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Round structures, belonging to B.C. 10 5000, are unearthed in the excavations, which are made in Göbekli Hill around Urfa. Thus, Urfa has a history for twelwe thousand five hundred years as of now and also is also known as “City of Prophets” because prophets such as... Continue Reading

Demre is the village between Kaş and Finike which identifies the site of the ancient Myra. In Roman times Myra was on the sea. It was the port where Paul and his companions Luke and Aristarchus changed ships on their way to Rome in about 60 AD. St. Nicholas is supposed to have... Continue Reading

Teos is on the Aegean Sea southwest of İzmir; its Temple to Dionysus was important in pagan times. It is little but fields of grains and lentils interspersed with marble columns. The slope that rises gently from the sea, the green trees and fieldsi the view of offshore islands... Continue Reading

Aphrodisias is well of the main highway between İzmir and Denizli, about 35 km from the turn near Kuyucuk. It is in the pretty valley of a small tributary of the Menderes River near the town of Geyre which used to be located on top of it. Temples, a bishop’s palace, a... Continue Reading

Dinar is located on the main road from Izmir to Konya. It is also at the crossroads of that road and the north-south road from Antalya to Afyon, Kütahya and Eskişehir. Ancient Dinar was Celaenae where Xerxes the Great had a palace. Xenephon reported that Cyrus the Younger under... Continue Reading

The site of another of the seven churches addressed by John in the Book of Revelation, Laodicea is on a low hill between Denizli and Pamukkale and on the south bank of the Lycus River (Çürüksu). Ruins of theaters, a gymnasium, a stadium,, and several other public buildings stand... Continue Reading

The partially restored synagogue and the ruins of temples and churches mark the importance of Sardis as a religious site. Beginning in the 6th century BC Sardis was the terminus of the main east-west Royal Road. As the capital of Lydia it was the commercial center of the western... Continue Reading

A natural forck formation on the southwest edge of the city of Manisa is identified with the legend of Niobe, the mother who must weep for all eternity because Apollo and Artemis killed her twelwe children. The profile of her face can be imagined from the road, but from close up... Continue Reading

Pergamum‘s religious interests lie in its pagan temples, in its place as the site of one of the Seven Churches, and in its role in the history of western Asia Minor. From its acropolis its kings controlled a major crossroads in the 3rd century BC. Its kings eventually ruled... Continue Reading

There are as many beauty as the breathtaking scenery from the ancient cities that will excite you on the Lycian Way starting from Fethiye and extending 500 miles to Antalya. After passing Oludeniz the road coincides with an ancient road for about 3.5 km. between the waist and the... Continue Reading