The Memmius Monument of Ephesus is the honorific monument on Domitian Square at the head of Curetes Street in Ephesus, raised in honour of Gaius Memmius, grandson of the Roman dictator Sulla, at the top of the upper city. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers the Memmius Monument in full: what … Read more
The Gate of Mazeus and Mithridates is the triple-arched marble gate into the Commercial Agora beside the Library of Celsus in Ephesus, built by two freedmen for the emperor Augustus and his family and also called the Gate of Augustus. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers the Gate of Mazeus and … Read more
The Pollio Fountain of Ephesus is a monumental nymphaeum on Domitian Square in the upper city, built in honour of Gaius Sextilius Pollio, who raised the Marnas aqueduct that watered Ephesus. Its tall arched facade rises beside the Temple of Domitian. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers the Pollio Fountain in … Read more
The Prytaneion of Ephesus was the town hall of the upper city, the civic hearth where the eternal flame of Hestia Boulaia burned, tended by the Curetes priests. It stood on the State Agora of Ephesus and yielded the famous Artemis statues. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers the Prytaneion of … Read more
The Arcadian Way of Ephesus, also called the Arcadiane or Harbour Street, is the grand colonnaded avenue that ran about 500 metres from the Great Theatre to the ancient harbour of Ephesus, rebuilt in late Roman splendour and lit by lamps at night. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers the Arcadian … Read more
Marble Street in Ephesus is the paved marble avenue that runs from the Library of Celsus and the Gate of Hadrian north to the Great Theatre, a Roman-rebuilt stretch of the processional Sacred Way through the heart of Ephesus. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers Marble Street in full: what it … Read more
The Temple of Domitian at Ephesus was the first imperial cult temple of the city, the Temple of the Sebastoi raised on a terrace above Domitian Square in the upper city of Ephesus, near the Odeon and the start of Curetes Street. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers the Temple of … Read more
The cats of Ephesus are a community of about 150 stray cats that live among the marble ruins of Ephesus, greeting visitors at the gates, dozing on warm stone by the Library of Celsus, and following walkers along the ancient streets. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers the cats of Ephesus … Read more
Ayasuluk Castle is the fortress crowning Ayasoluk Hill above Selcuk, a stone circuit of about 1.5 kilometres with fifteen towers, entered through the same site as the Basilica of St John and looking out over the plain to Ephesus. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers Ayasuluk Castle in full: what the … Read more
The Odeon of Ephesus is a small roofed theatre and council house on the north side of the State Agora in the upper city of Ephesus, a marble semicircle of about 1,500 seats used by the boule for meetings and for concerts and recitals. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers the … Read more
The best things to do in Selcuk cluster around Ephesus, 3 kilometres away: the ancient city, the Ephesus Museum, the Basilica of St John, the Temple of Artemis, the Isa Bey Mosque and Ayasuluk Castle, with Sirince village and Pamucak beach a short ride out. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers … Read more
An Ephesus map shows a long ridge-and-valley city with two gates: the Upper Gate at the top and the Lower Gate near Selcuk. The main route runs downhill from the Upper Gate along Curetes Street to the Library of Celsus, then Marble Street to the Great Theatre in Ephesus. Plan the whole trip with Greece … Read more