On the Road.. Istanbul to Bodrum!

June 24th to 26th
For those joining the road trip!
Book Istanbul until Tuesday,

THE BUSES WILL LEAVE TUESDAY MORNING at 10am from the CIRAGAN

The Akanthus Hotel in Selcuk  being already all booked out,  please see below details for the Ayasoluk Boutique Hotel.

Book for 2 nights 

Tuesday we will visit Iznik and Bursa arriving late at night in the hotel in Selcuk.

 - Wednesday Ephesus and Virgin Mary’s house ( back to same hotel )

 Thursday- church of St John, Dydim, Milas arriving late Thursday night to Kempinski Bodrum.

so just extend your Istanbul hotel until Tuesday morning and start the booking in Bodrum on Thursday.

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Please contact Rojhat Ayasoluk, +90 544 8529082  E-mail: info@ayasolukhotel.com

The hotel is now full. Mr Soner, the GM is reachable by WhatsApp at +905061369727

"First a Greek settlement on the Aegean Sea, it later became the capital of Roman government in Asia, a key player in East-West trade, and its Mediterranean harbour was one of the most significant for exporting products to the ancient world. The city developed around an ancient shrine of the earth goddess Artemis and later became a key city in the expansion of Christianity, from which St Paul launched many of his missions. The city has a rich history dating back to 6,000 BC."

" The basilica was constructed by Justinian I in the 6th century at a site where John the Apostle was said to have been buried. It was modeled after the now-demolished Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople."

“ According to Christian tradition, after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the apostle John took Mary to Ephesus for safety. It is believed that Mary lived the final years of her life in a small stone house on Bulbul Mountain, which later became known as the House of the Virgin Mary.."

.." Hannibal of Carthage, took refuge with King Prusias after losing the war with the Roman Republic and renamed it Prusa.  After 128 years of Bithynian rule, Nicomedes IV, the last King of Bithynia, bequeathed the entire kingdom to the Roman Empire in 74 BC….

Bursa became the first major capital city of the early Ottoman Empire following its capture from the Byzantines in 1326. As a result, the city witnessed a considerable amount of urban growth such as the building of hospitals, caravanserais and madrasas throughout the 14th century..."

"Isis primarily known as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea (the first and seventh Ecumenical councils in the early history of the Christian Church), the Nicene Creed (which comes from the First Council), and as the capital city of the Empire of Nicaea following the Fourth Crusade in 1204, until the recapture of Constantinople by the Byzantines in 1261. Nicaea was also the capital of the Ottomans from 1331 to 1335."

“Didim is the site of the antique city of Didyma with its ruined Temple of Apollo. The area was settled in the Neolithic period, established as colony of Crete and then Mycenae in the 16th century BC and subsequently possessed by Lycians, Persians, Seleucids, Attalids, Ancient Romans, and Byzantines.”