BIBLE TOURS IN TURKEY

TOUR ITINERARY

(1 DAY): Arrival Istanbul/ Transfer to Sura Hotel Sultanahmet. www.surahotels.com

(2 DAY): Breakfast at the hotel. Walking tour - ISTANBUL Old City Tour: Sultan Ahmet Mosque/Blue Mosque, the Roman Hippodrome, Topkapi Imperial Palace and Harem. Lunch. Grand Bazaa. Dinner at the hotel terrace at Deraliye Restaurant.

(3 DAY): Breakfast at the hotel. Walking tour of ISTANBUL. Underground Basilica Cistern, Archaeological Museum which has artifacts and statues from the Bible lands. Lunch at the Fish on the Galata Bridge and Bosphorus cruise. Spice Bazaar. Free afternoon. The next day early check out.

(4 DAY): Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out at 7:30am and transfer to ANKARA, Euroasia Bridge, and visit Museum of Anatolian Civilization that has many Hittites artifact (Genesis 15:20). Lunch. Drive to Cappadocia via the Salt Lake and late check-in Suhan Hotel. Dinner at the hotel. www.suhankapadokya.com

(5 DAY): Breakfast at the hotel. Hot Air Balloon is optional. Tour of CAPPADOCIA. Goreme open Air museum with Byzantine Rock churches and dwellings. Pasabag Rock Formation and lunch. Avanos Pottery workshops near the Red River. Uchisar and the Underground city where people hid when under attack or persecution. Dinner at the hotel. The next day early check- out.

(6 DAY): Early morning optionl Jeep Safari. Brekfast at the hotel. Drive via Sultan Han along the Silk Road and lunch on route in a local restaurant in the mountains, reaching PAMUKKALE late. Famous thermal area in the evening. Dinner at Colossae Hotel. www.colossaehotel.com

(7 DAY): Breakfast at the hotel. Departure at 9:00am. LAODICEA, one of the 7 congregations of Revelations 3:14. A marble and rich Roman city where Christians were warned to be lukewarm. Temples, sacred agora, 2 big theatres and Byzantine churches after 4th centry. Lunch in Denizli and HIERAPOLIS in the afternoon with time to linger in the pools. Driving to the hotel by the beach. www.kusadasi.palmwings.comtr

(8 DAY): Breakfast. Departure at 7:30am. Drive to the port of Kusadasi, 20 minutes from the hotel for the tour of PATMOS island, one the the Greek islands. Coming back to Kusadasi in the afternoon. Dinner at the hotel.

(9 DAY): Breakfast at the hotel. Tour of EPHESUS (Acts 19, Ephesians and Revelations 2:1-7) Visiting the site from the Upper Gate to the lower Gate. Political area, public streets and buildings, the famous Celsus Library and the Great Theatre. Local lunch of famous pancakes.

(10 DAY): Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the stunning site of PERGAMON (Revelation 2:12-17). Local kebab lunch. Transfer to Istanbul and enroute Osman Gazi Bridge. Titanic Business Kartal Hotel on the Asia Side. www.titanic.com.tr

(11 DAY): Departure Day.