Det sker i Selçuk (Ephesus), Turkey året igennem

Tætpakket — Efes Camel Wrestling Festival, Semester (winter) break i Turkey

• Festival

  Efes Camel Wrestling Festival

  18. jan.SportsbegivenhedTætpakket

  The biggest camel wrestling meet in the country, held on the third Sunday of January at Pamucak beach below Ephesus. Decorated bulls, a hundred-odd of them, and a crowd that has been drinking since breakfast. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Semester (winter) break i Turkey, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr)

  20.–22. mar.Ramadan & eidLukningerBook tidligt

  Three days of public holiday after the fast, with a half day before, and often bridged into a longer break. Government offices and many family-run shops close on the first day, and intercity buses and domestic flights sell out days ahead as families travel. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr), Second-term mid-break i Turkey

• Natur

  Storks on the aqueduct

  15. mar. – 31. aug. · normaltFuglesæson

  White storks nest on the Byzantine aqueduct arches in the middle of town and clatter their bills over the tea gardens all spring. They are gone south by early autumn.

Stadig i gang: Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr) (20.–22. mar.)

Travlt — Ephesus cruise season, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Ephesus cruise season

  1. apr. – 31. okt.Tætpakket

  Ships berth at Kusadasi twenty minutes away and empty straight onto the marble street. The site is bearable before ten and after four, and unpleasant in between on a two-ship day.

Stadig i gang: Storks on the aqueduct (15. mar. – 31. aug. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Ephesus cruise season, Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha)

• Helligdag

  Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha)

  27.–30. majRamadan & eidLukningerBook tidligt

  The longer religious holiday, four days and frequently stretched to nine. Offices and many shops close, intercity buses and domestic flights sell out well ahead and fares climb, and holiday hotels fill with Turkish families before the foreign season peaks. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Storks on the aqueduct (15. mar. – 31. aug. (normalt)), Ephesus cruise season (1. apr. – 31. okt.)

Tætpakket — Ephesus cruise season, Summer holidays i Turkey

• Sæson

  No shade at Ephesus

  25. jun. – 31. aug. · normaltEkstrem varme

  The ruins are a kilometre of open marble with nothing to stand under, and the terrace houses are hotter still under their roof. Go at opening or accept a very short visit.

Stadig i gang: Storks on the aqueduct (15. mar. – 31. aug. (normalt)), Ephesus cruise season (1. apr. – 31. okt.), Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha) (27.–30. maj)

Tætpakket — Ephesus cruise season, Summer holidays i Turkey

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Storks on the aqueduct (15. mar. – 31. aug. (normalt)), Ephesus cruise season (1. apr. – 31. okt.), No shade at Ephesus (25. jun. – 31. aug. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Ephesus cruise season, Meryemana Assumption Day

• Sæson

  Fig harvest

  1. aug. – 20. sep. · normalt

  The Kucuk Menderes valley behind the town is fig country, and from August the fruit is laid out to dry on trays beside the road. The Saturday market is the place to taste the difference.

• Helligdag

  Meryemana Assumption Day

  14.–15. aug.PilgrimssæsonTætpakket

  Catholic pilgrims gather at the House of the Virgin Mary above Ephesus for a vigil on the evening of 14 August and a Mass the next morning marking the Assumption, the site's biggest day of the year. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Storks on the aqueduct (15. mar. – 31. aug. (normalt)), Ephesus cruise season (1. apr. – 31. okt.), No shade at Ephesus (25. jun. – 31. aug. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Ephesus cruise season, Selcuk Efes Festival

• Festival

  Selcuk Efes Festival

  1.–9. sep. · normaltStor festivalTætpakket

  The town's civic festival marks its 1922 liberation with an opening parade from the train station, folk dance and opera or ballet staged at the Ephesus site, craft stalls and Aegean food tastings. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Ephesus cruise season (1. apr. – 31. okt.), Fig harvest (1. aug. – 20. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — Ephesus cruise season, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Ephesus cruise season (1. apr. – 31. okt.)

Travlt — First-term mid-break i Turkey

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stille — skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i december.