Kusadasi and Marmaris

Kusadasi and Marmaris, Turkey – 2010. After several days in Istanbul we flew to Izmir and picked up a rental car and spent ten days driving along the central and southern Aegean Coast and the Turquoise Riviera (Mediterranean coast) to Antalya. We stayed two nights in Kusadasi and visited Ephesus and the Temple of Apollo near Didim, two nights in Marmaris and drove part way down the Datca Peninsula and two nights in Fethiye were we visited a number of local sites before heading off to Antalya.
Baking bread in a small restaurant near Selçuk, a couple of hundred meters from the Cave of the Seven Sleepers.
Ayasoluk Fortress, Selçuk. Site of the church and tomb of St. John.
Cave of the Seven Sleepers, located on Mount Pion, near Ephesus
Cave of the Seven Sleepers, located on Mount Pion, near Ephesus
The port area of Kusadasi from the Liman Hotel
I was surprised to see this old Chevy in Turkey
Genuine fake watches? Pick any brand you want.
A cruise ship in Kusadasi, Turkey
The next day there were three different cruise ships at the dock.
The Temple of Apollo at Didim (Ancient Didyma) was home of one of the most famous oracles in the ancient world, equal in importance to the oracular temple at…
A stone-carved Medusa head at the Temple of Apollo, Didyma
The Temple of Apollo at Didim (Ancient Didyma)
A stone bulls head at the Temple of Apollo, Didyma
Detail of the base of one of the large columns
The Temple of Apollo at Didim (Ancient Didyma)
The inner courtyard facing the main Temple area.
The inner courtyard and Oracle Spring from the top of the steps
A fallen column at the Temple of Apollo at Didim (Ancient Didyma)
The Temple of Apollo at Didim (Ancient Didyma)
The Temple of Apollo at Didim (Ancient Didyma)
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