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GRAND BIBLICAL TOUR OF TURKEY

in the Footsteps of St.Paul & St. John

Biblical Perspective • Expert Historian Tour Guide

Scheduling Options
We offer a variety of Biblical tour packages, with only Private & Guided Tours -  just for your party ( It is NOT a shared / group tour ), 9 to 13 day tours, for couples, families and multi-generational private small or big groups.

Expert Historian Tour Guide
Gain unparalleled insights into the ancient Anatolia (Asia Minor) and Biblical culture, ancient and modern, as explained by a an Expert Historian Tour Guide

Competitively Priced

Exclusive Package that includes first-class hotels, deluxe motor minivan, minibus or coaches, entrance fees, buffet breakfasts, dinners and much more

Spectacular meeting of history and beauty.

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Experience the Ancient Anatolia & Biblical Sites

Turkey is a hidden gem located in eastern Mediterranean world that blends historic & biblical sites and natural beauties for the ultimate travel experience.

We invite you to experience the Ancient Anatolia, the Land of Biblical Sites, where the patriarchs, the judges, the prophets as Biblical Daniel, and St.Paul walked in his 3 missionary journeys with Barnabas of Cyprus, Timothy of Lystra. We also visit each of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor/Revelation and learn about the letters of John the Apostle to each Church about their spiritual condition. Together, we will study how the Biblical Sites in Turkey, the history, and the archaeology of ancient Asia Minor (Anatolia) richly connect.

HIGLIGHTS​

PRICING :  From  (Custom Trip)

(based on two travelers) with 5 Star Hotels

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​Tour Name: GRAND BIBLICAL TOUR OF TURKEY

Tour Type: Private & Guided Tour -  just for your party. ( It is NOT a shared / group tour )

Tour Start & End Point: Istanbul

Tour Duration: 12 Nights / 13 Days

Operates: All year - round

Transport: Minivan / Minibus / Coach

Stay:  According to your preferences ( in a 3 star, 4 Star, Boutique, 5 Star or Deluxe Hotels)

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  • Antioch was also one of the earliest centres of Christianity; it was there that the followers of Christ were first called Christians, and the city was the headquarters of the missionary St. Paul about 47–55 CE.

  • Church of St. Peter, The world's very first cathedral dates to the years A.D. 38-39 and was dedicated to the first pope.

  • Tarsus was an excellent harbour town & the capital of the Roman province of Cilicia, also the birth place of Saul of Tarsus (St. Paul the Apostle). Tarsus was the most important commercial port in the eastern Mediterranean world. 

  • Get intimate with Cappadocia & Our Historian Tour Guide will give you a lecture on age of persecution on early Christians in Ancient Anatolia & 5 Great Father's of Cappadocia : Saint Basil the Great - the bishop of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus - the Theologian, Gregory - Bishop of Nyssa, St.George Of Cappadocia & St.Theodore the Martyr of Amasea

  • Lystra - a pagan city filled with idolatry & hometown of Timothy, visited by St. Paul on his first and second missionary journeys.

  • Antioch of Pisidia - Where the St. Paul delivered his first recorded sermon on his first missionary journey

  • Collosae - addressed in two of St. Paul's epistles, one of the rich New Testament Cities in Western Asia Minor.

  • Basilica of St. John - a splendid Byzantine church where the Apostle John the Evangelist was buried

  • The Church of Mary - which held 2 important Councils of Early Christianity and It was the first of churches dedicated to the mother of Christ

  • Alexandria of Troas - small but important port town as the starting point for St. Paul when he set sail to Europe.

  •  Constantinople (Modern Istanbul) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330, as the "cradle of Orthodox Christian civilization", home of Council of Chalcedon, 
    architectural masterpieces, such as Hagia Sophia - as the Christian cathedral of Byzantine Empire, Chora Church - renowned worldwide for its well-preserved mosaics and frescoes  St. Irene Church - is the oldest church of the Eastern Roman Empire

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Seven churches of Asia/ Revelation
All of them are located in Asia Minor, present-day Turkey.​

  • Ephesus (Revelation 2:1–7): known for having labored hard and not fainted, and separating themselves from the wicked; admonished for having forsaken its first love (2:4)

  • Smyrna (Revelation 2:8–11): admired for its tribulation and poverty; forecast to suffer persecution (2:10)

  • Pergamum (Revelation 2:12–17): located where 'Satan's seat' is; needs to repent of allowing false teachers (2:16)

  • Thyatira (Revelation 2:18–29): known for its charity, whose "latter works are greater than the former"; tolerates the teachings of a false prophetess (2:20)

  • Sardis (Revelation 3:1–6): admonished for – in contrast to its good reputation – being dead; cautioned to fortify itself and return to God through repentance (3:2–3)

  • Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7–13): known as steadfast in faith, keeping God's word and enduring patiently (3:10)

  • Laodicea, near Denizli (see Laodicean Church) (Revelation 3:14–22): called lukewarm and insipid (3:16)​

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Inclusions

  • Expertise of Our travel specialists

  • All accommodations - 5 star or Deluxe Resorts

  • All ground transportation and airport transfers in Istanbul

  • Private Guide in your preferred language (English, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, French)

  • Sightseeing, visits, and entrance tickets/fees

  • Domestic Flight Tickets (From Istanbul to Adana or Antakya)

  • Listed meals only

  • All parking tickets and petrol.

  • All taxes.

 

Exclusions (Not Included)

  • All Drinks & Lunches (We let Customers have the total freedom to choose their lunch, our guide will show the local restaurants)

  • International airfare for Turkey

  • Dinners in Istanbul Hotels

  • All personal expenses.

  • Services of local porters in hotels, receptions, and other staff 

  • All customary tips to Guide & Driver

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