The Aegean Region - Turkey with Your Family: From Bustling Bazaars to Historic Sites - page 139

including the towers. For them
it will be great fun reaching the
top and for you the climb will be
rewarded with a panoramic view
of the town. While your boys
will love the chance to play
ancient knights, they will also
have the chance to visit the
archaeology museum housed
in the castle and see shipwrecks.
Your girls, however, will proba-
bly prefer to visit the Carian
Princess Ada Hall , where per-
sonal items that once belonged
to the Carian princess, Princess
Ada, who died around 330 BC,
can be seen. She clearly liked
jewellery as there are some rather
spectacular items that were dis-
covered when her tomb was
unearthed a few years back. You
could easily spend a few hours in
the castle, and fortunately there
are baby-changing facilities if
you have very young children
and a café for refreshing drinks.
Open 9am-6pm daily, closed
Monday. Admission 10 YTL adults, 5
YTL children. Amenities baby-
changing facilities, cafe.

exhibits, the statues of Poseidon
and Demeter, which were
unearthed in the agora, or mar-
ketplace, built around the time
of Alexander the Great.
Open 9am-6pm daily except
Monday. Admission 10 YTL adults,
5 YTL children.

Çe @ me Museum, Çe @ me

★★

VALUE

Çe@me Castle, Harbourside, Çe@me.
b [phone]. www.goto
turkey.com .

Located on the waterfront and
within the landmark Çe @ me
Castle, Çe @ me Museum is worth
taking your children to because its
exhibits are interesting, some are
interactive and all are educational.
There are well over 300 archaeo-
logical items, nearly 150 ethno-
graphic objects and numerous
coins collected from Çe @ me town
and its surrounding villages and
countryside. Children can touch
and feel some of the exhibits,
including a cannon that was once
used to defend the town from
marauding warriors and pirates.
Open 8.30am-5pm daily, with
reduced hours in winter. Closed
Monday. Often closed for a lunch
break. Admission 10 YTL adults,
5 YTL children.

The Top Museums

Archaeology Museum, Izmir
Archaeology Museum, Izmir. b +90
232 483 51 17.

Ephesus Museum,
Ephesus

The Archaeology Museum near
Konak Square in Izmir is well
worth visiting if you are spend-
ing some time in this sprawling,
busy city not far from Ku @ adası
and Çe @ me. It offers several halls
of artefacts dating back centuries
that have been found in the area,
along with a couple of notable

★★
Ephesus Museum, Ephesus. b +90
232 892 63 28.

Step inside the Ephesus Museum
and you will be taken aback. Its
collection of astonishingly old and
well-preserved artefacts, statues
and frescos that might have at one

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