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Here's just a summary of this
inspiring tour, for Christians, with Christians, about
Christians.
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March 8 |
Depart
Los Angeles on your flights to Athens. |
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March 9 |
Arrive in
Athens. On the way to your hotel, you’ll tour Mars Hill, the
Parthenon, and other famous sites. Overnight at your Athens
hotel. |
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March 10 |
After
breakfast, transfer to Piraeus, where you’ll board our ship.
This evening, you’ll arrive at the island of Mykonos. This is
an island that is easy to explore on your own. |
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March 11 |
Your ship
arrives at the Turkish coast. You’ll disembark at this point
and travel overland to visit the ancient cities of Ephesus and
Pergamum, sites of 2 of the 7 churches so much a part of Paul’s
time. This evening you’ll stay in Assos. |
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March 12 |
Visit the
old city of Troy, Luke’s home town, and Neapolis, the first
“western” city to accept Christianity. Tonight you’ll stay in
Istanbul. |
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March 13 |
Today
we’ll visit famous sites in Istanbul, including the Blue Mosque,
Topkapi Palace, Hagia Sofia and others. |
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March 14 |
Your
morning is free until your cruise on the Bosphorus. Late this
afternoon, we’ll transfer to the airport for the flight to
Ankara, our hotel city for this evening. |
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March 15 |
Today
you’re in the realm of the amazing Anatolian civilizations.
Tonight we’ll stay in
Cappadocia.
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March 16 |
Visit
Zelve and the churches of the Goreme Valley (all from the 7th
– 13th centuries.) Just wait till you see the cave
dwellings, the fairy chimneys (inhabited since the Hittites) and
the wonderful underground city! This will be our last night in
Cappadocia. |
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March 17 |
Today we
fly to Izmir (Smyrna) and visit Sardis, Philadelphia and
Laodicea. Tonight we’ll stay at our hotel on the Mediterranean. |
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March 18 |
The
morning is free to revisit Ephesus or do some shopping. Later,
we’ll reboard our ship and sail to the Greek island of Patmos,
site of the grotto where John wrote the book of Revelation.
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March 19 |
Our ship
arrives at the magnificent walled island of Rhodes. No guided
tour is needed here; you’re free to explore on your own. |
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March 20 |
Our ship
visits both Crete and then Santorini today. Again, no guided
tours are necessary. You have time to relax, enjoy, and create
more memories. |
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March 21 |
We leave
our ship today to transfer to the airport for our flights back
to Los Angeles. |
