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Tour
Itinerary:
Program
After breakfast we will continue to
Antioch-on-the- Orontes, Daphne and
Seleucia Pieria. Antioch has been
founded in 300BC. Antioch offered the
most ferric ground for new ideas,
philosophies and religions. First to
preach here were St.Paul and Barnabas
whose extensive efforts proved to be
very fruitful for Christianity.
Incidentally, the word Christians was
first used in Antioch. The strong and
wealthy community of Antioch contributed
financially to the Christian community
of Jerusalem. Highlights include the
museum which houses a superb collection
of mosaics from Antioch, Daphne and
Seleucia Pieria, St. Peter
's
Grotto, the cave church came to be known
as the meeting place of the early
Christians. Visit Daphne. The next site
we will visit today is Seleucia Pieria,
which was the port city of Antioch in
ancient days. The most interesting
monument here is the Tunnel of Titus,
which is a tremendous canal, dug for the
purpose of diverting waters of Orontes
River. Another highlight here will be
the rock tombs with their impressive
facades pertaining to the Hellenistic
period. Return to Adana for dinner and
overnight.
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drive north to Cappadocia and first stop
at Derinkuyu. This is an underground
city, carved into soft rocks resembling
a huge labyrinth of tunnels, rooms,
kitchens, wine cellars and passageways.
A huge chimney ventilates this
8-levelled dwelling, which was used by
Christians hiding from there Roman and
Byzantine persecutors. Their colorful
frescoes remain as vibrant as when they
were first made. Fascinating place...Derinkuyu.
Further on we come to Cappadocia whose
effect on the visitor is like that of a
village out of Grimm's Fairy Tales. What
Turks commonly call "Fairy Chimneys" are
jutting pieces of volcanic rocks that
have been beaten and shaped by the wind
and rain. Highlights will be The Apple
Church, The Church of St. John the
Baptist and the Church with a Buckle in
Goreme. Dinner and overnight in
Cappadocia. 
Program
Right after breakfast, we begin our
drive to Konya or ancient Iconium, which
became an important Christian city
following St. Paul's preaching. A
Phyrigia legend says that Konya was the
first city to be founded after the
flood. St. Paul and Barnabas came here
in 47 A.D. and their preaching was
accompanied by many miracles. St. Paul
made two more stops here on his second
and third journeys. Today's Konya is
quite new but the center of the city is
very old. Visit Derbe and Lystra where
St. Paul visited on his journeys. Dinner
and overnight in Konya.
Program
Early morning we will drive to Psidian
Antioch (Yalvac) where St. Paul opened
Christianity to the world. Yalvac's
history goes back to 280 B.C. During St.
Paul's time the population was a mixture
of Jews, Romans and Greeks. Very little
is left of Psidian Antioch today. There
is the propylaea of the acropolis with a
number of carved stones and the remains
of a Byzantine church. We pass by
Egirdir Lake and arrive in Antalya for
dinner and overnight.
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