Bin Tepe Tumuli

UNESCO World HeritageLydian87 km from Selçuk

The Lydian royal cemetery: more than a hundred burial mounds on the ridge north of Sardis. The largest is traditionally the tomb of King Alyattes, father of Croesus, which Herodotus described.

Plan the visit Its place in history

Plan your visit

Time to allow

About 1 hour

For a first visit at an easy pace.

Stay in

Selçuk

87 km away as the crow flies, so allow more on the road.

On a trip

Troy, Pergamon and Sardis

Day 4 of 4.

Hours and tickets

Check before you go

Opening hours and prices change: see muze.gov.tr (opens in a new tab).

Times are our estimates. Distances are straight lines.

Its place in history

Read the chapter before you go.

1000–550 BCPhrygia, Lydia, UrartuThree kingdoms followed.

From here

Sleep nearby

Selçuk

87 km. Ephesus, the Temple of Artemis, Şirince and Priene.

Before this on the trip

Sardis

Capital of Lydia and of King Croesus, where some of the first coins were struck.

The whole trip

Troy, Pergamon and Sardis

4 days, 6 places, Çanakkale to Manisa.

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Location approximate · whc.unesco.org | coordinates added manually (approximate)