Wandering around the old streets of Ephesus and admire the ever-living ruins is an unforgettable history lesson and a must-see touristic attraction worldwide. Surrounded by green mountains on the Mediterranean coastline of Izmir, this well-preserved site is a magical door to a far-away past. Ephesus tour will show you how every column and every perfectly […]
Why was Ephesus abandoned? Ephesus was very wealthy thanks to the harbor when the harbor started to be silted by the River Kaystros and Ephesus lost her commercial importance and abandoned. Why is Ephesus famous? Ephesus is famous because is situated just in the middle of many different focus points. Ephesus is important to pagans, […]
Where Ephesus was? According to the archaeologists Ephesus was first inhabited during the Neolithic Period which is around 8000 BC. Then Ephesus was known to Hittites as Apasa and was situated in the land of Arzawa, West Anatolia. After the Trojan War with the migrations from Mainland Greece, good mixture civilizations started to arouse. Where […]
Izmir to Pamukkale, there are 2 ways of the road. 1 we pass to highway most probably we use this. And second way, we pass directly to the inside of Aydın city. When we are making the road, we cross all the cities of Izmir in the direction of the east side and we arrive […]
What to do in Cesme? The first thing that comes to people’s minds when thinking of Cesme in Turkey isprobably its castle. Cesme (or Çeşme in Turkish) is located very close to the Greekisland of Chios and has a prominent and restored fortress to testify to its glorious past. Itis one of the main attractions […]
Ephesus chronology begins at 7.000 BC and never ends. Today is the most visitable ancient city in Turkey. With the 2019 year statistics almost 2 million visitors in the past year. The exact number is 1 million 810 thousand 791 persons visited. Chronologically, Ephesus hosted different civilizations, cultures, traditions many times. Ephesus chronology 1. Part […]
Izmir Tourist Information: Glass and glasswork history studies, examine the source of glasswork as the Mediterranean and its surroundings. Egyptians colored, created many uses, from jewelry to coffin making. European countries also learned from Egypt that they bought the glass in its previously processed form. In Turks, glasswork has been done since the Seljuk period. […]
Izmir tourist places will find that the best way to sightsee in Izmir is to simply take a walk around the city center and the Konak Square, as well as the waterfront Kordon and the coast, where some very pleasant natural beaches await. For impressive views, take a ride on the Ascensor elevator, or onboard […]
ACROPOLIS (Pergamon Museum) Pergamon is a hill settlement. Urbanism in the city constitutes a unique example of a city order in terms of form and planning, which is largely due to topographic necessity. The absence of a natural flatness in Pergamon made it necessary to gain space by terracing the land from the earliest phase […]
Izmir often spelled Izmir in English, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara, and the second-largest urban agglomeration on the Aegean Sea after Athens, Greece. İzmir’s metropolitan area extends along the outlying waters of the Gulf of İzmir and […]
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