• Bodrum City - Bodrum is Departure City of this tour
• Selcuk - Our First city to stop for lunch
• Ancient City of Ephesus - Ephesus, on the south-west coast of modern Turkey, embodied a peculiarly fertile synthesis of architecture and culture. In 356BC the Greeks built the Artemesium (a colossal Ionic temple dedicated to Artemis the fertility goddess) which was one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. During the 2nd century BC, Ephesus was the fourth largest city in the eastern Roman Empire, famous for its Artemesium, the Library of Celsus and its medical school..
• Meryemana (The Virgin Mary’s House) - The house of Virgin Mary is a typical Roman architectural example, entirely made of stones. In the 4th century AD, a church, combining her house and grave, has been built. The original two-stored house, which consisted of an anteroom (where today candles are proposed), bedroom and praying room (Christian church area) and a room with fireplace (chapel for Muslims).

A front kitchen fell into ruins and has been restored in 1940’s. Today, only the central part and a room on the right of the altar are open to visitors. From there one can understand that this building looks more like a church than a house. Another interesting place is the “Water of Mary”, a source to be found at the exit of the church area and where a rather salt water, with curative properties, can be drunk by all.

• The Temple of Artemis - The new Artemis has been rebuilt in the 2nd century BC. Located on top of the previous one, it had tremendous dimensions: 127 columns of each 17,5 meters high. Unfortunately this one has also been destroyed by fire, reconstructed and again demolished by earthquakes, rebuilt and at last looted by Goths one year later.
  The statue of many-breasted Artemis was the symbol of the temple but also of abundance, hunting and wild life.
  The genuine statue of Artemis, removed during the fire, is today exhibited in the Ephesus Museum. Many copies of this statue found during the latest excavations date back from the Roman period.

• Lunch
• In-vehicle air conditioning
• Parking fees

• Gratuities
• Entrance fees
• drinks

We start our journey by picking you up from your hotel or the Bodrum Cruise port during the morning hours. A 1.5-hour drive will take us to Ephesus to commence our day. Ephesus, a notable ancient Greek city which is situated in Asia Minor close to the Menderes River, today lies in the West of Turkey, south of present-day Izmir. Among the eminent Ionian cities, it held the status of the region’s principal seaport. Our next destination will be the final residence of Mother Mary. After lunch, we’ll pay a visit to the Temple of Artemis, recognized as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Once the tour concludes, we will return to Bodrum and ensure you are safely dropped off at your hotel or the port.

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