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SAT AUG 30 - SAT SEPT 13, 2008 Tour Guide: Peter Sommer 15 DAYS £2,095/$4,280 Single Supplement £475/$975
Tomb at Milas
Day 1: Our gulet is about 40 minutes from Bodrum airport, in the city's amphitheatre style harbour. Welcome drink and dinner. Day 2: A chance to unwind as we set sail west around the Bodrum Peninsula past the Greek island of Kos, to a bay opposite Yalikavak. Day 3: We cruise east to visit the lonely ruins of Bargylia, now marooned beside marshes and salt flats. Its unroofed temple was renowned, for no rain or snow ever fell inside on Artemis's cult statue. Day 4: Inland to Milas, once the capital of Mausolus and his Hecatomnid dynasty. We explore the cities' ancient remnants, including a Roman tomb modelled on the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. We picnic at the rocky fortress of Peçin Kale. Day 5: On the shores of Lake Bafa lies a city stupendously set beneath the Latmus mountains Herakleia. The circuit of walls that surround the city, 6.5 km long, still rise mighty and majestic. Day 6: To one of the very finest Ionian sites, Miletus, with its vast theatre, baths, and brooding atmosphere. Day 7: North past the Dilek national park and the island of Samos. We visit Notion, an attractive Greek hilltop city still standing sentinel over the sea, and Claros with its vast oracular temple of Apollo.
Day 8: Inland from Kuadasi lies one of the most celebrated ancient sites in the world: Ephesus. After seeing its glorious museum we have ample time to explore the spectacular ruins. Day 9: Heading back south, we walk the ancient roads of Priene, an almost perfectly preserved Hellenistic (4th century BC) city. Day 10: Cruising south we anchor off Altinkum's golden beach to visit the colossal and awe inspiring oracular temple of Apollo at Didyma. Day 11: A chance to discover the temple of Zeus at Euromus, one of the best preserved in Asia Minor. Then on into the mountains to Labraunda, Caria's most sacred sanctuary, site of the great oracular shrine to Zeus Labraundus. Day 12: We sail south to moor in the harbour of ancient Iasos, where archaeological excavations are revealing a vital and beautiful classical city. Day 13: A gentle cruise southwest to the pretty village of Gümülük, ancient Myndos. The scant ruins offer a glimpse of this once bustling harbour. Day 14: After a final swim we cruise east to Bodrum, to explore Mausolus's great capital city, with time for any last minute shopping. Day 15: Transfer back to Bodrum airport.
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