Full Day Priene / Miletus / Didyma

Tour Description

Departure for Priene which lies approximately 20km (12 miles) from Kusadasi. It is the first grid-system planned city of the ancient world, in Priene; you will visit the theater, the temple of Athena, the Bouleterium, the Agora, and the Altar of Zeus and Cybele. Alexander the Great stayed in Priene for a while and he offered to pay for the construction of the Temple of Athena. Proceed to Miletus, the city of philosophers and gladiators. You will visit the Delphinium, the Nymphanion, the Theatre, and the Faustina Baths. Miletus was one of the richest of all the Greek cities and an important trade center in Anatolia for a long time. The city was the hometown of famous philosophers such as Thales, Aneximender, Aneximenes, Hekataios, and also the great city planner Hippodomus. Following lunch at a restaurant, continue to Didyma to visit the Temple Of Apollo, located about 11 miles south of the ancient port city of Miletus on the western coast of modern-day Turkey. The Temple of Apollo at Didyma was the fourth-largest temple in the ancient Greek world. Many rulers, from Alexander the Great to the Roman emperor Diocletian, visited or sent delegations to this oracle seeking the guidance and favor of Apollo.

Pickup Information

From Kusadasi