South Aegean, Turkey

We spent a few nights in Selcuk,the main town near the ruins of Ephesus. We visited the ruins of the 6th century Church of St.John and a wonderful 14th century mosque.There is a very good Ephesus museum here too.We also visited the site of the extensive ruins at Ephesus, possibly the best preserved Roman city after Pompeii. There are many tourists off the cruise boats traipsing around, but it is still really amazing and the Celsus Library is very well preserved, as well as shops, temples, multi-storey houses like apartment blocks and a wonderful communal toilet area to name just a few. Many of the relics have been removed to the museum in town.
We then moved on to Kusadasi on the coast,with it's big bazaar and many shops and Irish pubs, catering to all the cruise boat tourists that turn up every day.We liked it never-the-less, but don't stay here if you're looking for a good beach,it is more of a tourist port and marina.
Our drive south took us via Lake Bafa and the town of Herakleia,ancient Latmos. The ruins of the temples and amphitheatre have not been restored, so you can clamber around the ruins on the hillsides.Herakleia is a poor farming town, and apart from a few cars and the fact that you can get wi-fi up there, if feels like you have stepped back in time to about 1950's rural Turkey.