Posts in Category: Asia
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Bodrum Castle – The Crusader’s Last Stand
In the last post on this Adventures Abroad tour of western Turkey we arrived at Bodrum, aka the ancient city of Halicarnassus. Our guide Yasemin had given us the day off to relax in this seaside resort and Alison and I used it to visit the remnants of the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, one of the […]
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Bodrum – Relaxing on the Mediterranean Coast
Our Adventures Abroad tour of western Turkey continues as we wrap up our time in the famous ancient city of Ephesus home to the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This morning we visited the famous Temple and Oracle of Apollo at Didyma before heading for yet another Seven […]
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Didyma & the Oracle of Apollo
Our intrepid group of Covid weary travellers has just moved on from the wondrous site of the ancient city of Ephesus as we continue exploring western Turkey with Adventures Abroad led by Yasemin Reis. Our eventual destination today is the small coastal city of Bodrum, once known as Halicarnassus, site of one of the Seven […]
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Ephesus – Visiting Turkey’s Most Impressive Ruins
Chances are if you’ve never been to Turkey you will have three major tourism sites on your agenda – Hagia Sophia, which we’ve already visited, Cappadocia which is coming up and Ephesus which we are visiting today. These are far and away the most visited places by foreign tourists and this tour of western Turkey […]
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Basilica of Saint John, Selcuk, Turkey
In this post we continue our exploration of western Turkey with Adventures Abroad in the Ephesus area by visiting sites sacred to both the Christian and Islamic religions followed by an unscheduled visit to the house of the Virgin Mary. As an added bonus we get to gaze upon another sacred site, this one dedicated […]
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The Ephesus Museum, Selcuk, Turkey
This is a long awaited day for many on this Adventures Abroad tour of Western Turkey. Our group will visit a number of sites around the ancient city of Ephesus, arguably the most important place to visit in the entire country after Istanbul. Prior to Covid over 2 million people visited the area which averaged […]
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Kusadasi – Gateway to Ephesus
In the last two posts we visited the Roman acropolis of Pergamon and the Asclepeion where Galen learned his trade. These were both first time visits for Alison and me and definitely will be remembered as two of the highlights of this trip to western Turkey with Adventures Abroad. Now it’s time to get back […]
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Galen and the Asclepeion of Pergamon
In the last post we continued our tour of western Turkey with Adventures Abroad by visiting the ancient city of Pergamon, capital of the Roman province of Asia. There was a lot to see on the acropolis of Pergamon, but our visit to the area is not complete. After we descend from the acropolis by […]
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Pergamon – Visiting Turkey’s Roman Stronghold
This is the fourth day of the Adventures Abroad trip that Alison and I took to Turkey in October, 2021. Yesterday we left Istanbul and toured the battlefields of Gallipoli and then visited the almost mythical site of ancient Troy. Today we are headed to Pergamon another ancient city. Unlike Troy which has nine layers […]