Ephesus
Selçuk, Turkey
Ephesus is the best-preserved Graeco-Roman city on the Aegean coast of Turkey, 3 km from the town of Selcuk.
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The coasts of Turkey, Ionia, Caria, Lycia and Pamphylia, were the eastern half of the Greek world, and most of what stands was rebuilt grandly under Rome, so the cities are larger and more complete than those in Greece.
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Hierapolis and Pamukkale
Pamukkale, Turkey
Hierapolis is a Roman spa city built on top of the white travertine terraces of Pamukkale in south-western Turkey,…
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Troy
Çanakkale, Turkey
Troy is the mound of Hisarlik near the Dardanelles, where nine cities were built one on top of another from about 3000…
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Myra
Demre, Turkey
Myra is the ancient Lycian city on the edge of modern Demre, where a cliff face is carved with dozens of rock-cut tombs…
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Perge
Aksu, Turkey
Perge is an ancient Greek and Roman city on the plain 15 km east of Antalya, once one of the great cities of Pamphylia.
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Tlos
Fethiye, Turkey
Tlos is one of the oldest cities of ancient Lycia, set on a rocky spur above the Xanthos valley about 40 km east of…
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Side Ancient City
Side, Turkey
Side is a Greek and Roman port on a small peninsula of the Turkish Mediterranean coast, 78 km east of Antalya, where…
10 tickets & tours
Pergamon Acropolis
Bergama, Turkey
The Pergamon Acropolis is the hilltop capital of the Attalid kings, rising 335 metres above modern Bergama in western…
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Selge
Manavgat, Turkey
Selge is a ruined Pisidian city high in the Taurus Mountains above the Koprulu Canyon, about 60 km inland from Manavgat…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Aperlae
Kaş, Turkey
Aperlae is a ruined Lycian harbour town on the coast of Antalya province, west of Kekova, whose lower quarter has…
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Bodrum Ancient Theatre
Bodrum, Turkey
Bodrum Ancient Theatre is the theatre of Halicarnassus, begun under the Carian ruler Mausolus in the 4th century BC and…
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Laodicea
Denizli, Turkey
Laodicea on the Lycus, just outside Denizli in south-western Turkey, was one of the richest Roman cities of Asia Minor…
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Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Bodrum, Turkey
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus in Bodrum was the tomb of the Carian ruler Mausolus, built around 353 to 351 BC and…
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Patara
Kaş, Turkey
Patara was the main seaport of ancient Lycia and the meeting place of the Lycian League, on the Turkish coast near the…
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Sagalassos
Ağlasun, Turkey
Sagalassos is a Greek and Roman city spread over mountain terraces between 1,400 and 1,700 metres in the Taurus range,…
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Ephesus has its marble street, the Library of Celsus and the roofed Terrace Houses; Hierapolis spreads above the white travertines of Pamukkale; Pergamon keeps one of the steepest theatres of antiquity; Aphrodisias has the best-preserved ancient stadium and a museum of marble sculpture; Myra pairs a cliff of Lycian rock tombs with a Roman theatre. Selcuk is the base for Ephesus, and the Museum Pass Turkey covers many of these sites.