TREASURES OF AEGEAN 05  /   LEASURELY TRIANGLE  ( EXCEPT  MONDAY TUESDAY )

METROPOLİS ANCİENT CITY & TİRE & KEY MUSEUM (CLASSİC CARS )

You’ll drive to first the ancient city of Metropolis.

The ancient city Metropolis was located on the trade road between Smyra (Izmir) and Ephesus . Metropolis means the city of the Mother Goddess. Famous historian Strabo stated that the city was a wine center during the Roman era. Another important fact about Metropolis is that it has Hellenistic period monuments that are rare. The Metropolis antique city is still located on the outskirts of the Kocadiz Mountain which is covered with olive and pine trees . There you can see a Theatre , Acropolis , The hall with mosaics , Bouleuterion (Senate Building) , Upper Bath-Gymnasium and Araplıtepe Church

Then you’ll continue on to visit Key Museum (Classic car Museum).

Key Museum is an automobile museum located in İzmir’s torbalı district.May 6,2015 opened museum is 7.000 m2 and owned by turkey’s largest car museum,130 cars and 40 motorcycles.the model of years of the vehicles in the museum range from the late 1880s to 2011.

There are also other exhibits in the museum,such as model cars,car mascots from the past ,and an original US gas station design from the 50s.every year ,20.000 visitors g oto Torbalı to see the collection

After the visit of Key museum you’ll continue to the town of Tire is located 81 km far from İzmir.Its history goes back over 3000 years and during that period it has been known by many different names.For example during the Roman period it was known as Arkadiapolis.The fact that Tire houses a culturel mixture is reflected in its historical building (Necip pasha Library,Tahtakale bazaar,Kutu Inn,Tire museum).

You‘ll see and listen the story of the felt one of the most important Turkish handicrafts.

Felt,which is obtained by intertwining the wool of sheeps ,in an alkaline enviroment created with the help of water ,soap and heat,is the oldest known handicraft product with a textile surface,and the date of its first emergence is unknown.Although fabricated felt production is carried out with the developing technology today,felt production still continues in Tire using traditional methods.

There are many types of felt are used as shutters ,shoes,cushion felt,headgear and clothes.Also ,Daily use products such as shawls ,slippers, jewelery, wallets, belts, vests,pillows,bags are also produced today.

You will visit in Tire some of the historical places,one of them is Necip pasha Library. The Library opened in 1828 and contains some very valuable manuscripts and hand printed Works.

The second is Tahtakale bazaar .The eight -domed bedesten,with its doors opening to four directions ,has been the main bazaar of the city for centuries,and its interior shops operated as the merchants of the Greek Bezaz.Bedesten has a total of 28 shops.

The Kutu Inn of Tire is located in tahtakalesquare and is from the Halil Yahşi bey foundation .Kutu Inn (Han) ,which is the workplace of an important part of Tire Bazaar , has a beatiful plan with its shops on all four sides .Especially the Grand Bazaar ,that is the Arasta section of eastern front,is very important in terms of explaining the seriousness of the plan concept in the Ottomans even in the 15th century.

You’ll have Lunch at the local restaurant in Tire

End of the visit of Tire  you’ll drive back to  Kusadası

DURATION : 7,5 HOURS

THE GUIDE MAY CHANGE THE ROUTE FOR THE VENUES

THE CAPACITY OF THE TOUR MAXIMUM 12 PAX