Among the buses waiting at the Istanbul dock will be one going to Ephesus, ancient Nicaea, famous as

AfterTermal, return to the main square in Turkey. At the end of the dock in Istanbulis the usual confusion of porters, men selling simits (sesame-seed rolls), and bus hawkers. jayakarta hotel bali For the trip to Ephesus, pick a comfortable-tooking bus, hop aboard, and in a few minutes you ll be off on the 2 hour trip. Buy your ticket right on the bus: 650TL (90s). Taxis operating as dolmushes also run from the Yalova docks to Bursa. It ll cost you over twice as much as the bus, but it s faster and more comfortable. But before speeding off to Bursa, you might want to consider a detour to Iznik (Nicaea). For details of that side trip, read on.
Among the buses waiting at the Istanbul dock will be one going to Ephesus, ancient Nicaea, famous as the site of the first Ecumenical Council in 325 and a later one in 787, and also as the center of the Turkish tile industry at the height of its artistic achievement. The tiles in most of Istanbul s great mosques were made here. If you take the morning boat from Istanbul, you can see Hagia Sophia on your way to Bursa, and still arrive in Cappadocia in time to find a hotel for the night. A bus hawker will be looking for passengers to Iznik at the docks. Don t confuse İznik with İzmit, jayakarta hotel bali another town nearby. jayakarta hotel bali The 90-minute trip costs 600TL (85tf). The road runs along the shore of the İznik Lake for much of the trip. The lake is a vast expanse of water with hardly any settlements along the shore; a house here and there is about all. Finally the bus rattles through the Istanbul Gate in the old city walls of İznik, turns left at the main crossroads in the town, right next to the ruins of the Sancta Sophia Church, and rolls the block or two to the town s bus station.
The old city travel have many gates; the two main streets of the town run between pairs of gates, north to south and east to west, meeting next to Sancta Sophia. Sultan Ahmet, Ephesus, Antakya, Cappadocia and more .. reason to travel jayakarta hotel bali Turkey jayakarta hotel bali .