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Seven Churches of Revelation

Aug 30- Sep 07, 2025
Dr. David deSilvaAshland Theological Seminary, OH
Mr. James-Michael Smith
Itinerary Details Tour Hosts Policies Contact Useful Information

Aug 30 Sat     Depart New York JFK, overnight flight to Izmir .

Aug 31 Sun    Arrive at Izmir Transfer To your Hotel in Kusadasi(,D)

Sep 01 Mon    Ephesus (including Ephesus Museum in Selcuk), Miletus, Didyma.  Overnight in Kusadasi.(B,D)

Sep 02 Tue     Patmos.  Overnight in İzmir. (B,D) 

Sep 03 Wed    Izmir/Smyrna (Roman agora, Izmir Archaeological Museum, Roman aqueduct);  Pergamum (and Bergama Museum). Overnight in Izmir. (B,D)

Sep 04 Thu    Early Akhisar (Thyatira), Sardis, Alasehir (Philadelphia – theater and stadium). Overnight in Pammukale.. (B,D)

Sep 05 Fri       Laodicea, Hierapolis, Colossae.  Overnight in Pammukale.  (B,D)

Sep 06 Sat      Aphrodisias. Overnight in Izmir. (B,D)          

Sep 07 Sun    Transfer to Izmir Airport. Return to USA.

Including
  • Air fare from New York JFK (we can book flights from major cities in USA upon request at extra cost)
  • 2 Nights at Korumar Hotel in Kusadasi
  • 2 Nights at Movenpick Hotel in İzmir
  • 2 Night at Doga Thermal Hotel in Pammukale
  • 1 Nights at Movenpick Hotel in İzmir
  • Daily breakfast and 7 dinners at the hotels
  • Roundtrip ferry ticket to Patmos
  • Guided Patmos tour
  • All transportation by private AC Bus
  • English Speaking, Government Licensed, Bible Oriented guide
  • All Entry fees to the sites and museums
  • Service charges and local taxes

Excluding
  • 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)
  • Tips to tour guide ($40) and to the driver ($20)


 Locations on the map may include pre program or extension locations with main program.
Including
  • Air fare from New York JFK (we can book flights from major cities in USA upon request at extra cost)
  • 2 Nights at Korumar Hotel in Kusadasi
  • 2 Nights at Movenpick Hotel in İzmir
  • 2 Night at Doga Thermal Hotel in Pammukale
  • 1 Nights at Movenpick Hotel in İzmir
  • Daily breakfast and 7 dinners at the hotels
  • Roundtrip ferry ticket to Patmos
  • Guided Patmos tour
  • All transportation by private AC Bus
  • English Speaking, Government Licensed, Bible Oriented guide
  • All Entry fees to the sites and museums
  • Service charges and local taxes

Excluding
  • 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)
  • Tips to tour guide ($40) and to the driver ($20)


Tour Hosts
Dr. David deSilva
Ashland Theological Seminary, OH

Dr. David A. deSilva, PhD is Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek and an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. He is the author of over twenty-five books, including Day of Atonement: A Novel of the Maccabean Revolt (Kregel, 2015), The Jewish Teachers of Jesus, James, and Jude: What Earliest Christianity Learned from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (Oxford, 2012), Seeing Things John’s Way: The Rhetoric of Revelation(Westminster John Knox, 2009), An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods & Ministry Formation (InterVaristy, 2004), Introducing the Apocrypha (Baker Academic, 2002), Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture (InterVarsity, 2000), and Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-rhetorical Commentary on the Letter “to the Hebrews” (Eerdmans, 2000). He was involved in several major Bible translation projects, serving as the Apocrypha Editor for the Common English Bible and working on the revision of the Apocrypha for the English Standard Version. He has also created several video resources and Mobile Ed courses for Faithlife, including “The Apocrypha: Witness Between the Testaments” (BI 291), “The Cultural World of the New Testament” (NT 201), and “Interpreting the Epistle to the Hebrews” (NT TBA).

Mr. James-Michael Smith
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