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Ephesus Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ephesus, Turkey
Greek urns and Turkish earnings
... on a glorious sunny but very cold day. We get a taxi with Steve & Maureen for 20 € each to take us to Ephesus and wait till we have walked around. The site was VERY quiet a wonderful way to visit.We pay our 20 TL entrance fee and head ...
Part 2
... and some were carved into houses and churches. Enjoyed a few days here eating yummy food! This was our last major stop in Turkey, apart from a few camps on the way to Iran. One campsite happened to be on a target practicing range for the defence force! ...
Exploring Ancient Ephesus
... ; We drove to Sirince for a lunch stop and a walk through this rural village. We returned to our hotel in Izmir for dinner. The seven churches in the book of Revelation are Pergamum, Smyrna, Ephesus, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and ...
From Ephesus to Santorini, Part II
Ephesus & Kusadasi; July 1, 2010, Thursday: Our coach ride from Izmir airport towards Ephesus . . . . . . . . . . . . Our lunch stop and visit to carpet cooperative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Walked the Marble Way again
The Celsus Libary; the main attraction at Ephesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEP 27: One of the major visits of this journey was to Ephesus, the best-preserved classic Roman city in Asia. Ephesus dates to 1300 ...
Ephesus
We went to the ancient city of Ephesus. One of the neatest things about Turkey is the history and culture. The city is very well preserved and renovated, in better condition than the Roman forums in our opinion. Also there were very few roped off sections ...
History and Culture Day 1
... a rate to take Maya to the kennel and me to the airport. It was a super quick flight from Antalya to Izmir, which is near Ephesus. I planned to just take a regular city bus to Ephesus. First, I needed to get a taxi to get me to the city bus station. I ...
Ruined in Ephesus
18 May – City of Ephesus ruins at Kusadasi, Turkey Random thoughts.....huge. Ruins cover a large area. Around 250,000 people used to live in the ancient marble city. Back in those days the ocean came up the river mouth to this area but because of ...
July 13
... of this ancient city. But before we made our way to Ephesus we went to St. Johns Basilica in Seliçk (outside Ephesus). It had been a six domed church that contains the body of John the beloved disciple. We toured the ruins as our ...
The ancient city and house of the Virgin Mary
I took a tour to Ephesus and the house of the Virgin Mary. This is one of the holy places for Christianity and Islam alike. Also located here is Temple of Artemis, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world! Great ...
Beer the True Sign of the Miraculous
... ; Of Ephesus Life and Death To the Shores Of Ephesus Strength of Resurrection To the Shores Of Ephesus Simplicity of Love ...
From Ephesus to Kusadasi
... the worship of Cybele. King Croesus of Sardis had built a temple to honor the same Anatolian Mother Goddess. Croesus, greedy for Ephesus' wealth, attacked the city around 600 BC. He destroyed the city and moved the people inland to the south, where ...
Ephesus, Turkey
... Greece, ruled from Athens. 1922 - modern Turkey established, with capital at Ankara. Our family group took the group tour to Ephesus from Izmir, Turkey. I took a similar tour the last time I was here in 2004 and was very impressed. Once we got off ...
Day 10 on Cruise-Ephesus
... took around 17 people and it had a tour guide included, only for €20. The tour took us to The Virgin of Mary's house, Ephesus, The Temple of Artemis and a Leather shop. Our first stop was The Virgin of Mary's House. There we saw where John took Mary ...
A one day side trip
... the days are filled with fun adventures. On Sunday we took a one day excursion to Epheus, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephesus) an ancient Roman City that is fairly well preserved, all things considered. Much of the statues, sarcophagi, ...
Turkey
The most famous of the ancient cities Ephesus. In its time it was the city of marble, had about 250000people living inside and outside of the city. It had everything a city would need. This is also the place where St. John caused quite a stir with his ...
Amazing Ruins
After a few days of rain with the power off, I decided that I would go to the Ancient City of Ephesus. Luckily the day turned out sunny and bright. I had my breakfast, showered and headed out across the park and into the bus station to catch the little ...
Turkey
While visiting Turkey I really enjoyed the historic ruins..Simply amazing. But, it was not one of my favorite stops on the journey. But I do feel very fortunate to say I have been able to ...
Flying Carpets and Apple Tea
... once a port city, but now the ancient city is a short drive inland, surrounded by salty marshes where nothing grows. I think Ephesus was probably my favorite Roman city that we have visited. We saw an odeon and a theater. The odeon was ...
Cats and ruins
... new at this, and she could barely speak English clearly. But she managed to give us lots of good info as we drove to Ephesus. Turkey is a huge agricultural producer for Europe. We saw peaches, cotton, olive, horse, sheep, corn, greenhouses, tobacco, ...
Efesos
... para recorrer la corta distancia que existe entre Kusadasi y Selçuk que es la ciudad donde esta situada la antigua Efes o Efesos o Ephesus. Es tan importante que la cerveza mas famosa aqui lleva el nombre de Efes Pilsen. Antes de llegar pasamos por lo ...
House of Mary
This is where the Virgin Mary allegedly was taken by John after the crucifixion of Jesus. It was quite small but set in a gorgeous landscape. When we entered there was a monk praying his beads in the back corner with a couple other women doing the ...
Ephesus and the carpet shop toll
... the fresh water well are part of a checklist of holy sites for pilgrims. There is still archaeological digs happening in Ephesus. We could see excavators still digging carefully and mapping out sites around Ephesus. In the mountains and ...
Ephesus - where everything old is REALLY old!
... standards - and there are two amphitheaters - a smaller Odeon and the large theater that could hold up to 25000 people. Ephesus holds special significance for Christians as Paul is known to have lived and preached here and it is a commonly held belief ...
Ephesus
The magnificant Roman city of Ephesus, the city of biblical fame, was the destination of today's tour. It was the chief city of the Roman province of Asia. The public toilet had marble seats and musicians playing, there was advertisement to a brothel ...
Storied Historical Ruins,
... in a trance with the stigmataand visions that included the Virgin Mary and Apostle John traveling fromJerusalem to Ephesus. She described Mary's house in detail, which was recorded at her bedside by a writer named Brentano.Emmerich ...
