Rent a Villa Near Ephesus Kusadasi Turkey!04 November 2008 Our Villa on Long Beach in Kusadasi is ideally situated for various day trips, one of the best archaelogical attractions in Turkey, Ephesus is easily accessible by dolmus or taxi(we recommend that you hire a car for your holiday as this will make visiting the more distant tourist arttractions much easier and more economical. Ephesus is considered one of the great outdoor museums of Turkey, in fact perhaps of the world. It is located on the south of Izmir's Selcuk county about 25 minutes from 'Villa Kusadasi'. The links of Ephesus with the Amazons and the myths had survived throughout history. So, there was a competition for statue of an Amazon for the Temple of Artemis to be made by the famous sculptors in the 5th century B.C.. The town of Apasas under the rule of Ahhiyava Kingdom mentioned in the written records of the Hittites of the 14th and 13th centuries B.C. is Ephesus. The linguists accept that the word Ephesus was derived from Apasas. An important number of the findings revealed by the excavations carried on at southern slopes of Ayasuluk (Selcuk) castle by the Ephesus Museum since 1990 are dated to second millennium B.C.. Therefore, we can surely say that Apasas was founded on the Ayasuluk Hill. The findings from this place are exhibited in the Ephesus Museum, this is also well worth a visit.
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