Turkey & Greece Tour 

Day 1-Monday, Apr 25:  Leave USA.

Day 2-Tuesday, Apr 26:  Istanbul.  Arrive in Istanbul, meet and transfer to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 3-Wednesday, Apr 27:  Istanbul.  Hippodromes, EgyptianObelisk, Church of St Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapı Palace, Covered Bazaar. Dinner will be served at a local restaurant. Overnight in Istanbul.

Day 4-Thursday, Apr 28:  Istanbul.  Visit the Chora Museum, Egyptian Spice Market.  Private Boat for a cruise along the Bosphorus.  Disembark and return to your hotel for dinner & overnight. 

Day 5-Friday, Apr 29:  Cappadocia.  Morning flight to Cappadocia. Çavuşin village. Dinner & overnight at your hotel.

Day 6-Saturday, Apr 30:  Cappadocia. Göreme and Paşabağ open air museums.  Uchisar, Guvercinlik valleys, Avanos village. Dinner & overnight in Cappadocia.

Day 7-Sunday, May 1:  Cappadocia – Psidian Antiochia – Isparta. Sultanhan, Psidian Antiochia.  Isparta for dinner & overnight.

Day 8-Monday, May 2:  Isparta-Pamukkale. Laodicea, Hierapolis,  Pamukkale.  Dinner & overnight at your hotel.

Day 9-Tuesday, May 3:  Pamukkale – Philadelphia – Sardis – Smyrna – Kuşadası.   Philadelphia,  Sardis, Artemis Temple, Roman Imperial Hall, Smyrna.  Dinner & overnight at your hotel.

Day 10-Wednesday, May 4:  Patmos. Cruise to Patmos. Monastery of St. John, return to Kusadasi for dinner and overnight.

Day 11-Thursday, May 5:  Ephesus.  Temple of Artemis, Celsus Library, Terrace Houses and Basilica of St. John.  Dinner and overnight at hotel in Kuşadası

Day 12-Friday, May 6:  Kuşadası –Pergamon- Assos. Zeus Altar. Temple of Emperor Trajan, the Hellenistic theatre, the library site. Assos for dinner and overnight.

Day 13-Saturday, May 7:  Assos – Alexandria Troas –Troy – Border.  Those going to Greece will change buses to Greece and stay overnight in Kavala.  Those not going to Greece will be transferred to Istanbul overnight.

Day 14-Sunday, May 8: : Philippi- Thessaloniki - Baptismal site of Lydia, Pauls prison, Acroplis of Philipi, Market Place, Basilica and Theatre. Travel on Coast to Thessolonica.  Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Thessaloniki. 

Day 15-Monday, May 9:Thessaloniki – Veria- Vergina - Meteora –Paul’s Bema in Veria, famous Byzantine monasteries of Meteora,  Dinner and overnight at Hotel in Kalambaka. 

Day 16 - Tuesday, May 10 : Kalambaka – Athens - Drive through the beautiful landscapes of central Greece, Monument of Leonidas King of Sparta in Thermopylae, Prime Ministers residence, Zappion Hall, Roman Temple of Zeus, Hadrian's Arch, St. Pauls Church, Syntagma Square with the Parliament and the tomb of the Unknown Solider.

Day 17-Wednesday , May 11: Corinth & Athens - Via Odos, Drive along the coastal road to Corinth Canal, Ancient Corinth: Agora (place of Paul's trial), The fountain of Perine, The Temple of Apollo, Return back to Athens and visit the Acropolis : Propylaea, Temple of Athena nike, Erecheion, Areopagus (Mars Hill) Where Paul deliever his famous speech about the "Unknown God". Finish the day at the Panathiniko Olympic stadium. Dinner and Overnight at Hotel in Athens. 

 Day 18-Thursday, May 12 : Free day at leisure. Dinner will be served in Plaka at a Taverna 

 Day 19-Friday, May 13:  Transfer to the airport for return flight back home.                                                                        

Itinerary subject to change

Flights:

For those traveling to Turkey only:

For those traveling to Turkey & Greece: