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TOUR SCHEDULE
 tour  Hagia Sophia                         1 B  daY 1                          visit Blue Mosque, Photo Stop at hippodrome
                                                                                                      WD
 Istanbul
                                                   arrive to istanbul international airport
                                               L   Meet & Greet with local Guide at airport  visit topkapi Palace
                                               D   Departure to city tour       visit St.Sophia Museum
 Troy
 Ancient                                    2 B  daY 2                  OVERNIGHT IN ISTANBUL            WD
 City
 Alexandra                                     L   transfer to istanbul airport  arrive to hatay airport  visit antioch archeological Museum
 of Troas                                      D   fly to hatay        visit St.Peter Church  Departure to adana 200km 2,5hr
 aYvalIk                                    3    daY 3                  OVERNIGHT IN ADANA               WD
 Acropolis of   nevsehIR
 Pergamon  Thyateira                           B   Departure to tarsus 45km 1hr  fly to ercan airport at north Cyprus
 konYa                                         L   visit St.Paul’s Church and well  arrival to ercan airport and transfer to hotel
 Red Basilica                                  D   Photo stop at Cleopatra’s Gate
 St. Policarp Church  Sardes  Cappadoccia  kaYseRI  CHORA MUSEUM   4  daY 4  OVERNIGHT IN KYRNEA        WD
 IZMIR  Philadelphia  h  SChora Museum”
 Ephesus  Virgin   Hierapolis  (Kariye Müzesi) is   B  Depart for apostolos andreas Monastery  visit antiphonitis Monastery
 Mary
 House                   a church building     L   visit apostolos andreas Monastery   visit Sourp Magar Monastery
 paMukkale  q  hataY     that constitutes      D   Move to the antiphonitis Monastery  visit Bellapais Monastery
 kuşadasI  h  q          the center of the   5   daY 5                  OVERNIGHT IN KYRNEA             WD
 Laodicea                Chora Monastery,
                         which was a great
 adana                                         B   Depart for Guzelyurt (omorfo)  visit St.Sophia Church, St.nicholas Church
 adana                   building complex in   L   visit St. Mamas.             visit Green line
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                         the Eastern Roman     D   Depart for nicosia           Depart for famagusta
 St. Paul’s              Empire period, and
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 Church  St.Peter        it was dedicated to   6 B  daY 6              OVERNIGHT IN FAMAGUSTA           WD
 Museum
 Antioch
 Archeological
 Church                  Jesus Christ. Since
                         it stood outside of   L   visit old town of famagusta and all churches  fly back to adana
                                                   Depart for Kyrnea
                                                                               arrival and Departure to nevsehir
 13 Nights 14 Days  Apastolos   the city walls built   7  D  daY 7     OVERNIGHT IN CAPPADOCCIA       WD
 St Paul StePS   Monastery   the building was   B L D  optional: hot air Balloon tour  Photo stop uchisar Castle   visit Pottery, Carpet and turkish
                         by Constantine,
 Andreas
                         called “Chora”,
                                                                        visit Pigeon valley
                                                                                          Jewelery workshops turkish
                                                   Departure for Cappadocia tour
                         which means “in the
                                                                        During the Day we will-
                                                   visit Goreme open air Museum-
                         country” or “outside
                                                                                          optional:turkish night Show
 tour with  nıCoSıA KyREnıA  Ercan  q  fAMAguSTA  of the city” in Greek.  8  B L D  daY 8  OVERNIGHT IN CAPPADOCCIA  WD
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                                                   optional: hot air Balloon tour
                                                                                Departure to Konya 53km 1hr
                                                   visit underground City
                                                                                on the way photo stop at Sultanhani Caravanserai
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 Airport
                                                   visit Devrent valley, Pasabag valley
 CYPruS  cYpRus  To the north-east of Kyrenia (Girne),   9  B L  daY 9  OVERNIGHT IN KONYA            WD
