Qué hay en Selçuk (Ephesus), Turquía, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Efes Camel Wrestling Festival, Semester (winter) break en Turquía

• Festival

  Efes Camel Wrestling Festival

  18 EneEvento deportivoMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Semester (winter) break en Turquía, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr)

  20–22 MarRamadán y EidCierresReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr), Second-term mid-break en Turquía

• Naturaleza

  Storks on the aqueduct

  15 Mar – 31 Ago · normalmenteTemporada de aves

  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.

Sigue en marcha: Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr) (20–22 Mar)

Concurrido — Ephesus cruise season, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Ephesus cruise season

  1 Abr – 31 OctMucha gente

  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.

Sigue en marcha: Storks on the aqueduct (15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente))

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

• Festivo

  Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha)

  27–30 MayRamadán y EidCierresReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Storks on the aqueduct (15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Ephesus cruise season (1 Abr – 31 Oct)

Máxima afluencia — Ephesus cruise season, Summer holidays en Turquía

• Temporada

  No shade at Ephesus

  25 Jun – 31 Ago · normalmenteCalor extremo

  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.

Sigue en marcha: Storks on the aqueduct (15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Ephesus cruise season (1 Abr – 31 Oct), Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha) (27–30 May)

Máxima afluencia — Ephesus cruise season, Summer holidays en Turquía

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Storks on the aqueduct (15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Ephesus cruise season (1 Abr – 31 Oct), No shade at Ephesus (25 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Ephesus cruise season, Meryemana Assumption Day

• Temporada

  Fig harvest

  1 Ago – 20 Sep · normalmente

  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.

• Festivo

  Meryemana Assumption Day

  14–15 AgoTemporada de peregrinaciónMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Storks on the aqueduct (15 Mar – 31 Ago (normalmente)), Ephesus cruise season (1 Abr – 31 Oct), No shade at Ephesus (25 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Ephesus cruise season, Selcuk Efes Festival

• Festival

  Selcuk Efes Festival

  1–9 Sep · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ephesus cruise season (1 Abr – 31 Oct), Fig harvest (1 Ago – 20 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Ephesus cruise season, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Ephesus cruise season (1 Abr – 31 Oct)

Concurrido — First-term mid-break en Turquía

En noviembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.