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Ephesus Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ephesus, Turkey
Love that History
... 5 in Turkey currently being excavated, however 2000 such sites are known that have not been touched.Incredible.Austrian archaeologists have been at Ephesus since the 1880s & have only uncovered 15% of the site !! The first part of the tour was really ...
Trapped in Turkey - a Good Trip Gone Wrong
... . We had a great time climbing in the old ruins; welcome to Turkey. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a ruin in Turkey. We leave Ephesus and head to a little restaurant in the country, where a meal awaits us - it's called lunch, but who knows ...
The foray to western Turkey
... side trip to the countryside, negotiating the bus system from Bursa to Kusadasi and back. We stayed in a charming hotel called the Ephesus Boutique Hotel in Kirazli as the only guests, and arrived on the first night to a roaring fire in our room. ...
A wonder of the Ancient World
... the other way but why walk uphill? There are a multitude of stalls at either end selling souvenirs and "genuine" fake watches! Ephesus is a massive well preserved city and it is impressive to walk along the original streets and see the Celsus library (135 ...
Ruınes magnıfıques et beaute nature
... 305;stıc but absolutely pıttoresque sıtes. Fırst the natural beautıes of the travertıne (carbonate mınerals) and the Hıerapolıs ruıns. Then on to Ephesus. Pıctures tell ıt ...
Lot's of Biblical ruins!
Day 8 – Kusadasi and Ephesus, Turkey We booked a tour guide and a bus for the four of us and left the boat and got to it, with lots of ancient ruins on our agenda. I didn't realize that Ephesus was at one time the third largest city in the Roman ...
The Grand Theater
The big theater in Ephesus. It could hold about 25,000 people. Not too shabby for that ...
Kusadasi
... . I would love to come back & spend more time here when it is cooler and we have more time. I want to revisit Ephesus but not Turkey.....the shopping we did was horrible. Emmet took us to the leather manufacturers we had wanted to go to but it is very ...
Remember the Ephesians
... and friendly and busy and crazy all rolled into one. We traveled first to the Virgin Mary's house, then to the ruins of Ephesus. They showed us the amphitheater where Paul preached to the Ephesians and was driven out by the pagan idol makers. I would ...
Standing Where Paul Preached
Even a looming 1 hour plus bus ride couldn't deter us from Ephesus. How often do you get to see a city built thousands of years ago? The girls were excellent on the bus, thanks to puffs and some pilfered bread sticks, our new secret weapon. ...
Ephesus
... result of an archaeological dig in which several residential areas were uncovered and it was discovered how the "upper class" lived in Ephesus. Several workers were seen working on what I can only describe as an amazing jig saw puzzle of which ...
Cruisin' the Greek Isles!
We went to Ephesus! It was amazing to see where Paul went and to see the theator at ...
Ephesus
... pagan gods and was almost lynched by the townsfolk. Req The site is huge, and like most of the really cool places in Turkey, swarms of tourists are disgorged by busses. Knowing this, we arrived before they opened the gates and had the place to ourselves ...
Ephesus
The third day of our cruise, we stopped in Izmir, Turkey. We did an excursion that involved going to Ephesus and the Virgin Mary's house. Ephesus is a beautiful site of ruins, and it is one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World. Everything was ...
Ephesus
... under the house still flows and the water is believed by many to have healing power. We then proceeded to Ancient Ephesus. This place is amazing. At the Terrace Houses where the rich Romans lived, they have plumping and heated ...
Ephesus
... . Ultimately Paul was arrested and imprisoned in a dungeon below the lighthouse on a hill overlooking the port of Ephesus. The Library of Celsus, reconstructed from all original pieces, was originally built around 125 A.D. Measured in terms of ...
Nothing Minor about Asia (Kusadasi & Ephesus)
... new fortress city in 500 AD so much reconstruction has taken place over the past 50 years and not just mere excavation. Ephesus had running water from mountain aqueducts serving marble cisterns to in-house plumbing with clay tiles (unlike Rome's lead ...
Ruins of Ephesus -
... where he happened to be born and raised and took us first to the house of the Virgin Mary. Located high on a hilltop above Ephesus is a small house where the Blessed Virgin Mary is to have spent the last years of her life. It is a picturesque ...
A Very Spiritual Day: Ephesus
... to the harbor. Today, the ruins of Ephesus are located 5km away from the sea due to silt buildup over the centuries. Ephesus was more than just a commercial and financial hub. It was also the location of one of the several early Christian ecumenical ...
Dress-up in leather factory... then on to Ephesus
... , I don't know how she does it but Julie and I have decided to take her with us when we want to buy something. Ephesus is one of the best-preserved classical cities in the eastern Mediterranean and a great example of Roman architecture. it was founded by ...
