1 Day: ANTALYA – ŞİRİNCE- SELÇUK-EPHESUS ANCIENT CITY-MOTHER VIRGIN MARY'S HOUSE-EPESUS MUSEUM-ST.JEAN BASILICA-SELÇUK CASTLEStarting from 23:00 of April 9th, we will pick you up from the places you have specified and start our trip. After our enjoyable journey, we first have a breakfast break in Selçuk and then we go to Şirince Village. We visit the village market where a wide variety of homemade soaps, handicrafts and olive oil products are sold, the wine houses and the historical Greek houses on the cobblestone streets in the center of this charming village, where the historical Greek houses have preserved their originality, and we photograph the view of the village from the Hodri Square Tower in the north of the village. We leave the village with our beautiful memories and go to the House of Virgin Mary on Bülbül Mountain. The House of Virgin Mary was discovered by Lazarist priests in 1891 and was commissioned by Pope VI. After Paul's visit in 1967, it was accepted as a pilgrimage center for Christians. After seeing the House of Virgin Mary, we visit the Ancient City of Ephesus, the first city of ancient times made entirely of marble. The Celsus library, theatre, and the columned street are just a few points of the ancient city of Ephesus, which is home to the Temple of Artemis, one of the 7 wonders of the world. We are going to the Ephesus Museum, which has two goddess statues called Beautiful Artemis. After visiting the Ancient City of Ephesus, we see many archaeological artifacts witnessed by history in the museum we will go to. Saadet Hatun Bath, located next to the museum, is the first bath museum opened in Turkey. We see the structure that has survived to the present day, the most intact of the 7 known baths in the city. Then, We go to St. John's Basilica the apostle St. Paul, who devoted his life to the spread of Christianity in Ephesus and Western Anatolia, located in the southern part of Selçuk Ayasuluk Hill. The Basilica was built in the name of Saint Jean. In place of the basilica, which became unusable during the earthquakes at the beginning of the 6th century, they have built a new basilica with a cross plan, with three naves and six domes was built by Emperor Justinianus and his wife Theodora (AD 527-565). After seeing the basilica of St. John, who is known as the only apostle among the 12 apostles of Jesus who died of natural causes, we visit the Selçuk Castle, which is known as the crown of the Selçuk City and is strengthened with seventeen towers made of rubble, stone and reused bricks from the Ottoman period, with the explanations of our guide, and we go to Kuşadası.
Breakfast: Extra
Lunch: Extra
Dinner: At the hotel
Hotel to stay: Suhan Seaport 360 Hotel & Spa https://suhan360hotel.com/index.php
2 Day: KUŞADASI–PYRENA ANCIENT CITY-MILETA ANCIENT CITY- TEMPLE OF APOLLON– BAFA LAKE-HERAKLIA ANCIENT CITY (KAPIKIRI)-DIDIMAfter having breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we get on our vehicle and reach Priene, which is a grid-planned city and where Bias, one of the seven sages of ancient times, lived. We see the Temple of Athena, theatre, agora, bouleuterion and prytaneion structures with the explanations of our guide, and after our free time, we set out for Miletus. We reach Miletus, which is home to famous scholars of the ancient world such as Urban Planner Hippodomos, Naturalist Thales and Historian Hekataios. We visit the ancient theatre, the Temple of Athena and the ancient port area. Then we reach the Didim Temple of Apollo, one of the most important oracle centers of the ancient world. The Temple of Apollo, located in the Ancient City of Didyma, one of the largest temples of the Ancient Age built in the Ionian style, has a very important place. It is a Greek temple dedicated to Apollo, the god of light and sun, and has structures such as giant columns in the oracle center, a sanctuary, and the Medusa Statue. We see and get information about them, and after our free time, we reach Lake Bafa, which has become the subject of legends. We reach the ancient city of Heraklia (Kapıkırı) by listening to the Legend of the Moon Goddess Selene from our guide. We will feel like we are in heaven, while we take a walk in nature and tour the ancient city. (Theatre-Byzantine Castle-Ancient town hall-Walls are among the places we will see. Our guests can travel around the lake by getting on the boats at the edge of the lake. After our free time, we go to Didim and settle in our hotel.
Breakfast: At the hotel
Lunch: Extra
Dinner: At the hotel
Hotel to stay: 01 Nova Hotel https://01novaotel.com/
3 Day: DİDİM-BODRUM-MARMARİS-ANTALYAAfter having breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we get on our vehicle and go to Bodrum. We visit the Zeki Müren Art Museum and see the Bodrum Castle from the outside. After our free time at Bodrum Marina and market visit, we cross the Sakar Pass, which has the unique panorama of Gökova, and go to Akyaka. In the free time , our guests can take a boat tour on the Azmak Stream, which has magnificent flora and fauna. Here, the place where the water coming from the mountains flows into the sea is called azmak. We explore this breathtakingly beautiful region with its bright green clear water, winding river bed and surrounding hills. After our boat tour, we go to the Lovers' Way, the Way of Love, which is a green corridor surrounded by hundreds of eucalyptus trees in the Akçapınar Village of the Gökova town, which connects Muğla and Marmaris. We listen to the sad story of this road, which has become a natural set for TV series and movies, from our guide and take a photo break. Then, we get on our vehicle and go to Marmaris. After our free time here, we start our return journey to Antalya and say goodbye to meet on our next trip.
Breakfast: At the hotel
Lunch: Extra
Dinner: Extra
