Tour Details;
Your Izmir guide will meet you at Izmir Port, Kuşadası or at your hotel in Izmir. The guide will hold up a sign
with your name on it. Izmir, also once called Smyrna, is Turkey’s third most populous city and the country’s
largest port after Istanbul. It is located along the outlying waters of the Gulf of Izmir, by the Aegean Sea.
Smyrna was the second city to receive a letter from the apostle John in the book of Revelation. Acts 19:10
suggests that the church there was founded during Paul s third missionary journey.
Driving along Kordon to see the symbol of the city; Ottoman Clock Tower, which is in Konak Square - the
heart of the city. It was built in 1901 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Abdulhamit II's accession to the
throne. The clock itself was a gift of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany. It is decorated in an elaborate; late
Ottoman style.
You will drive to the city’s famous public elevator, is another symbol of Izmir. It was built in 1907 and
restored by the municipality in 1993. Restored old houses fill the old Asansor quarter, also known as the Jewish
quarter. You will drive to the Agora. This 2nd century A.D. agora, midway between the acropolis and the
harbour, was partially excavated by German and Turkish archaeologists from 1932-1941. Your local guide will
show you the only two-storey agora known to scholars: The first floor was reserved for wholesale trade, with
workshops, cooling cisterns and warehouses for goods, while the second floor was designed for political
meetings and retail trade. Visit Izmir Archaeological Museum. The museum exhibits an impressive collection
of ancient and Roman artifacts recovered from area excavations, including Bergama, Iasos, Bayrakli (Izmir s
original settlement), and Izmir s Agora. Then visit Ethnographical Museum, which is next to the
Archaeological Museum. In this museum, there are cultural objects from daily social life of Anatolian people
housed in a 19th century three storey Neoclassical building which was used as a hospital and seniors day care in
the late 1800's. The museum displays many models of extinct or near extinct handicrafts due to the
industrialization, such as; tinsmith, clog making, pottery, blue bead making, wood imprinting, carpet weaving,
rope making and saddlery.
Visiting the old famous shopping centre, Kemeraltı of Izmir. Kemeraltı is historic market (bazaar) district. It was
originally formed around the street surrounding the shallow inner bay of the city, which was filled in due course
during the 17th century, availing the bazaar to be extended to a wider area.
Afterwards, you drive back to Izmir
Port, Kuşadası or your hotel in Izmir.
