Posts Tagged "Efes"
The harbor road
We are now about 60 km south of Izmir.
After joining, you're in on a weitläufigem area.
There are a lower and an upper entrance, we start below.
The first foundation of the city was in the 6th Century BC by the Greeks.
Pulling the rug out, this ancient city since the mid-19th Century.
As for the story, you will find some very conflicting information.
Here are some pictures of the area:
Behind the entrance is a piece of it straight, then turn right, the "Harbour Street", who unfortunately is currently disabled.
Continue along the path to the left, one comes to the "great theater":
The Way to big theater
The big theater
Run around in the theater is very impressive.
The upper portion of the seat rows is unfortunately locked.
We take a break, as far up as it goes, can affect us all - as an Asian tour group comes.
They talk down, but you get the feeling that they are directly in front of a.
Some tested by clapping, loud and clear as you can hear it above. Click here for more pictures of Efes
From Izmir to Ephesus, one does not last very long.
Comfortable with the car along the shore in about 1.5 - 2 hours there.
A very nice track that keep stopping to enjoy views and inviting.
Ephesus was a Greek city and is one of the most important archaeological sites in Turkey.
There are ruins of Greek and Roman times to visit.
You can see there is so much - we later found, that a day is difficult, if you want to look closely at everything.
We are struck by an advertisement at the checkout: "Müzekart"!
The entrance fee is 10 € and for the same price was a "Müzekart" available with which you have free admission to all museums and other cultural sites of Turkey.
The same, of course, we want to be issued:
- Whether I was Turkish, they need my passport to issue the card.
- No, I am not a Turkish citizen.
- Then there is no map.
- Why is it not?
- "The Müzekart was only for Turkish citizens launched because Turks are hardly interested in the Kulurerben their country, etc., Museums"
I thought the woman trying to cheat me.
- No, it was really true: "the map should be an incentive for the Turks are times to look at something in their country and to educate themselves."
All right!?
We intend to make over the weekend, a trip to Efes. Since one of Izmir by bus is very difficult to come to Ephesus, we want to rent a car. The rental car is actually from quite simple - as in Germany - but it was strange anyway: We wanted to look very long and have the next depot on the Inonu Cad controlled. When we arrived, the chief of the office. The office was open and the hairdresser next door asked us pure. In order to keep a customer, the people here just to help out a little.
Actually, it was also clear was that the "hair" looks after the shop. Because in addition to any shop there is a hairdresser. Actually, at the Inonu Cad around 30% of the shops barber shops. This is no joke. The Turkish man of the world indulges in a little spa treatment every 4 to 6 weeks at the hairdresser of trust. After all, one dislocates the neck sometimes, by the way.
When asked where unless the boss, we got only one answer: "He is on the way, but almost there."
The "same-as" has become a waiting about 20 minutes. But the store is air conditioning so the wait was not a big ordeal and was offered tea. We then asked if someone can sometimes call at the guy and did the hair also. When we finally get offered tea and again the next time progressed, we now ask for the phone number of the bosses and call yourself. He says that he was traveling by motorbike to fashion jewelry (!) Pick somewhere that he wants to sell it. But he was on his way back and now here. We ask for the prices schonmal and cars.
He has just two cars there: a Toyota and Tata. That's right: a Tata.
For Totyota he wants to have 150 YTL and 75 YTL for the Tata. A glance out the window and we opt for the Tata. More car we do not need!
We tell him then that colleagues here have done the paperwork yet and we could then could use the idle time wisely. He finds the idea too well and then we go: driver's license, credit card and identity card, we will give the hairdresser. This is enough for us over a form, which we will fill quickly. He copied everything and now we have rented the car. Now we just have to wait for the proud owner. Because who has the keys with you.
After a few minutes, he is then at the door and says the same as the first: "You must not immediately give the car by 9 clock. Does it just drop in during the morning. "
Almost as a compensation for the delays. Also good ... and we need not get up too early.
He hands over the keys and vehicle documents and adds:
"If you should build an accident, do not say that the car is a car, but the car belonged to a friend."
"Friend?"
"Yes. Cousin or something ... "
"So we're related?"
"We're all brothers!"
With a car, we have extended time to give the family a hairdresser and a fashion jewelry selling car rental.
After Efes!
