Hotel Akay Selcuk
Isabey Mah. 1054, Sokak 3 Selcuk, Izmir, 35927, Turkey
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Selçuk and Ephesus
We set off early for the ancient city of Ephesus which was only 4 km away from Selcuk. Ephesus was originally an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city. In the Roman period, it was for many years the second largest city of the Roman Empire and had a population of more than 250,000 in the 1st century BC, which also made it the second …
Chungda's Head
So apparently I've gone insane.
After a quick seat inspection by Jo and bidding farewell to Jo and Sherry, Rachel and I set out in our rental car for 4 days of driving around the Turkish countryside. Apart from a quixotic mission for the nearest Shell station, our exodus from Istanbul proper was uneventful. However, you have to drive some …
Day 26 - Pamukkale to Selcuk via Aphrodisius
Route we drove to Selcuk via Aphrodisias
We retraced our steps through Denizli to Tavas and then took D585 north to Aphrodisia. After visiting the ruins we continued north on D585 to the junction with 320 (E87) at Aydin we then followed route 550 into Selcuk.
From Pamukkale it is about 1 hour to Aphrodisius. We spent a very pleasant …
Day 26 - Selcuk
We spent the day in Selcuk visiting the Isa Bey Mosque, St. John's Basillica, and the Ephesus Museum
I have to say again what a pleasant place Selcuk is for walking. There are several pedestrian only streets, and the east side of town has very few cars.
In the afternoon we went to Pamacuk Beach for a few hours. It is a 10 minute …
Day 27 - a day at Ephesus
They say Ephesus is the most well preserved Roman town in the world, well it is also the most crowded.We took transport from the hotel to drop us off at the South gate at the upper end of Ephesus and by the time we arrived at 9:00 am there must have been 20 bus loads of cruise ship tourists from Kusadasi. On a positive note it made it feel more …



