7 Churches of Revelation 10 Days Tour with Istanbul & Cappadocia

Itinerary

Day 1: Istanbul Arrival

Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
Welcome to Turkey. Arrive in Istanbul Airport ( IST ) or to Sabiha Gokcen Airport ( SAW ) , Our representative will meet you at the airport with your name sign and private transfer to the hotel for overnight stay in Istanbul.
Duration: 30 minutes

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet

Day 2: Fullday Istanbul Tour (Breakfast)

Stop At: Hippodrome, Binbirdirek, Sultan Ahmet ParkI No:2, Istanbul Turkiye
09.00 a.m. After breakfast, pick up from the hotel and our journey begins in Istanbul, the only city in the world situated on two continents. Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul – its three names span more than 2600 years, nearly 1600 of them as the capital of two of the greatest empires the world has known, Byzantine and Ottoman. We visit the Hippodrome Square, where chariot races and the Byzantine riots took place.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Hagia Sophia Mosque, Sultan Ahmet, Ayasofya MeydanI No:1, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
Only a short walk away, reaches Hagia Sophia built in 532 AD by Roman Emperor Justinian I.

Update for St. Sophia interior visit :
Live guiding is not allowed in St. Sophia after the 15th January 2024. Guests have to have their smart phones and headphones during their visit. If guests do not have a headphone, they can buy at the entrance at the cost of 3,5-USD
The system is similar to audio guide system. Guests who does not have smart phones will follow the signs and the given informations on the signs .

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet Mah At Meydani Cad No 7, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
Blue Mosque is just 5 minutes away from Hagia Sophia. Blue Mosque, has its fame from its beautiful blue Iznik tiles.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Topkapi Palace, Cankurtaran Mahallesi Gulhane Park, Near Sultanahmet Square, Istanbul 34122 Turkiye
We will continue walking to Topkapi Palace, which was not only the residence of the Ottoman sultans but also the administrative and educational center of the state. It was constructed between 1460 and 1478 by Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople. We will visit the Topkapi Palace including the weapons section.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Grand Bazaar, Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
After that, we will visit Grand Bazaar where is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with more than 58 covered streets and over 1,200 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily. Opened in 1461, it is well known for its jewellery, pottery, spice, and carpet shops.
Please note: Grand Bazaar is closed on Sundays, so, Spice Market will be visited instead of Grand Bazaar when your day 2 is on Sunday.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Return back to your hotel for overnight.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet

Day 3: Istanbul - Capapdocia Tour - Cave Hotel (Breakfast )

Stop At: Istanbul, Istanbul
Pick up from your hotel and transfer to Istanbul airport for flight to Cappadocia.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
Arrive in Cappadocia. Meet by your guide and transfer to your hotel. Leave your luggage at the hotel and start for the Cappadocia tour.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Fairy Chimneys, Goreme Turkiye
First meeting with Cappadocia, visiting Three Sisters Fairy Chimneys in Urgup which are the most popular and seen on advertisements.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Pigeon Valley, Uchisar KasabasI Nevşehir Kapadokya, Goreme 50240 Turkiye
After Fairy Chimneys, we head on to Pigeons Valley. Pigeons have been always important for Cappadocian people. That’s why people carved some pigeon houses to keep them in certain places. You will see that the houses for the pigeons are like the houses for the people.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Kaymakli Underground City, Derinkuyu Turkiye
Then, we descend into the center of the earth in the Kaymakli Underground City one of the largest and the deepest of 200 others in Cappadocia.
Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
After the tour program drive to your hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a Cave hotel. Not to be missed experiences

Day 4: Cappadocia Tour (Breakfast )

