ESKİŞEHİR -VAXWORKS MUSEUM (YILMAZ BÜYÜKERŞEN), ODUNPAZARI OLD TOWN- ATLIHAN HANDICRAFT MARKET (BAZAAR) -PHYRGIAN VALLEY-KÜTAHYA-THE ANCIENT CITY OF AIZONAI-USAK                        250 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 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.

You will arrive via Kütahya to the ancient city of Aizonai near 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.

End of the day you arrive to the hotel in Usak

USAK -THE ARCHAELOGICAL MUSEUM OF USAK-ULUBEY CANYON-BLAUNDUS ANCIENT CITY- THE ANCIENT CITY OF TRIPOLİS-PAMUKKALE 135 KM

Today you’start to visit the Archaeological museum of Usak.

The Uşak Museum of Archaeology is an archaeological museum in Uşak in western Turkey. Founded on May 23, 1970, the museum is best known for its exhibitions of Karun treasure.

In the museum, items on display include sculptures, pitchers with beaklike spouts and stone axes from the Bronze Age, earthen dishes and glassware from the Hellenistic and Ancient Roman Period, and stelae from the nearby Roman ancient ruin site of Blaundus. The most interesting items are of the so-called Karun treasure belonging to the Lydian Period

KARUN TRAESURE :The artifacts, making a collection of 363 pieces, date back to the 7th century BCE. They were illegally excavated by villagers in 1966 from the tomb of a Lydian noble woman, smuggled outside the country and sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York, USA. After their discovery in a catalogue of the museum in 1984, Turkish journalist Özgen Acar informed the Turkish government, which launched a judicial case against The Met. After a legal battle, the collection was returned in 1993 to Turkey

Next stop is 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

Then you’ll arrive to 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

Tripolis on the Meander – also Neapolis , Apollonia , and Antoniopolis – was an ancient city on the borders of Phrygia, Caria and Lydia, on the northern bank of the upper course of the Maeander, and on the road leading from Sardes by Philadelphia to Laodicea ad Lycum.It was situated 20 km to the northwest of Hierapolis.

Ruins of it still exist near Yenicekent , a township in the Buldan district of Denizli Province, Turkey. The ruins mostly date from the Roman and Byzantine periods and include a theater, baths, city walls, and a necropolis. An ancient church, dating back 1,500 years, has been unearthed in 2013.

End of the day you arrive to the hotel in Pamukkale

PAMUKKALE-HIERAPOLİS- SALDA LAKE-THE ANCİENT CİTY OF SAGALASSOS-ISPARTA 250 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 at Salda Lake .

The beatiful 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.

Then you arrive to the magnificent ancient city of Sagalassos of the Pisidians located at  9000 feet, one of the highest Roman grand cities. The recent excavations have shed light  onto some breathtaking colossal sculptures (not visible) and well preserved buildings such as the state agora, fountains, theater, baths, heroon and temples.

End of the visit of the ancient city of Sagalassos ,you arrive to the hotel in Isparta

ISPARTA-ANTIOCHIA OF PISIDA-THE CHURCH OF AYA ELENI-KONYA 280 KM

Today after breakfast drive to the Antioch of Pisidia, the city where St. Paul preached  his first recorded sermon and was later expelled. Among the ruins we also visit the remains  of two basilicas.

Then you’ll visit the Church of Aya Eleni nearby Konya .The church of Aya Eleni is one of the important centers of the early Christian period in Anatolia , a very interesting ancient Greek settlement .

You arrive to the hotel in Konya

KONYA-CATALHÖYÜK-MEVLANA MUSEUM-KARATAY MADRASA- PESSINUS-ESKİŞEHİR            415 KM

Today you’ll drive to Çatalhöyük Neolithic City, which witnessed important social changes and developments such as the beginning of agriculture and hunting,with the transition to settled social life ,which is an important stage in the development of humanity.

The longer East Mound of Çatalhöyük Neolithic City,which is included in the Unesco World Heritage lists and consists of two mounds , consists of 18 Neolithic settlement layers dating between 7400 and 6200 BC.

There are murals,reliefs ,sculptures and other artistic elements symbolizing social organization and transition to settled life in these layers .The Western Mound ,on the other hand , shows cultural characteristics belonging to Chalcolithic Period ,dated between 6200 and 5200 BC.

After the visit of Çatalhöyük Neolithic City , you arrive the centrum of Konya and you are going to visit the Mevlana Museum.You start by visiting the tomb of Bahaddin Veled ,the father of the Hz.Mevlana ,that is ,Sultan ‘ul Ulema ,which means the Sultan of Scholars. After visiting the graves of Mevlana Celaleddin Rum-i and other Mevlevis at the Mevlana museum, Huzur-u Pir ,Semahane and Masjid structure and manuscripts such as Sakal-I Serif,Sandukalar,Mesnevi and Divan-I Kebir which are exhibited in these buildings,are also we complete our Mevlana Museum tour by seeing the kitchen building and Dervish cells and many valuable objects that provide information about the Mevlevi life in the cells . After seeing the Mevlana museum you’ll visit the Tomb and the Mosque of Shams-I Tabriz,one of the most important figures of the 13th century who revolutionized the life of Hz. Mevlana.

You’ll visit the Alaaddin Mosque and the Karatay Madrasa on the Alaaddin Hill with your guide and have Lunch at the local restaurant.

Then you’ll drive to the ancient city of Pessinus. Pessinus was an Ancient city and archbishopric in Asia Minor, a geographical area roughly covering modern Anatolia (Asian Turkey). The site of the city is now the modern Turkish village of Ballıhisar, in a tributary valley of the Sakarya River on the high Anatolian plateau  at ca. 950 m above sea level, 13 km from the small town of  Sivrihisar. Pessinus remains a  Catholic (formerly double) titular see.

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

TRANSFER TO THE AIR PORT OF ESKİŞEHİR 10 KM