Travel Guide Selçuk (Ephese)

Ephesus, located 7 km inland from the Aegean Sea, was an important port city during antiquity. The city would have known its golden age in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. Its port was one of the most powerful in the Aegean Sea. Today, 2 million visitors come to this site every year. In ancient times, Artemis (the patron goddess of the city of Ephesus) was worshipped here, as the ruins of her magnificent temple prove. A prosperous city developed around this cult. The seventh wonder of the ancient world, this temple was also known to house political exiles. During the Christian era, the Virgin Mary would have chosen to end her life here, protected by Saint John the Evangelist, to whom Jesus would have entrusted his mother before dying, and Saint Paul would have addressed the pagans. Unique and moving, the famous site of Ephesus nearby is the best preserved ancient city of the Mediterranean, after Pompeii. How to remain insensitive to the powerful charm of this jewel of antiquity that its inhabitants believed eternal? Thanks to its cobbled streets, the library of Celsius, Hadrian's temple, its theater, you will reconstitute the daily life in the Antiquity. Nearby, the ancient Greek village of Şirince, Tire and its market and Birgi are full of interest.