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APHRODISIAS
- LAODICEA TOUR
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Pick
up from hotel |
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Tour
Includes : |
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Drive
to Aphrodisias |
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Proffessional
English Speaking Guide |
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Visit
the Ruins & Archeological museum |
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All
admission fees |
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Lunch |
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Air-Conditioned
Transport |
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Drive
to Laodicea |
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Lunch |
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Visit
one of the seven churches and |
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Operates
all year |
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the
other Ruins |
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A
minimum of & people required private |
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Return
to hotel |
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option possibility... (Price : 50$) |
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Laodiceia
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This
ancient which is approximately 9 miles (km) from Pamukkale
is the site og one of the one of the Seven Churches
mentioned in Revelation by Saint John. Known in ancient
times as the 'City of Compromise' Laodicea
was rebuked by Jesus through St.John for its people's
indecisivennes: 'I know your works; you are neither
hot nor cold, I will spew you out of my mouth! The
remaining monuments are the stadium, a large gymnasium,
an odeon, a nymphaeum and two theatres, both poorly
preserved.
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| Aphrodisias
: the isolated ruined city of Aphrodite
lies some two and a half hours' drive inland
from Selçuk, on flat, fertile ground surrounded
by distand mountains. It owes its outstanding
reputation today to Professor Kenan Erim,
a Turkish national attached to New York University,
who in 1961 began excavations on the site,
and devoted the remaining 30 years of his
life to the site. He is now buried here. The
path leads first out toward the perfectly
preserved theatre, originally made, then converted
by the Romans for gladiatorial entertainment.
Nearby is the Agora and the theatre baths.
Beyond the man-made hill into which the theatre
is set lies the impressive Baths of Hadrian,
with a handsome exercise ground in black and
white marble. From here the path leads to
the little odeon with nine rows of perfectly
preserved seats, the most charming remains
at Aphrodisias. Next to it is the so-called
Bishop's Palace, with its delightful blue
marble columns from local quarries. Beyond
looms the gigantic Temple of Aphrodite itself,
with 14 columns reerected from the rubble
left by the earthquakes and by the building's
conversion into a basilica (law court) in
the 5th century. |
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