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Virgin Mary House Ephesus
23 Reviews The house of Virgin Mary is considered to be the last home of Mother Mary. The Christians visit here for pilgrimage and it has been also visited by the last 3 popes. Outside the house, you can find 3...
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Celsus Library Ephesus
57 Reviews It's a long way down the main roads, lined with the ruins of several buildings that your guide will describe in detail. Finnaly it all ends facing the library, whose facade is the best preserved of...
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Grand Theatre Ephesus
43 Reviews The biggest construction remaining in Ephesus, and the most impressive after the Library is the great theatre. Built under Greek influence, it was enlarged and transformed by the Romans, an, despite...
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Toilet Ephesus
19 Reviews You don't need to use your imagination too much here! The latrines were part of the Scholastica Baths and built in the 1st century AD. They were the public toilets of the city where citizens were...
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Hadrian Temple Ephesus
24 Reviews This is one of the best preserved and most beautiful structures on Curetes Street. It was built before 138 AD by P. Quintilius and was dedicated to Emperor Hadrian, who came to visit the city from...
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Artemis Temple Ephesus
13 Reviews The Temple of Artemis lies just off the road that leads to Ephesus, to the west of Selcuk but all that remains of the once described Seventh Wonder of the World is a single column capped with a...
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Agora Ephesus
19 Reviews The ancient city of Pergamon consists of three main parts: the Acropolis, the Red Courtyard and the Asklepion. The temple of Athena (530 B.C.) situated on top of the city is surrounded by olive...
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Curettes Road Ephesus
31 Reviews Each set of stones has a name. Of course, I do believe the honesty of the studies, and the accuracy of the identification, but, here and there is hard to guess the original building, and how they...
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Odeon (small theatre) Ephesus
17 Reviews This building has the shape of a small theatre with a stage building, seating places and the orchestra. It had two functional uses. First it was used as a Bouleuterion for the meetings of the Boulea...
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History Ephesus
5 Reviews In Kusadasi.biz I read: "In the Augustan era, the spread of Imperial-Roman cults was by then a fact in many provinces of Asia Minor. The cult of the Emperor was alive in Nicomedia and in Pergamum,...
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Arcadiana Ephesus
10 Reviews This street runs down from the Great Theatre to the harbour which silted up during Byzantine times where the people of Ephesus were forced to move to a new settlement further inland which is now...
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It is a bit wired but it is not famous in Turkey and barerly know by tourist. One of the oldest synagogue is found there of course more than 2.000 year old. Just go and visit this untouched ancient city
Bergama is famous as the city which was the ancient Greek and Roman cultural center of Pergamon and because the Pergamenes invented a new substance to use in codices, called pergaminus or pergamena (parchment) after the city.Its ancient ruins continue to attract considerable tourist interest today and lie to the north and west of the modern city. Roman Pergamon is believed to have sustained a population of approximately 150,000 at its height in the first century AD (now only 50,000 live here).You can watch my 3 min 04 sec Video clip Bergama Part I with Vivaldi Concerto in Cmaj.You can watch my 2 min 50 sec Video clip Bergama Part II with Vivaldi Concerto in Cmaj.You can watch my 3 min 55 sec Video clip Bergama Part III with Vivaldi Concerto in Cmaj.You can watch my 5 min 22 sec Video clip Bergama Slide show Part I with Mozart Concert 191.You can watch my 5 min 40 sec Video clip ...
It is believed by many Christians and Muslims that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was taken to this place by Saint John and lived in the stone house until her Assumption into Heaven according to Catholics or Dormition according to the Orthodox.Neither the Roman Catholic Church nor the Greek Orthodox Church has never pronounced on the authenticity of the house. Nevertheless several Popes visited the place and it matters something!You can watch my 3 min 32 sec Video clip Meryemana with Vivaldi – Concerto in Cmaj for two trumpets,2 min 36 sec Video clip Meryemana Slide-show with Khachaturian – Suite from “Lancy Ball”.Learn more out of my Meryemana VT page.
