You'll be met at Izmir Airport, and driven to Ephesus, one of the most important of the "Seven Churches of Revelation". A walking tour features the Celsus, Library, Odeon, Double Church (site of the Third Ecumenical Council held in 431) and the "Marble Road".

Then we visit St. John's Basilica and the shrine of the Virgin Mary where St. John brought Mary in the fulfillment of his pledge to Jesus to protect her, and from where it is believed that she was taken into heaven.

Then we visit St. John's Basilica and the shrine of the Virgin Mary where St. John brought Mary in the fulfillment of his pledge to Jesus to protect her, and from where it is believed that she was taken into heaven.

After lunch, we continue to Leodicea, another of the Seven Churches that was twice visited by St. Paul. Then we continue to Pamukkale for the night.