{"id":3456,"date":"2026-05-11T14:04:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/?p=3456"},"modified":"2026-05-24T19:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T19:46:52","slug":"cruise-day-5-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolbarton.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/cruise-day-5-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruise – Day 5 Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We docked in Kusadasi and took a coach tour to visit three sites of archaeological interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We began with Miletus and Magnesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We moved on to the magnificent site of the ancient city of Ephesus, for a guided walking tour. It was hot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the end of the walking tour we were picked up by the coach and taken to a resort hotel for a buffet style lunch featuring Turkish cuisine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back on the coach we went to downtown Kusadasi where we were treated to a demonstration of silk carpet making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We walked back to the ship through the shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are disembarking now, resting until dinner and a show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We docked in Kusadasi and took a coach tour to visit three sites of archaeological interest. We began with Miletus and Magnesia. We moved on to the magnificent site of the ancient city of Ephesus, for a guided walking tour. It was hot! At the end of the walking tour we were picked up by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,108,104],"tags":[99,100],"class_list":["post-3456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foreign-holidays","category-med-cruise","category-turkey","tag-med-cruise","tag-turkey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t