Houses on the Slopes

The houses of the wealthy had beautiful mosaics and are now covered with a roof to protect them, and also keep people out who don't pay the additional entrance fee. I would go inside if I ever got to Ephesus again, but for my first visit everything else was more than enough.

Ephesus

August 18th 2011
Ephesus was our main goal if we left Istanbul at all, because Phil was keen to see remnants of antiquity, and Annabel Murray had told us Ephesus shouldn't be missed. So our travel agent built Ephesus in to his grand plan for us. Leaving Cappadocia, we flew to Ismir, and the inherent merits of our tour arrangements became more apparent when we learned that we were being taxied, by ourselves, ... read more

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more

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