Highlights of this tour:
Bodrum is Turkey’s gateway to world tourism, it is an unique place – “ the land of eternal blue “ according to Homer’s words.
The history of Bodrum, known as Halicarnassus or Halicarnassos goes back to the 13th century BC. Excavaties reveal the 5000 year old history of this town. Many civilisations found their home here. Heredotus, known as the father of history, was born in Bodrum in 484 BC.- and he said that Bodrum had been founded by the Dorians. The city was the site of King Mausoleum's Tomb 4. century B.C., one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Today Bodrum has everything that one would expect to find in a vacation getaway. It is an important tourist center in both winter and summer time.

Itinerary : 
Our tour starts ≈ 09.00 hrs, when we pick you up from your hotel. On the way to Bodrum, we will have a stop at Bafa Lake. The large lake and its surroundings are a beauty of the nature, permanent or temporary home for thousands of birds. The area has so far been completely spared from large scale tourist developments.
After arriving in Bodrum, we have lunch in a nice restaurant and then we go on with our itinerary, visiting the Mausoleum, the Castle and the Museum of Underwater Archeology.
The tour finishes at 20.00 hrs, when, back in Kusadasi, we transfer you to your hotel.
The Mausoleum is Bodrums oldest antiquity and was built by Artemisia II in honour of her husband King Mausolos. It became one of the wonders of the ancient world, Mausoleum still is the general term for a large tomb. The entire structure stood at over 50 meters in height. The first reliefs from the Mausoleum reached the British Museum in London in 1846, these included frescos and other objects.
The Crusader Castle was built by the Knights of St. John between 1402 and 1409. After being defeated in Symrna (The ancient name of Izmir), the Knights came to Halikarnassos and began the construction of the castle. Unknowingly, they used many stones from the great tomb of Mausolus. The knights referred to the town as Mesy not knowing that they where in the ancient Halicarnassus. The fortress became known as the Castle of St. Peter, the Liberator, it served as the sole place of refugee for all Christians on the West Coast of Asia during the time of the crusades. For over a century the castle served as a stronghold in the knights community.
Under Turkish care the castle has undergone several uses including being a military base, a prison and a public bath
The Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology in The Bodrum Castle of The Knights of St.John is not just a dusty collection of lifeless relics, it is an original, creative and exiting experience. It is a trip into a fascinating past through to life in exhibits that take you back in time into the worlds of ancient mariners who sailed to meet their destiny shipwrecked on Anatolian shores. The most impressive is the Glass Hall containing a spectacular cargo of medieval glassware from an 11th century Islamic wreck

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