1500 BCE – 1300 CE · 6 sites
1000 BCE – 400 CE
Home to the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus — one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World — and birthplace of Herodotus, the "Father of History," this Carian-Greek city remains one of the most storied places on the Aegean coast.
600 BCE – 1200 CE
A Greco-Roman city famed for its marble sculpture workshops, the Temple of Aphrodite, and a remarkably well-preserved stadium seating 30,000.
900 BCE – 400 CE
An ancient harbor city famous for its magnificent Lycian rock-cut tombs carved into cliff faces above the Dalyan River — one of the most iconic archaeological vistas in Turkey.
1500 BCE – 600 CE
A Carian fishing city on a fortified peninsula jutting into the Gulf of Güllük, famous in antiquity for its abundant fish and red marble, with a well-preserved Roman agora and evidence of settlement stretching back to the Bronze Age.
300 BCE – 1300 CE
A remarkably well-preserved Hellenistic and Roman city in Caria, unique for being partially inhabited by the modern village of Eskihisar, creating a living landscape where ancient and contemporary coexist.
500 BCE – 400 CE
Home to one of the best-preserved ancient temples in Anatolia — the Temple of Zeus Lepsynos stands with 16 of its original Corinthian columns intact amid an olive grove, a hauntingly beautiful sight.
