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De rijke Egeïsche kust, vroegere Griekse kolonie
... Nysa am Rande des Menderstales. Der Fluss Menderes schlängelt sich in grossen S-Kurven durch das Tal. Der Begriff "Meander" ist hier entstanden.
Nahe Selçuk befindet sich die Griechisch-Römische Stadt Efesos, einer der schönsten Ruinenstätte der westlichen Welt, gegründet um 1000 vor Christus. Die Römer bauten hier den wichtigsten Hafen der Egeïs. Die Stadt spielt auch eine wichtige Rolle im Christentum: es wurden 2 ...
What have the Romans ever done for us ?
... About 10km away, our hotel has a free transfer, and we sneak in just before the tour groups.
Ephesus is surprisingly intact for a 2000+ year old city. The main street is preserved, and logically provides the basis to explore the city. First we encounter Gymnasium / Baths – the layout can clearly be seen, not the least because part of the Baths is carved into the cliff-side behind ! We wander down the stone paved main street to the Odeon, an small ...
Castelo de Algodão
... para onde as pessoas iam quando queriam se curar de alguma enfermidade. Elas achavam que aquelas águas tinham poderes terapêuticos... mas a julgar pelo tamanho do cemitério e o número de túmulos que vimos, acho que os tratamentos não tinham muito sucesso...
Quando pegamos o carro o termômetro estava marcando 40 graus, detalhe: eram 7 horas da ...
Samos to Selcuk
... Jewelry shops ... and a lot of barbers. I've been told that a Turkish shave is an experience not to be missed, so I'll have to try one of those later.
On our way back to the hotel we found a jewelry shop that a friend from work had told me about. The prices are good and the lady that runs the shop (quite uncommon in Turkey we are informed) is very talkative and very friendly. So we spent awhile browsing the shop over a cup or two of apple tea.
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Adventure...
... of really really tiny towns on the way back down. This feels like, and I think this really is, waaaaay off the beaten track. People here seem to be slack-jawed amazed when we rumble through town. But if we stop, they're happy, helpful, open, confident, and very interesting. When we get back to the main road, we realize we've done a complete loop and ended up where we started. I'm in the lead, and as we roll past our previous turn-off point, I raise my left hand and ...


