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Monday, December 24, 2012

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

The Istanbul Archaeology Museums are a group of three archeological museums in Istanbul city, located in the Eminonu, near Hagia Sophia Museum, Topkapi Palace and Blue Mosque. The Istanbul Archaeology Museums are consists of three. Archaeological Museum (in the main building), Museum of the Ancient Orient, Museum of IslamicArt (in the Tiled Kiosk). It houses over one million objects that represent almost all of the eras and civilizations in world history.The museum has a large collection of Turkish, Hellenistic and Roman artifacts.

Archaeology Museum is open everyday that you can visit during your Istanbul tours and you can include on your Old City tour of Istanbul.

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Chora Church

Chora Church

The Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora (Turkish Kariye Müzesi, Kariye Camii, or Kariye Kilisesi the Chora Museum, Mosque or Church) is considered to be one of the most beautiful surviving examples of a Byzantine church. Chora Museum is famous withseramics, mosaics from Byzantium. The church is situated in Istanbul, in the Edirnekapı neighborhood, which lies in the western part of the municipality (belediye) of Fatih. In the 16th century, during the Ottoman era, the church was converted into a mosque and, finally, it became a museum in 1948. The interior of the building is covered with fine mosaics and frescoes.

Chora Museum is close on wednesday and you can include the Chora Church in your Istanbul itinerary with one of local Turkish travel agencies. You can take Istanbul tour packages and add other museums like Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace as well.

Chora Church

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Pamukkale

Pamukkale Tour

Pamukkale is a natural site in Denizli Province in southwestern

Turkey

. Pamukkale means Cotton Castle in Turkish, the name comes from its hot springs and travertines, terraces of carbonate minerals left by the flowing water. Pamukkale is at Turkeys Inner Anatolia region, in the River Menderes valley, which has a calm climate for all the season. Hierapolis was built on top of the white castle. It is an ancient Greco Roman and Byzantine city. It can be seen from the hills on the opposite side of the valley in the town of Denizli.Tourism is a major industry in Pamukkale. Hot spring pools had been used for thousands of years and they are still in use of human. The area was declared a World Heritage Site, and it is under protection. Wearing shoes in the travertines and terraces is prohibited to protect the deposits. Turkey and Greece Tours: Pamukkale half-day tour and Pamukkale full-day tour with private or small-group. Turkey Tours from Pamukkale. Pamukkale to Istanbul tours, or Pamukkale to Cappadocia tours, or Pamukkale to Fethiye tours, or Pamukkale to Ephesus tour, or Pamukkale to Konya trips. Pamukkale to Izmir tours, Pamukkale to Pergamon trips. Pamukkale to Ankara tours, Pamukkale to Antalya trips, Pamukkale to Kas tours. Pamukkale to Gallipoli tours, Pamukkale to Troy trips. Pamukkale to Trabzon tour, or Pamukkale to Sinop tour, or Pamukkale to Sivas tour. Pamukkale to Marmaris holiday, Pamukkale to Alanya holiday, or Pamukkale to Cesme trips, Pamukkale to Bodrum tours. Pamukkale to Athens tours, or Pamukkale to Santorini tours and Pamukkale to Greece tours or Pamukkale to Greek Islands tours. Travel to Greece and Turkey: Istanbul to Pamukkale tour, or Izmir to Pamukkale tour, or Kusadasi to Pamukkale tour. Konya to Pamukkale tour, or Bodrum to Pamukkale trip, or Antalya to Pamukkale tour, or Athens to Pamukkale tour, Cesme to Pamukkale tour. Pamukkale tour from Antalya, or Pamukkale trip from Bodrum, or Pamukkale tour from Cesme. Pamukkale tour from Trabzon, or Pamukkale trip from Sinop, or Pamukkale tour from Sivas. Pamukkale Jewis Heritage tour from Marmaris. Pamukkale ancient city tour from Fethiye, or Pamukkale Islamic Tour, or Pamukkale biblical tour. Pamukkale tour from Cappadocia. Pamukkale tour from Greece, or Pamukkale trip from Greek Islands.

Pamukkale Tours

Pamukkale Trip

Pamukkale Ancient City Tour

Pamukkale Thermal Pools

Pamukkale Balloon Tour

Pamukkale Holiday

One Day Pamukkale Tour

Half Day Pamukkale Tour

Friday, December 21, 2012

Konya

Konya Tour

Konya was inhabited during the Late Copper Age around 3000 BC. It under the authority of the Hittites around 1500 BC. These were overtaken by the Sea Peoples around 1200 BC. The Phrygians set up their kingdom in central Anatolia in the 8th century BC. Xenophon describes Iconium (Konya) as the last city of Phrygia. The region was overwhelmed by Cimmerian invaders c. 690 BC. It was later part of the Persian Empire, until Darius III was defeated by Alexander the Great in 333 BC. Alexanders empire broke up shortly after his death and the town came under the rule of Seleucus I Nicator. During the Hellenistic period the town was ruled by the kings of Pergamon. As Attalus III, the last king of Pergamon, was about to die without an heir, he bequeathed his kingdom to Rome.

Under the rule of emperor Claudius, the citys name was changed to Claudioconium, and during the rule of emperor Hadrianus to Colonia Aelia Hadriana. The city was filled with refugees from the Khwarezmid Empire fleeing the advance of the Mongol Empire at 1220s, Sultan Alā al-Dīn Kayqubā equipped the town and built a palace on top of the citadel. In 1228 he invited Bahaeddin Veled and his son Mevlana (Rumi), the founder of the Mevlevi order, to settle in Konya. Mevlana, simply as Rumi in English-speaking world, was a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Iranians, Turks, Afghans, Tajiks, and other Central Asian Muslims as well as the Muslims of the Indians have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy in the past seven centuries.