featuring the various architectural styles of ancient Asia Minor.
Dinner at the hotel in Pamukkale.
Day 3: PAMUKKALE - BODRUM (b, d)
Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure for Bodrum.On arrival visit the Bodrum Castle and the Museum of Underwater Archeology in it. Built by the Knights of St John during the Crusades, the castle is located on a promontory in the middle of the bustling summer resort of Bodrum. A popular haunt for artists, intellectuals and regular tourists, Bodrum with its white washed houses and narrow streets has been a magnet for visitors throughout history. After all this is ancient Halicarnassus where Carian Queen built the Mausoleion for her late husband and created the word Mausoleum.
Transfer to the hotel and check in.
Lunch at leisure.
Afternoon at leisure.
Dinner at the hotel in Bodrum.
Day 4: BODRUM – DEPARTURE (b)
Breakfast at the hotel.
Day at leisure.Transfer to Bodrum (BJV) Airport for the departure flight.
Highlights
* Two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (Artemision and Mausoleion)* Amphitheater of Ephesus
* Celsus Library
* Isabey Mosque
* Pilgrimage site of Mary's House on Mount Nightingale
* Marble sculpture school of Aphrodisias
* Natural chalk travertines of Pamukkale
* Ancient Hierapolis and its extensive necropolis
* Bodrum Castle
* Museum of Underwater Archeology
* Carian Princess
