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Troy, the home of Homer's Iliad
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SEP 24: We transferred to Izmir today with our mid-morning visit to TROY, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This city is well known in Homer's Iliad where …
Smyrna was its name
Map of Izmir
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SEP 26: Today was our tour of Izmir (known as Smyrna in the 1st millenniun BC), and was considered one of the most important cities of the Ionian …
City of Izmir
We woke up at 6 am for our early flight to Izmir. The flight took about an hour from Istanbul. Upon arrival, we took the Harvas bus to the city center which luckily was only two blocks away from our hotel. There were lots of palm trees throughout the city, a sign of sunny weather, like Los Angeles of the US.
After dropping off our luggage …
Mary and Ephesus
A slower day today. We first went to the purported house that Mary, mother of Jesus spent the last years of her life on the top of a mountain near Ephesus. The theory was that Jesus asked the Apostle John to look after his mother after he was gone and the Bible says that John moved to Ephesus soon after. Then in the 19th century a German nun (who …
Ephesus!!
Toured Ephesus today which is probably one of the largest restored Roman ruins - it was a major city in those times with over 200,000 people which is absolutely amazing - it was pretty chilly even for me (in the low 40s when we got here with a breeze) - lots of cruise ships dock nearby and come here so there were many big buses with tour groups - …
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- Beach
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Fitness/Health center