Virgin Mary's House Selcuk

near Selcuk-Aydin motorway, Selcuk , Izmir, Turkey
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    Attraction Type:

    Architectural building, Religious site

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    6of 9 attractions in Selcuk

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    Chapter Sixteen - From Virgin Mary to the Aegean

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    Back at the hotel we pick up our car. We are now off to see where the Virgin Mary spent her last days.

    There is controversy over this fact as some historians claim she lived and died in Jerusalem in spite of the difficult situation there. Nevertheless the resolutions of the third ecumenical council of 431 held that the Virgin Mary came to …

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    The ruins of Ephesus City @ Izmir

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    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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    Selcuk's sights unveil themselves

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    We had a very full agenda today, first to visit The Virgin Mary's house, then to see Ephesus and see what else we could fit in. The guys at Jimmy's place gave us some advice on the best way to see the sights. One piece of advice was particularly useful. ...

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    Soke-Kusadasi-Selcuk-Ephesus-Artemis vs. St. Paul

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    ... truly entertaining and we didn't buy a thing. Got up the next morning and we headed off to Ephesus. First we stopped by the Virgin Mary's house. Now, this is the first I've ever heard that Mary had a house in Turkey.  We tromped up the hill - paid ...

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    On our way to Ephesus

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    ... tree in sight, weather has been great, we are tanning quite nicely. Ephesus Day We arranged a taxi to take us to Virgin Mary's house, two gals fromTaiwan shared with us, they could not believe the way we travelled and walked, they said people that are ...

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    I hope I can travel like you, when I'm your age!

    ... than a slam.    Monday morning we shared a taxi with 2 young girls from Taiwan . We were all going to Virgin Mary's house followed by Ephesus .   We began to talk travel and all the walking we do.  The comment from the girls, ...

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    Efes - Turkish for Bud Light

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    ... all be happy to know that we truly accomplished quite a bit. We explored the ruins and the acropolis, took a visit to Virgin Mary's house, met some really nice Aussies, and Hilary worked the catwalk in a leather factory where she was the chosen one to ...