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Ballooning in Cappadocia

 EARLY BIRD SPECIALS (Save 10%)

 

When you book any of our guided popular tours coded PRS208, PRS210 and PRS215 and pay the deposit 4 months prior to the tour commencement dates you will save 10% from the total tour cost for any departure date you may choose within the year

 

PRS208:  Ankara-Cappadocia-Pamukkale-Ephesus-Izmir

Departs every Sunday with minimum 2 persons. See the tour details...

 

PRS210:  Ankara-Cappadocia-Pamukkale-Ephesus-Pergamon

Troy-Gallipoli-Istanbul

Departs every Sunday with minimum 2 persons. See the tour details...

 

PRS215:  Ankara-Cappadocia-Antalya-Pamukkale-Ephesus

Pergamon-Troy-Gallipoli-Istanbul.

14 Mar, 18 Apr, 09 May, 13 Jun, 18 Jul, 22 Aug, 19 Sep, 03 Oct, 24 Oct and 14 Nov 2008 (Minimum 6 persons). See the tour details...

 

DID YOU KNOW TURKEY HAVING

  • been a secular westernized country which has friendly alliances with the world nations

  • been in the membership process of the European Union

  • been the first major stronghold of Christianity where St. Paul made his first missionary trips as well as being the site of the Seven Churches of Christianity (Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea).

  • Ephesus where Virgin Mary spent the last days of her life

  • been a country with thousands of historical sites including the remnants from Greek and Roman civilizations

  • been the country where legendary Trojan War took place

  • been the country where Alexander the Great initiated his military campaign

  • been the site of two of the Seven Wonders of the World (Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus).

  • Istanbul, which has been designated as the European Capital of Culture for 2010 by the Council of European Union

  • two biblical rivers like Tigris and Euphrates

  • Mt. Ararat on which Noah's Ark has nested as mentioned on the Old Testament

  • the site of Gordion where legendary King Midas lived

  • Patara where Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) was born

  • been the area where many location names such as Philadelphia, Paris, Troy and Europe were originated.

  • been the site where the coins of electrum were used by the Lydians in 640 BC for the first time in history.

  • been the site where earliest nature philosophers emerged.

  • been the birth place of Herodotus of Halicarnassus, who was the world's first historian.

  • been the site where Julius Caesar pronounced the words: "I came, I saw, I conquered"

BIBLICAL REFERENCES

 

The Seven Churches mentioned by St. John in the Book of Revelations (The Apocalypse) are all found in Turkey and each was a founding community of Christianity. See the sites.

 

TAILOR-MADE TOURS

 

What about tailor-made educational group tours in Turkey corresponding to your peculiar dates on the following subjects...

  • In the Footsteps of St. Paul

  • Seven Churches of Christianity

  • In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

  • In Search of Noah's Ark

  • Archaeology

  • Architecture

  • Ornithology (Bird-Watching)

  • Flora

  • Gourmet

  • Walking

  • Anzac Memorial

  • Spring Break

  • Philosophy

  • Wine

 

TURKEY ON THE WORLD PRESS

 

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27 March 2005

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22 January 2006

12 November 2006

 

30 Oct 2005

 

29 March 2006

 

Top 10 Cities of Europe

 

 

6 Restaurants in Istanbul are amongst the best of Europe in 2007

 

 

Motion pictures REFERRING to Turkey OR ITS cultural heritage

 

Though there is no mention of Turkey on this movie Troy is located in today's Turkey with most of its remnants.

 

Though the movie is not directly related to Turkey Alexander the Great stepped in many locations in this territory and left a cultural heritage

 

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