Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Selçuk (Ephesus), Turkije

Topdrukte — Efes Camel Wrestling Festival, Semester (winter) break in Turkije

• Festival

  Efes Camel Wrestling Festival

  18 janSportevenementDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Semester (winter) break in Turkije, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr)

  20–22 mrtRamadan & SuikerfeestSluitingenBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr), Second-term mid-break in Turkije

• Natuur

  Storks on the aqueduct

  15 mrt – 31 aug · meestalVogelseizoen

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr) (20–22 mrt)

Druk — Ephesus cruise season, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Ephesus cruise season

  1 apr – 31 oktDruk

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Storks on the aqueduct (15 mrt – 31 aug (meestal))

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

• Feestdag

  Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha)

  27–30 meiRamadan & SuikerfeestSluitingenBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Storks on the aqueduct (15 mrt – 31 aug (meestal)), Ephesus cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt)

Topdrukte — Ephesus cruise season, Summer holidays in Turkije

• Seizoen

  No shade at Ephesus

  25 jun – 31 aug · meestalExtreme hitte

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Storks on the aqueduct (15 mrt – 31 aug (meestal)), Ephesus cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt), Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha) (27–30 mei)

Topdrukte — Ephesus cruise season, Summer holidays in Turkije

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Storks on the aqueduct (15 mrt – 31 aug (meestal)), Ephesus cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt), No shade at Ephesus (25 jun – 31 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — Ephesus cruise season, Meryemana Assumption Day

• Seizoen

  Fig harvest

  1 aug – 20 sep · meestal

  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.

• Feestdag

  Meryemana Assumption Day

  14–15 augBedevaartseizoenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Storks on the aqueduct (15 mrt – 31 aug (meestal)), Ephesus cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt), No shade at Ephesus (25 jun – 31 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — Ephesus cruise season, Selcuk Efes Festival

• Festival

  Selcuk Efes Festival

  1–9 sep · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Ephesus cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt), Fig harvest (1 aug – 20 sep (meestal))

Druk — Ephesus cruise season, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Ephesus cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt)

Druk — First-term mid-break in Turkije

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In december begint er niets nieuws.