Of all the archaeological sites we visited during our tour of Greece, Ephesus, on the west coast of Turkey, left one of the biggest impressions. This was part of the islands cruise itinerary. Not only was it magnificent to behold, but our tour guide was extraordinary.
Ephesus was built in the 10th century BC by Greek colonists, but flourished under Roman rule, which began in 129 BC. It was an established port and the trade centre of the ancient world. One of the most famous buildings is the Library of Celcus, completed in ~117 BC by Tiberius Julius Aquila, as a tribute to his late father, Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus, governor of the province.
I plan on doing a more in-depth article about Ephesus, as part of the “Greek Odyssey” series.
Stay tuned!
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69 thoughts on “#AtoZChallenge: “E” is for EPHESUS”
We visited Ephesus as part of a GAdventures small group tour of Turkey. It was fascinating. The sense if history at the place was palpable. Goosebumps.
I can relate to the goosebumps, Suzanne! 🙂 Of all the places we visited during our trip, Ephesus was the most awe-inspiring.
I adore Ephesus and would love to visit again.
I would too, Stevie. 🙂 It was fantastic!
Never been there and now it is on my list. Thank you for the great pictures.
Erica
Glad you enjoyed the photos, Erica. Thanks for visiting and have a great week. 🙂
I spoke my comment. How cool is that? Hope you got it.
Hi Joyce: Sorry; looks like it didn’t go through. I’ll check again later and let you know. Thanks for dropping by. 🙂
Wow, Debbie–amazing photos! I remembered little of Ephesus, but your pictures helped to spark my memory. Thanks for that stroll down recollection avenue, and thanks for stopping by my blog yesterday 🙂
Hi Guilie; You’ve certainly been to many interesting places as well! Nice to connect with a fellow traveller and dog person. Love both your blogs! 🙂 Thanks for the return visit.
I’ve done a few of these in the past, and they are fun too 🙂 I will have to call back through the week and catch up on your A – Z and of course everything else that you have been posting. Have a really great rest of weekend Debbie and be good, yes like me 😉 lol
Andro xxxx
Hi Andro! 😀 So nice to see you again! I have been remiss in visiting you, but am so caught up in this and a few other things. Thanks for coming by – I’ll be talking about travel and culture for the whole A-Z Challenge. Yes, fun but also exhausting. LOL Have a great week my old friend. Always good! (Just like you 😉 )
Fascinating! You are really making me fall in love with these pictures 😀
Glad you liked the photos. 🙂 I have so many more to come. Thanks for visiting and have a great week.
Its humbling to see these pictures and think about all that has happened so long ago.
Humbling and awe-inspiring! 🙂 Best trip of my life and I wish I had the means for more like this, but these memories will last a life time. Thanks for visiting Steve and have a good week.
What always attracts people and me too to Greece is the architecture of its monuments we have heard so much about no. And your pictures re-enforce that point.
Yes, these ancient ruins are the main attraction for me and most others. Ancient history is one of my biggest passions and Greece + western Turkey have some of the greatest edifices. Thanks for visiting and have a great week. 🙂
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an archaeologist. I ended up in health care instead.
Thank you for sharing your experience and the great pictures!
Glad you enjoyed the post; more to come! 🙂 Thanks for visiting and have a great week.
Wonderful, Debbie! Your pic are fabulous. I didn’t know that you guys made it to Turkey! Turkey is on my bucket list. The ruins of ancient civilizations there really captivates me. What a trip you guys had! Thanks so much for sharing this 🙂
Hi Teresa; Kusadasi/Ephesus was the only stop in Turkey, unfortunately. Wish we had had more time to also visit Troy and Constantinople (Istanbul).
It truly was the trip of a lifetime and I’ll never forget it. Thanks for visiting.
Love the pics and it is one part of the world I hope to visit one day. Just seeing the ruins, do you get a sense of what it was like back then?
Carol, there’s no feeling like it! I’m instantly transported back in time and envision everything in my mind. Ancient history is one of my biggest passions. Hope you can experience it for yourself one of these days. Thanks for visiting and have a great week.
Another interesting post, Debbie. I love ancient history. Thanks so much for sharing about it. I listened to your voice recording in the side bar. Fun to hear your voice! You are such a pro blogger with all kinds of cool and fancy stuff on your blog that I know nothing about how to do.
CatGraham
Hi Cathy; Glad you enjoyed the post. Ancient history is one of my biggest passions. How nice that you listened to the voice message too. Thanks! 🙂
I’ve learned everything just by trial and error and didn’t even have a PC until my father bought me one for Christmas in 2008. Now I can’t leave it alone! LOL Happy to share any knowledge with you; just ask. 🙂 Have a good week.
Debbie, those pictures are absolutely gorgeous and the whole place looks fascinating. Love the toilets, LOL! Thanks for sharing.
