Ephesus Travel Info

The facade of the Library of Celsus at Ephesus

A stone's throw from Selcuk, the ruins of this classical city are among the most impressive in Europe.

The Greeks established Ephesus around 1000BC when it was the centre of worship for the fertility goddess Cybele. Ephesus shot to notoriety under Roman rule when it became a powerful Aegean port city, the capital of Asia and home to a quarter of a million people.