Ephesus Guide & Info Center

This pretty Orthodox village,30 km. from Kusadasi.The village is a perfect synthesis of Turk-Greek culture as of the 1920’s;after the Independence War,People exchange between greek and Turks has occured and all those typical Greek houses,though they kept their orginal outside characteristics,have received the local layout inside.The most beautiful thing is they are open to visitors […]

Ein altes verschlafenes Dorf, dessen Haeuser sich in aeusserer Erscheinung deutlich von anderen Dörfern in der Türkei unterscheiden: Weisse Backsteinhaeuser mit Ziegeldaechern. Wie aus einem Bilderbuch. Schaut man sich die Haeuser aus der Naehe an, entdeckt man kleine Überraschungen….Wenn man durch Selçuk in Richtung Izmir faehrt, entdeckt man zur rechten Seite ein unscheinbares Schild mit […]

On one of the enormous pillars from the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (325-300 BC) is carved a statue of a large-winged, languid, naked youth. He gazes down thoughtfully, even wistfully and regretfully, at something (now lost) in his left hand. It may have been a dead butterfly, symbol of the fleeting nature of life […]