My Gosh! Patara was the biggest treat and surprise yet. We went to this ruin on another excursion and I was amazed at the site. There were two groups of archeologists working at the site. This was a huge city, as big or bigger than Epheses.
There is a beautiful arch entryway where extensive excavations are underway. The road is dug up because the road was built right over the ruins. We took the detour around the excavation site and on into the extensive ancient city. I could not believe the huge artifact "cemetery" where thousands of pieces have been identified, numbered, catalogued and set out in orderly rows, awaiting reassembly by future archeologists.We climbed up into the theater, and toured the government building, hiked to the top of the hill to look over on the ocean inlet and river. If this site is ever fully excavated and reassembled it will be another wonderful tourist attraction, as much as Epheses.
After we left the ruins we continued along the road to Patara Plaji (beach). This is a protected area where the turtles come from May to October to lay their eggs. Most of the shoreline here in Turkey is rocky and rough, but this is an 8 mile long white sandy beach.
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