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Ephesus, Turkey
Ephesus ranks as Turkey's best preserved archaeological site (Karen Chen)

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Ephesus Family Travel Tips

  • Sing in an ancient arena.
  • Tour a many-roomed Roman bath.
  • Sit on a 2,000-year-old toilet.
  • Walk where chariots once created traffic jams.


Family Overview: Ephesus, Turkey

Kids like the Baths of Scholastica because the many-roomed facility, built in the first century and enlarged in the fourth, makes the complicated Roman bathing ritual a reality. Bathers undressed in the apodyterium (dressing room), then soaked in the frigidarium (cold room) as well as the tepidarium (warm room), and then sweated in the caldarium (hot room). The public latrine with its row of side by side stone "toilets" always gets a giggle. Read More

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Hotels

Hotel Kalehan

Selcuk
Selcuk 35920 Map

Distance: 0.0 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
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4.0

Nisanyan Inn

Nisanyan Evleri
Sirince Map

Distance: 1.4 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
Expert Rated & Recommended
4.0

Hitit Hotel

Sarapcikoyu Mevkii PK 66
Selcuk Map

Distance: 0.0 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: Not Yet Rated
Expert Rated & Recommended
3.0

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Attractions

Sirince

expert favorite attraction
6.5km (4 miles) east of Selçuk in the hills
Selcuk, Turkey

Distance: 1.5 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

Located on a hillside surrounded by apple and grape orchards is the neighboring village of... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended
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St. John's Basilica

Follow signs from Atatürk Cad.; the ruins are visible from the main road
Selcuk, Turkey

Distance: 1.5 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

After the death of Christ, St. John came with Mary to Ephesus, living most of his life in and... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended
3_0

The House of the Virgin Mary (Meryemana)

Orman Yolu
Ephesus, Turkey

Distance: 1.5 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

According to the oral tradition of local villagers of Sirince (or Kirkince, descendants of... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended
3_0

Airports

Major Airports near Ephesus

Distance (mi.)
Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport 25.6 map
Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport 185.7 map
Istanbul Ataturk Airport 223.7 map

Other Smaller Airports near Ephesus

Distance (mi.)
Rhodes Diagoras Airport 115.8 map
Naxos Airport 122.2 map
Denizli Cardak Airport 129.3 map



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