                                                   Departure for antioch of Pisida 170km 2,5hr
                                                                                visit hierapolis ancient City ruins and-
 BELLAPAIS MONASTERY
                                                                                Cotton Castle
                                                   visit anthioc of Pisida
                                                   Departure for Pamukkale 225km 3hr
                                                                                visit laodicea
 set on the side of a mountain, this
 twelfth-century monastery is a fine        10  D  daY 10              OVERNIGHT IN PAMUKKALE           WD
 example of Gothic architecture of the
 Lusignan period.                              B   Departure to Philedelphia 90km 1,5hr  visit Sardes  visit St. John Basilica
                                               L   visit Philadelphia    Departure to Selcuk 145km 2,5hr
                                               D   Departure to Sardis 50km 1hr  visit house of virgin Mary
                                            11   daY 11                 OVERNIGHT IN KUSADASI         WD
 apostolos                                     B   Departure for ephesus  20km 30min  Departure to izmir 80km 1,5hr
 St. Paul Churche  St. Mamas  andreas monastery  FAMAGUSTA Famagusta’s historic   L  visit ephesus ancient City   visit Smyrna; St.Polycarp Church visit Smyrna; St.-
            city centre is surrounded by the       visit leather factory and enjoy the-   Polycarp Church visit Smyrna; St.Polycarp Church
 This is one of the pilgrimage   fortifications of Famagusta, which   D
 ST. MAMAS It is said that   was heavier than he had initially   centres of Orhodox Church of   have a roughly rectangular shape,   fashion show  visit agora of the ancient City
 Mamas was a Christian saint    thought, called for help. The   Cyprus, and is at the tip of the   built mainly by the Venetians in the   12  daY 12  OVERNIGHT IN IZMIR  WD
 from Anatolia who was killed   coffin was eventually taken with   Karpas peninsula. St Andrew   15th and 16th centuries, though
 on religious grounds. His family,   great difficulty and effort, and   was the brother of St Peter,   some sections of the walls have been   B  Departure for thyateaira 140km 2hr  visit acropolis of Pergamon  WALKING DISTANCE (WD) :          LESS THEN 2 HOURS /                BETWEEN 2 AND 3,5 HOURS /                         MORE THAN 3,5 HOURS
 aided by Jesus Christ, placed   when the coffin could be carried   who served John the Baptist and was the first of the apostles   dated earlier times, as far as 1211.   L  visit thyateira  Proceed to ayvalik  65km 1hr
 Mamas in a coffin and buried   no further, a church was built   to be called to ministry by Jesus. It was on this site that St   Some important landmarks and   D  visit red Basilica
 him at sea. The coffin, swept   round it.  Andrew briefly landed in Cyprus on his final missionary journey   visitor attractions in the old city are:   13  daY 13  OVERNIGHT IN AYVALIK OR AKCAY  WD
 away by the tide, made its way   back to his Palestinian homeland. His footfall revealed a spring
 to the Gulf of Morphou (now   SOURP MAGAR MONASTERY   whose waters miraculously healed the blind captain of his ship.   The Othello Castle  B  Departure for alexandria of troas 138km 2,5hr  visit troy ancient City
 Guzelyurt), where it was found   The Armenian monastery of    Palazzo del Provveditore  L  visit alexandria of troas  Departure to istanbul  330km 6,5hr
 by a humble man who lived in   Sourp Magar, or the Virgin    St. Francis’ Church  D  Departure for troia  35km 45min  terminating at hotel, overnight in istanbul
 the area. The man returned to   Mary, was first established in   ANTIPHONITIS CHURCH    Church of St Peter and Paul
 his house and gathered two   about 1000 AD as a Coptic   The church, dedicated to    Church of St. George of the Greeks  14  daY 14  OVERNIGHT IN ISTANBUL  WD
 oxen and called for his four sons   monastery, and was dedicated   the Virgin Mary, was built in    Church of St. George of the Latins
 to accompany him to the place   to the Egyptian hermit St.   the 7th century. However    Twin Churches  B  Departure for city tour  visit Spice Market  free until departure
 where the coffin had landed.   Makarios of Alexandria   the narthex to the west and    Nestorian Church   L  Bosphorus Cruise with Private Yacht  visit Kariye Museum  transfer to istanbul-
 Tying a rope to it, they tried to   (309-404 AD) whose Coptic   the gallery to the south were    Agios Ioannis Church  D  visit Spice Market  visit Grand Bazaar  international airport
 pull the coffin away. However,   (Egyptian Christian) monastery   added by the Lusignans in the    Venetian House
 the man, realising the coffin   still exists in Egypt.  14th or 15th century.   Ganchvor monastery  ON BOARD
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