Places
Places along the way
Sites in Turkey and Northern Cyprus that belong to the longer pilgrimage routes.
The seven churches have their own pages. This list is the company they keep: the house remembered for Mary above Ephesus, the basilica of John, the white terraces, the churches of Istanbul, the valleys of Cappadocia, Antioch, Tarsus, and the north of Cyprus.
01
Hierapolis and Pamukkale
The white terraces beside Laodicea.
02
House of the Virgin Mary
A house on the mountain above Ephesus, kept as a place of pilgrimage.
03
Basilica of St John
On Ayasuluk, above the modern town of Selçuk.
04
Hagia Sophia
The great church of Constantinople, on the Istanbul days.
05
Cappadocia
Valleys of tuff, cave churches, and a pause on the plateau.
06
Antioch and St Peter’s Church
Where the followers of Jesus were first called Christians.
07
Tarsus
The city Paul names as his own.
08
Sites in Northern Cyprus
Famagusta, Salamis, Barnabas, Kyrenia, St Hilarion, Bellapais.