8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS FOOTSTEPS OF ST. PAUL – SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATION
… I was caught up in spirits on the Lord’s day and heard behind me a voice as loud as a trumpet, “ Write on a scrollwhat you see and sent it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, To Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea ”. (Rev 1:10-11)
(BURSA – IZMIR – KUSADASI – PAMUKKALE – KONYA- CAPPADOCIA – ANKARA – ISTANBUL)
Day 1 : Arrival ISTANBUL – BURSA (L/D)
Upon arrival at Istanbul Airport, meet and greet by our Guide, then proceed to BURSA, two hours drive from 
Istanbul, Bursa is a large city in northwest Turkey, lying in the foothills of roughly 2,500m high – Mount Uludag – near the Sea of Marmara. Upon Arrival directly visit the SILK BAZAR and TURKISH DELIGHT FACTORY SHOP. Transfer to hotel, check in. OPTIONAL : ULUDAG SKI RESORT by CABLE CAR
Hotel : ALMIRA Hotel 5* / similar
Day 2 : BURSA – PERGAMON – THYATHIRA – IZMIR (SMYRNA) – KUSADASI (B/L/D)
First visit will be PERGAMUM CHURCH (Rev 2:12), the capital city of PERGAMUM Kingdom , visiting the RED BASILICA. Continue to ACHISAR (THYATIRA) (Rev 2:18-19). Then onto IZMIR or known as SMYRNA (Rev 1:4, 2:8) and visit CHURCH OF ST. POLYCARP (Rev 2:8-11).
Hotel : SEALIGHT Hotel 5* / similar
Day 3 : KUSADASI (B/L/D)
After breakfast you will be visiting the LEATHER MANUFACTURE, famous for its good quality of Leather Jackets. Then continue to EPHESUS (Rev 1:11), one of the ancient city where St Paul lived here between 54-57 AD with the biggest heritage of Romans & Greek Cultural, you can see THE
AMPHITHEATHER, AGORA, CELCUS LIBRARY, HADRIAN TEMPLE, TROJAN FOUNTAIN, HERCULES GATE. Followed by visit THE HOUSE OF MOTHER MARY, then continue to BASILICA OF ST. JOHN, afterwards visiting WEIN MERCHANTS VILLAGE SIRINCE, this beautiful village with typical Ottoman style houses known as the producer of WINE. Then visiting TURKISH OLIVE OIL SKIN CARE Factory before return to hotel.
Hotel : SEALIGHT Hotel 5* / similar
Day 4 : KUSADASI – LAODECIA – PAMUKKALE (B/L/D)
Check out hote, proceed to SARDIS (Rev 3:1-5) was n important ancient city and capital of the Kingdom Of the Lydia. Then move on to the city of ALASEHIR (PHILADELPHIA) (Rev 1:11, 3:7-13) – the favorite city of ST PAUL & ST JOHN. After lunch, continue to visit LAODECIA (Rev 3:14-22) the first city of the spread of Christianity. Proceed to PAMUKKALE, where you will visit THE ANCIENT CITY OF HIERAPOLIS and COTTON CASTLE or ancient Hierapolis (Holy City), this area has been drawing the weary to its thermal springs since the time of Classical antiquity.
Hotel : ADEMPIRA Thermal Spa 5* / similar
Day 5 : PAMUKKALE – CAPPADOCIA (B/L/D)
OPTIONAL : HOT AIR BALOON RIDE in PAMUKKALE , and GET FREE SUNRISE JEEP SAFARI in CAPPADOCIA worth of USD 100
Breakfast at hotel, check out and continue to CAPPADOCIA, ancient district in east-central Anatolia, situated on the rugged plateau north of the Taurus Mountains, in the centre of present-day Turkey.On the you will be visiting SULTAHANI CARAVANSARAY, located on the highway between Konya and Aksaray, It was built in 1229 when Aksaray was an important stopover along the Silk Road that crossed through Anatolia. In the evening arrive Cappadocia, check in and have dinner at hotel.
Hotel : CROWNE PLAZA 5* / similar
Day 6 : CAPPADOCIA (B/L/D)
After breakfast, you will see the unique Cappadocia’s landscape includes dramatic expanses of soft volcanic rock, shaped by erosion into towers, cones, valleys and caves. Rock-cut Churches and underground tunnel complexes, among others you will visit : CARDAK UNDERGROUND CITY, GOREME OPEN AIR MUSEUM, PASABAG, PIGEON VALLEY then UCHISAR CASTLE with the panoramic background of MT ERCHIYES.
OPTIONAL : TURKISH NIGHT AND BELLY DANCE SHOW
Hotel : CROWNE PLAZA 5* / similar
Day 7 : CAPPADOCIA – ANKARA – ISTANBUL (B/L/D)
Continue to ANKARA, on the way photo stop at SALT LAKE (LAKE TUZ) the second largest lake in Turkey. After lunch at local restaurant proceed to the capital city of Turkey, here you will visit the Anitkabir, the enormous hilltop MAUSOLEUM OF KEMAL ATATURK, modern Turkey’s first President who declared Ankara the capital in 1923. In the evening you will reach ISTANBUL, after dinner at restaurant, check in and overnight.
Hotel : DIVAN SUITES G Plus 5* / similar
Day 8 : ISTANBUL – Departure (B/L)
City tour at ISTANBUL OLD CITY, visiting among others : HIPPODROME SQUARE -The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydanı. HAGIA SOPHIA,
the former Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal cathedral, later an Ottoman imperial mosque and now a museum in Istanbul. Photo stop infront of the TOPKAPI PALACE GATE and BLUE MOSQUE. After lunch, join the BOSPHORUS CRUISE and visit the SPICE BAZAR. Afterwards you will be transfered to Airport.
