
After a scrumptious breakfast and you check-out of the hotel, you will be entrusted to a friendly member of our staff who will safely escort you in a limousine to the Kayseri Airport. Here, you will board a direct flight to Izmir. Upon your arrival at Izmir, your tour guide will be there waiting to take you to a fabulous lunch in Selchuk. Afterward, you will visit the ancient city of Ephesus-the religious heart of Christianity both in days of your and today. As well, it is the most well-preserved Greco-Roman City in the world. Here, you will visit the Agora, Odeon, Curetes Street, and the Celsus Library: the most elegant structure in Ephesus. Erected around 120 A.D., It was an epic tomb for Gaius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus who was the governor of the Asian province. His grave is beneath the ground floor as a statue of Athena, the Greek goddess of Wisdom hovers above. Nearby are the Roman Baths, the Grand Theatre and Marble Street, which was the central street of the city and connected the north and south gates. The south side of the street led to the Temple of Artemis-one of the seven wonders of the ancient world-which you shall also tour. Artemis' Temple was built in the 1st century AD and its left side was ornamented with sculpted in marble. A woman, a heart and a left foot had been drawn on the pavement of the street a sign to the sailors that a brothel was nearby. After a lovely luncheon, your guided tour will proceed to the House of Virgin Mary where it is said she had spent her last days. The Archbishop of Izmir affirmed the House of Virgin Mary as a holy place of pilgrimage in 1892. In 1967 Pope Paul VI made his pilgrimage there. It is common belief that miracles have been witnessed at this holy site. Afterward, your chauffeur will drive your group back to your hotels, where you will spend the evening at your leisure in Kusadasi. This portion of the tour ends with a drive back to hotel to spend an evening at leisure. You will spend the night in Kusadasi. Perhaps you wish to explore the city and do some shopping and have a bite to eat at a nearby bistro. Breakfast, Lunch & Diner