Arrive in Izmir and drive the anicent sites includes, PRIENE : Despite its small size, Priene was a very important city in antiquity because on its territory stood the Panionium, the central meeting-place and sanctuary of the Ionic Confederacy. The theatre, the temple of Athena, the agora, the Bouleterion and the temenos of Zeus Olympus will be the steps of this visit.
MILETUS : Miletus was the principal port and the richest emporium on the Aegean coast. Thales of Miletus believed that "there was a fundamental unity beneath the apparent disorder and complexity of nature" and he postulated that "water was the material basis for all things." the theatre of Miletus is by far the most impressive of the town’s surviving monuments. There is also the council-chambre, market place, temples, baths and a Islamic monument: Ilyas Bey Mosque.
DIDYMA : Didyma was never a city in its own right, but a Miletian sanctuary of Apollo inhabited only by priests and the suppliants who come to consult the famous oracle there and Temple of Apollo.
Transfer to airport and flight to Istanbul |