Ephesus is probably the most well known and intact ruin in all of Turkey. Aside from that, none of the other ruins in this country have garnered much attention from tourists. To be quite honest, we didn’t know much about the ruins in Anatolia until we reached Fethiye a couple weeks ago. As we were … Continue reading Sagalassos – A Hidden Gem →

Today was purposely scheduled to be a light day because Joe needed to keep an eye on the post election market. It actually ended up working well, as I was tired from yesterday’s excursion up to the mountains. We made the short trek to Antalya Museum, which contains most of the finds from excavations around … Continue reading Antalya Museum →

Today’s trip to Aspendos was slightly more involved than yesterday’s trip to Perge. After getting off the tram at Aksu station, we had to catch the bus to Serik. This bus has a more provincial feel - check out the fringes dangling from the roof, and all the little evil eyes hanging off the window. … Continue reading Aspendos →

Antalya has a number of Pamphylian (Pamphylia is the ancient geopolitical region encompassing modern day Antalya) Greco-Roman ruins in the area. Perge is one of these ancient ruins, which has been extensively excavated since 1946 (still ongoing) giving visitors a chance to visualize what the ancient city looked like back then. While we were in … Continue reading Perge →

Traveling within Turkey is actually quite easy. There are buses and dolmuşes (minibuses) that’ll bring you anywhere you need to go. So instead of keeping the rental car, we took the 3 1/2 hour mid sized bus to Antalya for $5 each. First, we needed to catch the city dolmuş to get from our Airbnb … Continue reading Travel Day – Fethiye to Antalya →