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Kusadasi Slideshow
Kusadasi
Travel Blogs from Kusadasi, Turkey
Kusadasi / Ephesus - Updated Oct.3/10
In Kusadasi (which is said Kushadasi) we took a tour of Ephesus. Wow in a word. There is an entire city which has been excavated out of the earth. Marble streets, columns, an amphitheater that is incredible. As you leave the top ...
Kusa Dasi Kruising
A layover in Kusa Dasi so we could catch a morning ferry from Turkey to the Greek isle of Samos (so we could catch a flight to Athens). We had dinner in a local cafe smothered in smoke whilst the locals watched Turkey v Germany in the European Cup. ...
Kusadasi
Day 92 -April 7 Sea day between Ashdod and Kusadasi, Turkey. Day 93 & 94 April 8-9 Kusadasi, Turkey This is a port town whose existence as a tourist stop is mostly due to its proximity to Ephesus, said to be the best preserved ancient Roman city in ...
Travel day from Istanbul to Kusadasi
Today we travel by plane and bus. These are the kind of days where one does a lot of waiting for things to happen. I have a note in my journal that we were to meet in the lobby of the hotel at 11:45 to board the bus. I also noted that Ms. B. and I ...
From Ephesus to Kusadasi
... , a small deck of cards and colorful small ceramic bowls made locally. Used to shoppers from the cruise ships that dock in Kusadasi, the shop owner deftly wraps my bowls for transport. Near sunset we board the bus and make our way back to our ...
Ephesus Region
... and also one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world - Artemis Temple (not that there is much left of it standing!). Back to Kusadasi at reasonable time today so we went for a wander along the beachfront and saw a little of the local area. Ian and Talia ...
Kusadasi
... too many SUVs, a few KIA Sorrento's. A few Ford cars and less Chevy cars, nothing Dodge. The Taxi from the Airport to Kusadasi (70km) was driven by a fast old man. Nothing better than the smell of rubble burning as he locked up the tires to miss a ...
sun, surf and sandwiches
Slept in, read some books, packed lunch. walked to the beach. We were the only people game enough (it's still early spring here) so the cafe gave us free beach loungers. The younger girls were game, but it took till 2 pm before Jem and I braved the ...
Ruins of Ephesus
Our next stop was Kusadasi, Turkey, where we traveled to the ruins of Ephesus. I thought this was one of the best parts of our trip - the ruins were really unbelievable. I loved that you were able to climb all over them and really explore ...
11/9 Athens
11/9 Saturday now in Athens sailing trip is almost over unfortunately. We have had a great time and seen so many different things. It is amazing the number of ships in every port here, there is always at least 3 cruise ships plus lots of ferries in ...
The road was not paved with gold....it wasnt paved
On the last night in Cappadocia David took me out to a beautiful terrace (Alaturka restaurant) where we dined on meat soaked in honey and on heirloom cheeses and then to a wine bar (previously a house made into a restaurant) for live Turkish music. In ...
Ephesus and Kusadasi
Aphrodisias is another ruins from the roman times. It is named after Aphrodite (obviously). They have reconstructed quite a bit here and is really amazing to look at the temple. They also had a museum with friezes of all the gods as this was ...
Kusadasi, Turkey
On our return to Kusadasi we decide to stay on board and relax. Main reason being we couldn't face being confronted by the endless questions of "Hello my friend" "Where are you from?" "Are you Canadian, American, English?" They would probably sell a lot ...
Amazing Aphrodisias
... at the bottom - very neat - but it was too cold to go in (in the 40s) - i took pictures though - Our hotel in Kusadasi was amazing. This is a major sea front resort town in Turkey and our hotel was on a bluff just above the water with a ...
I don't think that carpet will fit in our bag
This morning we headed off on our tour to Ephesus. We first stopped in Selcuk to pick up another couple and then went to an old mosque, which was built before the Ottoman and therefore is a different style that all the others we had seen. This was ...
Genuine Fake
June 9 - Kusadasi, Turkey (4) Call me a sucker! OK, ok enough! Out of sorts without my iPhone as it's my clock among many other things. Without a clock, I've been waking up and turning on the TV to find out the time (usually not even close to when I have ...
Kusadasi Turkey
Our stop in Kusadasi, Turkey today was a highlight of the cruise for me. Kusadasi has become popular with yachters in the last twenty-five years for its scenery and shopping but, more importantly, for its unique heritage as being the oldest city in the ...
Haggler
May 22 - Kusadasi, Turkey (3) The charter is great! These people all seem to have laptops and are connecting on their own. If I did nothing before, I truly am doing less now Another great port. Shopping mecca for you shoppers out there. I went outside ...
May 08, 2011
Storied Historical Ruins,
... or that so many different cultures left their mark on the area, the Ottomans, the Byzantines and Romans especially, Of course, Turkey as a country has only been designated with this name in relatively modern times. When you get to the pictures ...
Bedbugs Be Gone!
This morning, Jill and I left the COMFORTS of our comparably luxurious room at the Doubletree in Istanbul. As we were eating breakfast, it began snowing, no kidding. It was only a little bit though. We drove to the airport and it was ...
From Izmir to Kusadasi
It was a nice trip from Izmir to Kusadasi with the shuttle bus from StarTour. We had a great guide and got plenty of information. Since this was our 8 visit to Kusadasi we had heard most of it before, but it was very ok to get updated ...
unexpected surprise
... bracelets that we bought!! We also tried some of there famous apple tea, which reminds me of Tim Horton's Apple cider, very good!!!!!! Turkey was quite fun considering that when we first thought of that port we laughed at it. In the afternoon we docked in ...
Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey
Arrival at the coast. Will travel inland to where the coast used to ...
turkey so far
... structred australıan servıce. After ANZAC day we got back together wıth our tour drop and started headıng towards the south of Turkey. On out way weive seen many ancıent greek and ottoman (turkısh) cıtıes and structures ın the towns of pergamum ...
Aegean Coast
... , and then us girls browsed the jewellery. I was very tempted to buy some but resisted!! From here it was a 5 hour journey south to Kusadasi. Our hotel was really nice and flash and it was nice to be in a hotel and have ncie hot showers! That night we ...
Aphrodisias
... I have been under the weather. We think that the water in Bulgaria combined with general exhaustion caused it. But Turkey is a fascinating country. We particularly enjoyed the underground cities of Cappadocia. Today, we explore Aphrodisias. It has been ...
Ephesus
The taxi arrived at ten to nine and we hurried out the door into the most luxurious taxi ever. It was more like a limousine, so we traveled in comfort today. We have decided to book the same taxi for our trip to Pergamon on Sunday. We were ...