Selcuk is considered to be one of the most visited tourist destinations in Turkey because of its closeness to the ancient city of Ephesus and House of the Virgin Mary. Its main sights are the Its original name in Greek was Ayios Theologos. In 1914 it was renamed Selcuk, after the Seljuk Turks who settled in the region in the 12th century.Like the majority of tourists we used Selcuk as a stopping point after Ephesus and Meryemana We didn’t visit the town itself.You can watch my 1 min 05 sec Video clip Selcuk Temple of Artemis with Chopin – Etude 3,1 min 39 sec Video clip Selcuk Temple of Artemis Slide show with Khachaturian – Suite from “Lancy Ball”.Learn more out of my Selcuk VT page.
Ephesus (Turkish Efes) was a city of ancient Anatolia. During the period known as Classical Greece it was located in Ionia.Ephesus was one of the seven churches of Asia cited in the Book of Revelation. The Gospel of John might have been written here. It is also the site of a large gladiator graveyard.The ruins of Ephesus are a favorite international and local tourist attraction. In fact Ephesus contains the largest collection of Roman ruins East of the Mediterranean. Only an estimated 15% has been excavated.You can watch my 3 min 33 sec Video clip Ephesus Part I with J.Bach – Air From Suite No.3 in R Minor music,3 min 19 sec Video clip Ephesus Part II with J.Bach – Air on the D String, from Orchestral Suite No.4 music,2 min 57 sec Video clip Ephesus Part III with Mozart – Allegro From Divertimento in Dmaj music,2 min 35 sec Video clip Ephesus Part IV with Mozart – Andante from Piano...
Izmir also has its Greek name Smyrna. Izmir is almost 3,500 years old. It has more than 3 million people and is Turkey's third most populous city. Izmir was nearly destroyed by fire in September 1922. Izmir was badly damaged by earthquakes in 1928 and again in 1939. So it has quite a modern view now without many ancient or medieval sights. May be that’s why tourist groups (like ours) usually make a short stop there before visiting other sites at the Aegean coast of Turkey.You can watch my 3 min 43 sec Video clip Izmir around by bus with Turkish pop music by Izel – York Yere,4 min 07 sec Video clip Izmir Konak with Turkish pop music by Kenan Dogulu – Demedi Deme,4 min 15 sec Video clip Izmir Konak Slide-show with Turkish pop music by Ebru Gundes - Telafi.Learn more out of my Izmir VT page.
Just in the main city centrum of Konak,a few meters away from the historical clock;you may see thousands of doves flying over the region,waiting your helpful hands to feed them with some wheats. You can buy one cup of wheat from the one of the old ladies who are sitting in the centrum with a cost of $0.5.You may walk and take some nice photos around the streets if you wish.
If you will just walk along the main centrum of konak,you will see a long bazaar with variety of shopping possibilities, distrubuted along a very huge area so called '' Kemeralti bazaar'' in Turkish.It may not be so enjoyable to walk around the region especially during the summer session. But you may find the chance to discover the interesting shopping style of Turkey in this place if you wish.
Most of the good pubs and cafes are located in the city Center. Just a few meter from see. It is a good place to meet new people and have a walk. You can drink your beer (which is also cheap) and see the Izmir Bay.
In Izmir you may see many nice places all the coast. One of them is Foça. Old part is nicer.
Aqua Fantasy Hotel & Aquapark Ephesus
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Hilton Izmir Izmir
9 Reviews and 153 Opinions Unfortunately I was not impressed with the Hilton hotels in Turkey. Of all the 5 star hotels we...
Canberra Hotel Selcuk
4 Reviews and 75 Opinions Being Australian, the name of this little hotel immediately caught my eye as we had just been to...
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Q: Hello, I am planning my driving route from Cesme to Seluck/Ephesus and saw a shorter route on the highway that passes around...
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