sirince

Very cute and rustic. Nice places for coffee and lots of tourist shops. Steper paths and uneven cobbles so you need to be quite fit and mobile.

Sirince is a small Greek Village located on a mountaintop about 15 minutes from Selkuk by bus - really. After the scenic drive up the mountain we began exploring the town's rugged stone streets. We found an abandoned Christian church, several souvenir stores and coffee shops. It is quite different than Selkuk, and well-worth the 3 Turkish lira for the one-way bus ride.

Nice day trip from Kusadasi if you want to see a nice, traditional location of the past...people with genuine simplicity, good food, little shops for souvenirs

It is a village in a very beautiful area, near Ephesus, so be sure to visit it if you are near Izmir. The town has maintained the old Greek Arhitecture, and even the Green names of the houses and restaurants, though do not expect to find any Greeks there, as the local population was expelled to Greece in an exchange of population around 1920-ties. The market is very nice, and be sure to visit the wineries, they make wines out of everything you can think of.The restaurants also offer great food and some really nice views.

A quaint little village that really relies on tourists. Fruit wines and souvenir shops abound but there is more to see.

It was a great village to understand and see the local life. It is famous for with its hand made wines (grape and other fruits). It was wonderfull to being in a small village in nature.Close to many tourist attractions such as Ephesus ancient ruins...

While staying 3 days in Sirince, we stopped in at the old School building (housing the Artemis Restaurant -top of the hill on your left as you enter Sirince). They advertised a felting demo, being a spinner & weaver I was interested. We purchased a felted rug & had it shipped. The rug arrived & was not the rug I had bought. It was filthy, full of crud & even blood from shearing. Umut, the owner and supposedly the "artist" promised a refund ($300 USD). It was in a box ready to be shipped back to Turkey, when I discovered it was loaded with bugs and moths that had hatched. DO NOT buy anything from the FELT ART WORKSHOP! Amut also has another shop "ANTIQUE DE SCALANOVA" in Aydin. Bad experience!!! Pictures upon request!!!

The village is adorable. Rebounding from a sad part of Turkish history when the Greek inhabitants were forcibly relocated back to Greece. Since the 1980s, the village has been repopulated. People are selling handmade things - soap, daisy crowns, knit items - hats, etc. And I -- having vowed to buy nothing - bought 4 (FOUR!) little knit kittens as baby presents. Home made bread for sale by a woman sitting on a step. Two church ruins now being conserved. There is also a Mathematics School, which I was unable to understand except to know that it is there. We were astounded at the number of Turks visiting on day trips. Lots of restaurants and coffee shops. Cute.

Sirince is a wonderful town, you get that Greek feeling from it cause most of the architecture is Greek and the village has been left almost untoched for decades...Now they tastfully restored most of it but the unfortunate advent of tourism transformed it into a rolling bazaar...All the shops are tourist related and you're "invited" here and there at every door... The tourism did good cause gave the locals the chance of restoring and preserving a lovely village that would have been long crumbled into ruins otherwise but also brought consumism and an unreal shopping mall feeling to this place...Very nice but also a bit sad...

It's really easy to get access to a good quality dry red wine in Sirince. The village is very charming with cobblestone roads, a small 700-people population, and a endearing and humble personality. The food is all organic, locally grown, and most importantly very tasty.

The places seems to survive solely on tourism, nonetheless it is still a pretty little village worth spending the afternoon. Plenty of picture opportunities!

We had no idea when we went to Sirince that it would be a charming little town. On the way were orange/mandarin trees everywhere (stop and try one). We went to buy some ceramics but ended up staying for a lovely dinner and walked through the cute hill town. It's not far from Efes, so go :)

Good place to visit, interesting history - shame about the souvenir shops that occupy most of the houses that are accessible - found a great place to eat. Nazar Cafe and Restaurant opposite Koplankaye wine shop on the right as you approach the main souvenir selling area, run by a local family - had the best shish kebab ever.

Really enjoyed spending a few hours walking through this lovely village. No hard selling, lovely views, quaint place. Easily and cheaply reached by short bus from Selcuk. Highly recommended.

We spent a few hours here wandering around the delightful cobbled streets looking at the shops and stalls. We also walked up to the church which was worth visiting. Did lots of wine tasting, particularly liked the quince wine which I had never tried before. Lots of shops selling "genuine fakes" if you looking for a bargain. Call in any bar if you need the loo.....