In The Footsteps of St Paul Turkey Tour │ 14 Day Christian Turkey Tour Package
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Certified Turkey Expert Guides
Luxury Air-Conditioned Transportation
Selection of 4 Star Hotels
Daily Buffet Breakfast & 9 Dinners
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All Entrance Fees and Attractions Included
Overview
Follow the steps of St Paul in Asia Minor with a professional guide on a fourteen day Footsteps of St Paul Christian journey
Follow the steps of St Paul, one of the leading names in early Christianity whom was commemorated in Turkey for his missionary journeys in Asia Minor. Begin in Istanbul and its Byzantines masterpiece Cathedral. Travel to Antioch base for St. Paul’s missionary journeys, and the first place where Jesus followers were called “Christians.” Visit the birthplace of St. Paul in Tarsus, Konya, Ephesus, and many other important holy land sites in Turkey.
Tour Overview include:
- 14 Days / 12 Nights Fully Escorted Christian Group Tour of Turkey
- You must have a private group of 10 or more passengers for this special tour
- 12 Nights stay in a 4 Star Standard Hotel Accommodations
- Domestic Turkey flights from Istanbul to Adana
- 1 Tour Leader / Conductor complimentary (land portion) for every 15 passengers (i.e., 16th passenger will be free sharing twin room).
- Daily Buffet Breakfast
- 9 Dinners at your Hotels
- English speaking Tour Guides that know the history of St. Paul, Biblical Sites and amazing destinations of Turkey
- Tour Guides for this Tour are licensed by the Turkish Tourist Authority
NO ADDED FEES FOR CREDIT CARD PAYMENT.
Itinerary
Select our Footsteps of St. Paul tour offering the ideal itinerary for those wanting a Christian Turkey tour. Our professional guides are government certified- who know the scripture and Christian sites of Asia Minor, Turkies history, culture, amazing destinations, and natural wonders.
Welcome to Turkey! Upon arrival into Istanbul Ataturk International Airport, you are met and assisted by our airport representative and transferred to your hotel in Istanbul for evening at leisure and overnight.
Included:
Transfer from Ataturk International Airport to your hotel in Istanbul.
4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
After breakfast you'll enjoy a guided walking tour of the “Old City” covering a large area overlooking The Golden Horn. We will stop at the Hippodrome and proceed to the Blue Mosque named due to the interior decoration of 21,043 blue Iznik tiles. In the afternoon we visit Hagia Sophia, the Byzantine Cathedral constructed in 326 by Emperor Justinian, a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture and a symbol of the “Golden Age” of the Byzantine Empire. We visit the Underground Cistern built by Justinian in 535 and drive to the church of Holy Savior with breathtaking frescoes and mosaics from the 14th century, a remarkable example of Byzantine art. Return to your hotel. Overnight. The tour concludes with a visit to the Grand Bazaar, a covered complex of alleyways and 4,000 market shops.
Overnight Istanbul - including Breakfast.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
Early breakfast and we transfer to the airport for a short flight to Adana. On arrival we'll drive to Antioch. Antioch hosted a number of church councils and produced influential Christian figures as the martyr-bishop Ignatius of Antioch, the pillar-saint Simeon and the "golden-mouthed" preacher John Chrysostom. Antioch was the base for St. Paul's missionary journeys, where Jesus followers were first called "Christians." After visit the world famous museum at Antioch with Roman mosaics and have a mass at the cave church where St. Peter led worship.
Overnight Adana– including Breakfast, and Dinner.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Dinner at your hotel.
Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
Breakfast and in the morning depart to Tarsus (Acts 11:25-30) known as the birth place of St Paul. Today journey crossing the longest mountain chain in Turkey, Tauros, heading towards Cappadocia in central Anatolia with unique landscape and underground cities carved from the region’s soft volcanic rock.
Overnight Cappadocia – including Breakfast and Dinner.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Dinner at your hotel.
Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
Enjoy a delicious breakfast at your hotel in Cappadocia. Today is a day dedicated for the discovery of Cappadocia region visiting the underground city of Kaymakli, after we'll continue to Pasabagi and Derbent valley, next to Urgup to see one the famous local wine house, after we proceed visit to Avanos Pottery Village, Camel Valley, and Chimney Valley, set on the banks of the Red River.
Overnight Cappadocia - including Breakfast and Dinner.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Dinner at your hotel.
Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
After a delicious breakfast we'll visit the Pigeon Valley with fascinating frescoed rock churches and chapels at Goreme Open-Air Museum; Elmali Church, Saint Barbara Church, Carikli Church, with scenes from the life of Jesus, and descriptions of the saints who have written the Bible. Take an opportunity for a photo in Uchisar “castle” village, a fantasy-land of wonderful works of man and nature. After we'll drive to Konya.
Overnight Konya - including Breakfast and Dinner.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Dinner at your hotel.
Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
After breakfast we depart to Konya an ancient city in central Turkey once known as Iconium. The site of one of the first church councils and one of the missionary destinations of St. Paul and capital of the Seljuk Empire from 1150 to 1300 and home of Rumi (Mevlana) the Sufi saint who founded the Whirling Dervishes. Continue to Antioch Pisidia (also called Antioch-of-Pisidia) a major Roman colony that was visited by St Paul on his first missionary Journey. After we'll drive to Pamukkale and visit the ancient city of Hierapolis and the thermal springs with calcium rich water creating shallow white basins and twisted stalagmites.
Overnight Pamukkale - including Breakfast and Dinner.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Dinner at your hotel.
Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
After breakfast we travel to Laodicea Ad Lycum on the south bank of the Lycus River, one of the Seven Churches addressed by St John in the Book of Revelation (Revelation 3:14-22). Continue visit Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13) the seat of a Christian bishopric during Byzantine times, also referred to as the New Jerusalem. After we'll stop at Sardis the capital city of the ancient Kingdom of Lydia (Revelation 3:1-6) and the Church of St Policarp which symbolized the community of the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse.
Overnight Kusadasi - including Breakfast and Dinner.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Dinner at your hotel.
Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
Early breakfast and transfer to the port for 3 hour ferry ride to Patmos Island. Visit the Monastery of St John the Evangelist, with magnificent views of the Island. We visit Grotto of the Revelation where the heavenly voice of God revealed to St. John the future of humanity (Revelation 21:1-12). In the afternoon we return by ferry to Kusadasi.
Overnight Kusadasi - including Breakfast and Dinner.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Dinner at your hotel.
Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
After breakfast we visit Ephesus one of the Seven Churches in Revelation (Revelation 1:11). The highlights include the Double Church where in 431 the Third Ecumenical Council was held, the Library of Celcius, the Temple of Hadrian, the Fountain of Trajan and the Theatre and the Temple of Artemis. Continue with a visit to the house of Virgin Mary and the Basilica of St John “The Evangelist.” After we'll drive to Thyatira one of the Seven Churches of Revelation (Revelation 1:11, Revelation 2:18-29) and Pergamum with Acropolis of the Hellenistic city. Complete this holy land day of touring in turkey traveling to Assos.
Overnight Assos - including Breakfast and Dinner.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Dinner at your hotel.
Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
After breakfast in the morning enjoy a tour of Troy, that most famous of cities, written about by Homer in the Illiad and Odyssey in the 9th century BC. After we'll cross the Dardanelles to Europe en route for the Greek Frontier. We continue to Bursa an old city at the foot of Mount Uludag (Olympus), and the first seat of the Ottomans.
Overnight Bursa - including Breakfast and Dinner.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Dinner at your hotel.
Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
Morning breakfast and visit the silk market and Sultan Mehmet Tomb. After we depart to Istanbul, we'll first visit St Sophia, in Nicaea. It was here that the first Ecumenical Council was held in 325 AD under Emperor Constantine to codify the faith. To this day the Nicene Creed, is the only creed of the Christian church, common to all sects. After taking a short cut by crossing the Izmit Gulf by ferry, arrive at Istanbul, enjoy a visit to the Spice Market and have a fare well dinner in Istanbul.
Overnight Assos - including Breakfast and Dinner.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Professional certified licensed Tour Guide, entrance fees, and attractions per itinerary.
4 Star Standard hotel accommodations.
After breakfast transfer to the Ataturk international airport for your flight back to North America or other international home destinations.
Included:
Breakfast at your hotel.
Transfer from your hotel to the Ataturk International Airport for your international flight home or to your next destination.
Transfers. International flights require that you check-in at least 3 hours prior to your flight departure time. PLEASE NOTE: NO EXTRA TRANSFER CHARGES ON ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE ANY TIME AND ANY DAY.
If your flight departs in the night you will arrive back to America the following day of your departure.
Rates
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This is a group tour with a minimum of 10 passengers. Perfect for Church groups, and special Christian ministry group travel. To receive special group rates for our Footsteps of St Paul Turkey tour please contact our Christian Holy Land groups department at 1.800.933.4421.
Hotels
We’re proud to offer 4 star standard hotels- all carefully inspected by one of our Turkey tour specialists, each providing superior amenities combined with privileged locations; you’ll find we offer the best value hotels in Turkey during our Footsteps of St Paul tour.
4 Star Hotels
Kent Hotel Istanbul │ │ WebsiteA family-friendly hotel located in the historical district, within a 15 minute walk of Beyazit Bath, Grand Bazaar, and Cemberlitas Bath, and 1 mi of Suleymaniye Mosque and Hippodrome. |
Surmeli Adana Hotel│ │ WebsiteThis luxury hotel is within a 15 minute walk of Adana Ethnography Museum, Saint Paul Church, and Oil Mosque. Grand Mosque and Adana State Theatre are also within 15 minutes. |
Peri Tower Hotel │ │ WebsiteSituated in Nar, this hotel is 1.6 mi from Urgup Museum and 1.7 mi from Nevsehir Museum, and Zeki Soyak Park and Nevsehir University are within 6 mi. |
Dedeman Konya Hotel & Convention Center │ │ WebsiteThis family friendly Konya hotel is situated in the business district, within 2 mi of Afra Business and Shopping Center, Seljuk Tower, and Karatay Medresesi Museum, and 3 mi from Konya Bazaar, and Semsi Tebrizi Mosque and Tomb. |
Lycus River Hotel │ │ WebsiteThe Lycus Hotel offers quality accommodations 3 miles from world-famous Pamukkale. It features an extensive spa center featuring a Jacuzzi, indoor and outdoor pools and massage facilities. |
Grand Belish Hotel │ │ WebsiteGrand Belish Hotel is a newer hotel located along the beach, 9.3 miles to Kusadasi centre. |
Assos Nazlihan Spa Hotel │ │ WebsiteLocated on the beach, the Assos hotel is 1.6 mi from Hudavendigar Mosque and 1.6 mi from Temple of Athena, and 10.2 mi from Sivrice Beach. |
Kervansaray Termal Hotel│ │ WebsiteLocated 1 mi from Bursa Culture Park Open Air Theater, Ataturk Museum, and 1.5 mi from Uluumay Ottoman Clothing and Jewelry Museum, and Ottoman House Museum. |
*Stay at the mentioned hotels or similar category hotel accommodations.
Included
Our 14 day fully escorted tour offering exceptional amenities and outstanding services including free transfers on arrival and departure and four star standard hotels, domestic Turkish flight, daily buffet breakfast, and nine dinners at your hotels, private government-licensed tour guides, dedicated private group driver, all entrance fees and attractions, and much more.
- Transfers: Free escorted transfers- meet & assistance on arrival and departure at Istanbul Ataturk Airport.
