3 Days 2 Nights Churches of Revelation Tours

Around 03:30 – 04:00 am, our team will pick you up from your Istanbul Hotel(which should be centrally located in the Sultanahmet or Taksim regions), and transfer you to the airport for your flight to Izmir . When you arrive to the airport, you make your self-check-in with the flight information provided to you after you booked this tour and take your flight to Izmir. Upon landing at Izmir, our team will welcome you at the exit gate of the domestic terminal. Then, there will be approx. an hour transfer to Izmir, meet guide and start this lifetime experience. You first visit will be to Ancient Smyrna(IZMIR), poor and persecuted, the church at Smyrna suffer edamidst prosperity for its refusal to worship the Roman Emperor.Then we will lead to Pergamon which is home for two of thecountry’s most celebrated archaeological sites:Acropolis and Asklepion. In the early Christian era, Pergamon’s church was a major center of Christianity and was one of the Seven Churches of Revelation.Drive to Sardis, another of the Seven Churches of Revelation.You will be impressed by the massive scale of the Temple of Artemis, by the white marble Royal Road, by the gymnasium, and by the synagogue. Overnight Izmir

After breakfast, we will drive for visit the site of Philadelphia also one of the Seven Churches of Revelation. Today, not much is left to mark the spot. You will see an ancient wall and the remains of a Byzantine basilica. Then we will head to Laodicea where you will walk through the stadium and columned streets and a chance to witness the newest excavations in Laodicea. After you will continue to Hierapolis, an ancient city of pagan cults.

Today we will drive toward Ephesus which is one of the Seven Churches of Revelation. Walk the marble-paved street with grooves made by chariot wheels. See the Fountain of Trajan, the Library of Celsus, and the Great Theatre with a capacity of 24.000 spectators. Visit the Chapel of the Virgin Mary (Double Church), where the Third Ancient Council convened. Continue to visit the Basilica of St. John, early tradition associated John, the disciple of Jesus and the author of the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation, with the city of Ephesus.  At the end of the tour, according to your flight time, we will transfer you to the airport for your return flight to Istanbul. Upon landing in Istanbul, our team will welcome you at the exit gate of the Airport (meeting details will be specified). Then, approx. 1-hour transfer to your hotel.