Tell us your dates and group size — we reply with a full written quote, usually within one working day.
- TÜRSAB-licensed agency — registry no. 15746
- Free, no-obligation quote — nothing to pay to ask
- Skip-the-line priority entrance on every tour
- We normally reply within one working day
For travellers who want the whole biblical landscape of Turkey, not only the seven churches. The grand tour runs the full Revelation circuit and then continues inland — Hierapolis and Colossae in the Lycus valley, Antioch in Pisidia where Paul preached his first recorded sermon, and the rock-cut churches of Cappadocia where the faith took refuge and flourished.
Every departure is tailor-made: seven days is the comfortable minimum, ten lets Cappadocia breathe, and Tarsus, Antakya (biblical Antioch) or Istanbul’s Byzantine legacy can be added for the truly complete journey.
Highlights
- All seven churches of Revelation
- Hierapolis, Pamukkale and the site of Colossae
- Antioch in Pisidia — Paul’s first recorded sermon (Acts 13)
- The painted cave churches and underground cities of Cappadocia
- Optional extensions: Tarsus, Antakya, Istanbul
- Fully tailor-made route, pace and hotels
What you will see
Itinerary
Days 1–4 — The Seven Churches
The classic circuit: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamon, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea, in the order of the letters, ending in the Lycus valley.
Day 5 — The Lycus Valley
Hierapolis and the terraces of Pamukkale, the mound of Colossae — the church of Paul’s letter — and the drive east into the highlands.
Day 6 — Antioch in Pisidia
Yalvaç and the ruins of Pisidian Antioch, where Acts 13 records Paul’s first great sermon, on the road into central Anatolia.
Days 7+ — Cappadocia
The painted churches of Göreme, an underground city, and the valleys where early Christian Anatolia is written into the rock. Fly home from Kayseri or Nevşehir — or extend to Tarsus and Antakya.
What’s included
Included
- Licensed guide for the full journey
- Skip-the-line priority entrance — we pre-arrange every ticket
- Private vehicle and driver
- Lunch on each touring day
- Route planning and hotel booking assistance
- Domestic flight planning for extensions
Not included
- Entrance fees at the official Ministry price (we buy the tickets for you)
- Hotels, breakfasts and dinners
- Domestic flights
- Hot-air balloon (optional, Cappadocia)
Where we meet you
Meeting point: İzmir or Istanbul, at your hotel or the airport, depending on where your route starts.
Start time: Set with you when the route is planned — most days begin 08:00–08:30
End point: back where you were collected — your hotel, your ship or your airport, at the time agreed in your itinerary.
Our office is at İki Çeşmelik Mah. Kirazlı Yolu Cad. İnci Apt. No:13 İç Kapı No:18, Kuşadası / Aydın. Your guide and driver leave from here, and you are welcome to drop by.
Practical details
- Group size
- Private and tailor-made; coaches and group-friendly hotels for congregations.
- Language
- English, with licensed English-speaking guides throughout
- Fitness & restrictions
- A long route with daily walking of two to four hours and some uneven ground in Cappadocia; the pace and the sites are adapted to the group.
- Entrance tickets
- Not included in the tour price. We buy every ticket in advance at the official Ministry of Culture and Tourism price, with no mark-up and no booking fee, and walk you through the priority entrance.
- Payment & cancellation
- Asking for a quote costs nothing and commits you to nothing: no card details, no deposit, no booking fee. The written quote we send sets out the payment schedule and the cancellation terms in full, and you decide afterwards. If we ever have to change a date for weather or a ferry cancellation, we re-plan the itinerary or refund anything unusable.
Skip the line: priority entrance on every visit
Queueing is the quiet thief of a sightseeing day. At the busiest sites in Turkey — Ephesus on a cruise morning, the great museums and palaces of Istanbul, the popular valleys and underground cities of Cappadocia — the wait at the ticket window can take a serious bite out of the hours you came to spend among the ruins.
You will not stand in it. Gezginol Tours holds priority-pass access as a TÜRSAB-licensed agency (registry no. 15746), and we buy every ticket for every site on your itinerary in advance. Your guide meets you with the tickets already in hand and walks your group straight to the priority entrance — the fast-pass lane used by licensed operators. No ticket queue, no machines, no paperwork, no fumbling for cards at a turnstile in the sun.
And we add nothing to the ticket price. You pay exactly what the Ministry of Culture and Tourism charges at the gate — the official entrance fee, not a penny more. There is no booking fee, no service charge and no mark-up on any admission we buy for you. The fast pass is simply part of travelling with a licensed agency; the queue is what you save, and the ticket costs what it costs.
This applies to every tour we run, anywhere in Turkey — the Seven Churches route, Ephesus and the Aegean coast, Istanbul, Cappadocia and everything in between. It is simply what buying a tour with us includes, and it is one of the clearest practical reasons to travel with a licensed agency rather than arriving at the gate alone.
What this tour costs
We quote every trip individually rather than publishing one headline price, because the same itinerary can differ substantially in cost from one booking to the next. Four things move the figure:
Tell us your dates, your group size and the standard of hotel you have in mind, and we reply with a full written quote — itemised, with no obligation and nothing hidden. As a TÜRSAB-licensed agency (registry no. 15746) our quotes are the price you pay.
Ready to put dates on it? Send us the details and we will price this itinerary for your party.
- TÜRSAB-licensed agency — registry no. 15746
- Free, no-obligation quote — nothing to pay to ask
- Skip-the-line priority entrance on every tour
- We normally reply within one working day
Questions about this tour
Can the tour start in Istanbul?
Yes — many grand tours open with a day of Byzantine Istanbul (Hagia Sophia, the Chora church) before flying to İzmir to begin the circuit.
Is it suitable for a church congregation or study group?
This is exactly the trip we most often build for congregations, with coach transport, devotional time at the sites and group-friendly hotels. Tell us your group size when you enquire.
Will we have to queue for tickets?
No. We hold priority-pass access as a licensed agency and buy every ticket on your itinerary in advance, so your guide walks the group straight through the priority entrance. On this tour, as on every tour we run, skipping the ticket queue is part of what you are buying.
Do you add a mark-up to the entrance tickets?
No. You pay exactly what the Ministry of Culture and Tourism charges at the gate — the official entrance fee, with nothing added by us. There is no booking fee and no service charge on any admission we buy for you. We hold the priority pass and do the queuing paperwork; the ticket itself costs what it would cost you at the window.
