Saturday 31 August 2024
Friday was Victory Day in Turkey and, along with many other ‘tourists’ on this Bank Holiday, we set off to drive south to the coast. Traffic slowed us down a bit but we reached Kaş by early evening, parked up and walked into town. The day had been extremely hot reaching 39 degrees at its peak with clear blue skies. The evening was warm and very windy and Kaş was lively and colourful.
The following morning, after a very early start (from sea level), we were soon going over a 1595 meter pass (higher than Ben Nevis) and the temperature dropped to 17 degrees. Our aim was to visit two ancient sites called Kibyra and Sagalassos.
We arrived at Kibyra as the gates opened at 9am and paid our €4 entry fee. The site is huge and boasts a theatre, stadium, odeon, Roman baths, market place, fountain plus numerous other buildings still being excavated. There are some fantastic mosaics both outside and inside the odeon. In mythology Medusa, with her snake hair, is believed to turn malicious people who look into her eyes to stone.
From Kibyra we headed towards Sagalassos - as ominous dark clouds were appearing above the mountain tops. We parked up in a lay-by on a quiet road ready for another early start tomorrow. A squall appeared in the distance and before we knew it we were in the middle of a massive thunderstorm. I don’t think we upset the gods today but who knows!
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