TRAVEL EPHESUS-IZMIR SHORE & LAND EXCURSIONS
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 IZMIR  CITY TOUR -IZMIR SEIGHTSEEING TOUR (Half Day)

*Your Izmir guide will meet you at Izmir Port or at your hotel in Izmir. The guide will hold up a sign with your name on it.
*Izmir, also once called Smyrna, is Turkey's third most populour city and the countries largest port after Istanbul. It is located along the outlying waters of the Gulf of Izmir, by the Aegean Sea. The total population of this greater urban region in 2007 was 3,175,133. The term (Old Smyrna) is used to describe the Greek city-state of the classical era located at the urban settlement in Tepekule, Bayrakli, to make a distinction with Smyrna re-built later on the slopes of Pagos (present-day Kadifekale). Greek settlement in Old Smyrna is attested by the presence of pottery dating from about 1000 BC onwards and the most ancient ruins preserved to our day date back to 725-700 BC. Smyrna was the second city to receive a letter from the apostle John in the book of Revelation.  Acts 19:10 suggests that the church there was founded during Paul s third missionary journey.
*Firstly, you will drive to the Agora.  This 2nd century A.D. agora, midway between the acropolis and the harbour, was partially excavated by German and Turkish archaeologists from 1932-1941.  Porticoes lined the north and west sides of the agora, and an altar to Zeus sat in the center. It was used for political gatherings and elections by the representatives of the Roman government, but was also the main commercial area of the city. Your local guide will show you the only two-storey agora known to scholars: The first floor was reserved for wholesale trade, with workshops, cooling cisterns and warehouses for goods, while the second floor was designed for political meetings and retail trade.
*After the visit of the Agora, you will drive to Izmir Archaeological Museum. The museum exhibits an impressive collection of ancient and Roman artifacts recovered from area excavations, including Bergama, Iasos, Bayrakli (Izmir s original settlement), and Izmir s Agora. Then visit Ethnographical Museum, which is next to the Archaeological Museum. In this museum there are cultural objects from daily social life of Anatolian people housed in a 19th century three-storey Neoclassical building which was used as a hospital and seniors day care in the late 1800's. It was opened as a museum in 1984 after moving artifacts here from Ataturk's Mansion. These artifacts are displayed in the first two floors, 3rd floor is reserved for storage, laboratory, photographic studio and administrative offices. The museum displays many models of extinct or near extinct handicrafts due to the industrialization, such as; tinsmith, clog making, pottery, blue bead making, wood imprinting, carpet weaving, rope making, feltsmithery and saddlery.
*Afterwards, you drive back to Izmir Port or your hotel in Izmir.

TRAVEL DETAILS NEED TO KNOW!
Visits       :The Agora & Izmir Archaeological Museum
Duration   :4 Hours Approx.
Runs        :Everyday  
Leaves     :Izmir
Returns    :Izmir
WHAT TO BRING!
Camera
Hat
Comfortable Footwear  
Soft Drinks
INCLUDED IN PRICE 
Professional English speaking guide on tours.
AC Mini Bus
All entrance fees where necessary.
All Local taxes.
No extra or hidden costs!
EXCLUDED In PRICE 
Tipping, Drinks
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