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Kusadasi,
Turkey
A
resort town, located at the western part of Turkey. Major cruise
terminal approximately 750 cruise ship call to Port of Kusadasi.
Winter time population 58.000 people this population rises upto
400.000 people in the summer days. A lot eastern european tourists
are coming to Kusadasi to spend their vacation. There are several
resorts around Kusadasi. Major tourist attraction is the ancient
city of Ephesus. Ephesus is 20 minutes drive form the Port of
Kusadasi.
Suggested
Tours for Kusadasi:
KUSADASI
- No:1
Halfday (4hours) Tour of Ephesus & Temple of
Artemis
Meet with your guide in front of the Kusadasi port
passenger Terminal. Drive to the country. See the TEMPLE OF
ARTEMIS, one of the wonders of the ancient world. Then a visit to
EPHESUS is a visit to one of the best preserved ancient cities in
the world. Ancient historians believed that Ephesus was founded by
the Amazons, but now, it is believed to have been the Hittite city
of Apasa. With your guide, you will see the Odeion, where the
advisory council held its meetings and the Baths, as well as many
other columns, monuments and ruins, including the Celsus Library.
En-route to Kusadasi enjoy the scenery or shopping opportunity.
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KUSADASI
- No:2
Fullday (8hours) Tour of Ephesus - Christian Ephesus
Meet with your guide in front of the Kusadasi port passenger
Terminal. Drive to the country. Your first stop on this
fascinating tour is at the HOUSE OF VIRGIN MARY. Then, you will
continue on to visit ancient EPHESUS, one of the most magnificent
and best-preserved ancient sites in the world. See the Odeion, the
Market Basilica, Curetes Street, Bath, Celsus Library, Marble
Street and the Great Theatre with a seating capacity of 25,000
people. After lunch visit the BASILICA OF ST. JOHN and see the
TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS, one of the wonders of the ancient world.
En-route to Kusadasi enjoy the scenery or shopping opportunity.
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KUSADASI
- No:3
Fullday (8hours) Ephesus & Villages
Meet with
your guide in front of the Kusadasi port passenger Terminal.
Depart the pier for the 20 minute drive to one of the 7 wonders of
the ancient world: TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS. After seeing Temple of
Artemis drive to the magnificent ancient site of EPHESUS. Ephesus
is the best preserved of the Greek/Roman cities in Anatolia and
while you are visiting the ancient ruins of this magnificent site,
your guide will bring them alive. You will see the beautiful
Celsus Library, restored and reconstructed according to its
original form by the architect Friedmund Hueber in the 1970's. The
most spectacular building of Ephesus is the Grand Theater, built
during the Hellenistic age to hold 25,000 spectators. It is there
that St. Paul preached. Opposite the Temple of Hadrian are the
Hill Houses, homes of Ephesus' wealthy citizens. The city was also
the hometown of great philosopher Heraclitus. After a visit to
Ephesus Antique Site, you will arrive at SIRINCE VILLAGE. This old
Orthodox Village, 30 km from Kusadasi, was once "Cirkince"(ugly).
Indeed its inhabitants gave this name on the purpose as they did
not want to be bothered by foreigners nor to share the beauty of
their village. Still after years, visitors understood that the
village was not ugly and called it "Sirince" (pretty).
Today the village is a perfect synthesis of Turkish-Greek culture
as of the 1920's; after the Turkish Independence War, people
exchange between Greek and Turks has occurred and all those
typical Greek houses, though they kept their original outside
characteristics, have received the local layout inside. At Sirince
Village you will have chance of seeing the local life at a village
and purchasing some small local souvenirs and handicrafts. The
village is also famous for its local grape and other fruit wines.
Your last stop will be the visit to the ISA BEY MOSQUE, a delicate
masterpiece of Turkish architecture from the fourteenth century.
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KUSADASI
- No:4
Fullday (8hours) Temple of Artemis + Ephesus + Kirazli
Village
Boarding your vehichle at port of Kusadasi, drive
eastwards to Selcuk Town.. En-route see the cotton fields, olive
groves and pine forests while driving along the blue Aegean
shores. Your first stop will be The Temple of Artemis, one of the
7 wonders of the ancient world. Continue to Ephesus where you
start at the Magnesia Gate and walk downhill through the city.Your
guide will point out the sights, bringing the history of Ephesus
to life as you pause at the Odeon, Upper Agora, Town Hall,
Fountain of Trajan, Temple of Hadrian and Domitianus, Memmius
Memorial, Roman Baths, Terrace Houses and the extarordinary
Library of Celsus. At the end of a marble street leading from the
library, gaze up at the impressive theater, built to seat 24.000
people. Here St. Paul preached to Ephesians. Afterwards proceed to
the quaint Village of Kirazli. Meet with locals, witness the
unspoiled local life. See real Turkey !. Afterwards drive back to
Kusadasi Port.
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KUSADASI
- No:5
Fullday (8hours) Priene, Miletus and Didyma
(This
Tour is designed for 2nd timers to Kusadasi)
Meet with your
guide in front of the Kusadasi port passenger Terminal. Following
the departure from the pier, the first stop will be PRIENE. The
ancient harbor city of Priene probably changed its location when
the silt of the Meander River threatened to bury it. Now it is
nearly 16km away from the sea. The original place of the city has
never been found but it was probably a peninsula with two harbors.
Priene was laid out on a Hippodamian system of grid plan at the
foot of a spectacular cliff on mount Mycale and contained many
famous examples of Hellenistic art and architecture. All the
streets intersect at right angles. Next visit MILETUS, an ancient
city located near the mouth of the Meandros River. Miletus owed
its importance to its position on the trade routes. It was one of
the largest cities in Anatolia. Highly prosperous, it founded many
colonies and was the home of the ancient philosophers Anaximander,
Anaximenes and Thales, the town planner Hippodamus and architect
Isidorus. Having a prominent position, Miletus became the most
important port in this area and it was the most active member of
the twelve cities of the Ionian Confederation. From the 7th
century B.C. the city has been controlled in turn by the Persians,
Roman and Seljuk Turks. The last visit in the tour will be DIDYMA.
The world Didyma meant "twins" and it was associated by
some as being the meeting place of Zeus and Leto to have their
twins Apollo and Artemis. Didyma was famed as a prophecy center
dedicated to Apollo, which served a similar purpose as the Delphi
of Anatolia. It was not a city but a sanctuary linked to Miletus
by Milesians with a 12 mile sacred road.
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