Miletus Kusadasi

We scheduled a tour for today to visit the three ancient sites of Priene, Miletus, and Didyma. All three are ancient towns that were close to major city of Ephesus. Ephesus used to be a harbor town, but the Cayster River slowly brought in silt and has completely filled in the valley. All three cities we visited today used to be thriving seaport …

... dip in the hotel pool to wash of the salt and dinner in the hotel dining room. June 12 and we drive south from Kusadasi, first stop is Prienne, a former important city of the Ionian civilization in this region. The ruins are quite substantial but not ...

... for the day, and headed to Kusadasi, which will be our home base for the next 3 days or so. We got to Kusadasi, and after unsuccessfully attempting to locate our pension, I called to ask for help. Youssif, the Turkish owner of the pension came ...

Did Alexander really have a house in Priene? And did St. Paul preach at or enter Turkey through the harbor in ...

... olive orchards that extend over the distant horizon. Two hours later, rich glows from a retiring sun bathe the city of Kusadasi, Turkey as ebbing nightlife heralds the end of another day. Red flags large and small twist slowly in the breeze, reminiscent ...

... looked at sites that weren't quite what we often picture in our minds.  In contrast, our pilgrim visits to Miletus & Ephesus in Turkey and then Athens & Corinth in Greece were just amazing.  Yes, we saw massive ancient ruins, cities, ...

... . We arrived in Izmir by plane, took a 45-minute shuttle ride to the bus station, and then took a 2-hour bus ride to Kusadasi. I watched a Jim Carrey movie that I've never seen before in Turkish - so hilarious. I am going to have to watch that movie in ...

DAY 22 … Monday, April 2nd … At Sea   DAY 23 … Tuesday, April 3rd … Kusadasi, Turkey DAY 24 … Wednesday, April 4th … Kusadasi, Turkey Into the land of Turkish DELIGHT, coffee, carpets, jewelery and ...

... which had an oracle. It was amazing how gigantic the columns were. It was interesting that this temple was never completed. After the temple, it was back to Kusadasi to wait for our overnight bus to Istanbul. Hopefully, this will be our last for a while. ...

... ;n ve havarilerinden St. Jean'ın Efes'e gelip yerleşmesiyle burası bir dini merkez haline gelir.   Miletus da Hristyanlık çağında Piskoposluk merkezidir.   Bizans Çağında "Ania" adı ile ...

We arrived in Kusadasi, Turkey after departing the port of Istanbul and sailing about 18 hours through the Sea of Marmora and then into the Aegean Sea and south between the easterly Greek islands and coast of Turkey. It was my third trip to Kusadasi ...