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Private Ephesus Tours from Kusadasi Setur MarinaFor travellers who are travelling with yachts, we offer private guided tours of Ephesus and private Airport transfers from Kusadasi Setur Marina. Kusadasi Setur Marina is approximately 20 minutes drive from the Ancient City of Ephesus and 1 hour drive from Izmir International Airport. Private tours of Ephesus may start at any time you wish from Kusadasi Setur Marina. At the end of your tour, you would be dropped back to Kusadasi Setur Marina or Izmir Airport or any other desired location. We also offer private tours of Ephesus starting from Izmir Airport and ending at Kusadasi Setur Marina. For more information about our private Ephesus Tours, please contact us.
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Pera Palas Hotel, one of the landmarks of IstanbulPera Palas Hotel, one of the landmarks of Istanbul located at Tepebasi by Istiklal Street. Founded in 1892. Housed many important names such as Agatha Christie, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, King Edward VIII, Queen Elizabeth II, Emperor Franz Joseph, Alfred Hitchcock, Greta Garbo, Ernest Hemingway, Ian Flemming, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and many more. The founder Rebublic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk stayed at the Pera Palace Hotel in 1917. His room was 101. On Ataturk`s 100th birthday in 1981, the room was converted into a museum. Ernest Hemingway stayed in Pera Palas and Grand Hotel de Londres in 1922. He came to Istanbul as a journalist while he was working for the Toronto based newspaper: Daily Star. Hemingway wrote twenty articles about the war and its politics. Agatha Christie was a guest at Pera Palace Hotel between 1926 to 1932. She wrote one of her novels `Murder in Orient Express`. She stayed in room 411. When the worldwide famous Orient Express chose Istanbul as its last stop in the East, Istanbul started to become a popular destination. Istanbul attracted many elite and noble travellers. Unfortunately, at that time there were no hotels in the Istanbul to meet the high standards of the Orient Express passengers. To fill this gap Pera Palace Hotel, Grand Hotel de Londres, Bristol Hotel (current Pera Museum) and Hotel M. Tokatlıyan were opened in Pera (Tepebasi/Beyoglu) district of Istanbul. Istanbul resident and Levantine architect Alexander Vallaury designed Pera Palas hotel in neo-classical, art nouveau and oriental styles. Apart from the Ottoman Palaces, Pera Palas Hotel was the first building in Istanbul to have electricity as well as the first electric elevator. Bathrooms that provided the only running hot water in the city were also priviledges exclusive to Pera Palace Hotel guests. Tall and spacious rooms lit by magnificent chandeliers hosted many unforgettable events like tea and dance parties. Recently Pera Palas Hotel is refurbished and today run by Jumeirah Hotel Group. Has 115 rooms, including 16 suites, having the characteristics of the 19th century elegance through historical furnitures. For travellers who come to Istanbul we recommend staying at Pera Palas Hotel or at least enjoy a cup of Turkish Coffee or an afternoon tea at the ballroom. During our walking tours we stop at this Istanbul Land Mark. Join us for an unforgetable tour of Istanbul. For more information please contact us. Excursiones privadas de la casa de la Virgen Maria en Efeso¿Dónde pasó Virgen Maria sus últimos años?La casa de la Virgen María es un lugar religioso y espiritual. 5 años después de la crucifixión, San Juan llevó a María a Éfeso. Pero la ciudad no era segura para los cristianos. Habia procesamientos a los cristianos por los romanos. Por esta razón San Juan y María tuvieron que vivir en la montaña Pagos, cerca de Éfeso.
