1. Day: Flight to ADANA
Transfer to hotel.
2. Day: ADANA / ANTAKYA
Full day trip from Adana via Issus, where
Alexander the Great won over the King Darius,
to Antakya, the ancient Antioch. Antakya is
one of the biggest cities in the time of
Jesus and one of the most important
communities of early Christianity, where the
term "Christian" was introduced for the
first time. In Antakya we will visit Saint
Peter's cave and the Mosaic Museum and then
drive back to Adana.
3. Day: ADANA / CAPPADOCIA
Trip from Adana to Tarsus, the birthplace of
the peoples Apostle, Saint Paul. After
visiting the fountain of Saint Paul we
continue on to Cappadocia. Here we visit the
underground city of Derinkuyu, where up to
16.000 people, especially Christians, hid
from persecution.
4. Day: CAPPADOCIA
Day tour to the moon like landscape of
Cappadocia. We visit the open air museum Göreme Valley with wonderful cave churches
and Zelve Valley with unique rock pyramids.
There we will climb up the hill of Uchisar
and have a wonderful view of Cappadocia.
After a visit to the Monasteries in the
Ihlara Valley and Cavusin's rock houses.
5. Day: CAPPADOCIA / KONYA
Tour via Aksaray and Sultanhani and on to
Konya, the ancient Ioconicum, which was
visited by Saint Paul the Apostle. Here we
see the Selcuk ruins and a whirling
dervishes monastery, as well as the tomb of
the Mystic Mevlana.
6. Day: KONYA / ANTALYA
Tour through the Taurins to the
Mediterranean coast. Then a visit to
Aspendus, one of the best preserved Roman
theatres and to the ancient town of Perge,
one of Saint Paul's preaching stops. We will
continue to Antalya, the arrival port of
Saint Paul and today the center of Turkish tourism. 7.Day: ANTALYA Transfer to the airport.