Where to stay
Most of Türkiye’s ancient places are outside towns. Sleep in one of these and drive out: each page lists what you can see from there and how far away it is.
Stay in Selçuk
Ephesus, the Temple of Artemis, Şirince and Priene
6 places to see from hereStay in Antalya
Perge, Aspendos, Termessos, Side and the old town
7 places to see from hereStay in Göreme
Cave churches, valleys and two underground cities
4 places to see from hereStay in Şanlıurfa
Göbekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe and the beehive houses of Harran
4 places to see from hereStay in Çanakkale
Troy, Assos and the Gallipoli peninsula
2 places to see from hereStay in Kaş
Myra, Kekova’s sunken city, Patara and Xanthos
8 places to see from hereStay in Fethiye
Tlos, Xanthos, the Letoon and Kaunos
6 places to see from hereStay in Bergama
Pergamon’s acropolis and its Asklepion
2 places to see from hereStay in Pamukkale
Hierapolis, the travertines, Laodicea and Aphrodisias
3 places to see from hereStay in Boğazkale
Hattusa, Yazılıkaya and Alacahöyük
3 places to see from hereStay in Ankara
The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ancyra and Gordion
2 places to see from hereStay in Konya
The Seljuk capital and Çatalhöyük
2 places to see from hereStay in Kayseri
Kültepe, ancient Kanesh
2 places to see from hereStay in Kahta
Mount Nemrut at sunrise or sunset
1 place to see from hereStay in Malatya
Arslantepe
2 places to see from hereStay in Mardin
Dara, Diyarbakır’s walls and the Mesopotamian plain
1 place to see from hereStay in Diyarbakır
The black basalt walls above the Tigris
1 place to see from hereStay in Gaziantep
Zeugma and its mosaic museum
1 place to see from hereStay in Van
The Urartian capital, Çavuştepe and Akdamar
3 places to see from hereStay in Doğubayazıt
Ishak Pasha Palace under Mount Ararat
1 place to see from hereStay in Kars
Ani, the city of churches
1 place to see from hereStay in İstanbul
Hagia Sophia, Topkapı and the land walls
1 place to see from here