A historical place with the ruins of an ancient city and a cave with a swimming pool and a grotto with access to the sea. The beach is also small but quiet, without waves even in windy weather. The road passes nearby, but the traffic is inactive and does not interfere with rest. For example, you need to descend 25-30 meters from the parking lot. On weekends, locals come here for a picnic. I recommend visiting on working days.

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анна лаврова

Level 21 Local Expert

It's an incredibly beautiful place! We arrived at sunset and did not dare to go down with the child) although when we drove further away we saw another descent...It's more gentle and safer there, with a building with columns at once.

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VLAD K.

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Another beach, wild but cute?! And lotape Antik Harabeleri. Let's explore the wild beaches of Turkey further. Here is the ancient city of Iotape, it got its name in honor, naturally, of Iotape, the beloved wife of King Antiochus IV of Commagene (38-72 AD). From the time of the Roman emperor Trajan, who ruled from 98 to 117, to Valerian in 253, this city minted coins with his name, in other words, the power of! There are ruins of the Roman and Byzantine periods. On the ancient streets, there is a crepida (platform) with three steps on each side, between which statues once stood. The inscriptions on the pedestals of the statues told about the successful and generous inhabitants of the city. The ruins of the bathhouse and city buildings have been preserved to this day. Among the ruins, on the sea side, there is a temple dedicated to Trajan, as evidenced by an inscription on a nearby slab. Alas, only the stylobate remains of the temple. To the north of the modern road along which we arrived, we can see the tombs of the necropolis, houses and partially preserved city and fortress walls. With pleasure, we literally took a mysterious archaeological tour today, not forgetting to swim in the azure bay with the ruins of an ancient harbor, sailing over ancient columns flooded by the warm waters of the Mediterranean Sea. We put on the wrong shoes, we couldn't climb higher, but we wanted to, we'll definitely fix our mistake next time!

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