İZMİR- SARDES ANCIENT CITY – KULA OLD HOUSES &KULA  VOLKANIC GEOPARK & ULUBEY CANYON-THE ANCIENT CITY OF   BLAUNDUS - UŞAK 285 KM

You’ll visit first the ancient city of Sardes or which is called Sardis by Lydians, was the capital of a state with major economic and political power in the 6th and 7th centuries BC .The ancient city of Sardis contains many historical values from Lydians and Romans, under the rule of which it has gotten after Lydians.

Bath-Gynasium Complex: This gigantic building from the Roman Period is dated to the 2nd century AD and has become the symbol of the Sardes Ancient city.It consists of 3 main parts :Hammam,Coutyard and Sports area.In addition ,the third largest synagogue of the Ancient World is located in this building.The synagogue is dated to the 3rd century AD.

Then you’ll visit the old houses of Kula.Named KATAKEKAUMENE(Burnt Country) by the famous historian Strabon due to the abundance of volkanic black Stones in Kula , one of the best preserved examples of Ottoman urban architecture,narrow streets with more than 3000 historical houses,most of them under protection are lively.Turkısh Mansions with painted bay Windows,stone walled Greek Houses,pit fountains, mosques, churches, baths will give us the feeling of travelling in time.

Then you’ll drive to Ulubey Volkanic Geopark and Ulubey Canyon.

The canyon is the second longest in the world after the Grand Canyon in the United States. The park provides suitable habitat for many species of animals and plants and is being developed as a centre for ecotourism.

In 2015, a 135 m2 (1,450 sq ft) glass-floor observation deck in the form of a ship bow, constructed 131 m (430 ft) above the canyon floor, and a cafeteria were opened for tourism purposes.You will have Lunch in this Area

Next stop is the Blaundus ancient city .

Blaundus was a Roman episcopal city in Asia Minor, presently Anatolia (Asian Turkey), and is now a Latin Catholic titular bishopric. The ancient city left ruins at Sülümenli (formerly Süleimanli), near Ulubey (formerly Göbek) in Uşak Province of modern Turkey. It was in the Roman province of Lydia.

You’ll drive to the hotel in Uşak

UŞAK- ARCHEOLOGY MUSEUM of USAK-SALDA LAKE – PAMUKKALE 274 KM

Morning you’ll visit first the Archeology museum of Usak

The new archeology museum consists of 3 floors , on the first floor,thEre are archeological artifacts found within the borders of Usak in chronological showcases.On the mezzanine floor ,which is the 2nd floor,the history of Money and Money is explained in terms of the region where it is located .The 3rd floor in the new museum building is entirely devoted to the Lydian period and the Karun treasures.In this area ,examples of Daily life of the Lydian period,burial customs and Karun treasures in a separate area are exhibited according to the tumuli ,where they are found.The last section in terms of exhibition in the museum is the ethnography section.

Then drive to beautiful Salda Lake, which is known as Turkey's Maldives. Salda lake which has the cleanest lake of Turkey is also one of the deepest lakes (184 meters) in Turkey, its natural beauty has been able to protect until today. The nature park of Salda lake has a wonderful combination with white-sanded beach, pine and juniper-covered forests and clear sky blue. The white sands that make Salda lake so attractive resemble the Maldives. Because of that is known as the Maldives in Turkey. You will have the opportunity to walk on the sandy beach and swimm (depending on weather conditions) and have Lunch on the coast of Salda Lake.

End of the day you’ll arrive to the hotel in Pamukkale

PAMUKKALE – HIERAPOLİS ANCIENT CITY & MUSEUM – STRATONİKEİA   ANCIENT CITY & LAGINA HEKATE – DİDİM 270 KM

Today after breakfast ,you’ll visit Hierapolis Ancient City and Pamukkale

The surreal, brilliant white travertine terraces and warm, limpid pools of Pamukkale hang, like the petrified cascade of a mighty waterfall, from the rim of a steep valley side inTurkey’s picturesque southwest. Truly spectacular in its own right, the geological phenomenon that is Pamukkale, literally "Cotton Castle" in Turkish, is also the site of the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the Greek-Roman city of Hierapolis. With such a unique combination of natural and man-made wonders it’s little wonder that Pamukkale-Hierapolis has been made a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. With over two million visitors annually, it is also Turkey’s single most visited attraction.

