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Favorite thing: Ephesus Ancient City:
Location: 3 km from Selcuc.
Open hours 8.30-18.30, in winter 8.30-17.30.
Admission fee 20 TRY ($15).

Ephesus Museum, Efes Müzesi
Location; Selcuc - On the edge of the park near the intersection of Atatürk Cad., opposite the Tourist Information office.
Open hours; Tues-Sun 8:30-18.00.
Admission fee 5 TRY ($4).

Favorite thing: hello there ,
well if you like to keep your tour short and only see the main attractions , you need to skip Virgin Mary House and St.John Basilica.These are not located in Ephesus ancient site.Main attractions are (in order ) Hadrian Temple , Terrace Houses, Celsus Library and the Great theatre.If you follow the route you will finish it of approx. in 2 hrs !

enjoy Ephesus :)

Favorite thing: The theatre

Fondest memory: I had a chance of testing something amazing in the theatre in ephesus. ITs the acoustic design of the place. If a person standing in the performance area in the center ,just whispers something its audible to a perosn sitting on the top steps. No loudspeakers required ;-) of course i visited in december an there was hardly any crowd .

Favorite thing: Being the most important trade center of Ephesus, Agora was built in the third century B.C in the Hellenistic Period, but the ruins date from the reign of Caracalla (211-217 C.E)
It is in the form of a square, each side 110 meters, and surrounded completely by columns. The Agora has 3 gates, one from the front of the theatre on the northeast, the other one opening to the harbor on the west and the third one from the Celsius Library. The north side of the Agora is left open, and the other three sides are surrounded by a portico, in which there are rows of shops. At the center of the Agora was a sundial and a water-clock.

Favorite thing: The ruins behind the Hadrian Temple are the largest baths found in Ephesus, the baths of Scholastica. The construction of the baths dates to the first century, but in the fourth century, a wealthy woman in Ephesus called Scholastica restored the structure and gave her name to the baths.
The original structure was thought to have been three-storied but by the time the upper two stories collapsed. The baths have two entrances, one from the Curetes Street, which is the main entrance, and the other from the side street. Entering from the main gate, the baths make a circle inside; so that one could first go to the dressing room (apodyterium), cold room (frigidarium), warm room (tepidarium), and hot room (caldarium) and could reach the entrance again.
Caldarium's floor is made of marble, built over brick supports, and under it flowed hot water. Today, one can see the clay pipes that carried hot air through the baths. The baths could house a thousand customers, and contained a library and entertainment rooms.

Fondest memory: The statue of Scholastica stands in the dressing room.

Favorite thing: It is one of the best preserved and most beautiful structures on Curetes Street. It was built before 138 A.D by P.Quintilius and was dedicated to the Emperor Hadrian, who came to visit the city from Athens in 128 A.D The facade of the temple has four Corinthian columns supporting a curved arch, in the middle of which contains a relief of Tyche, goddess of victory. The side columns are square. The pedestal with inscriptions in front of the temple, are the bases for the statues of the emperors between 293-305 CE, Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius I, and Galerius; the originals of the statues have not been found yet.
Inside the temple above the door, a human figure, probably Medusa stands with ornaments of acanthus leaves. On both sides there are friezes depicting the story of the foundation of Ephesus - Androklos shooting a boar, Dionysus in ceremonial procession and the Amazons. The fourth frieze portrays two male figures, one of which is Apollo; Athena, goddess of the moon; a female figure, Androkles, Herakles, the wife and son of Theodosius and the goddess Athena. The friezes that are seen today are copies, and the originals are displayed in Ephesus Museum.

Fondest memory: Human figure of Medusa

Favorite thing: It is the road starting form the great theatre to the Celsus Library, which is the portion of the sacred way that leads past Panayirdagi to the Temple of Artemis. The construction of the marble road dates to the 1st century A.D, and it was rebuilt in the 5th century. The western side of the road is enclosed by the agora wall, and on the wall is a higher platform, which was constructed during the reign of Nero. It was built over the wall, for pedestrians.
On the marble road, there are some drawings believed to be an advertisement of the Brothel. This advertisement is known as the first advertisement in history. There is a footprint on the advertisement, one finger showing the library, and other showing the brothel. The known explanation of this sign is that the footprint shows that one should turn at that point; the woman's head symbolizes the women waiting in the Brothel and the heart shows that the women are eager for love. The busts and statues of the important people were erected along the road, and the letters from emperors were carved into the marble blocks to let people read.

Fondest memory: On Marble Street, a footprint was carved to show the way to the Brothel. This footprint and the sign near the middle oh the street towards the Great Theatre, direct the way to the brothel.

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