- Domestic Turky Flights from Istanbul to Adana.
- Transfers: Free escorted transfers on departure at Izmir domestic flight to Istanbul Airport.
- 12 nights at 4 Start Standard hotel accommodations.
3 nights Istanbul
1 night Adana
2 nights Cappadocia
1 night Konya
1 night Pamukkale
2 nights Kusadasi
1 nights Assos
1 night Bursa - Meals: Breakfast included daily.
- Meals: 9 dinners included at your hotels.
- Porterage at airport and hotels.
- 11 fully escorted touring days with a government-certified English speaking professional tour guide that know the history and scriptures of St. Paul, amazing sites, and culture of Turkey.
- Dedicated and private driver during group tour.
- Private air-conditioned modern motor coach.
- All entrance fees and attractions as per tour itinerary including The Golden Horn,Hippodrome of Constantinople, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia Basilica, The Basilica Cistern, Grand Bazaar, Hatay Archaeology Museum of Antioch, Kaymaklı Underground City, Goreme Open-Air Museum and it's chapels, Uchisar castle and village, Hierapolis, Pamukkale Thermal Pools, Saint Polycarp Church, Basilica of St. John, Cave Church of St. Peter or Grotto of Revelations, Church of Mary - The Double Churches, Temple of Hadrian, Trajan Fountain, Temple of Artemis, House of the Virgin Mary, Pergamon, Troy, Mount Olympus Uludag, Silk Market in Bursa, Tomb of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Han, ruins of the 4th-century St. Sophia Cathedral, and the Spice Market in Istanbul, all this and so much more.
- No added fees for credit card payment.
Not included services in our tour rates:
1. Tips to guide/driver and hotel/restaurant staff.
2. Personal extras or meals not mentioned above.
3. Lunches.
Highlights
Here are just some of the amazing Turkey sites you'll experience during our Footsteps of St. Paul Turkey tour.
- Istanbul a world center of great value in the past as well as in the present, Istanbul embraces Asia on the one hand and Europe on the other. Istanbul offers historical peninsula, numerous scenic and historical beauties is a magnificently unique city that has been capital to many civilizations from past to present and still continues to be home to residents from all over the world.
- The Golden Horn was the ancient harbor of Istanbul during the Byzantine and Ottoman periods. Today it's also known by its modern Turkish name as Haliç, and is a major urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire.
- Sultan Ahmed Mosque or as it's better known around the world the Blue Mosque is considered among the sacred sites of the Islamic faith, and one of the most beautiful mosques in the world. The shrine of the mosque is covered with tiles.
- Hagia Sophia is a great architectural beauty and an important monument both for Byzantine and for Ottoman Empires. A former Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later an imperial mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul.
- The Basilica Cistern is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul.
- Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with 61 covered streets and over 3,000 shops which attract between 250,000 and 400,000 visitors daily.
- Adana one of the largest and most dynamic cities in Turkey and situated 19 mi inland, Adana is the gateway to the Cilician plain.
- Antioch on the Orontes was an ancient Greek city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. Its ruins lie near the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.
- Hatay Archaeology Museum of Antioch known for its extensive collection of Roman and Byzantine Era mosaics.
- Kaymaklı Underground City these troglodyte cave-cities were excavated as early as Hittite times, and expanded over the centuries. There are 36 underground cities in Cappadocia and the widest one is Kaymakli underground city which were opened to the public in 1964.
- Cappadocia a UNESCO World Heritage site with awesome geography where history and nature intertwines has been host to many civilizations throughout the centuries. The unique volcanic landscape of the region took shape as a result of the erosion of the volcanic layers which spread through the area with the eruption of Erciyes, Hasandag and Güllüdag mountains about 60 million years ago.
- The Goreme Open-Air Museum resembles a vast monastic complex composed of scores of refectory monasteries placed side-by-side, each with its own fantastic church.
