Day 9: Kusadasi / Ephesus/ Kusadasi
After breakfast departure for Ephesus. Of all the ancient cities of Turkey, Ephesus is the best preserved and most visited in all ages, and is as popular a religious shrine today as it was in ancient times. This is due to the-miraculous-discovery of the House of the Blessed Virgin. The city which had many splendid buildings and was dedicated to the Goddess Artemis, whose temple was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the world. The main monuments that we will see during the visit of this fascinating city are: the street of Arcadiane, the majestic theatre, marble road, library of Celsus, market place, street of the Curetes, baths of Scholastica, stage agora, prytaneion, odeon. The Town of Selçuk, is dominated by a Byzantine citadel close to the basilica of St. John, built in the 5th century, on the site of the tomb of the Apostle. Selçuk has also an exceptionally fine archaeology museum. (B, L, D)