Special tour, full board, 3 Days Tour, by plane

Nemrut (Commagene)

Day 1 Transfer to the airport for flight to Malatya. Meeting at the airport and transfer to hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Day 2 City after your breakfast. Visit to Ulucami (Grand Mosque) and the remains of Seldjouk Caravanserai. Short walk at Copper Market. Lunch and departure to view the world-famous sun-set at Nemrut (Commagene) Mountain (2150 m.) around which tributaries of the river Euphrates flow. Return to hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Day 3 Early departure to watch the most striking view of the sun-rise. Visit to the sacred final resting place (Hierothesion) built by King Antiochos I of Commagene, and the mass-stone statue monuments, too heavy and large to be carried to museums, and remain where they are originally erected.

Return to Malatya for lunch and transfer to the airport for return flight..

This tour may continue with "Cappadocia Tour"

3 Days tour per person in double: By plane: USD 490.-
1 person: USD 900.-

Special tour, full board, 4 Days Tour, by plane

Black Sea (Green Coast)

Day 1 Morning flight to Trabzon. Transfer to hotel and lunch. Visit to 14th. century Sumela Monastery, keeping the remains of magnificient frescoes, built at an altitude of 1300 meters in the National Park of Virgin Mary, and Saint Sophia well preserved 13th. century Byzantine church, Mosque of Gulbahar Hatun.
Return back to hotel, dinner and overnight.

Day 2 Departure after breakfast by the black-seaside highway towards Russia, viewing Surmene, Of, Caykara, towns all enjoying a sub-tropical climate, green settings and nice traditional style houses, Rize, typical Black-Sea city covered with tea plantations, Cayeli, Pazar, Ardesen, Arhavi, Hopa and the Russian border-gate Sarp. Lunch on the way and visit to a tea factory.
Drive to Camlihemsin and Ayder plateau, if time permits, before return to hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Day 3 Start after breakfast for Uzungol, lovely alpine lake and lunch at a trout farm. Stop at Ganita for a short tea-break and watch the fascinating sunset. Return to hotel, dinner and overnight.

Day 4 Free morning to explore the old market place and typical arhitecture within the still extant fortifications of Trabzon. Transfer to the airport for return flight.

Tours include
Roundtrip flights, all transfers, hotels (half-board), tours, lunch on the tours, entrance fees, guidance

4 Days Tour per person in double: by plane: USD 660.-,
by bus: USD 580.-
1 person: by plane: USD 1065.-, by bus: USD 980.-

Private tour, Except Saturday & Sunday

Jewish Heritage, The Quincentannial

The Story of Turkish Jews
500 Years of Peace & Harmony

Start after breakfast for a full day tour in centuries-old Jewish neighborhood, Galata, with its tower built by the Genoese. Visit Neve Shalom Synagogue & Ashkenaz Synagogue, drive to Balat along the Golden Horn where the Star of David appears on the facades of some buildings.

Visit to Ahrida Synagogue, built in the 15th century. If required, lunch at Jewish Hospital (Or-Ahayim).

Visit to the special "Exhibition of the Quincentannial Foundation" about the Jews in Türkiye, upon private randezvous, and the Jewish Cemetery, where the martyrs of Neve Shalom are buried. Last stop at Ortaköy, first disembark point of Sepharads, welcommed by the Ottoman Sultan, and visit to Etz-Ahayim Synagogue.

Full day - lunch included tour 1 person: USD 190, 2 people per person: USD 140, 3 people per person: USD 120, 4 people per person: USD 110.

Half day tour 1 person: USD 140, 2 people per person: USD 90, 3 person per person: USD 70, 4 people per person: USD 60.

Private tour, Full Day, lunch included

In Trace of Christianity

Dedicated to the 2000 th. Birthday of Jesus Christ

The Ecumenical Patriarchate at Fener, by Golden Horn, is the heart of Orthodox Christianity.

After Costantine the Great's declaration of Christianity as the religion of Roman Empire, the capital was moved from Rome to Byzantium. With the conquest (1453) of Ottoman Empire the seat of Patriarchate remained in İstanbul.

The Church commanding a loyalty about 250 million faithful.

Church of Panagia of Blachernae, the best known and most celebrated shrine of the Holy Virgin located near Golden Horn. Famed with the hagiasma (fountain of holy water), good to cure health problems, and the Hagion Lousma (sacred bath) good to clean the soul, where the emperor also came to purify himself.

St. Savior in Chora (Kariye), originally a Byzantine monastery, dedicated to Jesus Christ the Savior, survived with fantastic mosaics and frescoes, portraying scenes from the Bible, the life and miracles of Jesus.

