ANKARA - CASTLE OF ANKARA-ANATOLIAN CIVILIZATIONS MUSEUM-JULIANUS COLUMN-AUGUSTUS TEMPLE-ROMAN BATH-INDEPENDENCE WAR MUSEUM-REPUBLİC MUSEUM-ATATURK’S MOUSELEUM (ANITKABIR)-MİDAS TUMULUS &GORDION ANCIENT CITY & GORDION MUSEUM-ESKISEHIR           250 KM

Today you’ll start to visit the castle of Ankara. Ankara Castle is a historic fortification in the city of Ankara in Turkey. It was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phrygians and rebuilt in 278 BC by the Galatians. The castle underwent several renovations during the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman eras

After the visit of the castle of Ankara ,you’l see The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations .This Museum is one of the most significant museums in the world with its unique extensive collections and works exhibited in chronological order from the Paleolithic Age until today. The collection takes you out of this world to the back.

The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations has on display priceless artifacts dating from the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages and from Hittite, Phrygian, Urartu and Roman civilizations.

The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, which is one of the few museums in the world with its unique collections and Anatolian archaeological artifacts, was awarded the title of Museum of the Year in Europe in 1997.

Before you visit the Augustus temple ,you’ll see the Julian Column.It was erected in 362 in honor of the Roman Emperor Julian’s visit to Ankara.

The Temple of Augustus and Rome; is an augusteum located in Altındağ district of Ankara. It is thought to have been built around 25-20 AD. Besides being one of the most important Roman period ruins in the city, it is also known for Monumentum Ancyranum. This is an inscription about the works of Augustus, who was considered the first Roman emperor, throughout his life. It is the most complete copy of Res Gestae Divi Augusti that has survived to the present day, as the original in Rome had disappeared.

Then you’ll visit the Roman Baths .It was built by the Roman Emperor Caracalla (211-217), the son of Septimius Severus in the 3rd century to the honor of the God of Health, Asklepion.

It has been established that this platform, which is callled the Roman Bath today, was a tumulus and carried the remains of Roman times (partially Byzantine and Seljuk layers) on the top, and of Phrygian times at the bottom.

You’ll see the Independence War Museum and Rebuplic Museum.These museums show the history of the foundation of the Republic with documents and objects.

You ‘ll see the Mausoleum of Atatürk.’’ANITKABIR’’

Anıtkabir came about as an idea of and from the desires of the Turkish people to erect a mausoleum for Gazi Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), the founder of the Turkish Republic, a revolutionary, a brave soldier, a great leader and an international figure. In order to choose the most suitable design for this special project, an international contest was held with Prof. Emin Onat winning the contest. Anıtkabir, situated on a hill called Rasattepe behind the Maltepe area of Ankara, covers 700.000 square metres of land and includes a Peace Park, which contains plants from all parts of Turkey and the world. It took nine years to complete the mausoleum. On November 10 th, 1953, fifteen years after Atatürk's death, his casket was taken from the Ethnographical Museum with great ceremony and was laid to final rest in its assigned place in Anıtkabir.

Then you drive to Eskişehir and you’ll see on the way first ‘’the Midas Tumulus’’.

There are 125 tumuli around the ancient city of Gordion.45 of them were excavated and 80 of them still remain a mystery.the second largest Tumulus in Anatolia;the Midas Tumulus with a diameter of 300 meters and height of 53 meters.

Then you’ll visit the ancient city of Gordion.Temporary UNESCO World heritage site located in the ancient city of Gordion,turkey is much to shed light on the history of Anatolia.It has been revealed by excavations that the first settlement in the Gordion region was in the Early Iron Age between 1100-900 BC .About 750 ancient materials , including mosaics and pebbles found during archaeological excavations are now exhibited in the Gordion museum.

End of the day you arrive to the hotel in Eskişehir

VAXWORKS MUSEUM (YILMAZ BÜYÜKERŞEN), ODUNPAZARI OLD TOWN- ATLIHAN HANDICRAFT MARKET (BAZAAR) ETI ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM -PHRYGIAN VALLEY-KÜTAHYA-GRAND MOSQUE-CERAMIC BAZAAR -LAJOS KOSSUTH MUSEUM 110 KM

You’ll visit first the Vaxworks museum.Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Prof.Dr.Yılmaz Büyükerşen,Eskişehir , save it and found the world in many countries ‘’Madame Tussaud ‘s ‘’first examples in Turkey’s museum,which is ‘’Yılmaz Büyükerşen Waxworks Museum’’,the yılmaz Büyükerşen donated by the municipality,the historic persons and the statue of 200 local and foreign famous people.In the museum,Atatürk’s sculptures reflecting various periods,Atatürk’s family as well as local and foreign statesman,artists,media members and athletes giving a lively feeling are exhibited in front of different decorations .Since the cross-section of Eskişehir ,at the same time and place Is given Turkey’s Wax Museum.

Then you’ll drive to the old houses in ‘’Odunpazarı’’.Odunpazarı district was established on the hills south of the city.The district that preserves the examples of traditional Anatolian Turkish Architecture,its winding roads and dead-end streets.It has survived to the present day by preserving its traditions with wooden decorated-adjacent regular -bay houses. Odunpazarı has been taken under protection as ‘’Historical and Urban Site’’

You’ll see the ‘’Atlı Inn (Atlıhan) handicraft bazaar ‘’.Atlı Inn ,within the scope of odunpazarı Houses Survival Project in 2006 in accordance with its original architecture. It was rebuilt on an area of 768 square meters and this Inn is a building that also includes traditional architectural elements.There are units in Atlı Inn,which consists of two floors ,the ground and the first floor ,where meerschaum is produced and sold .Other traditional handicraft products can also be seen in the bazaar.

