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COUNTRIES & 3 CIVILIZATIONS
Day 1, Departure for Turkey
Day 2, Arrival to Istanbul
After arriving to Istanbul, our guide takes
you to your five-star city-center hotel. If you have enough time and energy before dinner, you'll have a change to meander down Istanbul's best-loved
pedestrian walkway.
Day 3, Istanbul Sightseeing
After breakfast, visiting
St.Sophia Church ( 6th Century ); Topkapi Palace, headquarters of the Ottoman Empire for
centuries; St.Chora Church, with its colorful mosaics-these will be among the highlights
of the day. Dinner and overnight in Istanbul.
Day 4, Istanbul & Flight to Antalya
After breakfast, we have an audience with the
Armenian Orthodox Patriarch. Other potential activities of the day, before flying to
Antalya, will be a Bosphorus tour and some guided shopping in the intriguing Grand Bazaar.
Departure to Antalya. Dinner and overnight in Antalya.
Day 5, Pisidian Antioch
After breakfast, beautiful drives to and
from a fabulous set of ruins; Antioch of Pisidia. Worship in a goat-hair tent, just like
those Saint Paul made; walk through an ancient temple, where the heads of bulls rolled;
stand
where Saint Paul preached his first recorded sermon-this will be day you won't forget. Dinner and
overnight in Antalya.
Day 6, Perga & Antalya Museum
& Phaselis
After breakfast, visiting the
award-winning Antalya Museum and the enchanting ruins of ancient Perga,
after which you
will visit the ruins of Phaselis. Dinner and overnight in Antalya.
Day 7, Laodicea & Hierapolis
After breakfast,we will climb by
bus from the coast of Antalya for visiting to the ruins of Laodecia, where
the church
was'luke-warm' and Hierapolis, where the Apostle Philip lived and served. We will end the
day with a soak in thermal baths at the five-star thermal Hotel. Dinner and overnight in
Kapadocia.
Day 8, Philadelphia & Sardis
After breakfast, visiting the highlight
of the day will be the impressive restorations at Sardis, where we will also worship in
the remains of a 4th Century church. After a picnic lunch by a stream once rich with gold,
we will drive to the area of Ephesus via Izmir ( ancient Smyrna ). Dinner and overnight in
Izmir.
Day 9, Miletus & Ephesus
After breakfast, sightseeing this
day will begin with a site that has always been in the shadow of Ephesus.
Nevertheless,Miletus, where Paul bid farewell to the Ephesian elders, is worth seeing,
boasting a magnificent theater.Your afternoon
visit to the incomparable ruins of Ephesus will undoubtedly be a highlight of your Saint Paul's
Footsteps tour. Dinner and overnight in Izmir.
Day 10, Pergamum & Asclepion
After breakfast, we will drive up the
Aegean coast to the spectacular ruins of Pergamum, where, according to Revelation, Satan
had his throne. Visits to the medical center Asclepion,the Red Basilica, and the seaside
for the sunset will round out the day. Dinner and overnight in Canakkale.
Day 11, Assos & Troas
After breakfast our heaviest driving day
will started, but a beautiful one nonetheless: miles along the coast of the Aegean and a
ferry across the memorable Dardanelles. We may also visit high above the Aegean the ruins
of Assos, where Aristotle taught and where Paul visited; and the ruins of Alexandria
Troas, where Paul preached all night, causing young Eutychus to nod off and fall from a
high window. The day will end at our hotel in Kavala, Greece, where Paul first landed in
Europe. Dinner and overnight in Kavala.
Day 12, Philippi & Thessaloniki
After breakfast, visiting dream upon the
Via Ignatia, the ancient Roman road Paul and his companions traveled.We'll visit the ruins
of Philippi, where Paul led Lydia and the jailer to faith, and ruins around the
still-bustling city of Thessaloniki. After dinner, we'll puddle-jump to Athens. Dinner and
overnight in Athens.
Day 13, Corinth & Cenchrea &
Myceane
After breakfast, visiting the canal that
connects the Aegean and Corinthian Seas, with the old stones grooved by the slaves tugging
ships from one sea to the other. We will see the rich ruins of Corinth,
where Paul
ministered in the midst of flagrant immorality, and the noteworthy ruins of Cenchrea,
where Phoebe served as a deaconess and Myceane, where the famous Lion Gate still stands.
Dinner and overnight in Athens.
Day 14, Athens & Shopping
After breakfast, visiting the Acropolis
and Parthenon, Mars Hill and the Court, where Paul preached, the Agora and stoa of
Attalus-all this and more during our half-day tour. The afternoon will be served for
shopping or leisure before a late afternoon flight to Rome. Dinner and overnight in Rome.
Day 15, St. Paul's Basilica & The
Forum
After breakfast, visiting a
sampling of the best sites: St. Paul's Basilica, where the Apostle himself is said to be
buried; the Forum, full of fascinating monuments, the Sistine and Pauline chapels. Dinner
and overnight in Rome.
Day 16, Colosseum & San Giovanni
& Catacombs.
After breakfast, visiting the awe-inspiring
Colosseum, where countless Christians were killed; San Giovanni, boastling
Saint Paul and Saint Peter's heads; the Catacombs. Dinner and overnight in Rome.
Day 17, Departure to Airport
After breakfast, transfer to
Airport |
