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.