Ephesus Theatre

Of all the ports on the itinerary, I was the most excited about Ephesus. I had been there in 1993 with a group of travel agents and one of my main goals since then was to return to Ephesus with Richard. This was our chance.

Extensive research showed there was no easy way to get to Ephesus from the port of Kusadasi, even though the distance …

Another series of local buses took us to Kusadasi, a resort town reasonably close to the ancient site of Ephesus which was on our "want to do" list for Turkey. The Temple of Artemis is one of The Original Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World. It took ...

... with loads of tutles/terrapins/tortoises. It was very exciting !!!!! Day 2 After breakfast, we got a lift to Ephesus. This being the premier site of Turkey. BEfore we arrived, our driver asked us if we wanted to visit his carpet store after we had ...

... is must of been like to live there. I'll post some pics when I can and let them do the talking. Main street Theatre We had dinner (yet another dodgy buffet) at a Hotel nearby. Pretty much everyone was on the toilet within 30 minutes. ...

... In the Roman period, it was for many years the second largest city of the Roman Empire; ranking behind Rome, the empire's capital Ephesus had a population of more than 250,000 in the 1st century BC, which also made it the second largest city in the ...

... in the 19th century and assembled some pieces. We had been told that three large cruise ships would be unleashing their guest onto Ephesus today, the guest would probably start to arrive around 10am, so we were there a couple of minutes before 8, so we ...

... is written about in Acts 19:23–41).  Also, between 53-57 AD, Paul wrote the Book of 1 Corinthians from Ephesus.  Further, Anatolia was associated with John (one of Jesus’ chief apostles); the Gospel of John might have been written ...

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 ...

... things to see, you could stay a long while:  The Gymnasium of Vedius and Stadium, Double Church, Harbour Baths, the Great Theatre, Sacred Way, The Library of Celsus, Curetes Way, and the Gate of Hercules.  There is also Mary's House...believers ...

... leaving the Libary of Celsus we saw the Great Theatre which was reconstructed between 41-117AD. This theatre had the capacity to hold 25,000 people when Ephesus' population was believed to have maxed at 250,000 people. After leaving Epehsus we ate ...

... an amazing place, not only because of its size and quality of remains, but because of its mind-boggling history. Imagine, the very theatre where Paul preached against the pagan gods, and was heckled and booed off the stage, and run out of town. It ...