One of the stops on our boat cruise was at the ruins of the once major port city of Phaselis. It is located a few km south of Kemer on a small peninsula with three harbours. According to the information at the site and also on
Wikipedia and
TravelLinkTurkey, it was founded in the 7th century BC by people from Rhodes and finally abandoned in the early 13th century AD. The Phaselitans were traders not politicians and the city prospered under a variety of rulers - Persian, Greek, Lycian, Roman, Byzantine and finally the Seljuk Turks. Most of the ruins are of Roman and post Roman origin.
I am posting a few pictures but if you Google Phaselis, Turkey and click on images, you will see some wonderful photos.
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| With Google Earth, you can look down on the peninsula and see through the pines the main street and some of the ruins |
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| The peninsula is covered with ruined stone buildings. We had no real time to explore. |
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| Certainly some of the city site has tumbled into the ocean over the centuries |
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| The Romans were great for bath houses |
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| More bath house |
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| Ruins of a market place or Agora |
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| We both saw this brave little flower blooming away in the middle of main street |
Very interesting. I also looked at some pictures on Google. It is a very beautiful area along the Mediterranean coast.
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