På gång i Selçuk (Ephesus), Turkey under året

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

• Festival

  Efes Camel Wrestling Festival

  18 janSportevenemangTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Semester (winter) break i Turkey, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr)

  20–22 marRamadan & eidStängningarBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

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

• Natur

  Storks on the aqueduct

  15 mar – 31 aug · vanligtvisFågelsäsong

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Ramazan Bayrami (Eid al-Fitr) (20–22 mar)

Mycket folk — Ephesus cruise season, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Ephesus cruise season

  1 apr – 31 oktTrångt

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Storks on the aqueduct (15 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

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

• Helg

  Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha)

  27–30 majRamadan & eidStängningarBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Storks on the aqueduct (15 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Ephesus cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt)

Mest folk — Ephesus cruise season, Summer holidays i Turkey

• Säsong

  No shade at Ephesus

  25 jun – 31 aug · vanligtvisExtrem värme

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Storks on the aqueduct (15 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Ephesus cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt), Kurban Bayrami (Eid al-Adha) (27–30 maj)

Mest folk — Ephesus cruise season, Summer holidays i Turkey

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Storks on the aqueduct (15 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Ephesus cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt), No shade at Ephesus (25 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Ephesus cruise season, Meryemana Assumption Day

• Säsong

  Fig harvest

  1 aug – 20 sep · vanligtvis

  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.

• Helg

  Meryemana Assumption Day

  14–15 augPilgrimssäsongTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Storks on the aqueduct (15 mar – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Ephesus cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt), No shade at Ephesus (25 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Ephesus cruise season, Selcuk Efes Festival

• Festival

  Selcuk Efes Festival

  1–9 sep · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ephesus cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt), Fig harvest (1 aug – 20 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Ephesus cruise season, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Ephesus cruise season (1 apr – 31 okt)

Mycket folk — First-term mid-break i Turkey

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Lugnt — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i december.