The towns near Ephesus have a good selection of boutique hotels and inns to serve travelers coming to visit theareas many attractions.
Here's help in choosing which town to make your base:
Selçuk
Selçuk, the farming town 3 km (2 miles) from the Ephesus archeological site, has numerous convenient small boutique hotels, the most convenient transportation services, and lots of restaurants. If you want to be right in the midst of all there is to see, this is your first choice. More...
Kuşadası
If you favor large, modern four- and five-star resort hotels, there are plenty of them in Kuşadası, the cruise-ship port and seaside resort town 18 km (11 miles) southwest of Ephesus, readily accessible by frequent, inexpensive minibus. But Kuşadası also has one of the region's most pleasant and congenial boutique hotels, an oasis of calm right in the midst of the bustling port town. More...
İzmir
With good train service and frequent minibuses between İzmir and Selçuk, you can stay in the big city and enjoy its cosmopolitan pleasures when you like, and shuttle down to Selçuk to see the sights. More...
—by Tom Brosnahan