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'Behind' the Sign

Posted by manzara

This sign was photographed recently when we enjoyed lunch with our family at the Karameşe Restaurant at Anadolu Köy Sofraları in Selçuk, Turkey. The grandkids just love eating in the tree house!

Quiet, Relaxing Locations

Posted by ciaotime

... at sunset. So, just a few ideas to avoid the crowds, relax, eat well and simply enjoy life in this lovely region of Turkey. These suggestions are fairly close to our home in Çeşme but on another post, I'll make some more suggestions for relaxing ...

Quiet, Relaxing Locations

Posted by manzara

... at sunset. So, just a few ideas to avoid the crowds, relax, eat well and simply enjoy life in this lovely region of Turkey. These suggestions are fairly close to our home in Çeşme but on another post, I'll make some more suggestions for relaxing ...

Buses in Turkey

Posted by manzara

... ; If your itinerary allows it, I would avoid weekends at Ephesus. Being the single most visited tourist attraction in the whole of Turkey, it can be busy at any time, but especially weekends. Also, try to get there early morning before the coaches form ...

Çamlık Railway Museum

Posted by manzara

Many travellers would be unaware of the Çamlık Locomotive Museum (the flagship railway museum of Turkey) just a 30 minute bus ride from Selçuk. Staff at the Bus Station in Selçuk are extremely helpful and will soon direct you to the right bus to ...

Buses in Turkey

Posted by kiwi7kiwi

... for all the useful information! We are staying at the Sheraton Cesme for 2 nights and then the Terrace Houses Sirince in Sirince by Selcuk. Which is the best day tour to book Ephesus? We don't have a car so we need to either get someone to pick us ...

Hotel recommendation for Kusadasi/Effesus this months - Kusadasi-Effesus travel question

Posted by manzara

I can recommend two possibilities which you may like to consider both with excellent reviews, recommended by Tom Brosnahan's Turkey Travel Planner and within easy reach of Ephesus. First of all in the centre of Selçuk Another option, a quiet oasis ...

Cleopatra's Sister found at Ephesus

Posted by manzara

A visit to Ephesus is one of the highlights of many people's visit to western Turkey. I go there several times a year and always see something I have missed previously or now understand better. It is the most popular single attraction for visitors in the ...

Buses in Turkey

Posted by kiwi7kiwi

... town to town and then hotel to hotel after we depart from the bus? From Antalya we go to Kas then to Marmaris, Bodrum, Selcuk, Cesme, Canakkale, and back to Istanbul. The hotel in Ankara quoted us 90 euro to get from the airport in Ankara to the Sheraton ...

Buses in Turkey

Posted by kiwi7kiwi

... town to town and then hotel to hotel after we depart from the bus? From Antalya we go to Kas then to Marmaris, Bodrum, Selcuk, Cesme, Canakkale, and back to Istanbul. The hotel in Ankara quoted us 90 euro to get from the airport in Ankara to the Sheraton ...

Seferihisar

Posted by manzara

Seferihisar, around 30kms south-west of İzmir, has recently been designated as Turkey's first Cittaslow (or Slow City in Italian). Cittaslow, as you may know, is a movement founded in Italy in October,1999. Cittaslow's goals include improving the ...

Weather in Turkey during March '10

Posted by manzara

... I am sure you will be doing a great deal of your own research in preparation for your trip but if you do visit western Turkey and require any more information, please let me know. For example if you are visiting Ephesus and have some extra time in the ...

Buses in Turkey

Posted by manzara

Hello again. The price quoted by the Sheraton Hotel for an airport transfer does seem excessive. But then hotel prices often are! There are regular Havaş buses from the airport to the city centre costing, I think, around 10 Turkish Lira. From ...

Buses in Turkey

Posted by manzara

Hello again. The price quoted by the Sheraton Hotel for an airport transfer does seem excessive. But then hotel prices often are! There are regular Havaş buses from the airport to the city centre costing, I think, around 10 Turkish Lira. From ...

Amasya-Turkey

Posted by manzara

I've only recently joined the forum and was very interested to read so much information about Amasya and see the superb photographs. Amasya seems one of the highlights of any visit to Central Anatolia with the Pontic Rock Tombs, wonderful Selçuk and ...

New Seven Wonders of the World

Posted by manzara

... of Artemis As I am sure you know, the Temple of Artemis was completed around 550 BC close to Ephesus, in western Turkey. Though the monument is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only foundations and sculptural fragments of the temple ...

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