Stop At: Devrent Valley, Devrent Mevkii No:1 Urgup Yolu, 50500 Turkiye
After breakfast, take our second day of the Cappadocia tour. Drive to Devrent Valley, take a walk through this lunar landscape where different rock formations can be seen.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Pasabag, Urgup Turkiye
Seeing the best examples of the Fairy Chimneys at Pasabag Fairy Chimneys Valley.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Avanos, Avanos, Cappadocia
After Pasabag, we drive further to Avanos Town, which is famous with tile and pottery workshops.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Goreme Open-Air Museum, Merkez, Muze Cd., Goreme 50180 Turkiye
After the lunch break, our next stop is Goreme Open Air Museum where you will enjoy the fantastic rock churches and beautiful frescos from various centuries decorating the walls of the churches.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Uchisar Castle, Uchisar Turkiye
Then we drive to the Uchisar Rock Castle, which is the highest and the most dominant point, giving us a breathtaking panorama.
Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Cappadocia, Cappadocia
Drive back to your hotel for overnight in Cappadocia.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a Cave hotel. Not to be missed experiences

Day 5: Cappadocia - Izmir ( Breakfast, Dinner )

Stop At: Kayseri, Kayseri, Kayseri Province
Pick up from hotel and private transfer to Kayseri or Nevsehir airport for your flight to Izmir.
Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Izmir, Izmir, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
Upon your arrival at Izmir Airport, our representative will welcome you with your name sign and transfer you to your hotel in Izmir. Overnight in Izmir.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at 4 star hotel in Izmir.

Day 6: Izmir - Pergamum - Thyatira - Izmir ( Breakfast, Dinner )

Pass By: Izmir, Izmir, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
After breakfast we drive to Pergamum, actually called Bergama. It is one of the sites of the Seven Churches of Asia [Rev. 1:11; 2:12].

Stop At: The Acropolis, Bergama Turkiye
Here we explore the impressive Acropolis, the steepest theatre in the world, see the Altar of Zeus which is mentioned as the «Throne of Satan» in the book of Revelation, the marble columns of the Temple of Trajan and the Library which was foremost in the world and was long a rival of the equally famous Library of Alexandria in Egypt. Its wealth of volumes was estimated at over 200,000. It inspired the invention of parchment.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: The Asklepion, Zafer, Site Sk. No:16, Bergama 35700 Turkiye
We will visit the Asklepion, where is the famous medical Centre of classical times.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Akhisar, Akhisar, Manisa Province
Then we continue our visit to Thyatira, now called Akhisar, another one of the Seven Churches of Asia [Rev. 1:11; 2:18-24; Acts 16:14]. It was a city famous for purple dyes. We visit the remains of a basilica and some architectural fragments from the Roman period. Lydia, the seller of purple in Philippi, was from Thyatira.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Saat Kulesi (Clock Tower), Kuleli Sokak, Izmir Turkiye
Before we check-in at the hotel in Izmir, we enjoy a panoramic ride of Smyrna, the third-largest city in Turkey and one of the sites of the Seven Churches of Asia [Rev. 2:12-17]. Smyrna is a city scarred with a bloody history of trade and warfare. We will also see the Clock Tower. Check-in at the hotel for dinner and overnight.
Duration: 15 minutes

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 4 star hotel in Izmir

Day 7: Izmir - Sardis - Philedelphia - Laodicea - Hierapolis (Breakfast, Dinner)

Stop At: Sardis (Sardes), Belediye Cd. No:124 Sart, Salihli 45300 Turkiye
Today we depart early in the morning to one of the most picturesque areas of any of the Seven Churches of Asia [Rev. 1:11; 3:1-4], Sardis, presently Sart. This was the capital of the ancient Lydian kingdom of the 6th century BC, portrayed as a dying church. We visit the great Temple of Artemis and restored gymnasium and reconstructed Synagogue. We also see the last several meters of the royal Persian Road from Susa to Sardis built by Cyrus the Great and the «golden» river Pactolus.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: St. Jean Kilisesi, Alasehir Turkiye
Then we continue our journey to Philadelphia, nowadays called Alasehir, another church of the Seven Churches of Asia [Rev. 1:11; 3:7], and the only church not censured. There we see the remains of a Byzantine basilica built of brick, with a bit of high arch and some 11th-century frescoes.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Laodicea, Just off Denizli - Pamukkale, Denizli 2000 Turkiye
Continue to visit Laodicea. The city established in C3 BCE by the Seleucid Antiochus II, the city was named after his wife Laodicea. Built on the Lycus Tributary of the Meander River, it was surnamed Laodicea on Lycus, to distinguish it from other similarly named cities. Laodicea is the last of the seven churches. As a crossroad of two important roads, this city had an important commercial and logistical position.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Stop At: Hierapolis & Pamukkale, Pamukkale 20280 Turkiye
We drive to the healing city of Hierapolis, Visit the ancient city of Hierapolis with the Theatre, Apollo Temple and magnificent Necropolis, the graveyard . We wil visit The travertine terraces at Pamukkale are one of the most spectacular natural wonders we ever have seen from various mineral springs in a vast white cliff side. It looks like creations from snow or like balls from cotton, which gave the scenery the Turkish name Pamukkale (cotton castle).
Duration: 2 hours