The ancient city of Hierapolis, which is not only our country but also the most important ancient city areas of the world, is located in the UNESCO World Heritage List just like the travertines. The unique antique legacy left by the Kingdom of Bergama was famous for its thermal springs and medicinal properties even in 197 BC, when it was founded.

Hierapolis, which takes its name from the presence of a thermal springs and a cave out of the gas (carbon dioxide) that causes the living creatures approaching to it to die, is "the Holy City". The earthquakes that lived in 133 BC and 60 AD destroyed the city, which was recognized by the temples of the world, but later rebuilt by the Romans.

Hierapolis ancient city ;Known as Hell Gate, Pluto's Gate or Ploutonion, the cave is located near Hierapolis. Animals slaughtered with carbon dioxide gas leaked from the cavern, which was considered the entrance gate of the underground world ruled by God Plouton and his wife Persophone, were sacrificed by the priests.

Hierapolis Archeology Museum; It is on an area of 14.000 m2 in Hierapolis Antique City. It is a collection of structures consisting of the Ancient Roman Bath, Gymnasium and library. The construction of the Hierapolis South Bath (Large Bath Structure), located in the region opening to the travertine canals in the southwest of the city, started in the time of Hadrianus (117-138 AD) and was completed in the time of Severius. (A.D. II. Century) After the abandonment of the ancient city, the deposits collected by the water that form the white travertines of Pamukkale are 5 m. It increased.

As a result of the restoration of the Roman Bath Structure located in the Hierapolis Ruins, which was built in the 1970s, the exhibition and arrangement works of the works that were excavated during the Hierapolis Excavations and brought from our other ruins were opened on February 1, 1984 and serve as the Hierapolis Archeology Museum.

After the visit of the ancient city of Hierapolis ,you’ll drive to the Ancient city of Stratonikeia, the city of retired gladiators, a member of UNESCO World Heritage Tentative Lists.

Stratonikeia Ancient City, located in Eskihisar neighborhood of Yatağan, on the roadside at the 7th km of Yatağan – Milas highway. In the ancient city of Stratonikeia, the remains of nearly 3 thousand years whole have preserved with the settlement texture since ancient times. A Hellenistic parliament building and an Ottoman-era mansion stand on both sides of the stone paved road. All of the ancient buildings can reached by stone paved roads of the Ottoman and Republican eras. Apart from the ancient period temples and churches, mosques, bath buildings from the Roman and Principalities, fountains from different periods, and roads from the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and Republic periods, as well as village squares from the Ottoman and Republic periods were taken under protection in the ancient city. In this respect, Stratonikeia has a different settlement and urban texture.

After the visit of the ancient city of Stratonikeia,you are going to visit the sanctuary of Stratonikeia named as ‘’Lagina Hekate’’

The sacred area of Lagina ,which is an important cult center of Carians ,is the religious center,and Stratonikeia,which is 11 km away from here,is the political center of the region.

As we learn from the inscriptions still present Lagina and on the walls of Stratonikeia bouleuterion,these two cities are connected to each other by a sacred road.

End of the tour you drive to the hotel in Didim

DİDİM-THE ANCIENT CITY OF IASOS-THE ANCIENT CITY OF EUROMOS - MAGNESİA ANCIENT CITY -KUSADASI 182 KM

Today you’ll drive first to the ancient city of Iasos.In Iasos archaic city that is located in Kıyıkışlacık Village at a distance of 26 km to the District centre. Roman monumental grave that is one of the biggest buildings of the archaic city and that is known as Balıkpazarı (Fish market).

