Pergamon Tour from Izmir City by Khalid

Overview

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 specialties, 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.