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A view from Şirince a touristic village near Ephesus, İzmir. Famous about cute houses and wines. This pretty old (500 BC) village, 12 km away from Ephesus was once Çirkince; 'ugly'. Indeed its habitants gave this name on purpose as they did not want to be bothered by foreigners nor to share the beauties of their village. After years, visitors understood that the village was not ugly at all and called it Şirince; 'charming'. This village is very near to Virgin Mary's House close to Ephesus. The village is on top of a mountain at 330 m. When I visit this sunday it was too hot, 36 degrees Celcius. Tanju