| Ephesus, one of the great cities of the Graeco-Roman world is the most extensive archaeological site in Turkey. As we walk the Arcadian Way we will visit the Library of Celsus, the Temple of Hadrian, the Fountain of Trajan, the Baths of Scholastica, and the massive Graeco-Roman theatre, to name only a few.
The day starts with a visit to Virgin Mary’s House near Ephesus. Then we head on to Ephesus and enter from the South gate. Ephesus is one of the great cities of the Graeco-Roman world and the most extensive archaeological site in Turkey. We walk through the streets of Ephesus and visit the Library of Celsus, the Temple of Hadrian, the Fountain of Trajan, the Baths of Scholastica, and the massive Graeco-Roman theatre, to name only a few.
Leaving Ephesus we make a short visit to the site of the Temple of Diana, once one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
After lunch, a visit to the the site of St Johns Basilica, constructed in the reign of the Emperor Justinian in the 6th century AD. It is on a scale that rivals Haghia Sophia, and was a vast structure with eleven domes and is believed to have contained the tomb of St. John, the beloved disciple to whom Mary was entrusted.
And then to the excellent Archaeological Museum in Selcuk, which contains artefacts from the site of Ephesus, including the famous cult statue of Artemis. Early evening we drive to the nearby village of Sirince, which until the population exchange of the 1920s was a Greek village. There we can wander the village and at dusk have dinner on a terrace overlooking the valley. | 
