Hotel Akay

... was too long, but I loved this small town which is great for walking, and there were plenty of things to do in the area. Hotel Akay, Selcuk 55 Euro for a triple 45 for a double We stayed in the old section on the second floor, and rooms were average ...

... of events and felt a little guilty as the puppy had followed us down to the bus from the safety of the backstreets around the hotel. When we arrived in Selcuk we had a bit of a wander around town and stopped for some lunch. I had an incredibly tasty ...

... 9 hours later we were checked out, well fed, on the road, albeit cold (me) and grubby (Rachel) after I discovered that our hotel shower doesn't have hot water.  OK, Rachel's spidy-sense didn't anticipate that eventuality.  Still, we were off to ...

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 ...

... case.  I walked home and sat on the edge of the Church of St John and watched the sunset over the city. Back to our cute little hotel for a swim and bed.  Although it is nice being with the group I am also enjoying a bit of time on my own. ...

... along. It was wonderful to finally arrive at our destination of Selcuk. This really is beginning to feel like a mediterranean city and the hotel is very simple but nice.  I am lucky as I managed to score my own room for this stop.  The hotel ...

... and that we had been led to one of a number of decoy entrances (presumably they change the sign above the door depending on which hotel the victim is looking for) used by conniving taxi drivers. You have to hand it to them for ingenuity. We had come to ...

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... the St John Basilica to get our bearings for one of the recommended hotels a bookseller came by and told us to go to the Akay hotel just a few hundred meters on the same road. This proved to be an excellent choice, a very nice place with beautiful rooms, ...

From Selcuk we took a day trip south to visit the Roman ruins of Miletus, and Priene. Miletus was particularly interesting to me as this is where the Apostle Paul gave his final farewell to the elders of the Ephesus church. The ruins were a pleasant ...

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. ...

Pamukkale (by Sander) It was around 2:00 PM as we got our first glimpse of the snow white travertines (white terraces of calcium, made by calcium rich, hot, spring water ). It was around 2:00 PM and 30 seconds as we saw some of the 2200 year old ...

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Long day on the buses eventually got us to our very nice pad in Selcuk - which happened to have a rather nice roof-top terrace for some early evening beeries on arrival, which everyone was definitely in the mood for. The following day we ...