Ancient City of Ephesus

Following our day trip to the Gallipoli Penisula and Anzac Cove, we proceeded to catch an overnight bus to Secluk further down the Turkish coast. The bus left that evening at 11.15pm and we were informed that we would arrive at approximately 7am - costing us about 20.00 euro each. Now the funny thing about Turkish transport is that whenever you …

Yesterday, after arriving on another super bus, Mirada and I were too tired to try to get to Ephesus in the burning mid-day heat. We got to our hotel, where we plopped down on the couch and were given cold soft drinks. The hotel manager went over the tours they offered, including one to Ephesus which we bought. We decided to stay another night in …

Beautiful day after yesterday, great guide who took us to the Ephesus ruins. Best we have seen as archeological site in the world.Alsoseen Virgin Marys house today and went to cttage industry carpet weaving place where we had local dishes for lunch and seen silk being spun from cocoons and dying process to hand weaving.

Despite being in our most luxurious hotel yet - for some reason I didn't sleep very well and woke up tired. I just couldn't switch off - too much to take in and think about. We again had to make an early start as we were scheduled for a full day tour of Ephesus. Unfortunately the breakfast wasn't set up as what we have come to consider as normal - …

Friday 7th.

A generous breakfast awaits us up on the roof with stunning views.

The hotel website indicates that a return (round trip) transfer to Ephesus is included in the price of the room. It seems too much to hope for, but on enquiring at the reception desk, we are assured that this is indeed the case.

"Are you …

It was only a brief stay at Istanbul as we should leave to Izmir the following day, but we will return to Istanbul for our final tour. We had an early flight, the first flight of 8.30am with Turkish Airline. It was only a short flight for 1 hour; the flight attendants were a bit rude so thank goodness it was a short one.

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... know if I buy the whole vision thing. Ephesus - the Roman Ruins Now, after my sleepy haze, we went to the ancient city of Ephesus. Apparently this was the third rebuilding of Ephesus, when the Romans came. Version 1 and 2 were built by the local ...

... let me go. Too late!! After a picture with the shop guy taken with his mobile, I was on my way to explore the ancient city of Ephesus.. now, i can finally visualize Paul trying to spread the Word in Ephesus.. It was a really hot day, but Ephesus was ...

9/20/2005 Ephesus, Turkey This stop was definitely my favorite. We were able to walk around the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus. Throughout the whole city you can see the evidence of both Greek and Roman control. The buildings were used again ...

... here that the tour really helped because I can't even remember everything she told us. The next stop on our tour was the ancient city of Ephesus. Now this was an amazing site. More than anything else that I have ever wanted to see in my life, I have ...

... the couch for 30 minutes before our guide woke us up! We are so glad we pushed through to see Ephesus. Ephesus was an ancient city of Anatolia during the classical Greek period dating back to 10th century B.C. Ephesus hosted one of the seven ...

We set off early for the ancient city of Ephesus which was only 4 km away from Selcuk. Ephesus was originally an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city. In the Roman period, it was for many years the second largest city of the ...

   On this day, Day 30 Oct. 20. we visit  St. John’s Tomb, House of Jesus mother, Mary, and thje Ancient City of  Ephenus which is a Jewel as you will see from the pictures.  I did not know I was going to see the St. ...

Today we saw the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus. We saw the road where Paul entered the city, the theater that he wanted to preach in, the location of the riot against Paul, and the huge library built after the time of Paul.   The tour of ...

Our next port of call was Kusadasi, Turkey , enroute to the ancient city of Ephesus. We signed up for the ship tour so didnt have to negotiate with any turkish taxi drivers and were able to hear about the history of this ancient religious site. Again, it ...

... . We have just left Patmos where John was exiled from Ephesus for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Next to Kusadasi is the ancient city of Ephesus where John spent the rest of his life. John was entrusted by Christ to watch over Mary, the mother of ...