EDUCATIONAL TOUR FOR POTENTIAL GROUP LEADERS TO TURKEY

SEVEN CHURCHES OF THE REVELATION

26 MAY TO 2 JUNE 2000

7 NIGHTS / 8 DAYS

FLIGHTS FROM MANCHESTER WITH TURKISH AIRLINES

DAY 1 : İSTANBUL

AIRPORT TRANSFER – WELCOME COCKTAIL

a.. AIRPORT TRANSFER

b.. HOTEL CHECK-IN

c.. WELCOME COCKTAIL

d.. BRIEFING ABOUT THE TOUR

e.. DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY in İSTANBUL

DAY 2 : İSTANBUL

FULL DAY CITY TOUR

a.. BREAKFAST

b.. İSTANBUL CLASSICS (BYZANTIAN & OTTOMAN RELICS) ST.SOPHIE,BLUE MOSQUE OF SULTAN AHMET,HİPPODROME,GERMAN FOUNTAIN,

c TOPKAPI PALACE (Where the Ottoman Sultans lived from 15’th to the 19’th century)

d.. SÜLEYMANİYE MOSQUE famous architect Sinan’s masterpiece

e.. GRAND COVERED BAZAAR with 5.000 tiny shops inside

f.. DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY in İSTANBUL

DAY 3 :YSTANBUL -

BOSPHORUS BOAT CRUISE - SAINT SAVIOUR CHURCH

a.. BREAKFAST

b.. SPICE (EGYPTIAN) BAZAAR

c.. BOSPHORUS CRUISE (Yıldız Palace, Dolmabahçe Palace, Bosphorus Bridge, Beylerbeyi Palace can also be seen from the sea during the tour)

d.. VISIT TO KARİYE MUSEUM ( THE CHURCH OF ST.SAVİOUR IN CHORA a Byzantine church decorated with extraordinary later 14th century frescoes and mosaics portraying the life and miracles of Christ

e.. DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY in İSTANBUL

DAY 4 : İSTANBUL

İZMİR

a.. BREAKFAST

b.. EARLY DEPARTURE FOR İZMİR

c.. DRIVE THROUGH BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE

d.. ARRIVAL TO İZMİR LATE IN THE AFTERNOON

e.. CHECK-IN AND REST

f.. DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY IN İZMİR

DAY 5 İZMİR ( SYMRNA )

- POLICARPOS CHURCH – PERGAMON – THYATRİA

a.. EARLY BREAKFAST

b.. VISIT OF PILICARPOS CHURCH IN İZMİR

c.. DRIVE TO PERGAMON (2:12-17) Visit Red Hall, Acropolis and Asclepion, the medical centre of thermal cure.

d.. DRIVE TO AKHİSAR

e.. VISIT THYATIRA (Revelation 2:18-29, Acts 16:14) It was the smallest of seven cities and was a garrison city used to deter enemies from reaching Pergamum,40 miles to the Northwest.

f.. DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY in İZMİR

DAY 6 : İZMİR

SARDİS – PAMUKKALE - LEODICIA

a.. EARLY BREAKFAST

b.. DEPARTURE FOR SARDİS

c.. VISIT SARDİS, one of the most picturesque areas of these seven cities.

d.. CONTINUATION TO ALAŞEHİR

e.. VISIT PHILEDELPHIA , a favourite city of ST.JOHN and ST.PAUL

f.. DRIVE FOR PAMUKKALE.

g.. VISIT LEODICEA (Revelation 3:14-22; Colossians 2:1; 4:13-16) Leodicia was another prosperous city in the chain, where Christianity first spread.

h.. DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY in PAMUKKALE

DAY 7 : PAMUKKALE

EPHESUS – VIRGIN MARY’S HOUSE – ST.JOHN’S BASILICA - KUŞADASI

a.. EARLY BREAKFAST

b.. VISIT HIERAPOLIS, impressive ruined city which is listed in the New Testament along with Laodicea as the centre of Epaphras’s work. Another less well-known resident of Hierapolis was Papias, a disciple of St. John.

c.. THERMAL POOLS AND NATURAL SPAS OF THE COTTON CASTLE

d.. DRIVE TO EPHESUS (Ephesians;Revelation1:11; 2:1-7; Acts 18:19-28; 19:1-4) Ephesus was the home place of St. Paul between 54 and 57 A.D.

e.. VISIT VIRGIN MARY’S HOUSE on a wooded hilltop where the Virgin Mary is believed to have spent her last days. The “House” was discovered in 1891 and it is now a place of pilgrimage for people from all over the world.

f.. VISIT THE TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS

g.. ST. JOHN’S CHURCH & BASILICA where, according to legend, he was buried.

i.. DINNER & OVERNIGHT STAY in KUŞADASI

DAY 8 : KUŞADASI

İZMİR ADNAN MENDERES AIRPORT

a.. BREAKFAST

b.. HOTEL CHECK-OUT.

c.. TRANSFER TO ADNAN MENDERES AIRPORT IN İZMİR

d.. FLIGHT BACK HOME.

OUR APPOINTED AGENT IN TURKEY IS:-ANTELOPE TOURS