Kusadasi is a colourful, lively resort town with opportunities for shopping. Kusadasi, an attractive resort surrounded by sandy bays, is the gateway port for those wishing to visit the Hellenistic and Roman city of Ephesus, founded in the 13th century BC. The site was first excavated in 1869 by British archaeologist J T Wood and visitors can now see many of the Roman remains. One of the attractions of Ephesus is the fact that so much of its remains intact and little imagination is required to picture what the Roman city would have looked like. Highlights include the stunning façade of the Celsus Library, built by Gaius Julius Aquila in the 2nd century AD in memory of his father Celsus Polemaeanus, a row of Roman public lavatories, the Harbour Gymnasium and the Temple of Hadrian.