 Michael Douglas at Ephesus with Cengiz İçten On January 7, 2020 Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas visited Ephesus with his daughter and son. His wife Catherine Zeta Jones and his family were in Istanbul Turkey couple of days and after his wife left for US, Michael Douglas came to Izmir Selcuk Airport with a private jet and had a private tour of Ancient City of Ephesus. It is stated that Michael Douglas specifically wanted to see the Terrace Houses, and in there he was accompanied by former director of Ephesus Museum, Archaeologist Cengiz İçten.  Michael Douglas with Our Fellow guide Friend Ahu Anyways we first saw a picture of Michael Douglas and a friend of ours at Ephesus, who is also a private tour guide for Ephesus, and we thought maybe she was the lucky one to take him on a tour. But later we found out it was a coincidence that she saw him at Terrace Houses in Ephesus.  Michael Douglas with Hatice and Celil at Bizim Ev Restaurant Ephesus And later that day, we also saw my favorite cook and a good friend Hatice Mercan’s facebook profile. Hatice and her son Celil had Michael Douglas as their guest for lunch. I am sure Michael Douglas and his family loved the food prepared by Hatice and her team. They have the best food around Ephesus.  Michael Douglas with Cansu at Bizim Ev Restaurant Coincidentally Hatice’s daughter Cansu who lives in Germany was also at the restaurant and she gave Michael Douglas the Turkish Cookbook that she authored. This must have been a great memory for Hatice and her family. Arzu was about to fly to Germany that day, so she was just prepared to take off for the Airport and she gets a chance to meet Michael Douglas in person and was able to give him her cookbook. By the way I was in Ephesus on jan 4, 2020 Saturday with Cengiz İçten on an educational tour and I am preparing a short video sequel about Ephesus that features Mr. İçten as the expert unveiling many mysteries of Ephesus city in detail. So please stick around to see these videos. As Cengiz İçten says, Michael Douglas found Ephesus way more well-preserved compared to the iconic Roman City of Pompeii of Naples, Italy. Michael Douglas coming to Turkey and visiting important world heritage sites like Ephesus is so important for the image of the country for sure. I also had a small reminder of the celebrities who visited Ephesus in the past,
The earliest one was Liv Tyler in 2019 Frodo of Lord of the Rings Elijah Wood had also visited Ephesus on Aug 22, 2015 Pope Benedict had visited Ephesus on November 29, 2006 Prince Charles visited Ephesus on November 27, 2007 Bill Gates and Melinda Gates visited Ephesus on October 6, 2005 Bill Clinton, Hilary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton visited Ephesus on February 21, 2003 Elton John had a concert in Ephesus in 2001 Sting had a concert at the Great Theater of Ephesus on July 2, 1993. Jethro Tull had a concert at Ephesus Ancient Theater on July 15, 1991.  Celestyal Crystal docked Kusadasi Cruise Port On January 5, 2020 Kusadasi Cruise Port welcomed Celestyal Cruises Crystal Ship. The cruise ship arrived at Kusadasi Cruise Port early in the morning around 06.00 am. It is an important day because it was the first Cruise ship of the Year but the Last Cruise Ship of the 2019 -2020 Winter Season. It was a bright and sunny winter day for us in Kusadasi, so I took the chance and made a video about how to get to Ephesus from Kusadasi Cruise Port by using the Public Transportation. I will edit the video and publish it hopefully in the following weeks, but for now you can find the text and the picture version on this story I posted on ephesuskusadasiguide.com here is the link. So there will not be any cruise ships docking at Kusadasi Cruise Port until March 6, 2020. And in March the Cruise Season of Kusadasi will again start with Celestyal Cruise Lines Crystal Ship. To see the Cruise Ship Schedule for Kusadasi Cruise Port in 2020 you can click on this link. The ship will start its journey on Sat 29 Feb 2020, and It will be a 7 night cruise visiting 3 different Continents. Starting from the Port of Piraeus in Athens and Continuing to Alexandria in Egypt doing the Continent of Africa, then Port Said in Egypt. After Egypt The Crystal Ship will continue to the port of Ashdod in Israel then cruising in the mediterranean to Limassol port of Cyprus, the next day the ship will continue more to the northwest to visit the Greek Island of Rhodes, finally it will arrive in Kusadasi Turkey on March 6, 2020 at 07 am the next day the ship will end it’s one week journey back in Athens.
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