Central Turkey - Cappadocia, Tarsus, Antioch

Flights:              TK 034  02APR  IAHIST   2055 1650 

TK 033  22APR  ISTIAH   1405 1910 

Apr 18 Thu          Morning Flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia
Fly Cappadocia (Kayseri Airport). Visit Göreme, where you will see remains of several hundred early churches, with rooms hollowed out from the cones of volcanic ash. Some of them are decorated with carved frescoes depicting scenes from the Bible. Then visit Kaymakli, an underground city which was an early Christian center that extended down in the earth for at least eight floors and housed several thousand people in the eighth and ninth centuries. You’ll continue to Uçhisar, another of these early Christian communities, before returning to your hotel for dinner and overnight. (B,D)

Apr 19 Fri            Cappadocia – Tarsus – Antioch
Optional Hot Air Balloon Ride in the early morning (05:00-07:00). {Price around $250 to $350}
Drive to Tarsus, Paul’s birthplace, see the Roman Road and Paul’s Well (total driving time 6 hours 30 minutes). Continue to Antioch, check-in to the hotel for dinner and overnight. (B,D)

Apr 20 Sat           Antioch
Short drive to the grotto Church of St. Peter where Jesus followers were first called Christians (Acts 11:26). In the afternoon, we will visit the new Mosaic Museum in Antioch where you will see an unusually rich collection of mosaics from this area. Dinner and overnight at Museum hotel in Antakya. (B,D)

Apr 21 Sun          Seleucia Pieria – Antioch
First short visit to the Museum underneath your hotel.Drive to Seleucia Pieria, the port town from which Paul and Barnabas departed and returned on their first journey (Acts 13:4). There we will see the Titus, one of Rome’s engineering wonders. If time allows, we will visit the monastery complex of Simon Stylites. Dinner and overnight at Museum hotel in Antakya. (B,D)

Apr 22 Mon        Transfer to Hatay Airport – End of our services - Fly back home.