Dep: 10:00 a.m. Dept 04:00 p.m. / total-km: 180 km. Leave Izmir for Sardes, capital of the ancient Lydia, where one of the churches of St John existed. Tours the ruins of the temple of Cybele and Diana where a fourth century Bazilika was added later. See the golden river Pactalos and the Royal Road. Visit the reconstructed synagogue, the Gymnasium. After lunch return.