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Greek ruins and sites to visit

Greek here spans the Aegean world from the Minoan palaces of Crete, begun around 1900 BC, and the Mycenaean citadels of the Bronze Age, through the Classical city-states, to the Hellenistic kingdoms after Alexander. Expect sanctuaries with temples and treasuries, theatres cut into hillsides, agoras, stadiums and royal tombs. Many cities, above all in Turkey, were rebuilt under Rome, so a Greek theatre and a Roman colonnaded street often share one site.

Phaselis

Kemer, Turkey

Phaselis is a Greek and Roman port city on the Lycian coast of Turkey, 16 km south of Kemer, founded by settlers from…

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Aptera

Chania, Greece

Aptera is an ancient city-state on a hilltop 13 km east of Chania in western Crete, about 150 metres above Souda Bay.

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Ancient Agora of Athens

Athens, Greece

The Ancient Agora of Athens was the civic heart of the classical city, the square below the Acropolis where citizens…

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Kekova Sunken City

Demre, Turkey

Kekova is an uninhabited island off the Lycian coast of southern Turkey whose northern shore holds the half-submerged…

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Acropolis of Lindos

Lindos, Greece

The Acropolis of Lindos crowns a sheer rock about 116 metres above the white village of Lindos, on the east coast of…

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Ancient Messene

Messene, Greece

Ancient Messene is a Greek city founded in 369 BC by the Theban general Epaminondas below Mount Ithome, 25 km north of…

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Acropolis of Rhodes

Rhodes, Greece

The Acropolis of Rhodes is the hilltop sacred quarter of the ancient city, on Monte Smith about 3 km south-west of the…

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Ancient Eleusis

Elefsina, Greece

Ancient Eleusis is the sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone in the town of Elefsina, about 20 km west of Athens, where…

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Ancient Eleutherna

Rethymno, Greece

Ancient Eleutherna is a Greek city-state on a steep ridge below Mount Ida in central Crete, about 25 km south-east of…

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Ancient Stadium of Nemea

Nemea, Greece

The Ancient Stadium of Nemea is the race track where the Nemean Games, one of the four great athletic festivals of…

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Termessos

Antalya, Turkey

Termessos is a Pisidian mountain city at about 1,000 metres on the slopes of Gulluk Dagi, north-west of Antalya, so…

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Ancient Sparta

Sparta, Greece

Ancient Sparta is the archaeological park on the low acropolis hill at the north edge of the modern town, in the…

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Antigonea

Gjirokaster, Albania

Antigonea is a Hellenistic hilltop city of the Chaonians, about 600 metres up on the eastern side of the Drino valley,…

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Ancient Kamiros

Rhodes, Greece

Kamiros is the ruined Doric city on the west coast of Rhodes, laid out on three terraces down a hillside facing the…

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Ancient Theatre of Milos

Milos, Greece

The ancient theatre of Milos is a Greek theatre rebuilt in marble in Roman times, set on a hillside below the village…

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Aphrodisias

Karacasu, Turkey

Aphrodisias is the ancient city of Aphrodite in the hills of Caria, western Turkey, famous across the Roman world for…

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Asklepieion of Kos

Kos, Greece

The Asklepieion of Kos is the ancient healing sanctuary of the god Asclepius, set on three terraces on a wooded…

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Dion

Dion, Greece

Dion, at the foot of Mount Olympus in northern Greece, was the sacred city of the ancient Macedonians, where kings…

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Dodona

Dodoni, Greece

Dodona is the sanctuary of Zeus in the hills of Epirus, the oldest oracle in Greece and second only to Delphi in fame.

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Kaunos

Dalyan, Turkey

Kaunos is an ancient port city on the Dalyan river in south-west Turkey, once a busy harbour on the border between…

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Morgantina

Aidone, Italy

Morgantina is a Greek and Sicel city spread along the Serra Orlando ridge near Aidone, in the hills of central Sicily.

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Phoenice

Finiq, Albania

Phoenice is the hilltop capital of the ancient Chaonians, above the modern town of Finiq in southern Albania, about 20…

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Agora of Smyrna

İzmir, Turkey

The Agora of Smyrna is the Roman market and civic square of ancient Izmir, preserved as an open-air museum on the edge…

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