Places to Visit in Turkey: Attractions, Museums, Beaches & Landmarks

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Rumelihisarı

Rumeli Hisarı, Yahya Kemal Cd. No: 42, 34470 Sarıyer/İstanbul, Türkiye

Rumeli Hisarı, commonly rendered in English as Rumeli Fortress, stands on the European shore of the Bosphorus in the Sarıyer district of İstanbul. It is a fortress first, and a museum second. Travelers come here for military architecture, steep stone lines, and one of the clearest physical links to the Ottoman siege planning that preceded […]

Laodicea Ancient City

Goncalı, R4P5+HW, 20000 Merkez/Pamukkale/Denizli, Türkiye

Laodicea Ancient City (Turkish: Laodikeia) is a large archaeological site in Eskihisar (Merkezefendi district) of Denizli Province in Turkey’s Aegean Region. It lies about 6 km north of Denizli on the Lycus River plain. Founded in the mid-3rd century BC by King Antiochus II (named for his wife Laodike), it later flourished under Roman rule with […]

Goat Tower

Hasırlı, Yeni Kapı 1. Sk., 21200 Sur/Diyarbakır, Türkiye

Goat Tower, known in Turkish as Keçi Burcu, is a monumental basalt bastion on the southern city walls of Diyarbakır, in Hasırlı Mahallesi near Yeni Kapı 1. Sokak in the historic Sur district. It is not a conventional museum with display cases, ticket counters, and fixed galleries; it is an open-air heritage landmark that functions […]

Galata Tower

Bereketzade, 34421 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Türkiye

Galata Tower is a medieval stone watchtower (Galata Kulesi) in İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district, on the Karaköy (Bereketzade) hillside. It was built in 1348 by Genoese colonists as part of the Galata walls. The tower later served as a dungeon and then as an Ottoman fire-watchtower before falling into disrepair. Restored by the city in the […]

Termessos

Karaman, 07800 Döşemealtı/Antalya, Türkiye

Termessos (Turkish: Termessos Antik Kenti) is an ancient Pisidian city in Antalya Province, now a stone ruin high on Güllük Dağı (Mount Solymos). Perched at about 1,000 m elevation, it was founded by the Solymi (a Luwian-descended tribe) in pre-classical times and later became a prosperous Hellenistic and Roman city. Famous for repelling Alexander the Great’s […]

Hadrian’s Gate

Barbaros, Atatürk Cd, Barbaros, Hadrian Kale Kapısı, 07100 Muratpaşa/Antalya, Türkiye

Hadrian Kapısı, more often heard locally as Üçkapılar, stands where modern Antalya steps into Kaleiçi. This Roman memorial gate rises on Atatürk Caddesi in Barbaros Mahallesi, Muratpaşa, at the eastern edge of the old town, and official culture listings place it at Barbaros, Atatürk Cd, Hadrian Kale Kapısı, 07100 Muratpaşa/Antalya, with map references around 36.8853, […]

Uchisar Castle

Uçhisar, Tekelli, 50240 Uçhisar/Nevşehir Merkez/Nevşehir, Türkiye

Uçhisar Kalesi, or Uchisar Castle, is the dominant rock citadel of Uçhisar in Nevşehir Province. It rises from Tekelli Mahallesi at the western edge of the core Cappadocia sightseeing circuit, about 5 kilometers from Nevşehir center and a short hop from Göreme, and visitors come for two reasons above all: the layered history of a […]

Side Ancient City

Selimiye Mahallesi, Çağla Sk., 07330 Manavgat/Antalya, Türkiye

Side Antik Kenti, or Side Ancient City, is the main historic site in Side Mahallesi, Manavgat, Antalya, on Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast. It stands on a narrow Pamphylian peninsula where the ruins of an ancient harbor city merge directly with the present resort town. Official visitor information places the archaeological entry on Liman Caddesi, and that […]

Alanya Castle

Hisariçi, 07400 Alanya/Antalya, Türkiye

Alanya Castle (Alanya Kalesi) is a medieval hilltop fortress at the heart of Alanya, Antalya Province in Turkey’s Mediterranean region. This sprawling open-air museum covers about 10 hectares of rocky peninsula protected by roughly 6–6.5 km of stone walls. It stands at about 250 meters above sea level and dates mainly to the 13th-century Seljuk […]

Hierapolis

Pamukkale, 20190 Pamukkale/Denizli, Türkiye

Hierapolis (Pamukkale) Örenyeri is a mixed natural and archaeological historic site in Pamukkale, Denizli, Türkiye. Its common English name is Hierapolis-Pamukkale, while local use often shortens the visit to Pamukkale Travertenleri and Hierapolis Antik Kenti. The site stands in the Aegean Region, above the Çürüksu plain, where white travertine terraces meet a Greco-Roman spa city. […]

