Starting from 23:00 of April 9th, we will pick you up from the places you have specified and start our trip. After our enjoyable journey, we first have a breakfast break in Selçuk and then we go to Şirince Village. We visit the village market where a wide variety of homemade soaps, handicrafts and olive oil products are sold, the wine houses and the historical Greek houses on the cobblestone streets in the center of this charming village, where the historical Greek houses have preserved their originality, and we photograph the view of the village from the Hodri Square Tower in the north of the village. We leave the village with our beautiful memories and go to the House of Virgin Mary on Bülbül Mountain. The House of Virgin Mary was discovered by Lazarist priests in 1891 and was commissioned by Pope VI. After Paul's visit in 1967, it was accepted as a pilgrimage center for Christians. After seeing the House of Virgin Mary, we visit the Ancient City of Ephesus, the first city of ancient times made entirely of marble. The Celsus library, theatre, and the columned street are just a few points of the ancient city of Ephesus, which is home to the Temple of Artemis, one of the 7 wonders of the world. We are going to the Ephesus Museum, which has two goddess statues called Beautiful Artemis. After visiting the Ancient City of Ephesus, we see many archaeological artifacts witnessed by history in the museum we will go to. Saadet Hatun Bath, located next to the museum, is the first bath museum opened in Turkey. We see the structure that has survived to the present day, the most intact of the 7 known baths in the city. Then, We go to St. John's Basilica the apostle St. Paul, who devoted his life to the spread of Christianity in Ephesus and Western Anatolia, located in the southern part of Selçuk Ayasuluk Hill. The Basilica was built in the name of Saint Jean. In place of the basilica, which became unusable during the earthquakes at the beginning of the 6th century, they have built a new basilica with a cross plan, with three naves and six domes was built by Emperor Justinianus and his wife Theodora (AD 527-565). After seeing the basilica of St. John, who is known as the only apostle among the 12 apostles of Jesus who died of natural causes, we visit the Selçuk Castle, which is known as the crown of the Selçuk City and is strengthened with seventeen towers made of rubble, stone and reused bricks from the Ottoman period, with the explanations of our guide, and we go to Kuşadası.
Breakfast: Extra
Lunch: Extra
Dinner: At the hotel
Hotel to stay: Suhan Seaport 360 Hotel & Spa https://suhan360hotel.com/index.php