TOUR CODE : KUS - 03 PORT : KUSADASI TOUR DESTINATION : PRIENE, MILETUS TRANSPORTATION : BY A/C CAR OR MINIBUS DURATION OF TOUR : APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS MEAL : NOT INCLUDED

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TOUR

Leaving the little port of Kusadasi, it takes about 1,5 hours ride to the ruins of Priene, one of the earliest Ionian settlements and the centre of politics and religion of its time. Here you see the Temple of Athena which was built by Architect Pytheos, who was also responsible for the construction of the Mausoleum at the Halicarnassus, considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Temple became the classic model for Ionic architecture. Then you visit the Stoa, the Agora, the Market Place, the Temenos of Zeus Olympic which dates from the 3rd Century BC, the Bouleuterion which is one of the best preserved buildings in Priene, the Prytaneion where municipal or state council representatives met, the Theatre which still retains most of its Hellenistic features, the Sanctuary of Demeter which was dedicated to the deities of Plenty, Demeter and Kore, the Archbishop's Church, the Upper Gymnasium and the Stadium, North-East Gateway, the Temenos of Kybele and the House of Alexander the Great where he stayed during his siege of Miletus in 334 BC. After a ride of 30 minutes we arrive in Miletus, an ancient port now in ruins, you first set your eyes on the theatre which is still impressive as ever. Besides the theatre the possible visiting sites are the Heroon, the Roman Baths, the Synagogue, the Harbour Stoa,the Delphinium which was the chief religious centre where Apollo was worshipped, the Harbour Gateway, the Small Market Place, the North Agora, the Ionic Stoa, the Processional Road, the Capito Baths, the Gymnasium, the Asklepios Temple, the Bouleuterion, the Nymphaion, the North Gate, the Diocesan Church, the South Agora which is an enormous colonnaded courtyard, the Storage Building, the Serapis Temple and the Faustina Baths which is an edifice in very good state of preservation. Leaving Miletus you ride back to Kusadasi.