Selcuk Hostels - Reviews and Rates

The next morning, we stopped off at Troy on the way to Selcuk to check out the ruins there. Troy is the ancient city of the Trojan War, and described in the Homer's 'Iliad'. It was founded in the reign of Emperor Augustus but flourished most under Constantine, eventually declining in the Byzantine era. The ruins were pretty cool, decently impres...

We had brekky around 8am so we could get an early start and try and avoid the crowds around Efes (Ephesus). In our own mini-bus we made the 20 minute trip from Selcuk to the entrance and started our wander around the best preserved Roman ruins. We did wonder why it was in the middle of nowhere and apparently back in the days the harbour used to ...

Selçuk ('sellchook') - Town is just 3km from Ephesus site. Stayed at the Aussie/Kiwi Pension where I could find nobody to drink with me. Had to drink as much as I could of the wine I brought by myself. This was the moment it started to dawn on me how few people were traveling in the area at this time. Turns out that some of the coastal towns I w...

We rendezvoused once again with our erstwhile travelling companion Mr Yates and his female consort who he had in turn rendesvoused with in Istanbul: the mysterious Renee. We were in Selcuk for one reason: to survey the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus (Efes), and after a great night drowning in Efes beer, the next morning we were dropped off...

Arrived 6:30 in the morning, (10 hour bus trip) felt really grose from not much sleep so we all had a nap till about lunch time. then I Went to the ruins of Ephesus in the arvo with Fabienne. Caz was suffering travellers gastro and so sally stayed with her. Really hot day! There was actually quite a big bush fire just on the hill right near the ...

We arrived at 7 am from our overnight bus (12 am - 7 am)...we don't want to do that again. We got the last row in the bus. The seats were really uncomfortable, and we could barely recline them. Naty and I got these inflatable pillows that were supposed to help...but they just made the process really complicated. Plus the bus attendant kept passi...

After a madhap circuitous commute, Julie and I made a mad dash into the airport in Istanbul and just barely made our flight to Ismir. Such stress, we vowed, would never be repeated less it mar our enjoyment/memory of this trip. Phew! Stayed only one night in the drab city of Ismir and took a 2 hr train ride to Selcuk where we settled in at the l...