Troy to Selcuk

Canakkale is close to the ancient city of Troy, known for the story of the Trojan horse. The wooden horse prop from the movie Troy (with Brad Pitt) was gifted to Turkey and is at Canakkale so we have photos of that wooden horse but not the one on display at Troy itself. The movie prop was possibly more realistic because the one at Troy had windows in it. Troy itself is an archaeological site with the usual amount of ruins etc. Won't go into any details here.

It was a big driving day as we headed south to Selcuk - town that is close to Ephesus which we will visit tomorrow. At one stop we had the best tasting yoghurt I have ever tried. Topped with a thick local honey, chopped walnuts and poppy seeds- divine! Had an orientation walk around the town and the rest of the group went to St John's Church but as we had already visited this several years ago, we sat back with a pomegranate juice (quite popular in Turkey)

Lovely little boutique hotel we are staying in. Certainly cannot complain about the standard of accommodation we have been experiencing.Read more