IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PAUL

Oct 4 Sat Fly from Houston IAH to Istanbul IST 21:00-17:05 TK 0034

Oct 5 Sun Arrive Istanbul at 17:05 – Take connection flight to İzmir. IST-ADB 19:00-20:20 TK2336. Transfer to hotel in Pamukkale.

Oct 6 Mon See Hierapolis, Colossae, Laodicea, fly to Istanbul, TK 2579 18:30 – 19:55 PM

Oct 7 Tue See Istanbul, fly to Thessaloniki, TK 1893 19:00-20:25 PM, overnight Thessaloniki

Oct 8 Wed See Philippi, Thessaloniki, overnight Thessaloniki

Oct 9 Thu Visit Delphi, overnight Delphi

Oct 10 Fri Embark Celestyal Cruise - leaves from Athens at 1 pm for Mykonos

Oct 11 Sat Celestyal Cruise - Kusadasi-Ephesus-Patmos;

Oct 12 Sun Celestyal Cruise - Crete-Santorini;

Oct 13 Mon Disembark at Lavrio port at 06:00 AM See Corinth sites: Forum, temple of Apollo, archaeological museum, Bema, Acropolis, canal. Overnight Athens

Oct 14 Tue See Athens sites:Parthenon, Mars Hill, Acropolis, Museum, etc
Fly back to Houston ATH-IST 21:50-19:10
TK1846 & IST-IAH 14:10-19:10 TK0033

OR, Take Italy Extension

Oct 15 Wed
We leave our hotel for the airport and fly to Naples. 08:50 Arrive to Naples airport. We head next to the famous ruins of Pompeii, where the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the city shortly after Paul’s death in Rome. 17:30 Then we go to Rome, where we spend three nights at the Mama Shelter Hotel. 19:00 dinner on a halfway between Rome and Pompeii

Oct 16 Thu
We begin a full day early at Vatican City, which includes the Vatican museum full of priceless works of art, the SistineChapel, the Basilica of St Peter, and the Piazza San Pietro. Free time for lunch. We then drive to visit the Catacombswhere early Christians worshipped, and continue to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. Transfer back to the hotel.

Oct 17 Fri
On our last day in Rome we will tour the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, the Arch of Titus, and the Mamertine prison, where Paul may have been imprisoned. IN THE AFTERNOON WE’LL SEE the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, the Pantheon. We return to the Hotel Mama Shelter for our last night in the city. This day will be done mostly on foot. The bus will be used only for return transfer (hotel - Colosseum, pantheon - hotel).

Oct 18 Sat Transfer to airport. End.

• Roundtrip international air fare between Houston-Istanbul and Rome-Houston on economy class
• Istanbul - Denizli flight
• Istanbul-Thessaloniki flight
• Athens-Naples morning flight
• Rome - Istanbul flight
• 1 Night at Doga Thermal Hotel in Denizli or similar
• 1 Night at Moevenpick Hotel in Istanbul or similar
• 2 Nights at Capsis Hotel in Thessaloniki or similar
• 1 Night at Amalia Hotel in Delphi or similar
• 3 Nights at CELESTYAL CRUISE SHIP – standard XB Cabins
• 2 Nights at Hotel Divani Palace in Athens or similar
• 3 Nights at Hotel Mama Shelter in Rome or similar
• Daily open buffet breakfasts (B: breakfast)
• 13 dinners (D: dinner)
• Shore excursions to Ephesus and Patmos only
• All Airport-Hotel-Port transfers in private basis
• All land transportation by private fully A/C Bus with driver throughout the tour
• Tolls, parking fees, fuel, guide’s and driver’s expenses
• English speaking licensed tour guides in Rome, Greece and Turkey
• All Entry fees to the mentioned sites & museums
• Service charges, accommodation taxes, & local taxes
• Headsets

• Lunches and drinks
• All personal expenses and any other service which are not mentioned above
• Travel and Health insurance, any kind of insurance (insurance may be given at an extra cost, please ask)
• All Tips to tour guides, drivers, hotel & cruise staff
• Shore excursions other than to Patmos and Ephesus