Road trip to Ephesus

We hired a car and headed out of Bodrum to the ancient city of Ephesus today. It was amazing how much of the old city has been uncovered and restored and equally amazing how much there was still to be found or restored.
A very important city across empires through history until it was abandoned, there was lots to see - including ancient toilets!!
We were glad that we headed there early though as the heat was brutal when it came through and the crowds just kept increasing as we looked around.
As we headed off from Ephesus we got to stop and add our second Wonder of the Ancient World to our list for the trip when we stopped in at the ruins of the Temple of Artemis 🏛️✅
Then it was off to check out where St Mary lived and died just up in the hills from the ancient city. It was a lovely little old chapel looked after by Fransician monks.
Then it was time for Dale and Kylie’s fav part of any tour - a visit to a winery! The wine in that area was actually really good (at least to our, if not refined, well-practiced palettes).
Another good day spent, but we definitely have the impression there’s only so much more old stuff the girls are willing to go see 😜😜Read more