Full Day Tour – Pergamon, Acropolis, Red Basilica

Tour Description

Pick up from the hotel/the airport and departure for Pergamon which is in present-day Bergama. Pergamon was the capital city of Kingdom of Pergamon from the 3rd to 2nd century BCE and in the Roman period it was the first capital of the Asia Minor. Since 2014, Pergamon is in World Heritage List of UNESCO. The Acropolis of the city is home to the great temple of Roman Emperor Trajan, the steepest theatre of the ancient world, the temple of Dionysus, the Gymnasium situated on terraces, the agora, and Roman aqueducts. It became the centre of art and scholarship by housing the second largest library of the ancient world. As well as being one of the most impressive cultural center of the Hellenistic Era, Pergamon has an important place in Early Christian history. As you are driving up to the Acropolis, you will pass by Red Basilica which was one of the seven churches of the Revelation to which the Book of Revelation was addressed.

Pickup Information

Hotel/The airport pickup