Izmir, one of Turkey's biggest port and 3rd biggest City in Turkey and the population is nearly 3.5 million. Port of Izmir is located north of Ephesus Ruins and 95 km far away from Ephesus Ruins also one way drive take approx 60 - 75 minutes. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world and was built around 550 BC, it was about four times the size of the Parthenon. Ephesus was the most important Roman city of proconsular Asia. By NT times it had grown to at least 250,000 people (Mounce). Gradually the harbour silted up and is now some miles from the sea. In modern day Turkey Ephesus is known as Efes.