- Uchisar castle and village is a rocky outcrop perched on a steep rock formation, this town provides some of the most dramatic panoramas of astonishing Cappadocia.
- Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey. The city contains famous Pamukkale thermal hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the natural flowing water.
- Hierapolis was an ancient city with magnificent Necropolis, graveyard and lime cascades 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.
- Konya is a city in Anatolia which has protected its name for centuries. Legend says that Perseus killed a dragon that had been ravaging the town. The people set up a special monument to honor him, a stone obelisk with an icon of Perseus carved in it. This event gave the city it's name, Ikonyon, Ikonyum, Iconium.
- Laodicea (Revelation 3:14-22) on the Lycus was the ancient Hellenistic metropolis of Phrygia Pacatiana, built on the river Lycus, in Anatolia near the modern village of Eskihisar, Turkey. Laodicea is also one of the seven churches of Asia mentioned in the Book of Revelation.
- Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7-13) is the sixth of the seven churches mentioned in Revelation, and like the Smyrna church it received unqualified praise.
- Sardis (Revelation 2:8-11) is the fifth of the seven churches mentioned in Revelation. Sardis in antiquity was one of the great cities of Asia Minor. As the capital of Lydia (a kingdom located in western Turkey, inland from modern Izmir. Sardis is the fifth of the seven churches mentioned in Revelation.
- The Saint Polycarp Church is the oldest church in Izmir and represents ancient Smyrna’s role as one of the Seven Churches of Revelation.
- The Basilica of St. John was a basilica in Ephesus. It was constructed by Justinian I in the 6th century. It stands over the believed burial site of John the Apostle.
- Cave Church of St. Peter traditionally considered the location where Paul first preached the gospel in ancient Antioch, the cave church has served as a pilgrimage destination for centuries and now hosts a religious gatherings.
- Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7) the first of the seven churches mentioned in Revelation. John's letter to the Ephesus church is a mixture of praise and criticism. Established as a port and an ancient important commercial centre. It played a great role in the ancient times with its strategic location. Ephesus is located on a very fertile valley. Once, the trade centre of the ancient world, a religious centre of the early Christianity and today, Ephesus is an important tourism destination in Turkey.
- Church of Mary - The Double Churches, this Roman building dates back to the 2nd century A.D as the "Hall of the Muses." It was used as an education and cultural center. After christianity became the official religion of Rome, they converted this building into a Basilica. It was the first church dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
- The Temple of Hadrian one of the main attractions at Ephesus, with a beautiful arch on the front facade a relief of Medusa. This temple was erected around 118 A.D by Publius Quintilius, an unknown whom inscribed the builind.
- The Temple of Artemis, also known less precisely as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis and is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- House of Virgin Mary, one of the most sacred places for Christianity, is located near Ephesus. Some believe the virgin Mary had spent her last days in the vicinity of Ephesus.
- Pergamon was an ancient Greek city in Aeolis, currently located 16 mi from the Aegean Sea. Today, the main sites of ancient Pergamon are to the north and west of the modern city of Bergama in Turkey.
- Troy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with its 4,000 years of history, is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.
- Mount Uludag (Mount Olympus), the Mount Olympus of the ancient province of Bithynia, rises 8343 feet to the south of the historic center of Bursa.
- Explore the Old Silk Market in Bursa, once one of the world's most prominent trade hubs and silk markets catering to traders from around the world.
- Tomb of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Han at the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire.
- Ancient Nicea, Iznik is a small town in northwestern Turkey, on the eastern shore of Lake Iznik. It is the modern successor of the important Byzantine city of Nicea (or Nicaea), where the famous Council of Nicea was held in 325 AD.Here you'll visit ruins from the 4th-century.
- The Spice Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey is one of the largest bazaars in the city. Located in the Eminönü quarter of the Fatih district, it is the most famous covered shopping complex after the Grand Bazaar.
All of this and so much more to experience during our Footsteps of St. Paul Turkey tour. Read our tour itinerary for more detail trip description.
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