Turkey & Greece · Group trip with Mack Stiles
April 2028 · 12 days · Arrive Antakya (HTY), depart Athens (ATH)
12 days
10 days of touring
$5,900
per person + international airfare
Nov 1, 2026
sign-up deadline
30
sign-ups to make it happen
International airfare not included; typically $900–$1,500 per person.
Author and missions leader
J. Mack Stiles is the director of Messenger Ministries Inc., an organization dedicated to promoting healthy missions. He and his family spent twenty years in the Middle East, where he founded and directed the Fellowship of Christian UAE Students (FOCUS) in the United Arab Emirates. Mack is the author of Evangelism: How the Whole Church Speaks of Jesus.
Acts & the Epistles
Arrival: arrive in Antakya (HTY), where your guide will greet you. Overnight in Antakya. Book your return from Athens (ATH).
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Day 1 · Antioch
Acts 11:26
Where believers were first called Christians. Overnight in Tarsus.
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Day 2 · Tarsus & Cappadocia
Acts 21:39
Paul's hometown, then on to Cappadocia. Overnight in Cappadocia.
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Day 3 · Cappadocia
Acts 2:9
Valleys, rock churches and underground cities. Overnight in Cappadocia.
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Day 4 · Pisidian Antioch, Iconium & Lystra
Acts 13–14
Paul's first recorded sermon in Acts. Overnight in Antalya.
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Day 5 · Perga, fly to Thessaloniki
Acts 13:13; 15:38
Where John Mark turned back, then fly to Thessaloniki. Overnight in Thessaloniki.
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Day 6 · Philippi & Neapolis
Acts 16
Where the gospel first reached Europe. Overnight in Thessaloniki.
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Day 7 · Thessalonica & Berea
Acts 17:1–15
Thessalonica, then Berea's bema. Overnight in Kalambaka.
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Day 8 · Meteora
Monasteries on sandstone pillars. Mack teaches church history. Overnight in Delphi.
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Mack teaches here
Day 9 · Delphi & Corinth
Acts 18
The Gallio inscription, then Corinth's bema. Overnight in Athens.
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Mack teaches here
Day 10 · Athens
Acts 17:16–34
Agora, Areopagus and Acropolis. Overnight in Athens, depart next day (ATH).
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A licensed local guide with you the whole trip
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First-class (4-star) hotels
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Daily breakfast and dinner
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All in-country ground transport
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Entrance fees to the sites listed
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Airport transfers on tour dates
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Flight from Antalya to Thessaloniki
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International airfare (typically $900–$1,500 per person)
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Travel and cancellation insurance
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Personal expenses, and lunches unless listed as included
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Gratuities (unless noted)
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Visa fees, if applicable
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Single room supplement ($1,300)
Signing up is free and nonbinding, with no deposit or payment. Add your name by November 1, 2026. The trip runs once 30 people sign up, and we'll announce dates by November 1, 2026.
Along the way
Teaching on the bus and at meals.
On site
A 15–20 minute exposition at eight key sites.
Your teacher
Mack Stiles teaches the whole route, Antioch to Athens.