JOURNEYS OF PAUL
IN TURKEY June 18-29, 2012
"A Spiritual Journey following the Missionary Trips of Paul"
Minimum 8 pax.

TOUR ITINERARY:

Jun 18 Arrive Antioch, modern Antakya (Hatay Airport)
Meet and transfer to hotel. Overnight Antioch.

Jun 19 Full Day Tour to Antioch (Acts 11:19-27; 13:1; 14:26; 15:22-35; Gal. 2:11; II Tim. 3:11)
Visit St.Peter’s Church and the Mosaic Museum. Drive to Adana. Dinner at the hotel. (B,D)

Jun 20 Adana-Tarsus- Lystra – Iconium(Konya)
Drive to Tarsus (Acts 9:11; 9:30; 11:25; 21:39; 22:3) , the birthplace of St.Paul. Visit the new St.Paul Church and Paul’s Well.
Drive to the Biblical site of Lystra (Acts 14:6-21; 16:1-2, II Tim. 3:11) . Then drive to Iconium (Acts 13:51; 14:1-21; 16:2, II Tim. 3:11), today’s Konya to visit the Mevlana Mausoleum.
Dinner and overnight in Konya. (B,D)

Jun 21 Iconium-Colossae-Laodicea-Pamukkale
Drive to unexcavated site of Colossae (Col. 1:2) . Then see the ruins of Laodicea (Col 2:1; 4:13-16, Rev. 1:11; 3:14). Continue to Pamukkale for dinner and overnight. (B,D)

Jun 22 Philadelphia-Sardis-Smyrna(Izmir)
Drive to Alasehir to see the 1st century Philadelphia Church (Rev. 1:11; 3:7). Then visit Sardis (Rev. 1:11; 3:1-4) ; the Gymnasium, the 3rd century Synagogue, the Temple of Diana and the remains of the 1st century Church. Drive to Smyrna (Rev. 1:11; 2:8) for dinner and overnight in Izmir. (B,D)

Jun 23 Ephesus-Kusadasi
Full day tour in Ephesus (Acts 18:19-24; 19:1-35; 20:16-17; 21:29, 1 Cor. 15:32; 16:8, I Tim. 1:3 II Tim. 1:18; 4:12, Rev. 1:11, 2:1) . Visit the famous ancient city, the Basilica of St. John and the Archaelogical Museum. Dinner at the hotel. Overnight in Kusadasi. (B,D)

Jun 24 Pergamon-Thyatira-Ayvalik
Drive North to Pergamon (Rev. 1:11; 2:12). Visit the Acropolis and the remaining of the 1st century Church called Red Basilica. Continue to Akhisar to see the 1st century Thyatira Church (Acts 16:14, Rev. 1:11; 2:18-24) . Drive to Ayvalik for dinner and overnight. (B,D)

Jun 25 Alexander Troas-Assos-Troy-Çanakkale
Visit Alexander Troas (Acts 16:8-11; 20:5, 6, II Tim. 4:13 II Cor. 2:12) to see only few stones covered by water today. Then visit Assos. Continue to Troy to see the ruins of the legendary city and the replica of the wooden horse. Dinner and overnight in Çanakkale. (B,D)

Jun 26 Çanakkale-Dardanelles-Istanbul
Take the car ferry to cross the Dardanelles strait. Drive to Istanbul. Visit St.Chora Church, famous for its beautiful mosaics in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight. (B,D)

Jun 27 Istanbul
Visit the Hippodrome Square, Blue Mosque, St. Sophia Church, Underground Cistern Basilica and Grand Covered Bazaar. (B,D)

Jun 28 Istanbul
Take a leisurely private boat tour along the Bosphorus seeing both Asian and European shores of Istanbul. Then visit the Topkapý Palace and the important Istanbul Archaeological Museum containing the Gezer Calender, the Titus Inscriptions, City Walls from Babylon, and other important items. Return to the hotel. Tonight, we will have a Farewell Dinner at an outside Sea Food Restaurant in Kumkapý district. (B,D)

Jun 29 Departure - Transfer to Istanbul Airport for departure. End of our services. (B)