Available Everyday !
Price 60 Euro per person
(contact us for early booking discounts)
Includes
* Pick up and drop off to the hotel
* Professional English speaking tour guides
* Admissions to Perge & Aspendos
* Lunch at a local restaurant
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All of the Tax and service charges
Around 08:30 am you will be picked up from your hotel and go on this wonderful all day tour.
Your guide will take you on a guided tour of Side, Perge, Aspendos and Manavgat Water falls.
After the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel. (we can always drop you at the town center)
17:00 Approx.. time for the tour ending.
Sites you'll see today
* Perge is a grand exhibit of what an ancient Greek and Roman city looked like. Records date it back as far as the 4th BC. It was visited by Greek colonists after the Trojan War, by St. Paul and companions when it was one of the leading cities of Pamphylia, and fell under the leadership of Alexander the Great and also the Byzantines. During the reign of Constantine, Perge became an important centre of Christianity. Perhaps in part due to St. Paul's sermons here centuries before. During the 5th and 6th centuries it continued it's Christian status.
* Side was the site of Pamphyilia's largest port and was probably first colonized in the 7th BC. Coming from Cyprus St. Paul would have entered the ancient port enroot to Perge. The great ruins are among the most notable in Asia Minor. They cover a large promontory where a wall and a mote separate it from the mainland. During medieval times, the wall and mote were repaired and the promontory houses a wealth of structures. There are colossal ruins of a theater complex built much like a Roman amphitheater that relies on arches to support the sheer verticals.
* Manavgat Waterfall is where we will take a nice cool rest , sitting right next to the falls. Local restaurants provide iced drinks or ice cream.
* Aspendos is most famous for its theatre that dates to 160-180 AD. Depending on performance dates, we may be able to visit this ancient theatre to see the world renown summer evening opera and ballet performances. Aspendos is known for having the best-preserved theater of antiquity. The theatre hosts the annual Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival organized by Turkish State Opera and Ballet since 1994, with international participation of opera and ballet companies and an audience of about 10,000.
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