Day 3: KUSADASI – IZMIR LATE DEPARTURE (b, l)
Breakfast at the hotel.
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.
Transfer to Izmir airport (ADB) for your onward flight.
Highlights
* Artemision, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
* 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