Between April – November
8 Nights / 9 Days
Cultural Exploration
Istanbul - Troy - Assos - Pergamon - Izmir - Ephesus –
Bodrum & the Greek island of Kos
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TRIP
• SEE THE MOST POPULAR HISTORICAL SITES OF TURKEY; ISTANBUL,
• TROY, PERGAMON, IZMIR
(SMYRNA), EPHESUS & BODRUM.
• VISIT THE ASKLEPION OF PERGAMON WHICH WAS THE FIRST
• HOSPITAL IN THE WORLD. (4th
Century BC)
• THE SNAKE WAS FIRST USED AS A SYMBOL OF MEDICINE IN
• PERGAMON. (see the ancient
column with snake figure)
• LEARN THE ANCIENT HEALING TECHNIQUES.
• MEET LOCAL TURKISH DOCTORS IN IZMIR.
• VISIT KOS, THE ISLAND OF HIPPOCRATES.
• VISIT THE ASKLEPION ON KOS ISLAND, AND SEE THE HIPPOCRATIC
• OATH SWORN BY THE PUPILS OF
HIPPOCRATES.
• ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL GET A CERTIFICATE OF THEIR VISIT TO
THE
• ANCIENT SITES OF MEDICINE IN
TURKEY & ON THE GREEK ISLAND OF
• KOS
Day 1
ARRIVE ISTANBUL AIRPORT
Arrive Istanbul Airport. Our representative will meet you
after the customs and baggage claim. You will be transferred
to your hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure.
Day 2
ISTANBUL
Start full day Istanbul sightseeing tour. Visit Blue Mosque,
Hippodrome Square, Hagia Sophia Church. Lunch at Konyali
restaurant overlooking the Marmara Sea. Then visit Topkapi
Palace. Before returning to the hotel, a shopping
opportunity at the Grand Covered Bazaar. Tonight we will
have our dinner at an outdoor seafood restaurant in Kumkapi
district. (B,L,D)
Day 3
ISTANBUL
Visit the Spice Bazaar in the morning, then take a leisurely
boat tour along the European and Asian shores of the
Bosphorus. Lunch at a local seafood restaurant. Then visit
Beylerbeyi Palace and Chora Church. Return to the hotel.
Evening is at leisure. (B,L)
Day 4
ISTANBUL – TROY – ASSOS
Drive to Canakkale. See Gallipoli, the site of 1st World War
battles. Cross the Dardanelles Strait by car ferry. Visit
the legendary city of Troy, see the replica of the wooden
horse. Drive to Assos for dinner and overnight. (B,D)
Day 5
PERGAMON – IZMIR
Drive to Pergamon to visit the Asclepion, the ancient
healing center, learn the ancient healing techniques. After
lunch, visit the Acropolis and the Bergama Museum. The
Museum Director will be with us during our visit. Return to
Izmir, ancient Smyrna. Check-in to Izmir Hilton Hotel.
Tonight we will have our dinner at the Hilton Hotel and
doctors from the Aegean University Hospital, the largest
hospital in Izmir, and the Izmir Director of the Ministry of
Tourism will join us. (B,L,D)
Day 6
EPHESUS – BODRUM
After breakfast, we will visit the House of the Virgin Mary
on Mount Pion, and light a candle to make a wish. Then visit
Ephesus, the most famous ancient Roman city in Turkey, maybe
in the world. See the Odeon, the Temple of Hadrian, the
Celsus Library, the Marble Street, the Great Theater and the
Harbour Road. Lunch at a local restaurant in the early
afternoon. After lunch, visit the Archaeological Museum of
Ephesus. The Museum Manager will be with us during our
visit, and he will show us new findings which are not yet
open to the public. Tonight, we will have dinner at our
hotel in Bodrum overlooking the Aegean Sea.(B,L,D)
Day 7
BODRUM
We start the day with a tasty breakfast at our hotel. Our
first visit is to the antique theater in Bodrum overlooking
Bodrum Marina. Then we visit the Mausoleum, the tomb of King
Mausoleus, which is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World, and the famous Bodrum Castle, built by the Crusaders
in the 15th century. In Bodrum Castle, we will first visit
the Underwater Archaeology Museum which is one of the
largest in the world, then we will experience a wine tasting
at one of the tower rooms where Crusaders used to drink six
centuries ago. We will have a late lunch in a typical small
Turkish village, and observe their relaxed lifestyle. We
return to our hotel for dinner and overnight. (B,L,D)
Day 8
BODRUM – KOS – BODRUM
Take the morning ferry from Bodrum to Kos. Visit the ancient
hospital, the Asclepion, Hippocrates Plane-Tree (one of the
oldest trees in the world), the Medieval City, Castello, and
the Museum. Ferry back to Bodrum. Transfer from Bodrum port
to your hotel. Tonight, a farewell dinner. (B,L,D)
Day 9
BODRUM AIRPORT – END
Transfer to Bodrum airport. Fly to Istanbul to connect to
your international flight back. End of our services.(B)
THE HIPPOCRATIC
OATH
(sworn by the students
of Hippocrates)
“I swear by Apollo the healer, and by Asclepion and the
goddesses Hygeia and Panakeia, and I call to witness all the
other gods and goddesses that, according to my ability and
judgment, I will observe this oath and agreement: I will
hold my teacher in this art equal to my parents and a
partner in my livelihood; I will respect him as is
befitting, and I will not distinguish between his male
children and my brothers, and I will teach them the art, if
they so desire, without pay and without any other special
agreement. I will teach the preliminary and the special
lessons, and in general all my medical knowledge, only to my
sons, and to the sons of my teacher, and to my pupils,
having first made them swear the oath, and to no other.
I will use treatment for the good of the sick, according to
my ability and judgment, avoiding all harm and wrong-doing.
I will give no one deadly poison, even if they seek it, nor
will I recommend such a cure. Similarly, I will give no
women a peccary to induce abortion. I will keep my life and
my art pure and unsullied. I will not operate on those
suffering from stone, but will leave this to the skilled and
experienced therein.
Whatever houses I will visit, I will enter for the good of
the sick, and will abstain from any deliberate wrong-doing
or harm, and any kind of sexual operation on the female or
male body, whether free or slave.
And whatever I learn during the time that I am conducting
the treatment, as well as during my daily dealings with men,
if it be improper to publish this abroad, I will keep
silence, considering it to be confidential.
If I observe this oath and do not violate it, may I succeed
in my life and my art, so that all men may always honor me.
But if I violate the oath and forswear myself, may all the
opposite befall me.”
• 8 Nights at
selected hotels
• Sightseeing as per the itinerary
• Daily breakfast, 6 lunches and 6
• dinners
• English speaking, Government
• Licensed,
Professional Tour
• Guide
• Entrance fees to all sightseeing
• Transfers and transportation by
• private A/C
midibus or bus
• depending on
the size of thegroup
• Roundtrip ferry ticket between
• Bodrum – Kos
• Guided sightseeing tour in Kos
• Certificate for visiting the
• ancient sites
of Medicine
• Tips to all hotel and restaurant
• staff
• Portage at hotels
• Service charges and local taxes
EXCLUDING
• Flights
• Drinks
• Personal Expenses
• Any item which is not mentioned
•
above