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8 Nights at selected
hotels
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Sightseeing as per the
itinerary
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Daily breakfast, 6
lunches and 6
dinners
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English speaking,
Government
Licensed, Professional Tour Guide
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Entrance fees to all
sightseeing
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Transfers and
transportation by
private A/C midibus or bus
depending on the size of thegroup.
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Roundtrip ferry ticket
between
Bodrum – Kos
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Guided sightseeing
tour in Kos
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Certificate for
visiting the ancient
sites of Medicine
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Tips to all hotel and
restaurant staff
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Portage at hotels
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Service charges and
local taxes
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All drinks
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Turkish Visa fee to be paid at Istanbul
airport upon arrival-$20 per person
for US citizens
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Personal expenses
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Tips to tour guides and drivers
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Any other service which is not
mentioned above
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Deposit:
$100 per person deposit
is needed at the time of booking.
Deposits
are fully refundable until
60 days prior to departure.
Full Payment : 60 days prior to
departure
We need the final Rooming and Name
list. The full payment (BALANCE) must
be wired to our bank account .
Land Cancellation Penalty:
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60-46 days prior to departure :
No Penalty
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45-15 days prior to departure: 10%
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14-7 days prior to departure : 25%
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6-1 days prior to departure : 50%
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After tour departure :
No refund |
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A CULTURAL
EXPLORATION TOUR with
GALENOS & HIPPOCRATES
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 and the Topkapi Palace. Before returning to
the hotel, a shopping opportunity at the Grand Covered Bazaar. (B)
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)
Day 4 ISTANBUL – FLY
IZMIR
Transfer to the Istanbul Airport. Fly to Izmir by TK 316 09:00am flight.
Arrive Izmir at 10:00 am. Meet and transfer to the hotel in city center.
Visit the Roman Agora and the old elevator. Rest of the day is free.
(B)
Day 5 PERGAMON –
IZMIR
First visit to Asklepion, the ancient Healing Center, served as a
hospital. Famous pharmacist Galenos lived and died at this hospital and
teached his first healing technics to the local people here. Galenos is
considered as the "Father of Pharmacy". Galenos has accepted the
principles and ways of treatment of Hippocrtaes who lived about 700
years earlier then him. At his home, he had a drugstore in which he
prepared his herb based medicine which was called "Polypharmacy". He had
medicine for almost every illness. His therapy based ointment "antidote"
contained at least 70 different types of ingredients. He said "You will
never endanger the life of the patient during the therapy". In this
Asklepion "Faith" came first for the therapy. Today, it is possible to
see the ruins of the ancient healing technics such as Sacred Water,
Herbs and Ointments, Sun Bath, Theater for music and social events.
Then we will visit the
Acropolis, a city built by one of the generals of Alexander the Great.
We will see the steepest theater of the ancient world, the Temple of
Trajan, the city walls, and more.
Then, we will return to
Izmir. (B,L)
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. Then, private transfer to
Bodrum for overnight.(B,L)
Day 7 BODRUM
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. (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.” |
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