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Selcuk Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Selcuk, Turkey
Selcuk - The gates of Ephesus
... was nice to get a look at the changing scenery as we travelled along. It was wonderful to finally arrive at our destination of Selcuk. This really is beginning to feel like a mediterranean city and the hotel is very simple but nice. I am lucky as I ...
My Turkey Part 2
... ended up forking over a lot of money and ended up with some sore limbs and occasional nightmares. After Istanbul I came to Selcuk (pronounced sell-chook) to see the famed Ephesus. What an amazing site. A very well preserved Hellenistic Period town. ...
another adventure
Now that we have the turkish busses down, the trip to Selcuk from Mugla was easy. In Selcuk our host family welcomed us heartily with kisses and hugs, food and smiles! I got almost as many kisses as Sophia! The four flats in the building are all ...
EPHESIS and the ruins of this ancient city!
Day 13 (morning) Temperature: 14 degrees Weather: beautiful sunny day ======================== The place was infested with tourists, I being ...
Day 27 - a day at Ephesus
They say Ephesus is the most well preserved Roman town in the world, well it is also the most crowded.We took transport from the hotel to drop us off at the South gate at the upper end of Ephesus and by the time we arrived at 9:00 am there must have been ...
Day 26 - Selcuk
... side of town has very few cars. In the afternoon we went to Pamacuk Beach for a few hours. It is a 10 minute drive from Selcuk. I had read several warnings about rough surf, but we must have been there on a quiet day because the waves were very small. ...
Kusadasi & Selcuk
Kusadasi, Selcuk At last, we're in Turkey! After a short, sunny ferry crossing, we arrived in Kusadasi (Kushadasee), a sprawling modern city. We began walking toward the hotel referred to us by Costas in Samos, when a man pointed to the card ...
Andrew breaks his bike and we see awesome ruins.
... had three arches, connecting the oddly named ‘Gate of Persecution’ and the basilica itself. We enjoyed our time in Selcuk, wandering amongst really old chucks of marble and stone and we were refreshed and ready to make the bus journey the ...
Warmer weather, here I come!
I made my way to Selcuk which is the town next to Ephesus. I was able to change my flight from Turkish Airways to Pegasus airlines because they had a direct flight instead of having a layover in Istanbul. The metro is at the airport and cost 4TL which ...
Selcuk
... was that 1 day of sun... where was i? what was i doing? Well, here's a photo... luckily i happened to be hiking from Fethiye over to Oludeniz to the Blue Lagoon, darn near Turkey's nicest beach... ...
Selçhuk - Romerske ruiner og Jimmys haandlangere
Paa vejen ind i landet stoppede vi i Selçuk for at se de vidt beroemmede romerske ruiner i Ephesus, som skulle vaere ganske enestaaende. Det var de paa sin vis ogsaa - havde varet en by med over 250.000 indbyggere - men det, vi oplevede mest, ...
the ruins of Ephesus and the town of Sirince
... , checking out the ruins, the temples and the statues on the road then headed down to the most recognisable building/ruin in Turkey - the library of Celsus. It reminded me a little of Petra in Jordan with its columns and carvings. I ...
Ephesus
After spending the night on a shiny new yet uncomfortably warm coach from Istanbul I arrived in Selcuk on the Aegean coast. I am now accompanied by Wayne, a slightly racist but very friendly Zimbabwean I met in Istanbul, who ...
The turkish experience
... was right next door, and boy was it worth the extra money for something that was a few blocks away! Instantly, when I arrived in Selcuk, I had offers for accommodation. I followed one man back to his hotel where he set me up with a gorgeous private ...
Turkey 04
... most cases you will!!! - Turksih people appear to love Australians and apparently the Kiwis are okay too. Favourite things about Turkey: - Oludeniz private boat trip (especially doing bombies off the boat into the warm water - see pics in album) - ...
Visiting a leather factory and a museum!
... keeper! In early afternoon, the artifacts of Ephesus were viewed in a small but interesting "Ephesus Archeological Museum" in Selcuk where the statue of the Great Mother Artemis was displayed amongst so many other valuable and precious pieces. ...
Work Day
... , so this must have been quite the site. So sad that only a column remains today. By the way, the culture of Turkey is fantastic. The people are the friendliest I have encountered, and there are hardly any scams. Everyone is eager to practice their ...
Day 26 - Pamukkale to Selcuk via Aphrodisius
... nbsp;The stadium alone is worth the visit, as it is one of the best preserved in the ancient world. I had planned for 4 nights in Selcuk, and was worried that this was too long, but I loved this small town which is great for walking, and there were plenty ...
Ephesus, St John's Basilica, Artemis Temple
... , you know?"). As we drove back to Selcuk, our driver told us that he had moved here from Van - a city on a lake in eastern Turkey - and that Van has a breed of cat, called the Van cat, which is a white housecat with eyes that are bicoloured. Apparently ...
day 4 (Troy and Pergamum)
a big driving day, 382km, most of the day in the bus the first place to visit today was Troy, the legendary city, the story of the legendary horse its pretty cool climbing up into the horse, getting the tourist photo, the site itself is extensive ...
Can I Buy a Vowel: Ephesus/Aphrodisias/Hierapolis
... be purchased in Turkey. I then made my way upstairs to the lovely terrace for drinks and dinner before the highly anticipated U.S. - Turkey FIBA basketball championship game. As I was sitting at my table, I was introduced to David and Lisa, from.... ...
Backpacking 101-Seniors' Edition
... an early morning flight after just 2 hours sleep, Istanbul to Izmir. From Izmir we got a bus into the small town of Selcuk. We opted to stay a few kilometres outside of the town in what I can only describe as an Aussie-Turkish owned ...
The Kebabs are better in Turkey!
... go and lots planned for the day. We rode for about 2hrs before our stomachs started to complain and we were getting close to Izmire, Turkey's third largest city. With this we decided it was a great idea to get some food. We found a café on the side of ...
Selçuk and Ephesus
... I found it much more interesting than the Colosseum or other sites I have seen, Later I visited the museum in Selcuk which houses the better preserved statues, jewellery and artifacts found at Ephesus and featured all sorts of information about how ...
Day 19-22 Beach Bums to Miller Rice
... downhill back towards the truck park. It was great to see Tango again and we quickly got our seats and departed on the road towards Selcuk. It was a bumpy ride at the back again and both Max and I managed to pop our neck cushions that we had used as a ...
Eros, boobs and phallus.
... considered it a pilgrimage of sorts to visit Ephesus. Ephesus is the artist formerly known as Efes, and the birthplace of Turkey's fine national beer. I'm also pretty certain that not one of the millions of tourists that flock here each year come ...
We made ıt to Turkey
We we made ıt to Turkey yesterday. Our Ferry was around 2 hours long and then we had a short bus rıde to our hotel. Our hotel ıs basıc but has aırcondıtıonıng so we are happy. Thıs mornıng we got up early and took a tour of Ephesus, ...
Arrival in Selcuk
We arrived in Selcuk mid-afternoon, quite tired from our active morning and the long drive. The city of Selcuk was larger than Bergama but seemed to be very pleasant; it was well-planned, attractively laid out with fountains in the middle of roundabouts ...