It was incredible, Laurel! 😀 Can’t you just picture those people, side by side chit chatting on the toilets? LOL Thanks for visiting.
Great pictures, Debbie. I think I might have been to Ephesus when I was very young. Don’t remember though. Ephesians is one of Saint Paul’s best letters. Those guys were tough.
Too bad you don’t remember, Robert! It is a fascinating site. They had to be tough – fighting the Turks all the time. 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
Very informative post and thanks for brushing my history. It’s an education learning bout the history of architecture in Greece. I am amazed by this post on early civilization, Debbie:)
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂 More to come. Thanks for visiting and have a great week.
Awesome photos and information. I am a history lover and and like your post.
Glad you enjoyed it, Michelle. More to come. 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
This is so fascinating. I love going to old forts, palaces and pay heed to every from guides present there to understand how people used to live, how far we have come from a certain civilization, what were the similarities! You are doing so exciting work!
Glad you enjoyed this, Sesha. 🙂 Ancient history is one of my biggest passions. Thanks for visiting and have a good week.
WOW, amazing! Toilets and all. When a person watches TV they always leave the toilets out of history and you just know those folks had to go somewhere. Mystery solved! ♥
Can’t you just picture these people sitting there, chit chatting as they go about their business? LOL Privacy obviously wasn’t an issue back then! 😀 Thanks for visiting and have a great week.
What a fabulous experience. It’s hard to grasp the time period, isn’t it? Soooo long ago and yet they were skilled enough and technical enough to build these amazing structures! Thanks for letting me travel vicariously through you!
So amazing to me as well, Michele. 🙂 It’s my pleasure to share this, because I get to relive the experience. Thanks for visiting and have a good weekend.
I always found history as a dry subject inside the classroom, but if it is told like this I think I’m gonna change my opinion….Interesting and informative post
I was always fascinated by history, especially ancient history! 🙂 Thanks for visiting Sheela.
I envy your travels. Beautiful pictures!
Hi Debi. It was the trip of a life time! 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
I was thinking, as I looked at your photos, that Ephesus reminds me a lot of Pompei, including many of the things found in the ruins, that gave interesting insight into the daily life of the inhabitants. Thank you.
Yes, you could say it was somewhat similar, Mary. The house interiors, which I barely touched on here, were magnificent too. Thanks for visiting.
Oh my that is just beautiful! I doubt if I will ever get out of the country, so it’s nice to see other’s pictures. 🙂
Hi Cindy; You never know! 🙂 I didn’t think visiting Greece was a possibility either. Thanks for visiting.
Whoa, Greek men an Greek history – two things that I adore!!!
No argument there! 🙂 My husband is Italian but his ancestry is Greek.
So beautiful… Greece has always captivated me with its history. Definitely a place I want to go someday…
Greece is magical; the birth of western civilization, as they say. 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
117 BC…wow!!! Greece is fast becoming a must visit.. I should start saving up!
Good idea, Adita! 🙂 Greece is a magical place. ♥ Thanks for visiting.
Greece….how beautiful. And the Library of Celcus. Amazing. 117 BC!!
The whole site was incredible Carrie-Anne! ♥ Thanks for visiting and have a good weekend. 🙂
I would love to visit Greece someday. Thanks for sharing this.
Hi Suzy; You would love Greece! 😀 It was the trip of a life time, for me. Thanks for visiting.
Greece is one of the countries to visit before I die list. This post makes me more eager for my future trip than ever.
It was number one on my bucket list too, Damyanti! I’ll remember this trip for the rest of my life. 😀 You will love it!!
The overview of Epheseus looks astounding… I haven’t been to an architectural monument this ancient. Waiting for more on the place.
It was an incredible site! I would go again, if the opportunity ever arose. Thanks for visiting. 🙂
What a magnificent place. I liked that their toilets and the view from the terrace and theater are spectacular! Thanks for giving us a virtual tour to Ephesus!
Glad you enjoyed it,Shilpa! I was so impressed by Ephesus. 🙂 Thanks for visiting.
We went on a different tour that day so didn’t see Ephesus. Toilets!! I will enjoy your Greek series when it comes .
Too bad you missed Ephesus, Sammy. It was amazing! Thanks for visiting.
That picture slide show is absolutely stunning! A couple of years ago I had the chance to visit the a large (one of top five) excavation site of Indus-Saraswati Valley Civilization, in Kutch area of Gujarat. Dholavira was of course much, much earlier than the Ephesus. But just the experience of walking through those ruins of that ancient civilization was wonderful, and of course highly educational.
Your site sounds fascinating, Beloo! I must look that up. 🙂 Ancient history is my passion and I can just envision what like must have been like in those days. Thanks for visiting and have a good weekend.