Turkey, Day 8

Our final day with our Polo. What an experience it has been. We could have made a half hour programme with Alistair Stewart with the crazy stuff we have winessed in the past 6 days. 

As the car had to go back, we saved the closest attraction till last.  As it turned out, this was the best too. Certainly for its ancient theatre.

The place is the ancient city of Aspendos, dating back to the 4th century BC. 

We started the day a few kilometres away, at an old bridge, well parts of. Starting out as Roman, the old visible parts, much of which are in the river, are from the 13th century AD. The majority is from restoration in 1996. Cath was not impressed with her tour guide for this. Luckily I had the next stop up my sleeve.

Aspendos' theatre is the best, i.e. most complete theatre of the ancient world, so walking in blew Catherine and I away. I/we have seen quite a number over the years, even a couple this week but we have never seen anything like it in our lives. We certainly did save the best till last. Pat on the back for the guide 😁

It helps that some chap restored it back in the 14th century but it is still mostly original. There's no point in trying to describe it, so I'll just post some pictures.

Looking up

Looking down

From above

The rest of the city is spread over 22 hectares and includes a large Agora and a large square building, part of a huge Basillica. 

The Basillica

There are also remains of the Roman aquaduct, one bit towering over a tiny school.

Polo poses by the aquaduct

There's a hill overlooking the back of the theatre which gives another amazing viewpoint. Only with a drone (which are banned) could you get a better view or photo.

Had to have a selfie

Having exhausted the site, we headed home, stopping to fuel up on the way, before dropping the car back. We'd done 845km and it has to be said, not all of them scary! The price per litre was exactly what we had got for a pound when we got our currency, which made conversion easy. 37.5 litres used, £37.50.

We now have almost 4 full days of walking around the area, though Tuesday will involve packing to come home. Let's hope it's not too hot.

At time of writing, we are undecided on what we shall be doing tomorrow. The sun is just going down, so first things first, dinner!