GREECE & TURKEY Tour Host: Dr. Mark Fairchild - June 4-19, 2021 - GREECE & TURKEY
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Tutku Travel Programs Endorsed by
Biblical Archaeology Society
GREECE & TURKEY
T HE C RA DLE OF CH R I ST IAN IT Y
June 4-19, 2021
Tour Host: Dr. Mark Fairchild
organized by
Athens
Greece and Turkey: The Cradle of Christianity / June 4-19, 2021
Meteora, Greece
Greece and Turkey:
The Cradle of Christianity
Dr. Mark R. Fairchild, Ph.D.,
Luke J. Peters Prof. of Biblical Studies Chair Dept. Bible & June 7 Mon CORINTH, CENCHRAEAE and ELEUSIS – ATHENS
Religion Huntington University In Corinth, see the ancient city where Paul met Aquila and Priscilla, the tent
makers, and where the apostle spent eighteen months sharing the Gospel (Acts
18: 1-18). Visit the Archaeological Museum, the Market Place and Temples. Walk
Explore the origins of the church in Greece and Turkey. All three among the ruins and stand on the Bema where Paul stood before Gallio facing
of Paul’s missionary journeys were centered in ancient Turkey and charges brought by the Jews. Visit the ancient port of Cenchrea where Paul
two of them ended in Greece. Moreover, the apostle John’s ministry departed when he returned to Syria (Acts 18:12-18). Later we will visit the site
was located in Ephesus where he wrote his gospel, three letters and the book of Eleusis where the sacred rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries were performed.
of Revelation. Travel by deluxe motorcoach to the ancient cities of Athens, Overnight in Athens. (B,D)
Corinth, Thessalonica, Philippi, Ephesus, Priene, Hierapolis and Assos. At these
sites we will discuss the birth, growth, trials and development of the earliest June 8 Tue DELPHI – METEORA – KALAMBAKA
Christian congregations as they struggled not only to understand their new faith Travel to the scenic and historic oracle at Delphi, the religious center of the ancient
in Christ, but also as they dealt with false teachers and hostile forces opposed Greek world. Walk the Sacra Via to the Athenian Treasury, the Theatre, and the Temple
to the church. At the end of the first century, John wrote letters to the seven of Apollo where the oracle enacted its prophetic rituals. Visit the Museum at Delphi.
Drive to Kalambaka to visit the rock forest of Meteora in western Thessaly and ponder
churches of Revelation which were coping with similar problems of false teaching
the rough terrain through which the apostle Paul walked during his missionary journey.
and persecution. Thus, we will also visit the seven churches of Ephesus, Smyrna,
See the famous Byzantine monasteries perched precariously on the summits of soaring
Pergamon, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea. We will include a tour of
sheer cliffs. Visit one of these monasteries. Dinner and overnight in Kalambaka. (B,D)
time–honored Istanbul, where you can enjoy its rich culture, historical
sites and impressive archaeological museum. June 9 Wed THESSALONIKI
We continue our journey to Thessaloniki, the city where Paul shared the gospel
message and experienced much opposition (Acts 17: 1-9). Here Paul established a
church to which he addressed his Thessalonian epistles. Visit St. George’s Basilica,
which tradition claims is built over the synagogue where Paul preached. View the
Old City Ramparts, and the Galerius Arch that rises over the Via Egnatia. Visit
Corinth, Greece
the Archaeological Museum and the ancient agora. See two of the most beautiful
basilicas in the city, St. Sophia and St. Demetrios, dedicated to a distinguished
member of the Roman army and a martyred Christian convert. Dinner and
overnight in Thessaloniki. (B,D)
June 10 Thu AMPHIPOLIS – PHILIPPI – KAVALA
Drive to Amphipolis, a city that Paul visited on his second mission. Continue to Philippi,
where Paul met and converted Lydia, a woman from Thyatira who sold purple garments
(Acts 16:13-15). Lydia was the first Christian to be baptized on European soil. See the
theater, agora, latrines and several early Byzantine basilicas of the city. Also visit a
cistern, which was thought to have served as a prison for the apostle Paul. Overnight in
the Kavala area. (B,D)
June 11 Fri TURKEY BORDER – DRIVE ISTANBUL
Depart Kavala. Walk a portion of the Via Egnatia, the great Roman road traversed
by Paul and Silas as they traveled from Neapolis to Philippi, Thesslonica and
onward. Drive to the Greece-Turkey border. Transfer to your Turkish bus and
guide, and continue to Istanbul (about 5 hours drive after the border) for dinner
and overnight. Istanbul is the only city in the world spanning on two continents.
