Hitit Hotel Selcuk
Sarapci Kuyu Mevkii Selcuk, Izmir, 35920, Turkey
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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 but in ruins, I did get to touch a wall that was 5000 years old...damn thats old the second place to …
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Turkish Shave and Ancient Ruins
... get one. It was such an interesting process. First they wash your face, next they brush shaving cream all over you face and shave you with a blade (this process occurs two times). After that, they take flame to your face to get all the small hairs (in the ears too)! Next they tweeze the left over hairs, put on aftershave, put cream on and give you a face and neck massage, then they give you cologne! This all only cost 5TL (3 dollars Canadian)! It was so neat to ...
Eros, boobs and phallus.
With how much of the local brew I've been consuming, I 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 for this reason as Ephesus is also one of the best preserved classic cities in Europe, and neighbouring Selcuk has the ruins of ...
Ephesus
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What an amazing trip back through time. To relive the legendary stories and walk down those marbled footpaths (and see the 4000 yr old latrines - they sure built them to last!), it was hard to come to terms with it all. Interestingly, a tablet was poInted out to us with the word "investigation". It was all down to an order given by the Romans who had conquered the region and were interested in politically progressing the area. (We also saw the ...
Pamukkale and hot springs
... There are some 17 hot springs, ranging in temperature from 35 to 100 degrees. The white cliffs, or travertine, are formed when the calcium carbonate deposited as a soft jelly harden over time. The flow of the hot springs are now controlled so that they are channelled to various areas as to keep the cliff deposits even.
It is not permitted to wade, wallow or whatever in the springs anymore but they have a pool that is available ...



