Kusadasi Port Day With a Teen, Kusadasi, Turkey

We would start every port day of our Holland America Mediterranean Cruise by stepping out onto our balcony to take a first look at the picturesque port town that would be our destination for the day. When we arrived in Kusadasi, Turkey, our reaction wasn鈥檛,聽ooooh! so much as,聽hmmm.聽

Kusadasi is a聽resort town聽comprised of cinder block buildings hugging the side of a tall hill that slopes up from the port. It鈥檚 not pretty, but don鈥檛 be put off.聽

Kusadasi is an easy place to spend a day with tens and teens because you can easily mix some serious sightseeing with kid-friendly activities like going to the beach and eating and shopping in the聽Old Town Bazaar, a winding pedestrian zone just across from the cruise ship port.

If you鈥檙e in Kusadasi, you have to take a day trip to nearby聽Ephesus, an ancient city that was an important and bustling Roman trading port in its heyday.

The聽ruins聽here were like nothing I鈥檇 seen anywhere else.聽We were walking through the unearthed聽remains of an entire city,聽with city gates, two amphitheaters, Greek and Roman temples, houses, shops, public baths, the聽library of Celsus聽and more. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: Kusadasi Port Day With a Teen
Guide Location: Turkey » Kusadasi
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Eileen Gunn
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