The signs
we missed yesterday in the middle of the road were just arrows for the
trucks coming from the quarry.
We drove the back road then entered the road to the Termessos Ancient
site, paying our fee at the bottom . A great road, up and up.
Finishing with half a dozen switchbacks.
The
site is quite undeveloped in that there are no formal walking tracks
just a main dirt track up and down then it is free for all.
Our
best site so far, and a beautiful sunny day with great views. It
felt a bit like we were discovering it. Bits and pieces lying
higgledy piggledy and partially hidden in the undergrowth.
A small
track through the trees led to one
of the Necropolis, Sarcophagi strewn about the place.
The
main street which had been lined with pillars were mostly still
lying where they had fallen with trees now shading the street.
Narrow paths threaded their way through broken piles of once proud
stone.
On
up the hill to another Necropolis. Wow so many stone coffins looked
like a giant had been playing Jenga with them. Some where carved from
the rock and still attached to mother earth. Some where huge and
must have taken a families bodies over many years.
The five interconnected water cisterns were still all intact. Just amazing
to see the structures still sound after a few thousand of years!
The
theatre had a great back drop.
We walked down another track and this is where the quarry was as well as
some grave sites built into the rock face.
Finishing
off with a temple of Artemis at the car park.
It
was a very large city and in about 360AD their bravery, and probably the site, led Alexander the great to leave them
unmolested and go on to easier pickings…..
The route we walked back down was past the quarry and also had these tombs carved into the rocks.
The entrance to Diana's temple
A
quick lunch on a park bench in the sunshine then on the move again.
Back to the coast and along to the township of Kemer. We drove up a
dirt road hoping to get to the towers but there was a gate but a
lovely view from the saddle so we perched there overlooking Kris and
the Med. Quite a few people use the track for cycling and running.
109km Camp
site 172m alt.