You’ll visit ETI Archeological museum.This museum is described as the first museum established by the private sector in our country.Eskişehir Eti Archeological museum has a collection of artifacts obtained through purchasing ,donation and confiscation ,as well as artifacts obtained as a result of excavations and surveys carried out mainly in ruins in Eskişehir.

You’ll have Lunch in Eskişehir ,then you’ll drive to visit the Phrygian Valley near Kütahya.

Most people are familiar with the stunning Cappadocian landscape ,but far fewer visit the almost equally beautiful Phrygian Valley (Frig Vadisi) in western Anatolia even though it harbours the finest relics of the lost civilization of King Midas ,the king with the famous golden touch.

The Phrygian Valley is not really so much one valley as an area spread out between Seyitgazi ,Kütahya and Afyon,with its focal point at Midas city(Yazılıkaya village).This was the heartland of the Phrygians ,an Indo-European people who seem to have moved into Anatolia from Thrace c.1200 BC and who flourished especially in the seventh and sixth centuries BC.

Then you’ll visit Lajos Kossuth Museum. It is known by the society also as the Hungarian House. One of the pioneers of Hungarian Liberty War Lajos Kossuth (1802 – 1894), his family and a group consisting of 56 refugees were accommodated in Kütahya in the years of 1850-1851 and Hungarian Constitutional Draft was prepared at this house.

The belongings of Lajos Kossuth and ethnographic cultural assets of a classic Turkish house are exhibited at the museum.

End of the day you will arrive the city of Kutahya ,where the famous Ceramic tile in Turkey and in the World.you will see here Ceramic Bazaar and one of the historical Mosque of Kütahya (Ulu Camii).overnighting in Kütahya

KUTAHYA- THE ANCIENT CITY OF AIZONAI-ULUBEY CANYON-BLAUNDUS ANCIENT CITY- PAMUKKALE 285 KM

Today you start to drive to Aizonai ancient city to Çavdarhisar. The ancient city experienced its golden age in the second and third centuries AD and became the centre of episcopacy in the Byzantine era. The city has a temple built for Zeus which is the best-preserved temple in all of Anatolia. There is also a large theatre and a stadium adjacent to theatre. There are two Turkish-style baths, one of them decorated with mosaics, plus a gymnasium, five bridges on Kocaçay which are still used today, an old dam, a trading building, and avenues with columns on both sides, necropolis areas and the sacred cave of Metre Steune.

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 o 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

End of the day you arrive to the hotel in Pamukkale

PAMUKKALE-HIERAPOLİS- THE ANCIENT CITY OF NYSA-KUSADASI 195 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.

After the visit of the ancient city of Hierapolis ,you’ll have Lunch at the local restaurant on the way to the ancient city of Nysa.

Then you’ll drive to see the ancient city of Nysa .Nysa is one of the Karia cities within the borders of Sultanhisar District of Aydın. The most important information on the city is from Strabon, who lived in Nysa most of his life. Strabon tells us that the city consisted of two parts. At the western side of the flood bed dividing the city into two, lies the gymnasion. At the northern side lie the Byzantine ruins and the library. To the north of the library, there is a theatre that carries significance with its embossments in the stage building. The odeon and bouleuterion are at the eastern side of the flood bed. The necropolis of the city lies on the road to Akharaka, which is a small village to the west.

End of the day you arrive to the hotel in Kuşadası

KUŞADASI – THE HOUSE OF V.MARY-EPHESUS ANCIENT SITE & SELCUK MUSEUM- THE BASILICA OF ST. JOHN -SIRINCE VİLLAGE-KUSADASI 75 KM

After breakfast ,you’ll drive to Selcuk ,first you’ll visit the house of V.Mary. The House of Virgin Mary beautifully situated in the solmissos Mountain and built in II Century,place for pilgrimage .

The house of V.Mary is considered by the Vatican to be final resting place of the Virgin Mary. After the visit the house of V.Mary arrive to 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

You’ll have Lunch at the local restaurants in Selcuk ,before you visit the Basilica of St.John

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.

Then drive to Sirince Village ; It is a beautiful hill town only 8 km east of Selcuk, near Ephesus, in the Aegean hinterland south of İzmir It's famous for its olive oil, fruit wines, other natural products, and its atmospheric boutique hotels. A dozen small restaurants cater to day-trippers, hotel guests, and locals alike.

In the 19th century ,it was a Greek town with 1800 houses,famous for its fig production,especially for export.Population Exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923 ,result of the departure of the Greeks were settled by emigrants from the village.There are two Greek churges in the quarter.In Şirince no house blocks the vıew of the other.

Some say the Orthodox Christian Greeks who lived here during the Ottoman Empire were famed for the excellence of their wine. The Muslim Turks who moved here from Thessaloniki in 1924 re-started wine-making using local fruits, including apple, apricot, banana, blackberry, blueberry, cranberry, mulberry (black, and white), mandarin orange, melon, orange, peach, quince, sour (Morello) cherry and strawberry. You can taste the results and judge for yourself when you visit. They sell red, white and rosé, dry and sweet. A few local producers have switched from the local vines, which in fact produce table grapes, to Turkey's better wine grapes such as Narince.

You’ll going back in the evening to the hotel in Kuşadası

TRANSFER TO THE AIR PORT OF İZMİR 70 KM