Aphrodisias Tour

Aphrodisias Tour, Departure from Izmir Airport, Izmir Harbour - Port, Izmir Hotels, Kusadasi Harbour - Port or Kusadasi Hotels Full Day tour. Aphrodisias is the City of Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, and one of the Aegean regions most interesting archeological sites. Aphrodisias had a famous sculpture academy in Roman times, probably because of the high-grade marble quarried only a few kilometers away at Babadag. The museum at the site thus has an especially good collection of Roman sculpture. (0-4 aged children are FREE).

Aphrodisias Tour

Meeting with your guide and drive to Priene. This was once a harbour city but is now located 16 km inland from the sea on the hills of the Mykale Mountain. It has many examples of Hellenic art and architecture. Alexander The Great lived in this city for a time. The theatre in Priene is one of the most beautiful ones from The Hellenic World.

The Athena Polias Temple was reconstructed by Alexander The Great as a gift to the city. After Priene, you will depart for Miletos. Visit the ancient city of Miletus which once was one of the biggest cities in Anatolia. It was located on the trade routes and it was for this reason that it became very prosperous and had many colonies. Miletos is famous for its genius philosophers and architects, such as Thales, Anaksimandros, Anaksimenes, Hippodamos and Isidoros. Miletos is also famous for the Faustina Baths. Lunch break and then visit to Didyma.

This was not a city but a temple dedicated to Apollon. It was once one of the biggest temples in the Hellenic World. It was connected to Miletos with a holy road of 19km. Transfer back to Kusadasi.

The tour ends at 19:00 and you will be transferred back to your hotel in Izmir, Kusadasi or Bodrum.

Did you know that fact about Aphrodisias?

Of course, Aphrodisias was named after the Greek goddess of love. The temple of Aphrodite and excellent marble carvings deity created there, They turned the small town into a place of pilgrimage for centuries. They found numerous statues of Aphrodite of Aphrodisias in distant places around the Roman world. In addition to the representation of the goddess, other statues, Pictures, sarcophagi and architectural elements, They were sold as far away as Bea, en Portugal.

Pilgrims visiting the temple disappeared when he became a Christian church and a lack of money brought caused the decline of the city, but the greatest damage to Aphrodisias were the devastating earthquakes in centuries IV and VII. Especially catastrophic turned the second of those earthquakes that occurred impaired waters and groundwater levels causing permanent flooding of part of the city. Paradoxically, He will be protected under the mud ruins vandalism. The route to visit Aphrodisias is circular and can choose to start on the right or left. Personally, I recommend doing it right to the end in the magnificent museum covered, must-see. If we travel in that sense we begin with the Tetrapilón, ancient and magnificent monumental city gate.