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 upper gate trafic jams by cbeaujean
moreover:
2 gates:
upper one:easier to visit the site strolling down,often under an implacable sun...as A LOT of groups...
lower one:less people,you meet first of all interesting amphitheater and celsus library....but you have to climb! Leave a Comment
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 Our "tire guy" by guell
No worries! Just walk to the nearest petrol station. Someone will drive to your car, take the tire off, take it back to the shop, fix it, drive back to your car and put it back on in under an hour for less than USD10! Leave a Comment
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Do not exceed the speed limit when driving. If you do and the police pull you over you may need to pay the police in order to get out of travel. It may cost you between 50 and 100 Lira to make the problem go away. Do not argue with the police. Leave a Comment
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Ephesus is a great experience, and a trip there is a definate must while in Turkey. However I can not stress enough the right way to go about doing this. #1 Do not go on a tour, go on your own accord, this allows you to go on your own pace. Buy one of the many books offered that give descriptions and history of the site, and use that to reference you. #2 Get there when it opens at 8am. The crowds are horrendous once it hits around 9-9:30. Enjoy an hour or so of undisturbed tourism before the hundreds of people all show up at once. Getting there early will also allow you to avoid the blistering heat. Remember that the ocean used to come right up close to Ephesus, and the city used to have an important port there.
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Strict punishment if you are caught, and if you are being offered artifacts for sale they are fake
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There is a very nice place in Selcuk that every visitor comes to see here and that is the St. Jean Basilika. In front of this archaeological site are souvenir shops. Many of the shopkeepers approach the tourists to sell postcards, guidebooks and so on....nothing wrong with that.
But there are also several young guys who will try to sell you coins which usually are fake. I would like to warn everybody from even looking at those coins.
In addition to that I would like to warn you from one specific guy who sells those coins, because he is specialized in something even worse than ripping off tourist by selling them coins. He approaches young and not so young women and chats them up...short he is a beznesser of the worst sort. He offers sexual encounters for money and will also invite ladies (and men) for a friendly chat and tea somewhere and "cook them up" until they are ready to give him money. He is well-known in Selcuk and people say that he managed to get many thousand euros from several women. He is not very tall, with dark blond hair, speaks well English and his name is Aladin....beware of this guy and keep your mouth and pocket shut. Other Contact: solari@alami.net
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Boomerang Hostel by Avieira67
I travelled by night with them and they have a bad service on board. They don't speak English at all and they don't try to understand us even if we try to speak to them in Turkish. They were travelling about 5 hours without stopping and I had to call them twice to tell them I was needing for a WC. Finally they decided to stop along the road!
The driver smokes during the journey. I told them to stop smoking, but he didn't. Leave a Comment
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If you decide to stay at this hostel don't ask them to buy bus tickets. A bus ticket from Denizli to Göreme costs around 30 - 35 YTL, but they can charge you 33% of comission.
Don't trust in a young man trying always to help you. He gives you wrong information about bus timetables and connections. For example, there is no direct connection by bus from Pamukkale to Göreme.
I have decided to buy a bus ticket in this hostel, as I am used to do in several places. Firstly the young man gave me a ticket reservation with the amount to be paid, 40 YTL for each person. Later, he asked me telling it was necessary to change the tickets for a new ones where he should write ALL PAID instead of the amount to be paid. I asked him why, and he answered me it was a condition do not pay again at the bus station for the definitive ticket. At the bus station they told me the ticket was well and no definitive ticket was necessary. They only informed about a mistake of the departing time from Denizli. When inside the bus, I asked to a person about the fare, and she informed me 30 YTL.
Bus company: AFSINLILAR Leave a Comment
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