Pick up from the hotel in Izmir. Drive south, discover the ruins of Priene at a dramatic mountainous setting, and with one of the most active Lonian ports in ancient times. See the Temple of Athena, the Stoa, Agora, Market Place, Temenos of Zeus Olympic, Bouleuterion, Prytaneion, the Hellenistic Theater, the Sanctuary of Demeter and more. Then proceed to Miletus, which provided the alphabet to the rest of the classical world. It was a great port and the hometown of several philosophers and sages. Then stop at Didyma, a sacred place of pagan worship, where you will see the Temple of Apollo from the 7th century BC. This was one of the sacred places of antiquity where well-known oracles were consulted. Drive to your hotel in Bodrum for overnight stay.