Aphrodisias Pamukkale

We rose early the next morning in order to shower and enjoy the fantastic breakfast provided by our guest house before our ride to Aphrodisias arrived. The driver was prompt, and turned out to be the same guy who had driven us to the guest house the day before. The van was packed -- and then we picked up a few more people, taking us well over …

... about to turn and head over a hill to see the stadium, said to be one of the largest, even bigger than the one at Aphrodisias. But just then a site guard rode up near-by on four-wheeled scooter. He pointed to his watch, waved his hands in a criss-cross, ...

... off the main road towards the ruins of Aphrodisias. Because it is so far from the cruise ship and the "Turkey in 1 week - 10 days" routes, Aphrodisias gets way less tourist traffic than Ephesus. It is a very large site and has as many well preserved ...

... from a land down under" but our attempt at Waltzing Matilda puts them off asking for any more singing. The sites we visited were more secluded - Laodicea, famed for its stadium and church and Aphrodisias, famous for its temple of Aphrodite (think ...

Our stay at Pamakkale was in the Lycus river Hotel, a huge complex with natural thermal baths and pools. After a couple of days on the road, spending some time in the thermal baths was refreshing and ...

... as a small cathedral town until it was more or less abandoned in the 12th century. Fast forward almost a millennium, and Aphrodisias is once again popular, though this time with tourists, instead of farmers and merchants. Fortunately for us, its sister ...

... of chess, we ate dinner at the guest house and called it a night. A car was picking us up the next morning at 9:00 to take us to the Roman and Hellenistic ruins of Aphrodisias, so it was early to bed in preparation for a big Saturday full of exploration. ...

... the theater at Hierapolis -- another marvel of ancient architecture and engineering. We'd been impressed by the stadium and theater at Aphrodisias, but we were blown away by the theater at Hierapolis. It was massive, seating up to 15,000 people, and ...

... set aside for us campers is not adequate for a larger number of people. So…will check out Aphrodisias tomorrow, and move on to Pamukkale. October 16, 2010 We had a wonderful double header today with Aphrodisias in the morning and Pamukkale in the ...

... . Along the way we saw a sign for the ruins of Aphrodisias and, since we were making good time, decided to detour. Aphrodisias was a small but wealthy Roman city whose most notable feature was its cult to Aphrodite. It held a Temple of Aphrodite and a ...

... also litter the area. The theater hasn't been excavated but one can see its outlines - much like the stadium of Aphrodisias. There are two metal excavation buildings surrounded by a fence. A flower garden has been planted and gives a touch of ...