Hatay (Antioch) Tour  (Excursion)

Tour Plan

Antioch Archeology Museum - Saint Pierre Church – Harbiye (Daphne) Waterfalls – Beşikli Cave - Titus (Vespasianus) Tunnels - Long  Bazaar

On Saturday and  Sunday at 06.30, we meet with our esteemed guests in front of Uğur Plaza, HRT TOURS agency. Our journey toward to Antakya begins at 06:45 with food and beverage services in bus.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY EXCURSİON

After the breakfast in the center of Antakya at the morning , we go ahead for our first route, Antakya Archeology Museum  where is in Republic Area on riverside of Orontes and near the bridge. The demonstrated mozaics here are regarded second richest mozaic collection in the world  according to its size, count and quality; besides, third largest musem in the world regarding to have coin collection and  we see on guide information subsequently that here have a lot of pieces from Hittite, Hellenistic, Rome and Byzantine period and antiques from Daphne, Antakya, Atcana, Seleukeia Pieria and Alexandretta and unique featured mozaic collection which is elaborately made and wonderful colored. In addition, we take wonderful photos. Then we arrive Saint Pierre Church placed in a cave at the piedmont of Stauris Mount (Hac Dağı) on the northeast of Antakya. We briefly get informed  here’s historic structure . We learn that Saint Pierre firstly come here as a priest and apostle, hold his first meeting in this cave, claim here as a meeting place. At the same time we notice that here is accepted the first cave church of the World. After the getting information even here, we head toward Daphne Waterfalls in Antakya. We see here wonderful green place where here’s locals go for picnic.We see cafes, restourants lined up along with waterfalls , ducks moving around and take wonderful photos and after trip of Daphne Waterfalls with clean air and wonderful sound of water, then we take a break for lunch. After that all lunch and walking historical graveyard in rocks worked by hand  from Roman eras on path toward forest paralel to tunnel,even seeing  famous among people with name of Besikli cave and walking in Vespasianus-Titus Tunnel, then we go ‘Antakya Long Bazaar’  where is rural products and join to colourful shops, narrow streets, known crowd everyday even us too. Due to being  on historical Silk Road, placed on center of trade since old times, The Long Bazaar in the city center of Antakya is known, so to speak,  beating heart of the trade. The Bazaar, unknown its exact date and inn, baths and mosque in there, keeps different  artisans. Kurşunlu Inn in the Bazaar, informed that is builded in 17. century, attract our attention. It is possible to see  in the Bazaar servicing to  locals in city  for centuries,more than varied from daphne soaps, pomegranate syrup , olive oil, licorice sherbet, kunefe, to tepsi kebab which all are rural products.We walk around briefly the Bazaaar has 3 Inn, 3 Baths and mosques and  take photos of this nice tour. Then we take a brief free time to shop in here that is about 3,5 km long. At the end, after the this tour in historical Long Bazaar, we taste kunefe, one of the most impoartant desert among Ottoman gastronomy and patented by Antakya, before leaving from.

Then, begin to go back to Gaziantep.

After finishing our tour full of culture, we begin our enjoying travel to Gaziantep. We arrive again our first point of start again at 22:00 in Gaziantep. We say good bye to you our esteemed guest wishing to meet in another tour again .

Services included in price

• Transportation with luxury vehicles
• Breakfast
• Professional Guidance Services
• Refreshment services in bus
• HRT Tours Insurance
• Compulsory Travel Insurance according to 1618th rule of Tourism Law

Services aren’t included in price

• Lunch & drinks
• Kunefe
• Personal spending
• Entrance Fees of Museums

Agency and Tour Notes

• Seat number promises and guarantee cannot be given when booking. Tour operator makes placement according to the order of registration, health status, compliance and requests of the groups.
• Our tours are a whole with vehicles, tour program and guidance services. The vehicles are determined by the agency according to the number of people and seats cannot be promised in the vehicle type or as stated above. The vehicles used by our agency in the tours are new-end models and all our tours are made with HRT TOURS in a luxury and comfort with our refreshments.

•  The Tour programs are prepared according to 6502nd rule of the Customer  Law .

Content of the  Compulsory Travel Insurance according to 1618th rule of the Tourism Law

• Canceling of tour due to situation of bankrupt or any other reasons. This isn’t health insurance and no charge for medical costs. (Private health insurance is a kind of spending by guests.)
• Attention: The bus tour is free for babies 0-1.99 years old. If wishing to book a seat, received price of 2-6 years old kids charge. Don’t pay any entrance fee for 0-7 years kids in historical sites and museums.