Pamukkale

Pamukkale, 20190 Pamukkale/Denizli, Türkiye

Pamukkale (Pamukkale Travertenleri ve Hierapolis Antik Kenti) is a famous natural and archaeological site in Denizli, southwestern Turkey. Listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list since 1988, it features brilliant white travertine terraces and the ruins of the ancient city of Hierapolis. The name means “cotton castle,” reflecting the snow-white mineral cascades. These terraces stretch about […]

Perge Ancient City

Barbaros, Perge Yolu, 07112 Aksu/Antalya, Türkiye

Perge Antik Kenti (Ancient City of Perge) is a large archaeological site on the Pamphylian plain about 17 km east of Antalya city center. It preserves the remains of an ancient planned city that dates back to at least the Bronze Age. The town was laid out in the Hellenistic era (3rd c. BC) and reached its […]

Phaselis Koyu

Tekirova, 07995 Kemer/Antalya, Türkiye

Phaselis Koyu (Phaselis Bay) is an ancient Lycian harbour city (antik kent) on the Mediterranean coast, located in Tekirova (Çamyuva Mahallesi) of Kemer district, Antalya Province. Founded by Rhodian Greeks around 690 BC, it later flourished under Roman and Byzantine rule. The open-air archaeological site contains temples, agoras, baths, a one-arched Hadrianic gate, aqueduct sections and […]

Kaymakli Underground City

Cami Kebir Mahallesi yeraltı şehri Belediye Caddesi, Hatipoğlu, 50760 Kaymaklı/Nevşehir Merkez/Nevşehir, Türkiye

Kaymaklı Underground City is a subterranean city in Cappadocia, central Turkey. Carved into soft volcanic tuff, it has eight levels of tunnels and chambers (only the top four are open to visitors). Its origins date to Hittite times (2nd millennium BCE), with major expansions under Byzantine Christians. The site includes rock-cut dwellings, kitchens with ovens, […]

Sagalassos Ancient City

Kıraç, 15800 Ağlasun/Burdur, Türkiye

Sagalassos Ancient City (Turkish: Sagalassos Antik Kenti) is a major archaeological ruin in southwestern Turkey. It became the metropolis (capital) of the Roman province of Pisidia and Alexander the Great captured it in 333 BCE. The site is sometimes called the “City of Fountains” for its many monumental waterworks. Excavations from 1990 onward uncovered and […]

Apollo Temple of Didyma

Hisar Özgürlük Caddesi Özgürlük Cad, Hisar, 09270 Didim/Aydın, Türkiye

The Apollo Temple of Didyma is a monumental archaeological site in Hisar, Didim, in Aydın Province, Türkiye. Its official Turkish name is Didim Apollon Tapınağı, while English-language visitor sources usually call it the Apollo Temple of Didyma, Didyma Apollo Temple, or the Didymaion. It stands at Hisar, Özgürlük Cd., 09270 Didim/Aydın, in the Aegean Region, […]

Religious Sites

Sumela Monastery

Altindere Valley National Park, Altındere, 61750 Maçka/Trabzon, Türkiye

Sumela Monastery Turkey — known in Turkish as Sümela Manastırı (pronounced sü-MEH-lah mah-nahs-TUH-ruh), also called Meryem Ana Manastırı (Virgin Mary Monastery) or Panagia Sümela — is a Greek Orthodox monastic complex carved directly into the sheer face of Mount Karadağ (Mela Mountain) in the Altındere Valley National Park, Altındere village, Maçka district, Trabzon province, Black […]

Aspendos Theatre

Belkıs, Aspendos Yolu, 07500 Serik/Antalya, Türkiye

The Aspendos Theatre historic site, officially listed in Turkish as Aspendos Örenyeri and commonly called Aspendos Antik Tiyatrosu, is a Roman theatre and archaeological site in Belkıs Mahallesi, Serik district, Antalya Province, Türkiye. In English, it appears as Aspendos Theatre or Aspendos Archaeological Site. The full visitor address is Belkıs, Aspendos Yolu, 07500 Serik/Antalya, in […]

Amyntas Rock Tombs

Amyntas Rock Tombs

Kesikkapı, 117. Sk. No:3, 48300 Fethiye/Muğla, Türkiye

The Amyntas Rock Tombs are a Lycian rock-cut funerary monument in Kesikkapı, Fethiye, known for the temple-front tomb carved into the cliff above the modern town. Official Turkish sources list the site as Amintas Kaya Mezarı or Amintas Kaya Mezarları, while English-language guides commonly use Amyntas Rock Tombs, Aminthas Rock Tombs, or the Tomb of […]

Library of Celsus

Atatürk, 35920 Selçuk/İzmir, Türkiye

The Library of Celsus is the restored Roman library façade inside Ephesus Ancient City in Selçuk, İzmir. Known in Turkish as Celsus Kütüphanesi and commonly mapped as Library of Celsus, Atatürk, 35920 Selçuk/İzmir, Türkiye, it stands within Efes Örenyeri, the archaeological site whose official address is Efes Harabeleri, 35920 Selçuk/İzmir. The GPS position is approximately […]

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