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TOUR SCHEDULE
tour Hagia Sophia Saint Peter Church 1 B daY 1 visit St.Peter Church WD

Istanbul
arrive to istanbul international airport
L Change flight to hatay (antioch) visit antioch archeological Museum
D arrive to hatay airport Departure to adana 200km 2,5hr
q
FAMAGUSTA 2
q
Famagusta’s historic daY 2 OVERNIGHT IN ADANA WD
city centre is surrounded B Departure to tarsus 45km 1hr fly to ercan airport at north Cyprus
by the fortifications of L visit St.Paul’s Church and well arrival to ercan airport and transfer to hotel
Famagusta, which have D Photo stop at Cleopatra’s Gate
a roughly rectangular
shape, built mainly by Tarsus 3 B daY 3 OVERNIGHT IN KYRNEA WD
the Venetians in the
15th and 16th centuries, L visit St.hilarion & Castle visit Kyrenia Castle & St.andrews Church
though some sections kaYseRI D visit Bellapais Monastery
of the walls have been 4
dated earlier times, as daY 4 OVERNIGHT IN MAGOSA WD
far as 1211. B visit old town of famagusta and all churches Depart for Kyrnea
q hataY
L visit Salamis fly back to istanbul
SALAMIS D St.Barnabas tomb and Monastery / icon Museum
The ancient city of 5
Salamis became the adana daY 5 OVERNIGHT IN ISTANBUL WD
capital of Cyprus as far adana B visit Blue Mosque, Photo Stop at hippodrome visit leather factory and enjoy fashion Show
h
back as 1100 BC. The q Museum Archeological visit topkapi Palace visit Grand Bazaar
city shared the destiny St. Paul’s Antioch L visit St.Sophia Museum after dinner transfer to airport
of the rest of the island Church St.Peter D
during the successive Church Antakya Archeological Museum ON BOARD
occupations by the
various dominant WALKING DISTANCE (WD) : LESS THEN 2 HOURS / BETWEEN 2 AND 3,5 HOURS / MORE THAN 3,5 HOURS
powers of the Near
East, viz. the Assyrians,
Egyptians, Persians, ST. BARNABAS TOMB
and Romans. AND MONASTERY St.
KyREnıA St.Barnabas Salamis Barnabas is one of
Church the most significant
SAINT PETER figures in the Church
h CHURCH The
nıCoSıA q of Cyprus. Together
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Ercan first church of with St. Paul, he first
Airport fAMAguSTA the christian preached Christianity on
cYpRus world which was the island. St. Barnabas
established in first
came from a Hebrew
4 Nights 5 Days century by Saint community. One day
Petrus where the
St Paul StePS named. Jerusalem he witnessed
during his studies in
christianity was
a miracle performed
by Jesus and declared
TARSUS Tarsus is
himself His follower.
where ‘’the apostle’’
tour with CYPruS St. Paul was born When he began to
preach, many people
and Anthony met
followed him because
Cleopatra.
they sensed a great
force hidden in him,
ANTAKYA
ARCHEOLOGICAL which they thought was
the Holy Spirit.
MUSEUM The
Museum has one
of the best mosaic
collection in the
world which was
found in Antakya and
it s neighborhood.
famagusta Salamis St Hilarion Castle St Paul Church
kYRenIacastLe hagIa sophia
ST. HILARION & CASTLE The castle is BELLAPAIS MONASTERY Explorations carried out in and around the Now only a museum,
named, not after St. Hilarion the Great, Bellapais AbbeyDuring the reign castle take us as far as the Hellenistic and Ro- once a Pagan temple,
the founder of monasticism in Palestine of the Latin kings, this order man Period (111- 11 B.C.) But so far it has not converted to first
who died near Paphos about A.D. 371, was held in great esteem. The been possible to establish the exact day of Church by Constantine
but after a later saint, of whom little is abbot was allowed to wear the construction of the castle. As a result of the the Great, later restored
known. He is counted among the three protifical mitre during mass, examinations carried out at the site, it is thou- in the 6th century
hundred saints who according to local and was accorded the honour ght likely that, the original castle was built in by Justinian I as the
tradition, sought refuge in Cyprus when of carrying a sword and wearing the VII. A.D. by the Byzantines for the purpose largest basilica in the
the Arabs overran the Holly Land. golden spurs while riding. of defending Kyrenia against Arab raids. Christian world.

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