TRAVEL SELCUK

  In Antiquity, Selcuk was known as the cult center of Cybele, the Anatolian fertility goddess, then later for Artemis, the virgin goddess for which a temple was built. When the Romans made Ephesus their provincial capital, it became a busy town with great commercial, trading and political importance. Following the Roman conquest of the city, a  significant Christian community grew, and it was famously visited by St John the Evangelist in the 1st century, and later by St Paul who there wrote some of his epistles.

  What to see: Ephesus – the Virgin Mary’s house - Selcuk Ephesus Archeology Museum - Saadet Hatun Public Bath Museum – Sirince village.

  What to eat: Mini lamb kebaps-locally made Sirince wine- tarhana soup (made from dried yoghurt and tomatoes), Izmir meatballs, keskek (boiled wheat with meat) zerde (sweetened rice with saffron) and mucver (made of squash and eggs).

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