Aphrodisias                        

Our next stop on our adventure we decided would be another pile of  “old rocks”,  Aphrodisias was a small ancient Greek city named after Aphrodite the goddess of love and was renowned for its school of sculpture and many sculptures from this city have been found throughout the Roman empire.   Built on an earthquake zone and it has suffered a great deal of damage at various times, especially in severe tremors of the 4th and 7th centuries. One of the 4th century earthquakes altered the water table, making parts of the town prone to flooding and it became uninhabitable, a small village grew near the ruins and covered part of the town. Excavations have uncovered many works of sculpture, the Temple of Aphrodite, a huge stadium, a monumental gateway and a theatre.

We parked in the carpark and paid our 10 TL and confirmed that we could stay the night, no problems with that, we then caught the Tractor pulled carriage down to the ruins to explore the sights. As a work in progress you could see there was a lot more work to be done to uncover the city, but it was a pleasant walk around the tumbled stones and it was nice to be in a quiet tourist spot.

Returning to our parking spot we settling in for the night with the company of the local dogs and went to sleep to the farmyard noises that were close by.