Overnight in Istanbul. (B,D)
Philippi, Greece
Tour Itinerary:
June 4 Fri DEPART USA – FLY ATHENS
June 5 Sat ARRIVE ATHENS
Upon arrival at the Athens Airport, our representatives will meet you after the customs
and baggage claim with a sign “BAS – TUTKU” on it. Transfer to your hotel in Athens
for diner and overnight. (D)
June 6 Sun ATHENS
Follow your guide to the world renowned Acropolis, the Propylaea, the Parthenon, and
the Erectheum. View Mars Hill where the apostle Paul stood spoke to the Athenian
people and shared the Gospel (Acts 17:15-34). See the Agora, the ancient market place
and center of the Athenian public life, where the apostle Paul preached “Jesus and the
resurrection” (Acts 17:18) to the skeptical Athenians. Also see the House of Parliament,
the Presidential Palace and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Overnight in Athens. (B,D)
Greece and Turkey: The Cradle of Christianity / June 4-19, 2021
Assos, Turkey
TOUR MAP
BLACK SEA
KAVALA ALEXANDROPOLIS
PHILIPPI ISTANBUL
THESSALONIKI
VERIA
TURKEY
CE
TROAS
KALAMBAKA ASSOS
METEORA PERGAMUM
AEGEAN SEA
GREE
THYATIRA
DELPHI
IZMIR SARDIS
PHILADELPHIA
June 12 Sat ISTANBUL ATHENS HIERAPOLIS
EPHESUS LAODICEA
Full day Istanbul tour; visit the Roman Hippodrome, the Blue Mosque with its beautiful CORINTH
blue tiles, the Hagia Sophia, the great basilica built by Constantine the Great and
reconstructed by Justinian in the 6th century, one of the world’s greatest architectural
marvels and a designated World Heritage site. Then visit the Istanbul Archaeological
Museum. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. Evening slide show of the major
Biblical sites in Turkey. (B,D)
June 13 Sun ISTANBUL – TROY – ALEXANDER TROAS (Acts 16:8-
11; 20:5, 6, II Tim. 4:13, II Cor. 2:12) - ASSOS
Drive to Çanakkale. Cross the Dardanelles Strait by car ferry. Proceed to Troy to see MEDITERRANEAN SEA
the legendary city of Homer’s Iliad. Continue to Alexandrian Troas, the important port
founded by Alexander the Great. Paul visited here at least twice (Acts 16:8-11, 20:5-13). LAND & AIR:
Dinner and overnight in Assos. (B,D)
June 14 Mon ASSOS – PERGAMON (Rev. 1:11; 2:12) – BERGAMA $5,290 Per Person in Double Room
We will enjoy a morning tour of Assos and then leave for Pergamon where we will visit
the Acropolis with the steepest theater of the ancient world and the Temple of Trajan. $1,190 Single Room Supplement
We will also visit the Red Basilica which was an Egyptian Temple, later converted to a
church and the Asclepion, the ancient healing center. Dinner and overnight in Soma. (B,D)
INCLUDING
June 15 Tue BERGAMA – THYATIRA – SMYRNA (Rev. 1:11; 2:8) – IZMIR
Drive to Akhisar town to visit the remaining of the Thyatira Church. Then, continue to • Roundtrip International Air from New York, Chicago, Houston, Washington
Izmir to see the Smyrna Agora and its latest excavations. We will also visit the graffiti DC, Boston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, or San Francisco – Athens & Izmir – New
