2 Days EPHESUS AND PAMUKKALE TOUR.

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Private pick up from ADB İZMİR airport and Ephesus Tour Drop Pamukkale Hotel.
9 stops
1
Selcuk
We will pick you up from your hotel early in the morning and take you to the airport for a one-hour flight from Istanbul to Izmir. You will meet your tour guide, by landing. After a brief introduction, we depart direction Ephesus.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
2
Ancient City of Ephesus
As you arrive into Ephesus, you will first see the Magnesia Gate, a marvelous example of ancient architecture that once stood tall as an entrance to the city. Is the main entrance and a must to see.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
3
Bibliotheque de Celsus
Your guide will take you into the city’s ruins. Where you will see the Odeon and the Celsus Library,
1 hour • Admission ticket included
4
Temple of Hadrian
Your guide will show you the Temple of Hadrian. This temple dedicated to Emperor Hadrian is considered one of the best-preserved and most beautiful structures on Curetes Street. It was constructed at the beginning of the 2nd century AD by P. Quintilius to celebrate Hadrian visiting the city from Athens.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
5
Trajan's Fountain
Built-in around 104 C.E, it is one of the finest monuments in Ephesus. It was constructed for the honor of Emperor Trajan, and the statue of Trajan stood in the central niche on the facade overlooking the pool.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
6
Ancient City of Ephesus
The theater, one of the city’s best-preserved monuments, is still used today for the local spring festival. It once had seating space for 24,000 people, and it is believed to be the site where St Paul preached to the Ephesians.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
7
Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House)
After we tour Ephesus, we will drive to the Virgin Mary House is located on the Bülbül Mountain, 9 km from Selçuk. It is known that John brought Virgin Mary to Ephesus 4 or 6 years after the death of Jesus. In 1891, the Lazarist priests, upon the dream of the German nun A. Katherina Emerich, discovered that the house where the Virgin Mary spent her last days was at the end of this research. After that visit, we will enjoy our lunch, in a typical Turkish restaurant.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
8
The Temple of Artemis
After our lunch, we depart for the following place to visit. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was located on the western coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and was built in the 6th century BCE. Such was its tremendous size, double the dimensions of other Greek temples including the Parthenon, that it was soon regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
9
Sirince
''Sirince village'' No one is certain of the exact history of the village but rumors suggest freed slaves from the Roman city of Ephesus, founded it and named their village Cirkince (ugly) because they did not want outsiders interrupting their newly found home. For hundreds of years, Greeks and Turks lived side by side in the village until the Turkish War of Independence in 1923. After this, locals were mainly Turks and a local governor changed the name to Sirince to show its beauty. After the tour, we drive direction Selcuk to stay overnight.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Private Pamukkale and Hierapolis (Ancient City) Tour and Drop off DNZ Airport
5 stops
10
Pamukkale
Early morning we will leave your hotel in Kuşadasi where will have a 3 hours drive to Pamukkale, your guide gives you a brief introduction and underway we will stop for breakfast. By arrival nearly in Pamukkale, we will visit first Laodicia.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
11
Karahayit
Karahayit has been started to be known for its rust-red hot mineral water and kept getting well-known for its other hot water springs and thermal hotels near Pamukkale which has also been used as a spa center since the second century BC, literally means "cotton castle" in Turkish.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
12
Hierapolis & Pamukkale
After lunch, we will visit Hierapolis. We enter from the top of the site in Hierapolis Ancient City exploring the gymnasium,
1 hour • Admission ticket included
13
Pamukkale Theater
It is located in the middle of Hierapolis and is very well preserved. it was built during the reign of Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
14
Pamukkale Thermal Pools
At the end of the day, we will go barefoot and walk along the white terraces of Pamukkale. You will be able to enjoy the natural hot springs or swim in the Antique Cleopatra Bath for an additional fee. By the end of the tour, your guide will bring you directly to the airport for your flight to Istanbul. Upon arrival in Istanbul, We will pick you up from the airport and transfer you back to your hotel in Istanbul.
2 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers

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