7 Churches Tour

Day 1

• After you land and exit through baggage claim, your private guide will welcome you at the Izmir Airport and travel with you and your private driver to check-in to your hotel in Kusadasi/Izmir.

Day 2

• In the morning your guide and driver will meet you in the lobby of your hotel where you will depart for your first stop the Martyr Polycarp’s Church in Izmir and Smyrna ancient city (Rev 2:8-11).
• Then continue on to the majestic ancient city of Ephesus (Rev 2:1-7) to walk on the colonnaded street where Paul and John walked and visit the great theater where Paul caused an uproar.
• After a break for lunch, see amazing statues at the Ephesus Museum and learn some bizarre origins of Mary’s veneration upon visiting the remnants of the great Artemis temple.
• Then, you will visit an ancient pilgrimage site, St. John’s Basilica.
• Your driver and guide will travel with you and that evening you will check-in to your hotel in Ephesus/Izmir.

Day 3

• Your guide and driver will meet you in the lobby of your hotel and you will venture out to Laodicea. 
• Following lunch you will drive to the ruins at Philadelphia (Rev. 3:7-13).
• Your last visit will be to the ancient city of Sardis. Sardis (Rev 3:1-6) is a magnificent site, known for its golden fleece, wool dyeing, and the massive temple of Artemis. You will also find a wonderfully restored Synagogue founded in the 600 BC. It is likely a location where Paul preached.
• Your driver and guide will travel with you and that evening you will check-in to your hotel in Sardis.

Day 4

• Your guide and driver will meet you in the lobby of your hotel and you will begin your day by visiting the trade town of Thyatira (Rev 2:18-29), where Lydia the seller of purple cloth was from.
• Following lunch you will visit Pergamum (Rev 2:12-17) to see the breathtaking Acropolis where the Temple of Zeus (some claim Satan’s Seat in the Roman Empire) is located. You will also learn about the medical history at the Asklepion and see a pagan temple converted into a church at the Red Basilicia. 
• Your driver and guide will travel with you and that evening you will check-in to your hotel in Ephesus/Izmir.

Day 5

• Your private driver will take you to Izmir Airport to catch your flight.