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Dave's Trip to Turkey

June 2004

May 29, Saturday – Istanbul

Blue Mosque, Aya Sofia (see 6/8 next page)

Topkapi Palace (see 6/9 next page)

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Travel Istanbul-Kayseri, Turkish Airlines

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May 30, Sunday -

 

Sultan Suzligi Bird Sanctuary (Shari's swamp)

 

Citadel

   

Cappadocia

Whirling Dervishes

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May 31, Monday

Kaymakli, the eight story underground city

Goreme Open Air Museum, with its 6th-10th century rock chapels decorated with Christian frescoes

Zelve’s Byzantine monastic complex

Carpet Making

Pottery Making

Dinner & overnight in Cappadocia

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June 1, Tuesday

Aspendos -  magnificently preserved 15,000 persons capacity theatre

 

Perge

Kursunlu waterfalls

Dinner and overnight in Antalya 

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June 2, Wednesday

Pamukkale, which means “Cotton Castle” in Turkish, describing the white lime cascades formed by mineral springs

Heirapolis & Cleopatra’s Pools

Chicken Farm

Dinner and overnight in Pamukkale

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June 3, Thursday

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House of Virgin Mary

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Gozleme Lunch

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Ephesus one of the world’s finest archaeological sites.  Library of Celsius, gymnasium and Hadrian’stemple

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Leather shopping

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Dinner and overnight in Kapadasi 

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June 4, Friday

Artemis Temple – one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world

Pergamum’s ancient Acropolis

Altar of Zeus (at Pergamum)

Asklepeion, the famous medical center of the ancient world

Take the ferry to Lesvos, Greece

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(continued to June 5-10)

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Here is a digital tour of Turkey

 

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