Key Information: Tour Duration: 1
day(s) Group Size: 2
- 22
people Destination(s):Turkey Specialty Categories:Archeology/HistoryCultural Journey Season: January - December Airfare Included: No Tour Customizable: No Minimum Per Person Price: 35 Euro (EUR) Maximum Per Person Price: 70 Euro (EUR)
Meet at Antalya harbor and drive to Aspendos Theater, Old city Kaleici, Clock Tower. Come back to Antalya harbor and free time for shopping. Aspendos Theater - Aspendos is known for his best-preserved theater of antiquity with seating for 15.000. Still used today, the theater's galleries, stage decorations and acoustics all testify to the architects success.
Nearby stand the remains of a basilica, agora and one of the largest aqueducts in Anatolia. Aspendus was a major port city in the Roman period with the navigable river of Koprucay. Visitors usually only see the theater on the hillside, however the aqueduct is also recommended. According to ancient tradition the city was founded by Mopsus in the 13C BC.
In the 6C BC the Lydian King Croesus took Aspendus. After Cyrus’s victory over Croesus in the same century the city became Persian. In the 5C BC Aspendus minted its own silver coins. Alexander the Great took over from the Persians in the 4C BC. In the Roman period Aspendus entered into good relations with Rome.
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