7 Churches & 2 Days Relax

9 days / 8 nights

20 June - 28 June 2024
Guide: romanian / english
Language: romanian / english
Day 1 - 20 June - Thursday
Arrival Istanbul: You arrıve in Istanbul Airport and meet your guide on airport (One transfer will be aranged which will be suitable for most of the people or going by yourself to the hotel). Transfer to hotel. Overnight and dinner.
Day 2 - 21 June - Friday
Istanbul – Troy – Ayvalik: Today you start your trip to the Dardanelles where you goes from Europe side to the Asia aside of Turkey. You visit the legendary antic city Troy. After the visit you drive to Ayvalik. Overnight in Ayvalik at hotel with HB.
Day 3 - 22 June - Saturday
Pergamon – Thyatira – Sardis – Philadelphia: After the breakfast early departure to Pergamon where you visit the Compromising Church (Revelation 2:12-17). After the visit we go with to the antic city of Pergamon. The Church of Pergamos struggled with two kinds of false teachers: the Nicolaitans and those who taught the "doctrine of Balaam". Then we drive to İzmir, the old Smyrna. Izmir is the biggest city in the Aegean region in the Part of West Anatolia. After the visit we drive to the import 3 citys of Apocalypse. Fırst we visit Thyatira - the Corrupt Church Revelation (2:18-29). The church of Thyatira "tolerated a woman called Jezebel", a false prophetess that taught and seduced the Christians of Thyatira. In the abstract language of the Bible, the sin practiced here is the same heresy promoted in Israel by Queen Jezebel, as mentioned in the Books of Kings and the use of her name is a direct reference to it. We drive to Sardes. Sardes was the city with the big Artemis Temple. The Dead Church (Revelation 3:1-6). The church of Sardis had a reputation for actively doing God's work, but was spiritually dead. Its active community works were socially acceptable and highly praised, such as caring for the needy and the sick, but they were done mechanically and for self, to receive worldly honor and praise, and not for God. And the last stop is in Alaşehir, the old Philadelhia. The Faithful Church (Revelation 3:7-13). The church of Philadelphia had faithfully kept God's Commandments. As a result, they will be spared from the judgment that will come upon the whole world. After the we drive to Pamukkale. Overnight in Pamukkale with HB.
Day 4 - 23 June - Sunday
Laodicea - Hierapolis: Laodicea is the antic city in the near of Hierapolis where was the Thermal city. The Lukewarm Church (Revelation 3:14-22). The church of Laodicea is lukewarm, neither cold nor hot. These believers think they can live a hypocritical life and get away with it. They do the minimum to get the maximum. They are religious but unfaithful. After the visit we go to Hierapolis and see the Necropolis with different sarcophagi. You have free time for visit of Pamukkale. Overnight in Pamukkale with HB.
Day 5 - 24 June - Monday
Ephesus – House of Maria – St. John Church: Today we drive along the Meander on the West Coast of Anatolia. We begin our visit with the House of Maria. After them we goes to Ephesus. The biggest city at the Roman period on Anatolia. Its important from biblical perspective for the visit of Saint Paul at the city. The Loveless Church (Revelation 2:1-7). The Church of Ephesus was pastored by the apostle Paul for three years and was then left in the care of Timothy. False teachers arose among the members of the Church and created disputes within the Church. To help Timothy counter the false teachings and settle all disputes, Paul wrote a direct letter to the Ephesians strongly admonishing and encouraging them to live in a way worthy of God and reject false teachings. But the false teachers continued spreading their heresies, and the Church eventually lost its "First Love" or its "First Agape". Overnight in hotel in the area of Kusadası with HB.
Day 6 - 25 June - Tuesday
Free day: Today you have a free day where you can relax and swim at the Aegean Sea.
Day 7 - 26 June - Wednesday
Free day: Today you have a free day where you can relax at turkish bath and massage.
Day 8 - 27 June - Thursday
Smyrna - Istanbul: Early breakfast and drive to Smyrna the 3rd biggest city of Turkey - Izmir. After the visit of antic Smyrna we drive to Istanbul and overnight in hotel with HB.
Day 9 - 28 June - Friday
Transfer: Transfer to airport and flight return (One transfer will be aranged which will be suitable for most of the people or going by yourself to the airport).
Rate
779 euro pp in double ocupancy / single supllement – 300 euro
999 euro with flight option from Budapest

Rate is for group more than 32 pax / if the group is less, the rate will be increased
Included services
- 8 Overnights in 4* hotels
- Overnight in the hotels with breakfast and dinner
- Modern coaches with air condition
- All entree fees in the visits
- All park taxes
- City tax
- Romanian guide (by request acording to the availability) / english speaking guide
Not included services
- All drinks at the hotels and locals
- Tip for the guide and driver 6€ / person / day
Registration
For registration will be paid down deposit – 200 euro (nonrefundable) and the rest of the money 30 days before!

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