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Half Day Ephesus Tour #2
HALF DAY EPHESUS TOUR #2 starting from 35€ PP
Ancient City of Ephesus /The Ephesus Museum /Artemis Temple
Duration: 4 to 5 hours.
Inclusions:
-Private Transportation
-Private Licenced Tour Guide (fluent in your language)
-Enterence fees
-Infants (0-6) free of charge
Exclusions:
-Food and beverage.
- Gratuities.
Tour Program:
-Pick-up from Kusadasi port, meeting your tour guide.
- After driving about 20 min. arriving the upper gate of Ephesus Ancient City, visiting the site for approximately 2 hours.
- Visiting The Ephesus Museum consisted of halls of the terrace houses findings, the fountain findings, new and small findings,Great Courtyard, the tomb findings, Artemis Ephesia, the Imperial Cult and Small Courtyard.
-At the end of the tour free time for shopping facilities and driving back to Kusadasi port.
Cautions:
Comfortable walking shoes are required. Sun glasses, hats, umbrellas and sunscreens are recommended.
Half Day Ephesus Tour #2
HALF DAY EPHESUS TOUR #2 30€ PP
Sites: Ancient City of Ephesus (Bouleterion, Temple of Hadrian, Agora, the Bath of Scholastica,Latrine, Mosaic Street, Love house, Celsus Library,Marble Street, Great Theatre, Harbour Street) – The Ephesus Museum – Artemis Temple.
Duration: 4 to 5 hours.
Inclusions:
-Transportation
-Licenced Tour Guide (fluent in your language)
-Enterence fees
-Infants (0-6) free of charge
Exclusions:
-Food and beverage.
- Gratuities.
Tour Program:
-Pick-up from your hotel or Kusadasi port, meeting your tour guide.
- After driving about 20 min. arriving the upper gate of Ephesus Ancient City, visiting the site for approximately 2 hours.
- Visiting The Ephesus Museum consisted of halls of the terrace houses findings, the fountain findings, new and small findings,Great Courtyard, the tomb findings, Artemis Ephesia, the Imperial Cult and Small Courtyard.
-At the end of the tour free time for shopping facilities and driving back to Kusadasi.
Cautions:
Comfortable walking shoes are required. Sun glasses, hats, umbrellas and sunscreens are recommended.
Seven sleepers
Seven sleepers:
The Grotto of Seven Sleepers was located on the easters slope of Panayır Hill and became a major place of pilgrimage from the 5th to 15th centuries and many people were buried here. According to legend, 7 young men had been walled up in a cave during the persecutions under Decius (250).
They fell asleep, miraculously waking up around 435 in the time of Theodosius II.
Basilica of St. John
Basilica of St. John:
The Basilica of St. John is located on Ayasuluk Hill.A small church was dedicated to St. John in the 2nd century which was replaced by a huge basilica duilt by the order of Emperor Justinian in the 6th century.
According to legent John wrote his gospel in Ephesus at the request of other deciples, then he died in the church that named after him an Ayasuluk Hill.His grave was marked by a memorial and enclosed by a church in the 4th century. Tje traditional grave of his, located under the main central dome, made the cide one of the most sacred sites in the middle ages. But with the decline in importance of Ephesus and after Arab invasions, the basilica fell into ruins untill the Seljuk Aydinoglu clan converted it into a mosque in 1330. The construction was completely destroyed by the Mongol army in 1402. Fortunately recent restorations enable visitors to see its size and visualize its former splendor.
Ephesus
Ephesus:
World’s second largest city in the 1st C BC with the population of 250.000, the city of Ephesus has been located at different places in different times by different peoples.
Ephesus I was located on Ayasuluk Hill and inhabited by ancient Anatolians, Carians and Lelegians.
Ephesus II was on the North slope of Panayır Dagi (Mt. Pion). It came to be ruled by Croesus of Lidia in the mid 6th C BC as with other cities of the Agean Coast of Anatolia then past to the Persians in 546 BC. It joined the Delian League after the Persian wars. In 334 BC it fell to Alexander the Great and to his successors, Lysimachus and Seleucid rulers.
Ephesus III was located between Panayır and Bülbül mountains. It was moved to this location by Lysimachus in the 4th C BC. Later it was controlled by Pergamon eventually passing into Roman hands in 133 BC.
Ephesus IV was located on Ayasuluk Hill due to the persisting silting up of the harbor and Arab invasions.
Ephesus, an important tourism center in Turkey today, used to be the most important commercial center of the ancient world and a religious center of the early christianity.
The city of Ephesus was founded by Androclus, the son of King Codrus of Athens in the 10th C BC. According to legend, he had to leave Athens after the death of his father. As it was costumary at the time to consult the oracle before making important decisions, he went to the oracle of Delphy to ask her where to found a new settlement. Following the prediction of the oracle they decided to setle at the place where they were lead by a fish and a wild boar.
Lydians conqured Ephesus in the year 560 BC but only 13 years after that the city past under the rule of Persians in 546 BC.
The Battle of Granicus took place in 334 BC. And Alexander The Great defeated the Persians. After his death in 323 BC., Lysimachus one of his greatest generals dominated the city.
Starting from the year 133 BC. Ephesus reached its peak under the Roman rule.
Under the reign of Emperor Augustus Ephesus became the capital of province of Asia Minor.
By the 7th C AD, the city was almost completely abandoned.
Grave of St Luke (Lucas), Magnesia gate, bath of Varius, state agora , odeon, temenos, prytaneion, Domitian temple, Pollio fountain, Memmius monument, Hercules gate, Curetes street, Trajan’s fountain, terrace houses, Scholastica baths, Hadrian temple, latrines, brothel, Celsus library, Mazeus and Mythridates gate, commercial agora, the marble road, the great theater and the Arcadiane are among the most beautiful constructions of the ancient city of Ephesus.
