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Price is €576 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • This is an excursion to the ancient Greek
    city of Pergamon in Bergama. It was a cultural centre and briefly the capital
    of Roman Asia. You will see in the Upper Acropolis there is the Library of Pergamon,
    one of the largest libraries in the ancient world, the steepest Theatre, the
    Temple of Dionysus, the Upper Agora and Roman Bath’s. In the Lower Acropolis,
    you will see Gymnasiums, the Temple of Demeter, the House of Attalus and the
    Lower Agora. After a luch of Turkish specialities, you will visit the
    Archaeological Museum of Bergama and the Asclepion or the Sanctuary of
    Asclepius, which was the first phsychological health centre which was dedicated
    to the God of Health, Asclepion. You will then return to Izmir.

Activity location

  • Bergama
    • Bergama, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Bergama
    • Bergama, Turkiye

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Pergamon Tour from Izmir City by Khalid in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • Opening hours: Fri 00:00-23:30
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
€576.30 x 1 Adult€576.30
Total
Price is €576.30

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Private transport
  • Inclusions
    Soft drink/Pop
  • Inclusions
    WiFi on board
  • Inclusions
    Bottled water
  • Inclusions
    Lunch
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    Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Inclusions
    Fuel surcharge
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    Parking Fees
  • Exclusions
    Service charge

Know before you book

    • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
    • Specialised infant seats are available
    • Service animals allowed
    • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
    • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Bergama

  • 2h
The goddess of love and beauty, a city dedicated to Aphrodite, had over 200,000 visitors last year, and signs show that it is about to increase. It is one of the few settlements that have survived invasions and devastation throughout the ages but reoccupy itself on the merits of its strategic location and was included in 2014 on UNESCO's UNESCO World Heritage List. Pergamon prehistory goes back to the second millennium BC, as confirmation of the findings from the excavations held. The town survived Alexander the Great's Persian domination and conquest. The brilliant phase of its history lasted nearly one hundred fifty years when, in the third and second centuries BC, it was the capital for the Kingdom of Pergamon. One of the world's largest libraries was constructed here, and the city was converted into a centre of healing. The arts were also flourishing and the city became especially famous for its splendid sculptures. Pergamon kept its importance during the Roman era.

Pergamon Theatre

  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
The historic gateway of Pergamon with old temples, theatres, the library, cultural heritage, and riches is located close to Izmir. In the Aegean region, Pergamon is high over the plain of Bakircay. Bergama (Pergamon), once a great centre of culture, survives as one of Turkey's finest archaeological sites. On the Acropolis, a hill above the modern town, are the remains of the celebrated library, a steep and impressive theatre, the Temples of Trojan and Dionysus, the monumental altar of Zeus, the sanctuary of Demeter, a gymnasium laid out on three terraces and the Agora. The Asclepion, located to the southwest of the lower city, was a sanctuary dedicated to the god of health, Asclepios.

Pergamon Parchment

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Almost a million visitors annually visit Bergama and the ruins of the ancient city of Pergamon, the first historical town of Bergama. The first parchment to be used was one of the most significant of these. Script creation has been a major breakthrough for human history and parchment innovation was quite important as it created a medium for quick and stable script recording. Parchments were developed in such a way that the city became a major centre of arts and science during the 2nd century BC and created a bookshop of manuscripts rivalling the world-famous Alexandrian library. One of the first seven early Christian Churches was held in Pergamon, and the Bible cites its name. The first wooden stage theatre; the first trade union; the first market law; the first regulation of public buildings; first strike and collective agreement were among the first in Pergamon 's history.

Pergamon Ancient City

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
The principal ruins of ancient Pergamon, which comprise all religious, social and commercial structures, are found in the Acropolis. Of these most notable, the ruins of Pergamon Library, one of the largest ruins of the world at that time, housed a collection of 200,000 manuscripts. Wow!

Pergamon Altar

  • 20m
  • Admission ticket included
In the Acropolis could also be seen the base of the Grand Altar of Pergamon or the altar of Zeus. However, in the late Ottoman era, the whole superstructure of the Altar was demolished, and now it is displayed here in Berlin – the Altar and its friezes show some of the best examples of Pergamon's works of art and architecture in the Hellenistic era.

Red Basilica (Kizil Avlu)

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
The Serapis Temple was one of the main Romanesque buildings, and because of the colour of the bricks, it was known as the Red Basilica. This remarkably large structure was transformed into a church during the Byzantine era, which is one of the first seven Churches quoted in the Bible.

The Asklepion

  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
The Asclepius Sanctuary, one of the most important ancient health centres, where the patients were treated with sounds of water, mud and healing spring waters. The town also stood in Pergamon, in the history of medicine and pharmaceuticals by Doctor Galen, the father of pharmacology.

Location

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    Bergama
    • Bergama, Turkiye

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Bergama
    • Bergama, Turkiye

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