Shore Excursions : Ancient of Priene & Miletos & Karine (Doganbey Village)

Our professional tour guide meet with you at predetermined time and location (Kusadasi Cruise Port & Kusadasi Hotel) with sighboard which your name has been written on.

Then you will join your guide to get to the van. After 1 hour. driving you will be arrived to ruins stand.

Arrive the first Ancient City of Priene. One of the most important episcopate center during the Byzantine era, the ancient city Priene north of Miletus was given a very geometric design of intersecting right angles which is so called hippodamus plan(grid-plan). The most important structure in the city is the Temple of Athena on top of the hill with its five columns. In addition, northeast of the city is a 7000 person seating capacity theater constructed in the Hellenistic era which is definitely worth to see.

Then after drive to; Miletos Ancient City Located north of Didim, Miletos was a coastal city with 4 ports and one of the most important Ionian settlements. Its golden age was the 7th and 6th centuries BC. During this period philosophers in Miletos were putting down what would become the foundation of Western science and culture. The 5300 person theater built in the Hellenistic era was later enlarged to by the Romans and had a final seating capacity of 15,000. Faustina bath complex is really worth to see as well.

One of the most important commercial and governmental cities from 700 BC to 700 AD among all the ancient Ionians cities. We will discover the Roman Theatre where the first recorded strike took a place and the magnificent Faustina Baths. Last, but not least, we arrive in Karine (Doganbey Village). Karine is a fishing village with its interesting geography located on the back side of the Dilek Peninsula National Park. It is known being a region that especially where the gilt head breams spawn by reason of the ground waters boiling from the bottom of the sea blends to the sea. It can be seen that all the tones of the blue from the shallow sea. It’s a nest area for pelicans, delicious fish and fish restaurants, amazing fresh air and natural beauty are symbols of this unique little village. The honey of Karine is also famous, their neighbors on the island of Samos used to visit because of it. After a lunch break at a shed-like fish restaurant viewing the beauty of the nature we will continue to Doganbey Village where we will visit the old Greek Houses dated back 19 AD.

Drive to Kusadasi port / Kusadasi Hotel.
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