REGISTRATION ABSTRACTS SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM


PRE-POST CONGRESS EXCURSIONS


Trip to Ephesus & Pergamon

Ephesus, House of Virgin Mary, Ephesus Museum, Acropolis of Pergamon, Aesclepion of Pergamon

Post Congress Excursion / 2 Days -1 Night
€ 435.00 per person in twin room
€ 470.00 per person in single room
€ 425.00 per person in triple room

Dates: Mar 30-Mar 31
Meeting Time: TBA
Meeting Point: Your Hotel’s Lobby (Congress Hotels only. Meeting details for other hotels TBA)

Mar 24, Tuesday                             Istanbul to Kusadasi via Izmir and Pergamon
Meet at your Istanbul hotel’s lobby and transfer to the airport for your flight to Izmir (congress hotels only). Arrival at Izmir Airport. We will drive to Bergama to visit the Acropolis and the Aesclepium of Pergamon.
We will first visit the Acropolis set on top of a step hill approximately 400 meters above sea level. Famous for its Trajan Temple, library and Zeus Altar, Pergamum Acropolis still reflects its former glory. Its library once was as important as its rival in Alexandria.
Following lunch, we continue to the Aesclepium of Pergamum. Linked to the Lower Roman City of Pergamum by a ceremonial road, Aesclepium served as an ancient medical Center dedicated to the God of Healing, Aesclepius and his daughter Hygenia.
We drive to Kusadasi in the late afternoon via Izmir. Arrive at Kusadasi in the early evening.
Dinner and overninght in Kusadasi.

Mar 25, Wednesday                      Kusadasi to Istanbul via Ephesus and Izmir
After breakfast at your Hotel, we will drive to the House of Virgin Mary located at the top of a mountain near Ephesus.
We then continue with the tour of the encient site of Ephesus, one of the most important cities of antiquity. We are going to visit the third settlement dating back to the Hellenistic and Roman times. Ephesus still is well preserved with its magnificent buildings such as Celsus Library, the Great Theatre, Hadrian’s Temple, Trojan’s Fountain, State and Commercial Agoras, Marble Road, Curetes Street.
Lunch during the tour. 
In the afternoon, we will visit the Ephesus Museum and following that we drive to the airport for the return flight back to Istanbul.
End of tour upon arrival at Istanbul Airport.

This package includes:

  • Roundtrip airfare
  • Transportation by air-conditioned vehicle
  • 1 night accommodation at a 4 star hotel
  • 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
  • English speaking guidance
  • Museum admission fees
  • Local taxes

This package excludes:

  • Personal expenses at the hotel
  • Drinks at meals
  • Lunches
  • Gratuities

Notes:
6 participants min. are required to operate this excursion

Trip to Cappadocia
Cappadocia, Goreme and Zelve Open Air Museums, Kaymakli Underground City 

Post Congress Excursion / 2 Days -1 Night
€ 435.00 per person in twin room
€ 470.00 per person in single room
€ 425.00 per person in triple room

Dates:  Mar 30-Mar 31
Meeting Time: TBA
Meeting Point:  Your Hotel’s Lobby (Congress Hotels only. Meeting details for other hotels TBA)

Mar 30,  Monday             Istanbul to Cappadocia
Meet at your Istanbul hotel’s lobby and transfer to the airport (congress hotels only). Arrival at Cappadocia. We spend the day visiting Goreme Open Air Museum where you will find rock cut churches decorated with frescoes bearing biblical scenes.
Then we continue to Zelve Open Air Museum, Uchisar and Avcilar Valleys. We also see the unusual formations of fairy chimneys, columns of rock shaped by nature. Lunch during the tour at own expense.
Dinner and overnight at in Cappadocia.

Mar 31, Tuesday              Cappadocia to Istanbul
Breakfast at your hotel. We spend another day in Cappadocia. We visit Kaymakli Underground City. Cappadocia is famous for its several underground cities where Christians were hiding themselves from their enemies. Kaymakli with its several levels, storage and living areas, wineries, ventilation tunnels is a good example to these structures.
We also see more of Cappadocia for the rest of the day.
Transfer to the airport and return flight to Istanbul. End of tour upon arrival at Istanbul Airport.

This package includes:

  • Roundtrip airfare
  • Transportation by air-conditioned vehicle
  • 1 night accommodation at a 4 star hotel
  • 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
  • English speaking guidance
  • Museum admission fees
  • Local taxes

This package excludes:

  • Personal expenses at the hotel
  • Drinks at meals
  • Lunches
  • Gratuities

Notes:
6 participants min. are required to operate this excursion

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