Terrace Houses

Sirince, near Ephesus, Turkey

Location
The houses are in the small town (or large village – population 1,000) of Sirince, pronounced shirinjé, which is up in the hills 7km from the market town of Selcuk. It's 10km from Ephesus and 80km from Izmir.

By Air:
Izmir Airport (90km), Bodrum-Milas Airport (140km) or, if it's part of a longer tour, you could fly into Dalaman (250km) or the Greek island of Samos (40km plus boat trip).

From the airport
You'll almost certainly want to hire a car for the duration of your stay. We recommend Holiday Autos who are competitively priced and have offices in the airports mentioned (n.b. you can't take hire cars from Greece to Turkey).
Otherwise it's possible to book a transfer through the owners, and then to use the Selcuk-Sirince dolmus (minibus) for any local transport, or of course taxis.

Detailed directions will be provided when you book through i-escape.

More on getting to Turkey and getting around

Airports:

  • Izmir Adnan Menderes 90.0km ADB
  • Bodrum Imsik 140.0km BXN

Other:

  • beach: 12.0 km
  • shop: 0.1 km
  • restaurant: 0.1 km
Save to favouritesPrintMailTerrace HousesThis place charmed us to bits. Why? Firstly, the houses: a trio of 19th century [r:TY010:cottages] built by the Greeks before they abandoned this pretty hill town, and restored with lashings of love and personality by Anglo-Turkish owners Charlotte and Omer. You'll find reclaimed marble basins and claw-footed tubs, vast sleigh beds and snuggly sleeping lofts, cool Chinese lanterns and wrought iron chandeliers, strings of drying red peppers in the kitchens and clutches of fresh pink oleander by the bedside. These are cosy homes with character and history (which Omer can, if you want, tell you all about). Secondly, the town: Sirince (pronounced shirinjé) is a cool, pine-ringed Eden perched 500m above (and several degrees below) stifling Seljuk and concrete Kusadasi. Admire stately crumbling townhouses, explore cool footpaths, barter for lace doilies, fruit liqueurs and painted ceramics with the gentle townsfolk - one of whom, the charming Aysel, serves silver-domed [i!http://www.i-escape.com/hotel.php?section=eating&hotel_key=TY010!dinners] and savoury [i!http://www.i-escape.com/hotel.php?section=eating&hotel_key=TY010!breakfasts] on the magical terrace. Oh, and one more reason: you're just 10km from the eastern Med's most impressive ancient city, Ephesus.

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