Cave of the Seven Sleepers

A historical place to visit and free entry

Free to enter historical small site. It is a legebdary site about a myth. Authentic restaurants with amazing gardens there too. Nothing to complain about as its free! Enjoy everyone!

We got into places that are not allowed to go to and I felt like in a video game

7 SLEEPERS just next to Ephesus Ancient City, recommend to fell atmosphere.

There is not so much to see in this place. However, it was interesting to learn the history behind this place and its name.

You may consider visiting this place as part of your larger visiting plan in this area, if you have enough time.

Definitely worth the little walk from Ephesus. There is no ticket or entrance fee.

Entrance is a bit hidden but follow the brown touristic signs.

You cannot enter the cave or premises but worthy of seeing the atmosphere and reading the story

Shame the locals and government do not look after the historic and religious site

very amazing world heritage, the history of human civilization is very beautiful

Interesting place. Village restaurant next to it is amazing and not expensive at all

A visit to historic places

A must see and a very interesting story behind the 8 sleepers

Keep calm, story’s sleepy

The legend says that there were 7 young men who slept over 200 years in a cave. They were jailed in there because of their believe. One theyone of them goes in the village and try to buy some bread, but he has money from another historical period. This the place where it is said that these seven sleepers were jailed, and the woke up. It is very creapy and kind of vibrating. Watch out, maybe they will wake up again!

Formed part of a Historical tour of Ephesus

Why would Such a holy and important place not have been open to the public to be seen and venerated.?The fact that it is not looked after gives the cave a biblical feel and you feel like you are in old times and not in a tourist trap.

Nice historical place.

This is the cave where 7 young man were hiding in the times when Christianity were punished by death. Romans found out about their hiding place and blocked the way out by rocks.
Young man fell into miracle asleep for 200 years when a sheppard opened the cave by accident. The emperor Theodosius came in person to see this miracle. After several days young man finally died.
This miracle happened in the times when Christianity was no longer persecuted, but ressurection was doubted in the Christian world.

Beautiful! However, when we went it was raining. That didn't stop the tourists from enjoying the beauty of this place!

İt's a very important place for Muslims. Though there is some confusion still it's the place described in Holy Qur'an or not. But this place means a lot to Muslim Community.

In Christian and Islamic tradition, the Seven Sleepers (Arabic: اصحاب الکهف‎, romanized: aṣḥāb al kahf, lit. 'People of the Cave') is the story of a group of youths who hid inside a cave outside the city of Ephesus around 250 CE to escape a religious persecution and emerged some 300 years later.
The story says that during the persecutions by the Roman emperor Decius, around 250 AD, seven young men were accused of following Christianity. They were given some time to recant their faith, but they refused to bow to Roman idols. Instead they chose to give their worldly goods to the poor and retire to a mountain cave to pray, where they fell asleep. The Emperor, seeing that their attitude towards paganism had not improved, ordered the
mouth of the cave to be sealed.
Decius died in 251, and many years passed during which Christianity went from being persecuted to being the state religion of the Roman Empire. At some later time – usually given as during the reign of Theodosius II (408–450) – in 447 A.D. when heated discussions were taking place between various schools of Christianity about the resurrection of body in the day of judgement and life after death, a landowner decided to open up the sealed mouth of the cave, thinking to use it as a cattle pen. He opened it and found the sleepers inside. They awoke, imagining that they had slept but one day, and sent one of their number to Ephesus to buy food, with instructions to be careful lest the pagans recognize and seize him.
Upon arriving in the city, this person was astounded to find buildings with crosses attached; the townspeople for their part were astounded to find a man trying to spend old coins from the reign of Decius. The bishop was summoned to interview the sleepers; they told him their miracle story, and died praising God.[1] The various lives of the Seven Sleepers in Greek are listed and in other non-Latin languages at BHO.
Wikipedia

Amazing