Paul's Pilgrimage: Tracing the Apostle in Turkey
- 264 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Follow the footsteps of St. Paul on an inspiring 11-day journey through Türkiye’s most important biblical and cultural sites. Beginning in Izmir, explore Miletus, Ephesus, and the Church of St. Polycarp before continuing through Pergamon, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Hierapolis, Laodicea, and Pisidian Antioch. Travel onward to Konya and Cappadocia, where early Christian communities flourished among rock-cut churches, underground cities, and dramatic valleys. Visit highlights such as the Göreme Open-Air Museum, Ihlara Valley, Uçhisar Castle, Paşabağ, and Özkonak Underground City. Complete your pilgrimage in Istanbul with visits to Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, and the historic Hippodrome, plus a free day for optional experiences. From ancient theatres and sacred ruins to volcanic valleys and timeless city skylines, each destination reveals another chapter of early Christianity and invites you to experience the landscapes, traditions, and stories that shaped St. Paul’s world.
Inclusions
What's included
- ASR-IST Flight Ticket
- Transport
- Entrance fees
- Dinner
- Breakfast
- Tour Guide
- 10 Nights' accommodation in Izmir, Pamukkale, Cappadocia, Konya and Istanbul
What's not
- Extra Tours and personal expenses
- Cable car fees estimated 15 dollars
- Lunches&Drinks throughout the tour
- Tips
- House of Virgin Mary
- Hagia Sophia
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- Meet at Izmir airport, and you'll find us with Gezenthi Travel Agency written on the board. Can be at the International or National Section.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 40 travellers
- Operated by
- Gezenthi Travel Agency
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in İzmir
- Its from-price is 1370% above the median of the 482 experiences we list in İzmir.
- It is longer than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About İzmir
İzmir is Turkey's third-largest city, an Aegean port with an old bazaar, a seafront promenade and the ancient ruins of Ephesus and Pergamon within reach.
İzmir, known to the ancient Greeks as Smyrna, lies at the head of a deep gulf on the Aegean coast. Konak Square has an ornate clock tower from 1901 and the small Konak Mosque, and the Kemeraltı bazaar sprawls behind it with workshops, mosques and old caravanserais. The Asansör, a historic lift in the Karataş district, rises to a terrace overlooking the gulf, and a long promenade, the Kordon, runs beside the water.
Top-ranked sights in İzmir: Pergamon (Pergamum), Sardis (Sart), Bergama Asklepion (Pergamon Asclepeion).
Special offers in İzmir
Was/now prices come from the operator, never from us.