Pass By: Pamukkale, Pamukkale
Check in to your Thermal hotel for dinner and overnight.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: 5 star Thermal Hotel accommodation in Pamukkale.

Day 8: Ephesus Region - Kusadasi (Breakfast, Dinner)

Stop At: Ancient City of Ephesus, Selcuk 35920 Turkiye
Drive to Ephesus area around 2,5 hours. We will start visiting one of the main highlights in Turkey, Ephesus, one of the 12 cities of the Ionian League (an ancient Greek district on the western coast of Asia Minor) is located near Izmir. As a port city, it was a major departure point for trade routes into Asia Minor.
Walk through history along marble streets lined with wonderful public buildings, among them the Baths of Scholastica, the Library of Celsus; it was built in the beginning of the 2nd century A.D. by Gaius Julius Aquila to be a memorial to his father Gaius Julius Celsus Polemanus, the proconsul of Province of Asia. , the Temple of Hadrian and The Grand Theater are two of the most impressive buildings in Ephesus. Grand theatre was built in the 3rd century B.C and it was later expanded to 24.000 spectators by the Romans in the 1st century A.D.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Meryemana (The Virgin Mary's House), Sultaniye Mahallesi, Selcuk 35100 Turkiye
The House of Virgin Mary is located on the Aladag Mountains 5 miles away from Ephesus. At the third Ecumenical Council on 431 AD in Ephesus, it was claimed that Mary came to Ephesus with St. John in 37 A.D. and lived there until her death in 48 A.D. After the discovery of the house, the Archbishop of Izmir declared there as a place of pilgrimage in 1892. On July 26, 1967, Pope Paul VI visited this place and prayed there.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Basilica of St. Jonh, Isabey Mah. Saint Jean Cad. Selcuk Merkez, Selcuk, Izmir 35920 Turkiye
After the House of Virgin Mary, drive to St. John’s Basilica, it is believed that the evangelist St. John had spent his last years in the region around Ephesus and buried in the southern slope of Ayosolug Hill.
Duration: 35 minutes

Stop At: The Temple of Artemis, Ataturk, Park Ici Yolu No:12, Selcuk Turkiye
We will stop at Artemis Temple which used to be one of the seven wonders of the ancient world as our last stop before drive to Kusadasi where is around 25 minutes away.
Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Kusadasi, Kusadasi, Turkish Aegean Coast
Check in to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 4 star hotel in Kusadasi.

Day 9: Izmir – Istanbul (Breakfast)

Pass By: Izmir, Izmir, Izmir Province, Turkish Aegean Coast
After breakfast, our driver will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to Izmir Airport for your flight to Istanbul.

Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Upon your arrival to Istanbul Airport / Sabiha Gokcen Airport, our representative will welcome you with your name sign and will transfer you, to your hotel. You can explore the city on your own in the afternoon. Overnight in Istanbul.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in Istanbul in a 4 star Boutique hotels located in Sultanahmet

Day 10: Home (Breakfast)

Pass By: Istanbul, Istanbul
Transfer to Airport for your international flight and leave Turkey.
The end of our services.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.