Priene Milet Didyma Tour

Priene Milet Didyma 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.

Priene Milet Didyma 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 Didyma?

There were several Greek sanctuaries other than Didyma built in the Hellenic world, one of which was the nearby Delphi oracle temple. However, the Temple of Apollo in Didyma was unique in a number of ways. To begin with, it was the fourth largest Greek sanctuary in the world.

Unlike other oracle temples belonging to the Greeks, the the Temple of Apollo in Didyma had no roof, but instead, it had exceptionally high walls. This meant that the interior would have been visible from above, while remaining hidden to the outside world. The temple also consisted of long sloping passage ways which seemingly led you into darkness. Nonetheless, those who followed the passages would ultimately find themselves in the sunlit inner court where the priestess would have been seated above the natural spring. By comparison to other sanctuaries and oracle temples, the Temple of Apollo in Didyma was of a complex design which included a great deal of variety.