Route

Aegean Coast: İzmir → Didim

About 186 km. Eleven stories; two-thousand-year-old harbour cities, a gulf that dried up, a plain that buried three ports, and a temple where the oracles fell silent.

Stops

• Metropolis Ancient City: The Mother Goddess's Hilltop Town
• Belevi Mausoleum: A Tomb Whose Owner Is Still Disputed
• Şirince: The Aegean Village That Changed Name and People
• Temple of Artemis: One of the Seven Ancient Wonders
• Ephesus Ancient City: The Port That Lost Its Sea
• House of the Virgin Mary: A Shrine Found Through a Vision
• Pigeon Island (Güvercinada): Who Built the Castle?
• Priene: Hellenistic Grid-Plan Town and Temple of Athena
• Miletus Ancient City: Home of Thales, a Port Left Inland
• Didyma Temple of Apollo: The Unfinished Oracle