The tour starts with a pick up from Izmir airport. We visit
The House of Virgin Mary,According to predominant Christian tradition,Mary was brought to Ephesus by the Apostle John after the Resurrection of Christ and lived out her days there.This is based mainly on the traditional belief that John came to Ephesus combined with the biblical statement that Jesus consigned her to Johns care.The next stop is
The Temple of Diana,built in honour of the Greek Goddess of hunting,wild nature and fertility,Deemed as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.It was used to be the largest marble temple in the ancient Greek world since it was four times as the big as the Parthenon in Athens.
After lunch visit Ephesus the Ancient City, a walking tour will take you throughout one of the most magnificent excavations in the world .See the Odeon,the temple of Hadrian and impressive library of Ephesus.The Grand Theater,where St.Paul preached,is the largest theater is antiquity with capacity of 24,000. After the tour, you will be dropped at Kusadasi, Izmir Hotel or airport.
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