PERGAMON TOUR
Departure: Everyday
Duration: 09:00 – 18:30
Pick up: Izmir Central Hotels & Izmir (ADB) Airport
Meal: Lunch
Meeting with your guide at the hotel and drive to Bergama, home to two of the country’s most celebrated archaeological sites: the Acropolis and the Asklepion of ancient Pergamon, both listed among the top 100 historical sites on the Mediterranean. Most of the extraordinary buildings and monuments in Bergama date to the time of Eumenes II (197-159 BC), including the famed library, the terrace of the spectacularly sited hillside theater, the main palace, the Altar of Zeus and the propylaeum of the Temple of Trajan. In the early Christian era, Pergamon’s church was a major center of Christianity and was one of the Seven Churches of Revelation (Rev. 2:12-17). The ancient city is composed of three main parts: the Acropolis, whose main function was social and cultural as much as it was sacred; the Lower City, or realm of the lower classes. and the Asklepion, one of the earliest medical centers on record