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Selcuk Slideshow
Selcuk
Travel Blogs from Selcuk, Turkey
Priene, Miletus, Didim
my tour plan got swtiched around and i ended up seeing the ruins of priene, miletus and didem today. i'll see ephesus tomorrow, which i think is good, because these three ruins would probably have seemed pretty bad after seeing ephesus. the tour ...
Priene, Miletus & Didyma
... day in Selcuk, I highly recommend this tour as it gave me an opportunity to explore far-flung ancient sites in the Selcuk area. All three were impressive. Highlights were the Temple of Apollo in Didyma and the well preserved theater in Miletus. After the ...
Selcuk: The final home of Virgin Mary
... crazy couple whole did not like the food in Italy. In Istanbul we got good directions to our neighborhood from the Turkey Travel Planner website (well recommended for anyone who is visiting Turkey independently). We didn't stay in Istanbul long, however, ...
Turkey
Flew to Istanbul and onto Ismir and then took a train to Selcuk. Must admit that I was getting nervous on the train ride in a very rustic train and very bleak countryside but was pleasantly surprised when we arrived in Selcuk. It is a quaint town ...
Ephesus
... Mr Yates and his female consort who he had in turn rendesvoused with in Istanbul: the mysterious Renee. We were in Selcuk for one reason: to survey the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus (Efes), and after a great night drowning ...
Aegean Coast
... and asked us to send them a copy and gave us their address (I'm sure we will follow through on this hopefully before we leave Turkey, I just need to find a printer). After many more thank yous and goodbyes Inger and I had to run to catch our bus back to ...
This place will be the ruin of us
... back for a few days with the killer views and the perfumes emanating from the surrounding orchards. In some ways, we left Selcuk with more questions than answers: Why did someone build a house between two aqueduct pillars? Why is our pension called the ...
Pamukkale and hot springs
... , Sirince, that had been vacated by the government's policy to forcefully relocate Greeks to Greece and the Turks in Greece back to Turkey. This village in contrast to the earlier one we visited, had been repopulated by Turks. It is now a tourist ...
Ephesus: No Clichés
... books in English. It is an invaluable resource center for anyone with more than a casual interest in the archaeology of Turkey. The director, Janet Crisler, certainly made my visits seem welcome. I didn't head for the archaeological site without beating ...
Cappadocia, Pamukkale,Selçuk & Agean
... and bring everyone up to date. After leaving Diyarbakir a long night bus got us to the Cappadocia region in central Turkey. This region has very unique landscapes of wind eroded valleys with formations of sandstone that resemble the badlands of Alberta ...
dancing it up
... afternoon I took the bus to Sirince (pronounced similar to syringe). It's a very quaint little village in the hills about 8 km from Selcuk. They produce a lot of fruit wines there, which you can sample and purchase. I was not a big fan of the fruit ...
The Friendly Pension
From Pamukkale, we took another bus to Selcuk (pronounced sel-chook) to visit the incredible ruins in nearby Ephesus. Again, we were amazed by the luxury bus and bus service, and this time, we remembered to take all of our things off with us when we ...
Basking in ruins
We arrived Sunday after a long 12 hour bus trip. Selcuk and the surrounding area has so delighted us we lengthened our stay. This truly has felt like a vacation. We have explored the ancient ruins of ephesus, sitting in the 25,000 seat theater that ...
Ephesos
We got up this mornıng around 8 and had breakfast by hald 8. We were supposed to go to vısıt Ephesos an important Ionian city and later seat of the Roman governor of Asia Minor. After our disappointing experience at Troy, we were concerned that today ...
Made it to Turkey
To... Tired... to....Type... OK, I'm back and I love Turkey. I saw the most incredible ruins yesterday at Ephesus. The people here are nicer than any I have come across, I hung out with an owner of a carpet shop my first night here and tossed back a ...
Selcuk and Sirince
... ruins of Ephesus. To get there we had our biggest driving challenge yet - getting through Izmir, the 3rd largest city in Turkey (around over 2 million people - a gnat compared to Istanbul, but still full of crazy Turkish drivers). Our maps showed a ring ...
Shittiest day of my trip
Today was the worst day of my trip!!! What a shit shit shit shit day! Details to follow. I woke up at 630 am and took off for the bus station at 715. I found a bus leaving for Izmir at 830 which was fine as I didnt have to wait around for too long. I ...
Yeah, ruins.
Beck: Hmmm, going to make this one super-quick. Pammukale was great, despite rumours to the contrary (yes Sarah G I,m talking about you, but I think it helps that we weren't hung over!). We were both impressed by the white clıff and the ruins of ...
really busy day after adventures in the bus statio
... . luckily we took a ferry and on this ferry was a nice smelly toilet but it did the job. The downside to night buses in turkey so far is that they make announcement every stop and turn on the lights which wakes you up every hour or 2 and can be ...
1/7th of the world wonders + ruined city! Who hoo!
... we saw the last standing column of the Temple of Artemis, one of the Ancient 7 wonder of the world... Another cool thing about Selcuk is that every year for a few weeks around this time, thousands of storks come and settle into the city and make their ...
Amazing Ephesus
... and connection with the site, the kids each spent some silent, thoughtful moments there. The cab waited for us and took us back to Selcuk, and we returned to one of the tourist shops where we’d earlier met a really nice man. The kids dressed up in ...
Ephesus and Mary's House
... booked as passengers, so panic started to set in but I gathered myself and contacted the travel agent who arranged our bookings in Turkey and were informed that there was a change to our flights and that they send us an email which we did not receive ...
A Day at the Beach
... & Aug), but should be less crowded in Sept, so off we go to find them. First stop is Pamukac Beach, only a few kms from Selcuk and really easy to find, Lonely Planet writes it up as one of Turkey's best beaches. We get there and its deserted - one ...
Ancient Ruins of Ephesus
... days. We were surprised that a site for the city was chosen on a mountain slope. In fact, the scenery in Western Turkey is quite rugged. There was a little beach which housed a settlement during the Iron Age that was later abandoned as it was prone ...
Selcuk
Visited the Roman ruins of Epheses near Selcuk, our hotel overlooked what is left of the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the ...