One of the best-known classical sites in Turkey was an ancient harbour whose name meant pomegranate. Today a pretty resort town its ancient ruins, two sandy beaches, numerous shops, bars and restaurants & tourist accomodation providing holidays 12 months a year.

The numerous cafes & restaurants with a view of the sea, the shops that line the narrow streets sell typical Turkish handcrafts including leather & famous beautiful gold jewellery. The magnificent theatre of the ancient City, built on colonnaded arches is the largest in the whole area. Other monuments include the angora, the Temple of Apollo that is situated near the sea, a fountain & necropolis. The extensive Roman baths,. now a museum houses one of Turkey's finest archaelogical collections.