Perge is the largest ancient settling of both Hellenistic and Roman Age, which possesses a Roman Bath, Colonnaded Street, Agora, Stadium, and Water Aqueduct. These structures are in good order and well protected after the excavation.
Aspendos, the
best preserved Roman Theatre in the World which is still in use. This 15.000
seated theatre hosts many concerts and competitions10:30, during the Song
Festival.
The third impressive site is Side
whose name meant "Pomegranate" in antiquity. Today, it is a pretty
Resort Town with two sandy beaches, many shops along the Ancient Street as well
as Theatre, Agora, ancient harbor, archeological museum.
Termessos is perhaps the most interesting ancient city in Antalya
region. It is a Psidian city built at an atitutude of 1050 meters in the Taurus
Mountains. Termessos constitutes an unusual synthesis of a large number of rare
plants and animal species, which are under protection in the Termessos National
Park.. Some of the remains found in
Termessos are the walls, the Hadrian's triumphal arch, the cisterns, the
theater, the gymnasium, the agora, the odeon and the heroon. Among the tombs
which are scattered far and wide can be seen those of Alcates, Agatemeros and
the Lion decorated sarcophagi, which are extraordinary.
Next
stop is the Karain Cave located in the foothills of the
Katran Mountains in the Village Yagca. The large cave site contains several
interconnected chambers (A-G), including the well-known Karain E chamber which
contains a long sequence from Lower to Upper Paleolithic as well as yielding
human remains dating to 100-130.000 and 200-300.000 years BC. Karain E chamber
is one of the biggest and richest paleolithic sites in the world which gives information
about all the prehistoric chronology and Anatolia.
You will then visit the Antalya Archaeological Museum which is one of the most important museums for Anatolian
Civilizations. The museum has
13 exhibition halls and an open air gallery covering an area of 7,000 m2
(75,000 sq ft). As a museum exhibiting examples of works, which
illuminate the history of the Mediterranean
and Pamphylia
regions in Anatolia, Antalya Museum is one of the most important of Turkey's
museums. The Museum won the “European Council Special Prize” in 1988.