section which is closed to public. Dinner and overnight in Izmir. (B,D) York, Chicago, Houston, Washington DC, Boston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, or San
June 16 Wed EPHESUS – IZMIR Francisco
Visit the famous ancient city of Ephesus (Acts 18:19-24; 19:1-35; 20:16-17; 21:29, 1 Cor. • Izmir–Istanbul domestic flight
15:32; 16:8, I Tim. 1:3 II Tim. 1:18; 4:12, Rev. 1:11, 2:1), with its spectacular Terrace Houses, • 3 Nights at 4 star Parthenon Hotel in Athens
Basilica of John, the Ephesus Archaeological Museum and the ancient Temple of Artemis,
one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Dinner and overnight Izmir. (B,D) • 1 Night at 3 star Meteoritis Hotel in Kalambaka
• 1 Night at 4 star Grand Palace Hotel in Thessaloniki
June 17 Thu SARDIS (Rev. 1:11; 3:1-4) – PHILADELPHIA (Rev. 1:11; 3:7) –
PAMUKKALE • 1 Night at 3 star Esperia Hotel in Kavala
Drive to Sardis, capital of the ancient Lydia where first coin of the world was invented. • 2 Nights at 4 star Hotel Arcadia Blue in Istanbul
See the remains of another massive Artemis Temple. Continue to Hierapolis, a World • 1 Night at Assos Kervansaray Boutique Hotel in Assos
Heritage site and site of the church mentioned in Colossians 4. Dinner and overnight at
hotel in Pamukkale. (B,D) • 1 Night at 4 star Ramada Hotel in Soma
• 2 Nights at 5 star Mövenpick Hotel in Izmir
June 18 Fri HIERAPOLIS – LAODICEA (Col 2:1; 4:13-16, Rev. 1:11; 3:14) –
COLOSSAE – IZMIR • 1 Night at 5 star Doğa Thermal Hotel in Pamukkale
Morning tour of Hierapolis. See the Philip’s Tomb. Drive to nearby Laodicea to see the • 1 Night at 5 star Mövenpick Hotel in Izmir
latest excavations. Then, drive to Colossae to see the unexcavated site. Drive to Izmir
• Daily breakfast and 14 dinners at the hotels
for dinner and overnight. (B,D)
• All transportation by private AC Bus
June 19 Sat TRANSFER TO IZMIR AIRPORT – FLY BACK TO USA
• Easy border crossing
• English Speaking, Government Licensed, Bible Oriented guides in Turkey and
Ephesus, Greece
Turkey
• All Entry fees to the sites and museums
• Sightseeing as per the itinerary
• Service charges and lcoal taxes
• Tips to Tour Guide and drivers
EXCLUDING
• Turkish Visa Fee to be paid online prior to arrival www.evisa.gov.tr
• Lunches and Drinks (Bottled Water is included)
• Personal Expenses (Laundry, phone calls, all kind of insurances, etc)
Greece and Turkey: The Cradle of Christianity / June 4-19, 2021
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Selimiye Fatih Iron Foundry
MACEDONIA
Mosque UNESCO
Yeni Saray Kırklareli Höyük
Herakleia
İSTANBUL
Skotoussa (Byzantium)
Krenides Linos (Constantinople)
Sirra
Philippi Beikos
Palatianon Berge Filippoi THRA CE Karaevlialtı Menekşe Çatağı Bathonea
Prusias
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Tauriana Küçükyalı Ad hypium
Neapolis Dikaia Heraion teikhos Achaeology
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Morylos park
Edessa
Tragilos Antisara TEKİRDAĞ Perinthos Basilica (İZMİT) DÜZCE
ALBANIA
Abdera UNESCO
D Europos Maroneia Doriskos
CE Pella Amphipolis Kavala
Stryme Işıklar Mt.
