Visiting: Turkey - Greece - Germany - Italy

Overview:  Tour Led by Archbishop John Dew

The tour flies into Istanbul and travels down through Turkey revisiting some of the places where St Paul preached the “good news” before crossing to the Greek Islands of Patmos and Samos and continuing to Athens and then on to Oberammergau in Germany for the Passion Play before ending in Rome. Highlights include …

• Istanbul, the city of 2 continents, the Bosphorus, Topkapi Palace, the Blue Mosque
• Gallipoli, where the hearts of nations lie, Lone Pine, Chunuk Bair
• Troy, of “Wooden Horse” fame with a history dating back 5000 years
• Assos, on the Aegean Coast, where Aristotle created a philosophy school
• Kusadasi and ancient Ephesus, the Temple of Diana, House of Mary
• Patmos, the Greek island where St John wrote the Book of Revelations
• Samos, the popular Greek Island in the North Eastern Aegean
• Athens, the birthplace of a civilization, the Acropolis, the Plaka, Syntagma Square
• Corinth, the once city state where St Paul lived and preached for 2 years
• Rome, the “Eternal City, St Peters Basilica and the Sistine Chapel, the Apian Way, the Catacombs