Welcome to Izmir(Smyrna). Your guide meets you at the airport.

Smyrna is the second of seven churches in Asia Minor that are said to receive a spiritual evaluation directly from God through Jesus Christ. Paul the apostle likely began the Christian church in the city. One of Apostle John's students, Polycarp (who lived from 69 to 155 A.D.), is thought to have played a major role in leading the church in Ephesus during the second century. Tradition states that he was killed as a martyr in Smyrna. that's why we start our tour with St. Polycarp Church in Smyrna.

Then head to Pergamon, also referred to by its modern Greek form Pergamos, which was a rich and powerful ancient Greek city in Mysia.

After Pergamon, we drive in five minutes to the monumental ruined temple in the ancient city of Pergamon. The temple was converted by the Byzantines into a Christian church dedicated to St John but was subsequently destroyed.