The monastic complex of Christ Pantocrator (Fethiye) was one of the largest and best organized of the Byzantine period, comprising two churches and a funerary chapel, baths, a hospice for the aged, a hospital and a medical school, a hostel for travellers and a library.

Zoodochos Pege at Balıklı, dedicated to the Mother of God at Pege, with an underground cistern, full of gold fish related to a well-known miracle, and the fountain of holy water, believed to cure many diseases, is one of the most celebrated shrines.

St. Sergius & Bacchus, a landmark in Byzantine ecclesiastical architecture. Today it is known as the "Little Hagia Sophia" because its general plan is a precursor of the Hagia Sophia.

Hagia Sophia, for many centuries was the largest church of Christendom, dedicated to Divine Wisdom, an attribute of Christ. Hagia Sophia played an important role as emperors were crowned and many victories were celebrated in this remarkable building.

Hagia Eirene, the old patriarchal church with its impressive size stands next to Hagia Sophia.

Church of the St. Mary Pammacaristos (Zeyrek), built in XI. century by John Comnenus, displaying the aesthetic refinement attained to Paleologan age, originally belonged to a convent of nuns. Housed the Patriarchate for a while after the conquest.

1 pax: USD 220.-   2 pax: USD 130.- /person
3 pax: USD 100.- /person   4 pax: USD 85.- /person

 

Special tour, full board, 3 Days Tour, by plane-bus or private car

Seven Churches of Anatolia

Anatolia has been the centre of Christianity ever since St. Paul, St. Peter, St. John. Many other apostles came here to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This intensive religious effort bore fruit in the building of "Seven Churches of Revelation" in seven major cities throughout western Turkiye.

Day 1 Early morning flight or night bus to Smyrna (Izmir), recipient of a letter from St Paul praising the early believers for their faithfullness. Visiting to St. Polycarp Church and a short tour of the city, drive to Thyateira (Akhisar), and Sardis (Salihli), the ancient Lydian capital. Philadelphia (Alasehir), the youngest of the "Seven Churches of Relevation", visiting the still standing remains of an early church and the city walls. Dinner and overnight at Hierapolis (Pamukkale).

Day 2 Departure after breakfast, tour of Hierapolis. Visit to Laodicea (Denizli), a crossroad of the ancient world, home of Philip the Evangelist. Continue to Ephesus, most important of the "Seven Churches of Asia Minor", where St. John brought Mary in fulfillment of his pledge to Jesus to protect her, she is belived to have taken into heaven. Visit to the last abode of Virgin Mary and St. John Basilica. Dinner and overnight in Izmir.

Day 3 Departure after breakfast for Pergamum (Bergama), the place where, wrote St. John to the church of Pergamum, "Satan's throne is sited". Evening return to Izmir and transfer to the airport for flight, or evening bus to Istanbul.

3 Days Tour per person in double: By plane: USD 660, by bus: USD 580, by private car: USD 525.
Single supplement: By plane: USD 130, by bus USD 130, by private car: USD 150

3 day tour by plane

Lake Van
& The Famed Monster,
East Anatolia 3000 Years Ago

Lake Van
Akdamar Church on Akdamar Island
Citadel Ruins of Urartian Kingdom

Special tour, full board, by plane or bus

Seven Churches of Anatolia

Anatolia has been the centre of Christianity ever since St. Paul, St. Peter, St. John. Many other apostles came here to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This intensive religious effort bore fruit in the building of "Seven Churches of Revelation" in seven major cities throughout western Turkiye.

Day 1 Early morning flight or night bus to Smyrna (Izmir), recipient of a letter from St Paul praising the early believers for their faithfullness. Visiting to St. Polycarp Church and a short tour of the city, drive to Thyateira (Akhisar), and Sardis (Salihli), the ancient Lydian capital. Philadelphia (Alasehir), the youngest of the "Seven Churches of Relevation", visiting the still standing remains of an early church and the city walls. Dinner and overnight at Hierapolis (Pamukkale).

Day 2 Departure after breakfast, tour of Hierapolis. Visit to Laodicea (Denizli), a crossroad of the ancient world, home of Philip the Evangelist. Continue to Ephesus, most important of the "Seven Churches of Asia Minor", where St. John brought Mary in fulfillment of his pledge to Jesus to protect her, she is belived to have taken into heaven. Visit to the last abode Virgin Mary and St. John Basilica. Dinner and overnight in Izmir.

Day 3 Departure after breakfast for Pergamum (Bergama), the place where, wrote St. John to the church of Pergamum, "Satan's throne is sited". Evening return to Izmir and transfer to the airport for flight, or evening bus to Istanbul.

3 day tour per person in double: By plane: $ 660, by bus: $ 580, by private car: $ 525.
Single supplement: By plane: $ 130, by bus $ 130, by private car: $ 150