Iasos (or Iassos depending on the source) is over 4.000 years old, according to archaeological finds. It was a wealthy little town, with an income generated mostly from the flourishing fishing trade, which still thrives up until the present day. The Carian settlement was a colony of Argos and was founded with the help of Miletus. As a member of the Delian League, Iasos got caught up into the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC).

From remains dating back to the Bronze Age to a wealth of ceramics with Minoan influence, and then, of course, bigger structures such as the Bouleuterion, The Customs Building, or the Mausoleum, now home to the Iasos Museum.

Then you’ll drive to Milas to the ancient city of Euromos where we visit the Temple of Zeus. It's one of the best preserved classical designed temples in the country and dates back to the 6th century BC.

You’ll have lunch at the local restaurant.

After Lunch you’ll visit Magnesia .Magnesia is located on the Ortaklar - Söke Highway, within the borders of Tekin village in Ortaklar quarter of the Germencik District of Aydın. According to the ancient resources and the myths, the city was established by a tribe which came from Thessalia and were called the Magnets. Nobody knows the exact location of first Magnesia, which was founded by Magnets who landed at today's Bafa Lake that was a small bay under the leadership of Leukippos and divination of Apollo; but it was estimated that it was located at the edge of the Menderes River.

The other works known in Magnesia are as follows: a Gymnasium which is a training centre especially for sports, a bath which is small copy of the Faustian Bath in Millet, an Odeon between the theatre and Artemision, a stadium of 25.000 people capacity, an unfinished building with theatre plan, shopping area basilica, a Byzantine building characteristics of which are not known yet and a Byzantine rampart also surrounding Artemision. The 15th century Transversal planned the Çerkez Musa Mosque is the only Islamic building of the ruin. Tour around, see and introduce yourself to this ruin which is one of our ancient cities along with Ephesos, Millets, Aphrodisias and Hierapolis which are being studied by foreign teams.

End of the day , you’ll arrive to the hotel in Kusadası

KUSADASI-EPHESUS ANCIENT SITE - THE TEMPEL OF ARTEMIS & ISA BEY MOSQUE -THE BASILICA OF ST JOHN-THE ANCIENT CITY of  METROPOLİS- IZMIR 110 KM

Today you’ll drive first the Ancient Ephesus, the UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the Seven churches of Apocalypse. walk on the remarkably preserved wide marble streets,flanked by colomns,temples and fountains. We look at all the famous highlights like the Celsus Library,the Odeon magnificent temple of Hadrian, Great Theater for 25000 capacity of spectators which is still used for performances and special events today

Then,you’ll see on the way to the basilica of St.John , the temple of Artemis and İsa bey mosque in Selcuk.

The Temple of Artemis where is the one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The temple was dedicated greek fertility goddess Artemis and built in 3rd BC. According to its giant size and being the first temple made of marble, it is accepted as one of the seven wonders of the ancient World

İsa Bey Mosque is in Selcuk district of İzmir,between Artemis Temple and St.Jean Church.It was built in 1375 y Aydınoglu İsa bey.It is the work of Architect Şamlı(Damask) Ali.

İsa bey Mosque is one of the oldest and most spectacular works of Turkısh architecture belonging to the Anatolian Principalities period.It was also used as a caravanserai in the 19th century.

Our next stop the Basilica of St.John.This site is the burial place of St.John,the writer of the gospel of the same name and the disciple who brought the Vırgın Mary to Ephesus.Built to the shape of a cross it has six large domes.The Byzantine Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora had the church built over the site of the grave.In the Byzantine period the entrance in the walls had embossed friezes which showed the pursuit of Achilles and for this reason is known as the ‘’Takip kapısı’’(Pursuit Gate). From the courtyard of the church there is a wonderful panorama of the temple of Artemis İsa Bey Mosque and the Aegean at Pamucak

You’ll have lunch at the local restaurant in Selcuk.

After lunch you’ll drive to 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

End of the day you arrive to the hotel in İzmir.

Transfer to the Airport