TREASURES of AEGEAN 07  /  SPLENDOR OF HALICARNASSOS AND CARIA

‘’ HALICARNASSOS of CARIA ‘’

BODRUM TOUR

You’ll depart app 08 o’clock from İzmir to Bodrum.

Bodrum is a district and a port city in Muğla province,in the southwestern Aegean Region of Turkey.It is located on the southern coast of Bodrum Peninsula,at a point that checks the entry into the Gulf of Gökova,and is also the center of eponymous district.The city was called Halicarnassus of Caria in ancient times and was famous for housing the Mausoleum of Mausolus,one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.Bodrum Castle,built by the Knights Hospitaller in the 15th century,overlooks the harbour and the marina.The castle grounds include a Museum of Underwater Archaelogy and hosts several cultural festivals throughout the year.

You ‘ll see first the Castle of Bodrum, Museum of Underwater Archaelogy ,Myndos Gate,the Mausoleum .

Bodrum Castle(St.John castle) .Bodrum Castle was builted by Saint Jean Knights in 1406-1522. When they were building this castle, they used the stones from Bodrum Mausoleion. There are French, Italian, British, Germany, Spanish towers. When Turks attached Rhodes island in 1522, Saint Jean Knights was started to leave here in 5 january 1523. The castle was using for prison in 1895. Here is bombed by English and French millitary in first world war, in 1915.

The castle grounds include a Museum of Underwater Archaelogy and hosts several cultural festivals throughout the year.

The first underwater scientific excavations in the world took place at Turkish coasts in

The 1960’s and the Castle was arranged, in 1964, as Bodrum Museum in order to

ensure the protection and preservation of the findings. Due to its rich underwater

collection that includes artefacts from 14th century B.C. to 16th century A.D., in 1981

the name of the museum was changed to Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum.

Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum received the European Museum of the

Year Award in 1995.

You will see the world's oldest known shipwrecks Uluburun , a hall of recovered glassware and the Carian Princess exhibition which evokes the last days of the ancient greatness of Halicarnassus. Glass Wreck Hall, Late Bronze Age Shipwrecks, The Carian Princess Hall and the amphoras . In ancient times amphoras were used for transporting and storing Olive Oil and wine

Then you’ll have lunch at the local restaurant in Bodrum. Then you have free time in Bodrum .

Next explore the site one of the seven wonders of the ancient world , The Mauseloum was built by Artemisia, the sister and the wife of King Mausolos, B.C. 355.The mauseloum was destroyed in an earthquake; and the ruins were used in building of the Halikarnassus Castle

After the visit of mouseleum you’ll drive back to İzmir

DURATION of the TOUR : 11 HOURS

THE GUIDE MAY CHANGE THE ROUTE FOR THE VENUES

THE CAPACITY OF THE TOUR MAXIMUM 12 PAX