Tour Details;
You will be met at Harbour, Airport or at your Hotel in Izmir or Kusadasi. Our guide will hold up a sign
with your name on it. We Leaving the colourful town of behind, you will pass through the verdant countryside
before arriving at Ephesus. Our first Stop is Temple of Artemis was one of the Seven Wonders of the World and
located in Ephesus. Throughout the excavations in Ephesus, the actual location of the temple was presumed in
different places. Its ancient cult dedicated to Artemis was famous in antiquity and made ancient Ephesus a
much-visited pilgrimage place. Each year one month was considered a holiday and set aside for the religious
ceremonious observations.
The Ruins of Ephesus: Concert hall, market places, colonnaded street, temples, fountains, library, theather,
Arcadian way and more.
The House of Virgin Marry: It is known with certainty That the Virgin Mary went to Ephesus and lived there for
some time. Whether or not she died in Ephesus was not known until Anne Catherine Emmerich's vision. You will
drive for 3 hours for Pamukkale (Hierapolis) to east of Kusadasi or 4 hours driving from Izmir to Pamukkale, On
the half way, have break for the needs.
You will arrive at North Gate of Pamukkale (Hierapolis). You will see the Necropolis (cemetery) of Hierapolis
which is one of the biggest ancient cemetery in Anatolia with 1.200 graves, Roman Bath, Domitian Gate, the
Main Street, Byzantium Gate. Then, you walk to the natural warm water terraces which were formed by running
warm water that contains calcium. The temperature of the water is about 35. You can see the gleaming white
travertine terraces of Pamukkale, located next to the ruins of Hierapolis. The extraordinary effect is created
when water from the hot springs loses carbon dioxide as it flows down the slopes, leaving deposits of limestone.
The layers of white calcium carbonate, built up in steps on the plateau, gave the site the name Pamukkale
(cotton castle).After the open buffed lunch Swimming in hot red thermal pools in the hotel, Then If you like to
swim in The Ancient Pool which is also called Cleopatra s Pool they charge extra entrance fee. The Cleopatra
Pool is warmed by hot springs and littered with underwater fragments of ancient marble columns. Possibly
associated with the Temple of Apollo, the pool provides today's visitors a rare opportunity to swim with
antiquities! During the Roman period, columned porticoes surrounded the pool; earthquakes toppled them into
the water where they lie today. Afterwards, you drive to Bodrum Hotel.
