Our first non-urban campsite was near Balikesir, north of Akhisar. One of our drivers on the far right. Note the mallet used for pounding tent pegs and the herd of goats in the background.
Ephesus was one of the great cities of Ionian Greece. It later became the capitol of Roman Asia and was an important center for early Christianity. This is the Roman Theater.
View from the Roman Theater to the esplanade. Ephesus was built on the sea as a port, but the port has silted in and the sea is no several kilometers away.
Roman Library at Ephesus.
From Ephesus we drove inland and then on down through Fethiye to the coast.
In 1977 the Mediterranean cost of Turkey was mostly empty and undeveloped with wide, long beaches. Today the area is quite developed with resorts and is very popular with tourists. (Note the very empty stretch of beautiful beach in the upper right hand corner of this photo.)