Izmir Hilton

... a nice lunch at the waterfront, we walked further on the waterfront and arrived at the clock tower, which is a symbolic structure of Izmir. There was a small mosque behind the clock tower, this one was no where near the size of the Blue Mosque. We walked ...

... of Greece which faces the water. We pass a new statue of Ataturk and then another square and another statue. The Hilton is the tallest building in Izmir so I assume one would never really be lost using it as a landmark. Our room isn't ready so we ...

... is the third-largest city in Turkey, located in a natural bay, with over 3.35 million inhabitants in its province. Izmir's 3500 years of recorded history shows that it was one of the principal mercantile cities of the Mediterranean Sea. ...

... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   SEP 24: We transferred to Izmir today with our mid-morning visit to TROY, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This city is well known in Homer's Iliad where Helen's face launched a thousand ...

... to the Ephesus Museum where a number of the relics from the site had been moved. After that we then travelled north up the coast to Izmir, the third largest city in Turkey with three million people where we have a great hotel with a wonderful sea ...

... real schedule. Amy and I woke up at a sensible hour ate some breakfast and met up with Erkan near the Hilton Hotel in downtown Izmir. I thought we'd hit the road from there but instead we drove out to his family's tent restaurant located just outside ...

... we are to have a large dinner at 4:30. Then a formal Bible Study, a break and up to dinner on the 32nd floor of the Hilton. As we sit at the tables eating, we have a view of the surrounding city of Izmir and her harbor. There is a church to ...

After getting off the Havas bus at the downtown by the Hilton hotel, my asking-for-direction(AFD) journey began.  I believe there must be at least 4 Turks who tried to help me find my hotel, ege palas, and the last one, an old man, was the ...

... and even Derek (grumpy old git) came out to party, he was lovin it, dancing away for ages.  I also learnt that Hilton gives the best massage, I will make sure I stay his friend......!! Next day decided I needed to spring clean, so found the bleach ...

... you just kind of go to a counter (like at tesco etc) and pick your food and they cook it for you??? We did however see Hilton on the way in, who was surrounded by about 10 plates of food because he didn't really realize what he was ordering, hence to say ...

... tasty, and I enjoyed it, out of 100 portions of rice, not a single scrap was wasted! (42 mouths to feed), in fact Rob and Hilton went back for 4ths! We now have a reputation to uphold! After all the jobs of cook group where sorted we went straight to bed, ...

Toured Ephesus today which is probably one of the largest restored Roman ruins - it was a major city in those times with over 200,000 people which is absolutely amazing - it was pretty chilly even for me (in the low 40s when we got here with a breeze) - ...

... officers and very slow luggage-handlers. Hasslefree moneychang-ing is possible behind the customs. There is a HAVAS-bus to the city-centre (Hilton-hotel) for US$ 2. You'll find the bus if you walk out the airport-build-ing and than 100 metres to your ...

... pleasure to leave the bikes with them for the evening and head up to the famous Galaxy Bar on the top floor of the Hilton. It's all too comfortable at the bar chatting with Evi, looking out onto the ruins with cocktail in hand, but Pierpaolo manages ...

... surprising to me, a Taiwanese. I wouldn't visit it if I were not with my Thai companion. We took the tricycle as we walked past Hilton near the opera house. We'd walked for like half an hour, so I guess my partner's a little tired. First we walked past ...

Map of Pargamum; Acropolis   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEP 25: Everyone in our tour group opted for the full-day tour of the ancient Greek city Pergamum built high on a hilltop. It was the Kingdom of ...