Religious Tours

Biblical Highlights of Turkey Tour

  • 10 Days, 9 Nights
  • Departure from Istanbul
  • Daily Departure Guaranteed
  • Breakfast at hotels
  • Lunch at restaurants
  • Hotel pick up & drop off
  • All taxes & museum fees
  • Professional tour guide
  • No hidden costs

Itinerary

After your arrival to Istanbul airport, you will be welcomed at the exit of first gate by the Turkey Istanbul Tours representative. Then you will be transferred to your Istanbul hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

Visited Sights: Hagia Sophia - Blue Mosque - Topkapi Palace - Hippodrome - Obelisk of Theodosius and Grand Bazaar

After having breakfast at the hotel, you will be picked up from your hotel by the tour guide and start to full day Old City Tour. Istanbul is a city full of famous iconic sites that today you will experience for yourself from the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia with their breathtaking silhouettes that make the skyline so unique to the Topkapi Palace, a beautiful Ottoman palace once home to the Ottoman Sultans and the first president of Turkey. Spend some time where the gladiators of ancient Roman Constantinople, entertained the crowds at the site of the Hippodrome today you will see the Obelisks that have stood the test of time and are adorned with beautiful markings, taking us back in time. Our last station is the Grand Bazaar, Turkey’s the largest covered market at the heart of the Old City, offering excellent shopping. You will get the chance to wander through the Grand Bazaar and soak up the atmosphere of this incredible delight.

At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

Visited Sights: Smyrna (Izmir) - Agora - Pergamon - Thyatira

You will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to the airport for a flight to Izmir. Your flight will last about one hour and upon arrival, you will be welcomed by the Turkey Istanbul Tours representative. Our representative will be at the first exit door and holding a sign with your name on it.

First of all, we will start your trip in ancient times known as Smyrna, visiting the outside of St Polykarp Church & the ruins of the Agora. Then depart to Bergama and ruins of Pergamon, previously a renowned cultural and political center used by the Romans as an administrative center for the province of Asia. Here visit the ruins of the Acropolis and the Asclepion with its theatre. Then we will visit the ruins of Thyatira, which was founded by the Lydian’s.

At the end of the tour, we will drive to your hotel. Overnight in Izmir.

Visited Sights: Sardes - Philadelpia - Laodecia - Pamukkale

After having breakfast at the hotel, we will pick you up and drive to Sardes, an extremely important ancient city and the capital of the Lydia Kingdom with its beautiful gymnasium and marble paved synagogue and the Temple of Artemis including ancient Christian Chapel of the 4th Century. Then we will proceed to Philadelphia in Alasehir, a favorite city of Paul and John. Then we will visit the Laodicea, an early center of Christianity and one of the Seven Churches of Revelation. Then we will drive to Pamukkale where you will explore beautiful nature and fascinating history. Pamukkale has hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing and cooling water. Then we will visit to Hierapolis Ancient City as a Unesco World Heritage Site and used to be visited by people to soothe their aliments during the retirement and also die there. 

At the end of the tour, we will drive to your hotel. Overnight in Kusadasi.

After having breakfast at the hotel, we will pick you up and drive to Ephesus where St. Paul stayed a while, visit the ancient city, House of the Virgin Mary, the Basilica of St. John, and continue to Miletos where St. Paul gave a speech to spread Christianity. 

At the end of the day, you will be taken to the Izmir Airport for your flight to Cappadocia. When you arrive at the airport, you will be welcomed by our representative at the first exit door. You will then be taken to your hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.

After having breakfast at the hotel, we will pick you up and visit the Cappadocia, with its centre in Caesarea, was once the heart of the Hittite Kingdom of the Old Testament. This vast area is one of the most photogenic landscapes in the world. Extraordinary rock formations have become symbolic of this region, where you will enjoy the Valley of the Fairy Chimneys and Goremes breathtaking Open Air Museum. Watch the potters at their craft, in the famous pottery producing town of Avanos. Finally, savor the natural wonders of the Citadel of Uchisar Valley

At the end of the tour, we will drive to your hotel. Overnight in Cappadocia.

After having breakfast at the hotel, we will visit one of the widest underground city of Cappadocia region; it was carved out underneath a rock hill. The first three floors were probably carved out by Hittites about 2000 B.C. There were those underground cities where the first Christians hid excaping the persecution of the Roman authorities. In war time about 5000 people found refuge in.

Then we will drive to Adana, when we arrive you will be transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Adana.

After having breakfast at the hotel, you will be picked from your hotel and depart to Antakya. Here Jesus' followers were first called Christians (Acts 11:26) Peter, Paul and also Barnabas preached here. Visit St. Peter's Grotto and the exquisite Mosaic Museum.

At the end of the tour, we will drive to your hotel. Overnight in Adana.

After having breakfast at the hotel, you will be taken to the Adana Airport for your flight to Istanbul. When you arrive at the airport, you will be welcomed by our representative at the first exit door. You will then be taken to your hotel. Overnight in Istanbul.

According to your international flight time, you will be transferred to airport 4 hours before your flight. You will be able do self check-in. This is the end of our services.

Included

  • Breakfast at the hotels & Lunch at the restaurants
  • Accommodations at hotels for 9 nights
  • Hotel pick up and drop off
  • All airport transfers with non-smoking, A/C deluxe vehicle
  • Domestic flights (15kg baggage allowance)
  • All tours with a professional English speaking tour guide licensed by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism
  • All taxes, entrance & museum fees
  • Lunch on Tours (Vegetarian and Vegan Options are Available). Please specify when booking your tour
  • No hidden or extra cost

Excluded

  • International airfares
  • Visa for Turkey
  • Personal expenses
  • Optional tours
  • Beverages during lunch
  • Dinner
  • Gratuity to the Guide and Driver

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