It was my first day in Antalya, was having dinner in a seaside restaurant .in Kaleici, the old town. Suddenly I realised the restaurant is on the old Roman city wall, after asking them, Hachi, a waiter took me for a walk inside the centuries-old roman walls, it is just part of the restaurant, what an incredible feeling that was "walking inside the Roman walls during Dinner".
Modern-day Turkey historically was part of Asia Minor, a region with major ancient civilisations. The area I travelled was mostly the southwest coast and a part of central Turkey. Here the known history began with the time of Hittites, followed by Lycians, Graeco-Roman, easternroman/Byzantian, Seljuk Turk and Ottomans. Covering all of them will probably take months, but the small amount of historical, ancient ruins I have seen was enough to take my breath away. I stood on the steps of the Theatre of Hierapolis, an ancient Graeco-roman spa city, on the hills of modern-day Pamukkale and its famous Travertine. The ruins of the roman bath house become part of the museum; modern people come from all over the world to take bath in the Cleopatra pool, hoping they will be younger again, the centuries-old huge terracotta vessels still lying leisurely outside the museum.
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