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DAY 01: U.S.A. /
ISTANBUL. Tour members will gather at the
ticket counter at the airport two hours prior to their departure to
Europe. Dinner and breakfast will be served in-flight.
DAY 02: ISTANBUL.
Meet on arrival at Istanbul's new airport and transfer to the hotel for
overnight.
 DAY 03: ISTANBUL.
Full day city tour of the mosque of Suleiman the magnificent,
Hippodrome, the Blue mosque, St. Sophia and the Topkapi Palace. Return
to hotel for overnight.
DAY 04: ISTANBUL
/ BURSA. Morning departure to Bursa. Visit
the biblical site Nicca en route, where the Christianity was announced
to the world as an official religion during the reign of Emperor
Constantine in the 4th century. Visit the historical Islamic monuments
on arrival at Bursa, the first capital of Ottoman Empire. Dinner and
overnight. Here you can enjoy the thermal baths, for which Bursa is
famous for, before having dinner in your hotel.
DAY 05: BURSA /
THYATIRA / SARDES / PAMUKKALE. Morning
departure to Thyatira, where one of the mother churches was located.
Continue to Sardes, to visit the temple of Artemis, and the Synagogue in
Gymnasium. Proceed to visit Philadelphia. Dinner and overnight in
Pamukkale, famous with its thermal pools and white travertine terraces.
 DAY 06: PAMUKKALE
/ KUSADASI.
Morning visit of Hierapolis, and then departure to visit biblical
Laodicea, then proceed to Ephesus, to visit the shrine of Virgin Mary,
the excavated site of Ephesus and the basilica of St. John. Dinner and
overnight in Kusadasi.
DAY 07: KUSADASI
/ SMYRNA / PERGAMUM / IZMIR. Departure to
visit ancient Smyrna, one of today's important harbor cities of
Turkey. Proceed to Pergamum to visit the asclepion, the medical center
of the ancient world. Continue to Izmir, the third largest city in
modern Turkey, long a center for Jewish and Christian communities. It
was one of the Seven Churches of Asia (Rev 2:8-11). You'll see the
Agora, the colonnaded commercial center where Roman statues can still be
seen. Overnight at our hotel
DAY 08: TROY /
CANNAKALE. This morning we visit the
ancient city of Troy, with its' 4000 years old history which recalls the
epic struggle of the Iliad. Continue on to Cannakale. Dinner and
overnight at our hotel.
DAY 09: ISTANBUL.
After breakfast, visit Cannakale, and continue on to Istanbul. The rest
of the day at leisure. Dinner and overnight at our hotel.
DAY 10: ISTANBUL / U.S.A.
Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to airport for your return flight
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