Itinerary:

DAY 1: ASSEMBLE KLIA

• Assemble at Kuala Lumpur 3 hours before departure & main group at Emirates Check in counter.

DAY 2: KUALA LUMPUR - ISTANBUL        (D)

• Flight departs for Istanbul via Dubai.
• Upon arrival in Istanbul, proceed for onward connecting flight to Adana.
• Arrive Adana, collect baggage and clear immigration and customs.
• MASS.
• Proceed to hotel for check in.
• Dinner and overnight in Adana.

DAY 3: ADANA            (B/L/D)

• Breakfast in hotel and proceed for your tour of Adana.
• Adana, a city situated in the plain of Cilicia, on the Seyhan River (the ancient Sarus River) is an agricultural and industrial center and the country's fourth largest city.
• Proceed to visit the Grotto of St Peter the Apostle.
• MASS.
• Continue for lunch.
• Thereafter, visit the second largest museum in the world, The Archaeological Museum.
• Transfer back to hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 4: ADANA - CAPPADOCIA          (B/L/D)

• Breakfast in hotel and check out. Transfer to Tarsus - the birthplace of St Paul and visit St Paul's Well.
• MASS.
• Lunch then proceed to drive to Cappadocia.
• Upon arrival, proceed to hotel for check in.
• Dinner and overnight.

DAY 5: CAPPADOCIA            (B/L/D)

• After breakfast at hotel, drive to Goreme early in the morning.
• Visit the underground city of Kaymakli, Cappadocian fairy chimney house, Zelve Valley and pottery factory in Avanos.
• Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia.

DAY 6: CAPPADOCIA – DERBE – KONYA          (B/L/D)

• Breakfast in the Hotel. Visit DERBE (Karaman).
• After lunch depart for Konya. Visit, KONYA (ICONIUM) - The Archaeological Museum includes the Sidemara Sarcophagus.
• Dinner and overnight stay in Cappadocia.

DAY 7: KONYA - ANTIOCH - LAODICEA - PAMUKKALE           (B/L/D)

• Breakfast at hotel. Mass and check out.
• Depart for Colossae, ruins near Honaz Dag (Mt Cadmus) and Pisidian Antioch - St Paul's Basilica: Paul preached in a synagogue now buried underneath the basilica. Parts of the city wall, a temple of the God Men, A theatre, collapsed arches of a Roman aqueduct on a barren hill and ruins of the monumental Triple City Gate.
• Continue to Laodicea.
• On arrival, proceed to visit the ruins, old Roman Road & Roman Amphitheatre. Then, drive to Pamukkale.
• On arrival, lunch and proceed to visit: Travertine (Cotton Castle) - famous for the healing properties of the thermal sacred pool and beautiful cascading snow white terraced cliff side basins and waterfalls. Hierapolis - where St Philip the Apostle was martyred in 1AD. The city also had a significant Jewish community and was mentioned by St Paul in his letter to the Colossians.
• Dinner, check in and overnight in Pamukkale.

DAY 8: PAMUKKALE - EPHESUS - KUSADASI             (B/L/D)

• Breakfast in hotel then check out. Drive to Ephesus and upon arrival, visit the House of Mother Mary - where she stayed until she was assumed into heaven. MASS.
• Visit the Ephesus Church and Archaeological Site.
• Lunch then transfer to Kusadasi.
• Upon arrival, head to hotel for check in, dinner and overnight.

DAY 9: KUSADASI - IZMIR – PERGAMUM - BURSA              (B/L/D)

• Breakfast in hotel and check out. Proceed to Izmir and visit the Church of Revelation in Smyrna. Visit St John's Cathedral.
• MASS.
• Drive to Pergamum and visit the Acropolis, Altar of Zeus, Temple of Trajan and Library.
• Transfer to Bursa and check into hotel.
• Dinner and overnight.

DAY 10: BURSA - ISTANBUL              (B/L/D)

• Breakfast in hotel, check out and proceed to Istanbul.
• Upon arrival, proceed to visit the Church of St Peter and St Paul.
• MASS.
• Lunch.
• Continue to visit the Church of St Anthony of Padua - the biggest active Catholic Church in Turkey.
• Transfer to hotel for check in.
• Dinner and overnight in Istanbul.

DAY 11: ISTANBUL            (B/L/D)

• Breakfast in hotel.
• MASS.
• Visit Hagia Sophia, Hippodrome Square and Topkapi Palace.
• Lunch.
• Free time.
• Proceed for Bosphorus Cruise.
• Dinner and overnight in Istanbul.

DAY 12: ISTANBUL - KLIA

• Breakfast at hotel. FAREWELL MASS.
• Free time to visit the Grand Bazaar - a maze of streets and shops of Old Turkey. Check out and transfer to airport for flight to Kuala Lumpur via Dubai.

DAY 13: KLIA / BORNEO (B)

• Arrive KLIA with fond memories of your Turkiye Pilgrimage.
• For Borneo participants, onward flight to your final destination. ****************************** End of Pilgrimage ********************************