Tour Details

Departure : 07.00 – Arrival : 22.00

We pick you up from your Hotel or İzmir Airport and drive you to Selcuk Province. Firstly, We visit Mary’s House where Virgin Mary was lived. Then, next stop will be Ephesus. After 90 minutes of walking throughout Ruins, we will get you to Lunch. Our last destination is Pamukkale ( Hieropolis ). The trip takes 150 minutes from Selcuk Province to Pamukkale. Hierapolis was an ancient Greek city located on hot springs in classical Phrygia in southwestern Anatolia. 

Where we are going to visit:

Mary’s House

The House of the Virgin Mary is a Catholic shrine located on in the vicinity of Ephesus, 7 kilometres from Selçuk in Turkey.

The house was discovered in the 19th century by following the descriptions in the reported visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824), a Roman Catholic nun and visionary, which were published as a book by Clemens Brentano after her death. While the Catholic Church has never pronounced in favour or against the authenticity of the house, it nevertheless has maintained a steady flow of pilgrimage since its discovery. Anne Catherine Emmerich was Beatified by Pope John Paul II on October 3, 2004.

Catholic pilgrims visit the house based on the belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was taken to this stone house by Saint John and lived there for the remainder of her earthly life.

The shrine has merited several papal Apostolic Blessings and visits from several Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

Ephesus Ancient City

Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, three kilometres southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in the 10th century BC on the site of the former Arzawan capital by Attic and Ionian Greek colonists. During the Classical Greek era it was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League. The city flourished after it came under the control of the Roman Republic in 129 BC.

The city was famed for the nearby Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Among many other monumental buildings are the Library of Celsus, and a theatre capable of holding 25,000 spectators.

Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia that are cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John may have been written here. The city was the site of several 5th-century Christian Councils

The city was destroyed by the Goths in 263, and although rebuilt, the city's importance as a commercial centre declined as the harbour was slowly silted up by the Küçükmenderes River. It was partially destroyed by an earthquake in AD 614.

• Odeon
• Bouleterion
• Fountains
• Temples
• Brothel
• Library
• Agoras
• Great Theatre
• Roman Baths
• Gymnasiums
• Terrace Houses ( Additional Fee )

Pamukkale (Hierapolis) :

Hierapolis was an ancient Greek city located on hot springs in classical Phrygia in southwestern Anatolia. Its ruins are adjacent to modern Pamukkale in Turkey and currently comprise an archaeological museum designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site has the Tomb of Philip the Apostle.

The hot springs have been used as a spa since the 2nd century BC, with many patrons retiring or dying there. The large necropolis is filled with sarcophagi, most famously that of Marcus Aurelius Ammianos, which bears a relief depicting the earliest known example of a crank and rod mechanism. The great baths were constructed with huge stone blocks without the use of cement and consisted of various closed or open sections linked together. There are deep niches in the inner section, including the bath, library, and gymnasium.

• Travertines ( 45 minutes )
• Hieropolis Archeologhy Museum ( 15 minutes )
• Hieropolis Ancient Pool( 30 minutes )
• Ancient Theathre ( 30 minutes)
• Temple of Apollo ( 10 minutes )
• Streets and Gates ( 20 minutes )

Durations: 

• İzmir- Selcuk ( 1 hour )**
• Mary’s House ( 30 minutes)**
• Ephesus  ( 1 hour 30 minutes  )**
• Lunch (1 hour)**
• Ephesus - Pamukkale ( 1 hour 30 minutes )**
• Pamukkale ( Hieropolis )  ( 2 hour )**
• Pamukkale – İzmir (3 hour )**

** Durations shows average times.**

Including ;

• English speaking professional tour guide
• A/C vehicle
• Lunch
• All the entrance fees

Excluding ;

• 18% VAT
• Drinks
• All personal expenses
• Tips to guide and driver
• Everything which is not particularly mentioned in including section
• Terrace Houses Entrance Fees 
• Antik Havuz giriş ücreti 
• Arkeoloji Müzesi giriş ücreti 
• Grautitues