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Selcuk Slideshow
Selcuk
Travel Blogs from Selcuk, Turkey
history and religion
It took as a few hours traveling from Bergama to Selchuk, which is a newer city with accommodations for travelers to Ephesus, 2 km away. Even though it doesn't have a history as old as Ephesus, Selchuk is by no means new. Remains of a Roman aqueduct runs ...
Night Swims and Pub Quizzes
After deciding the beach was too open to put my tent I find my a nice little place between Eoghan and Stu. Time to clean the truck, and becoming such a hot sweaty mess, Fintan, Josh and I run to the beach, strip our clothing and jump in the water. After ...
Ephesians had it easy
... have partitions back in those days. I’d possibly rather that than the squat versions they still have here in modern-day Turkey, however. The Library of Celsus was quite spectacular, most of it has been restored, with a lot of Austrian help I ...
3 weeks away ..........................!
... acquired items - don't ask let's just say we hope the plate travels well. Found our way to the town centre of Selcuk, eventually, after I directed us totally the wrong way, carrying backpacks etc, but we got there in the end. Replaced our lost adaptor ...
Ephesus
... and with large feet. But he was a lazy student, apparently! Had he grown into the size of his feet? Yes , Amanda, he was a fine specimen, and teaching at the same School as I. Another intriguing moment in Turkey. And so tomorrow to ...
Another sunny day in Turkey
About to head to Pamukalele today.......on yet another beautiful day. Stay ...
Coming to the end of the ruins (thank God!)
We set off from Pamukkale just after lunch as we did not have to far to travel. After a couple of stops we arrived in Selcuk at about 1615 and had an hour for a look around. By about 1715 hr we had arrived at our accommodation where we were going to stay ...
Ephesus
... most impressive was the way you could see the layers of the city being built up. Alas, on we travelled... Our campsite in Selcuk was beautiful. We pitched our tents in the lush, soft, green grass, the sun streaming through the trees, and the beach ...
Selcuk
Hi all Well we have been now to Aphrosdiasis, as well today we are in Ephesus. Here we visited the ruins of Ephesus where the disciple St. Paul wrote his letters from and then the home of the Virgin Mary and the Basilica of St. John. It is ...
Selçuk/Turkey
... a bus to the otogar. This is a massive place, hundreds of buses large and small on three levels all heading to different corners of Turkey. It is highly efficient, but, at the same time confusing. So how come when I arrive in the midst of all that is ...
Izmir to Selcuk
Hi Everyone, This morning we left Bergama early for Selcuk. Unfortunately there were no direct bus to Selcuk, so we ended up taking the small transfer bus first to Bergama Otogar then transfered to Izmir. We met a nice couple from Japan ...
The Grandeur of Ephesus
Hı Everyone, Thıs mornıng after eatıng a nıce breakfast, we left for our narrated tour of the Selçuk area. We fıst vısıted the fınal restıng place of Vırgın Mary. ...
More amazing ruins
... world). The photo contains the 5 eras of Turkish building architecture and history - Anatolian, Greek, Byzantine, Ottoman and modern Turkey - castle (top left), mosque (below), Greek temple (foreground), normal houses and a building in the middle (?) - ...
The town that time forgot about (Turkey - Part 2)
After many far from comfortable hours on a bus (10, to be exact) I arrived in the small town of Selcuk, Turkey. The town is a great travel hub with its quiet, authentic streets and relaxed Aegean beach feel. However, it is ...
Ephesus
... and also the designs and stories of the rugs from the particular areas they came from ie the Russian, Iranian, Persian borders of Turkey. They were beautiful. - silk, natural, single stitched, double stitched - too many to choose from . The rugs took up ...
Chapter Fourteen - Meandering through Turkey
... the local villagers had demanded a share of the admission fees, which seems only fair. Nevertheless the policy in Turkey is that all admissions from state owned archeological sites are distributed evenly throughout the country. An innovative solution has ...
On our way to Ephesus
Flew to Izmir, 1 hour flight or 12 hour bus ride,we chose flying!!!! Got off the plane walked through the airport and next door was the Metro, to take us to Selchuk. Checked into hotel and walked the town streets, guys were watching a soccer game on tv, ...
Sell Chooks
... was a lıttle wınd chop so I got a couple of body bash waves to stave off the surf hunger for a lıttle while... Selcuk town was relaxed, wıth good food and peeps and not many carpet sellers. Made a nıce change from ...
A lone traveler
I've always imagined Paul, this intrepid, sometimes hot-headed guy making his way around the Roman world to preach the Gospel, a lone traveler. Now seeing a lot of the places Paul went, I'm floored by how much he got around. Today, I went up to the ...
Ephesus - grand Roman site
Selcuk is all about Ephesus: the nearby ruin of a once prestigious and sizeable Greek then Roman city. We arrived in the late afternoon so spent a little bit of time having a look at our first Turkish town. It was pretty similar to the Greek towns except ...
Troy and the wooden horse
Left Eceba this morning and headed towards Troy When we got there Bry saw the Troy Horse over the barrier arm and being the inquestive No nosey person he is proceeded to get under the barrier arm and get photos of the ...
storks and classical ruins
again we caught a bus direct from pamukkale to seljuk. we stayed at Barim pension, central position, nice rooms. it's convenientely located only 5 minutes walking from bus station. we stayed here more than planned since we enjoyed ruins,the greek village ...
On to the land of the wonderful
... back to the beginning of Turkey. Here is what I wrote in my journal the day we took the ferry from Samos, Greece to Selcuk, Turkey: Turkey seems extremely promising. We were met at the port and driven through a dry, yet varied and beautiful landscape to a ...
Ephesus
Today was the day to see Ephesus, what was once the third most important city in the Roman empire, and was a fairly major Greek city before that. Our leader, Yusuf, really cracks me up sometimes. Also, he gets us from place to place in one piece, ...
Ephesus
We took a one hour flight down to Izmir, caught a train to selcuk just in time, and arrived at our hostel just before dark. In the morning we had breakfast at the hostel before taking a minibus out to the ruins at Ephesus. The ruins were ...
I Lost my Toenail in Ephesus
... the mosques that tower over the city. Being that this image of a sunrise or sunset was the summation of my knowledge of Turkey, it was a very gratifying experience. We had a 1 hour flight to Izmir. During the flight the attendants came by and ...
Too many St. Johns
... loud bang and yep the tyre had blown. So we all got off the bus and waited for them to fix it without a jack. We didn't get into Selcuk until 9:30 and people still wanted to go for tea. I couldn't believe it. I don't think we got to bed until after 11 and ...