Nicomedia
MA
Allante Lete Bormiskos
Thessalonica Apollonia
Argilos
THE SEA OF MARMARA SAKARYA
Ainos
Naoussa Thassos (ADAPAZARI)
Aegae
UNESCO Thermes YALOVA Ceramic Furnaces
Selectum Strepsa
Chalastra
Berea
Vergina
Methone Petralona
Samothrace Cyzicus Iznik Lake
Nicea
Parion Roman theater
Dasaki Elimia Pydna
Aisa
Antigonia
Acanthos
Galepsos
Ouranopolis
Thyssus
Yenibademli Höyük
Zeytinli Ada Apamela
Apollonia
BURSA
Hisardere
Barçın Höyük BT HY NIA
ÇANAKKALE Arisbe (Prusa) UNESCO
Phylace
Zeytinlik Höyük Manyas
Ulubat
Dion Sane Akrothooi GÖKCEADA
Lake
Asprokampos
Parthenopolis
Kremaste Daskyleion
Lake
Aktopraklık O.Gazi Külliyesi BİLECİK
Neopolis UNESCO
Astyra Höyük Sundiken Mts.
Pythion
Herakleum Mount Athos Achmilleion Paşalar Sarhöyük
Mt.Olympos Troy Pessinus
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Potamia Torone Hephaistia Dorylaeum
Omphatium Skione BOZCAADA Sigeion Kenchreai t. Uludag
Gonnus Limnos
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Troas Derecik Basilica
Oxynia Eritium
Skepsis K
Sidari Myrina
Passaron Soufli Kebrene
Meliboea Dikilitaş Kanlıtaş Höyük
Cassiope Gure bath BALIKESİR
UNESCO
Aiginion Neandra Antandros Karacahisar Castle
Meteora Adramyttium
Corfu UNESCO
Larissa Lamponeia
Dodoni Theopetra Gülpinar Pioniai Kulluoba
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Assos Mt.Pelion
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Kassopi Ephyra Phylace Aterneus Bergama
Alos Amorium
Pergamum
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Peparethos Pyrra Karane Ayazini
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Anaktorion Idomenae
Thyateira Cappadocia
Xyniae Peleos
Artemisio Teuthrania
Nicopolis
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Echinus Pitane Spil Mt.
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Lamia Gryneion
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Eretria Dystos Baglararası Klazomenai Blaundos
Oeneldae Calydon UNESCO Agora Tabea
Thebes Erythrai Limantepe Pepouza
Oropos Yeşilova Höyük
Philadelphia Hierapolis Beycesultan Höyük Iconium
UNESCO
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Sami Patrae Panormos Leuctra Ramnous Teos Colophon
Pale Styra Seferihisar
Pronoi Dyme Penteli Mt. Tepecik höyük Apollonia
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Kızılburun Notion Metropolis Egirdir
Pharae Eleusis Hierapolis
Krani Myonnesos Lebedos Apemea Lake
Corinth
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Laodikeia
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Ephesus
Selçuk
Ephesus AYDIN
Cyllene Tritea
ISPARTA
Cenchreae
Kleitor Pireus Gayrion (Tralleis)
Pheneos UNESCO
Ayasuluk Aci Lake
DENİZLİ S. Sidera
Samos
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Zakynthos Colossae
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Epidavros UNESCO
Assessos Stratonikeia Fossil excavation Kremna
Patmos
Lepreo Bassae Kithnos Selge
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Franchthi Didyma Katrancık
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Mystras Delos Place of John’s Bargylia
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Paros Myndos Ören Balboura
Pylos Kypantha Sifnos Kalimnos Bodrum Halicarnassos Termessos (Attalia)
Corone Pedneussos
LYCIA
Kadrei Araxa
Site of Mausoleum, one of the Alara
Kardamyli seven wonders of the Ancient Marmaris Kaunos Kithanaura Castle
Amorgos Magydos
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World. Herodotus’ birth place.
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Cnidos Symi Arymasa Telmessos
Pavlopetri Kaisareia Lydai Issium Castle Arykanda Phaselis
Casenopolis Loryma Pinara Tlos Kandyba Limyra
Chimaira
Thera Anafi Tilos Xanthos Korydalla
Cape Taenaron Cape Malea Sidyma Kyaneai UNESCO St. Nicholas Olympos
Letoon Phellos Suluin
Cythera Kameiros Sura Myra Cave
Kastri Patara Kaş
Rhodes Antiphellos Andriake
UNESCO
Appolonia Simena
Scandeia Aperiai Tyberissos
UNESCO
Antioch
Se Seleucia
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Aptera
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Lissos
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