Selçuk - Where it's happening

Where we stayed - Jimmy's Place

The Library of Celsus

For such a small town, Selçuk certainly has alot going for it. Firstly, it has the amazingly beautiful ruins of Ephesus, the ancient city of Anatolia right on its doorstep. You can also find the hilltop ruins of the Basilica of St John (which also contains the tomb of St John) and the Virgin Mary's final home is just down the road. It also has a HUGE weekly market, which we were lucky enough to witness during our stay. You could honestly buy anything from a donkey harness to a toilet brush. We picked up a kilo of strawberries for a meager 50 cent...

Hilltop view of the ruins of Ephesus

We had a wonderful time visiting Ephesus. The site is still so beautiful it is easy to imagine how grand this city once was. We decided to pay the extra fee so we could visit the Terraced Houses and I'm so pleased we did. The Terraced Houses are where the affluent residents of Ephesus used to live and you see the marvellous mosaic floors and delicate fresco's that used to adorn their homes. Whilst walking around the ruins, Mia finally lost her second wiggly tooth, luckily this time she didn't swallow it!

Gappy teeth

Nike - The goddess of Victory

Whilst we were at Jimmy's we discovered that one of his key staff members is married to a kiwi chick from Hamilton (of all places). She came down to the guesthouse for a chat and bought her 2 year old daughter with her. Kassia (the daughter) took quite a shine to Dallas and kept trying to cuddle him and hold his hand. It was very cute.

The Terraced Houses where you can see the beautiful mosaic floor and the fresco's on the walls

Ancient fresco

The Library of Celsus

The Theatre

Couldn't help but laugh at this sign which was outside the Ephesus entrance.

The Basilica of St John

The baptising pool

Self explanatory really...

St John's tomb

The baby turtle we spotted whilst walking around the Basilica of St John