María paso sus últimos 9 años aquí y murió cuando ella tiene 63 años. Después de la ascensión de María, San Juan viajaba a través de Anatolia para presentar la nueva religión. En la época del emperador romano Domiciano, fue exiliado a la isla de Patmos, donde escribió 7 cartas a 7 iglesias en Asia Menor. San Juan escribió el libro de la revelación en Patmos. Los nombres de estas iglesias fueron Esmirna, Éfeso, Filadelfia, Sardis, Pérgamo, Tiatira y Laodicea. Después de la muerte del emperador Domiciano, San Juan regresó a Éfeso y continuó escribiendo la Biblia.Teniendo la tumba de San Juan en Éfeso es la evidencia más importante de la llegada de María a Éfeso. La segunda evidencia es teniendo la primera iglesia en el mundo dedicada a María en Éfeso. En los primeros días del cristianismo, las iglesias estaban dedicadas a las personas que murieron o vivían en esa área. La casa que puede visitar hoy fue descubierta en 1891. A principios del siglo 19, una monja alemana llamada Cathleen Emerich vio visiones de María. Aunque la monja nunca llegó a la zona, vio dónde María vivía, murió y fue enterrada. Un libro que tiene las descripciones fue escrito por los sacerdotes. Este libro fue descubierto por la comunidad cristiana de Esmirna en 1891. Con las descripciones, la casa fue descubierta. Las ruinas de la casa eran del siglo 7, pero la base del primer siglo. Cada 15 de agosto, gente desde pueblos de cerca venia aquí y hacia las ceremonias llamadas Panagia Kapulu. Fue descubrió que la palabra Panagia Kapulu significa "la puerta de la virgen" y el 15 de agosto todavía se celebra como el día de la ascensión de María. Debido a todas las evidencias, se cree que la casa es el lugar probable donde María paso sus últimos años. Durante más de 100 años, la casa ha sido utilizada como una capilla por el Vaticano. Hay sacerdotes y monjas que fueron asignados por el Vaticano. Hasta hoy, 3 papas visitaron aquí. El Papa Pablo 6, el Papa Juan Pablo 2 y el Papa Benedicto. El Papa Francisco aún no ha visitado la casa. Las llegadas de Papas se consideran como el reconocimiento del Vaticano de este lugar. Vatican declaro que esta es una lugar santo. Desde 1963, 1.5 million gente ha estado visitando esta casa cada ano. Ofrecemos excursiones privadas de la casa de la Virgen Maria desde Izmir, Kusadasi, Selcuk y Sirince. Excursiones privadas puede empezar de hoteles, aeropuerto y puertos. Para obtener mas informacion, por favor contactanos. Taxi from Kusadasi Port to Ephesus and the Virgin Mary's House
Ephesos Ausflug vom Hafen von Kusadasi
Pope Francis visited Istanbul
Pope's visit was followed by a mass in the Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit. The leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics sat alongside Bartholomew I, head of the 300 million Orthodox believers worldwide. Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, also known as the St. Esprit Cathedral or Cattedrale di Santo Spirito or Cattedrale dello Spirito Santo is the second largest Roman Catholic Church in the city of Istanbul after the Basilica of St. Antonio di Padova on İstiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu. The church was built in Baroque style in 1846 under the direction of the Swiss-Italian architect Giuseppe Fossati and his colleague Julien Hillereau. St. Esprit has been a destination of several papal visits to Turkey, including those of Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul II, and Pope Benedict XVI. A statue of Pope Benedict XV stands in the courtyard of the cathedral. Giuseppe Donizetti, a musician at the court of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, is buried in the vaults of the church. The pope's next stop was the Orthodox Patriarchal Church of St. George which is the fifth Patriarchal church in Constantinople and home to the Ecumenical Patriarchate since the fifteenth century. The mixed Christian community in Turkey is very small, estimated at about 80,000 in a country of 75 million, and only the few Roman Catholics regard the pope as their spiritual leader. Pope Francis did not visit House of Virgin Mary in Ephesus unlike Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. Ephesus is open during COVID-19Yes, Ephesus is open during COVID-19. But with revised hours.
During COVID-19 until another update. Ephesus Ancient City is open between 10.00am and 3.30pm. Kindly note that there is lock down on weekends in Turkey. Foreigners are exempted from the lock down. But some sites like House of Virgin Mary is closed on Weekends. Most of the shops, restaurants are also closed on weekends. To avoid disappointments, we recommend travelers to schedule their visit to Ephesus on weekdays. For the ones who are interested we offer private tour guide services in Ephesus and also Private Ephesus Tours. For more information contact us. |
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