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Teos
Trip No.1 Entry No.16 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Teos submitted by davidmorgan on 9th Oct 2018. Buildings on the acropolis.
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Log Text: Nicely managed with clear signposts and footpaths, but a rather large site so a bit of walking is required to cover the whole site
Erythrae
Trip No.1 Entry No.15 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
Erythrae submitted by davidmorgan on 8th Oct 2018. The Archaic temple on the top of the hill.
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Klazomenai
Trip No.1 Entry No.14 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Klazomenai submitted by davidmorgan on 12th Dec 2018. Reconstructed olive oil production buildings by the excavations at Klazomenai.
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Smyrna Agora
Trip No.1 Entry No.13 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Smyrna Agora submitted by davidmorgan on 8th Oct 2018. View of the site.
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Tas Kule
Trip No.1 Entry No.12 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Tas Kule submitted by ivanjohnson on 9th Oct 2014. Taş Kule Persian style tomb restored.
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Log Text: Easily accessible just beside the road. The outlook reminds me of the tomb of Cyrus in Pasargadae.
Neonteikhos
Trip No.1 Entry No.11 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 1
Neonteikhos submitted by davidmorgan on 2nd Jan 2020. The ancient road being restored at Neonteikhos. Photo credit: Hürriyet Daily News
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Log Text: This place actually used to be a major Aeolian city state in the region
To get to the site, I parked the car beside the stream at the village of Yanikkoy, crossed the stream and started following the Roman road. The necropolis was also easily reached. But to reach the acropolis was really difficult. After passing the necropolis there was a gate, which was not locked but hooked closed. Just unhook the gate and get in and then rehook it back after you go through. But after following the Roman road for a while, the path becomes obscure and confusing. At first it seemed like circling around the peak to the left side before turning right to head up. It was extremely difficult to navigate and find the way up the acropolis, and I suspect there are multiple small paths up there (probly goat herding paths). I only managed with more than a decade of bushwalking pathfinding experience to reach the acropolis. And I struggled to find the exact way I came up from when I was going back down. I ended up navigated a different way back. It was very windy and chilly up the acropolis in mid-April. But the views was magnificent and there were some visible ruins of a castle up there
Assos Temple of Athena
Trip No.1 Entry No.10 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 11th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Assos Temple of Athena submitted by davidmorgan on 7th Nov 2007. Overlooking the Aegean with Lesbos in the background.
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Log Text: The temple of Athena is at the acropolis. Apart from the temple of Athena, Assos is a quite large site that requires quite a bit walking up the acropolis and down the port. But it is a nice site. I spent around 3 hours here.
Alexandria Troas
Trip No.1 Entry No.9 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 11th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Alexandria Troas submitted by Armand on 23rd Dec 2018. Odeion
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Log Text: Alexandria Troas is actually a large and spreadout site. This is only the location of the forum. The bath and the ancient harbour is a few minutes drive on opposite directions
Troy.
Trip No.1 Entry No.8 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 11th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Troy. submitted by AlexHunger on 27th Sep 2007. Sıte of Homer's Epıc. The aleged palace of Priam, whıch sıts on a stone foundatıon just lıke the town walls. The habitation itself would have been out of mud bricks.
The walls were angled ınward to reduce stress durıng the frequent earthquakes in the region.
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Log Text: A UNESCO Heritage site with perfect accessibility. A very complex site. I marvel at the skill of the archaeologists that excavated this site, it must have been a very difficult task. The illustrations did its best to help people understand the site but it is still rather difficult to comprehend due to its complexity. A museum is adjacent to the site.
Kirikkoy Stones
Trip No.1 Entry No.7 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Kirikkoy Stones submitted by longhintim on 13th Jul 2026. There are also some sparser megaliths beside the more densely arranged area
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Log Text: It is along an unpaved road, but most vehicles would not be able to access. Drive until the vehicle cannot go further and walk the rest of the way. A quite interesting site with multiple standing stones, not exactly circular arrangement
Lalapasa Dolmen
Trip No.1 Entry No.6 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Lalapasa Dolmen submitted by ModernExplorers on 7th Oct 2012.
A side view
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Log Text: At the outskirt of the village. Can be driven to from a short unpaved road into the village from the main paved road that goes through the village. The site is fenced but the gate was not locked, although the gate was rusty and a little bit difficult to open. There was a little bit of flooding at the site when I visited.
Dolmen North Lalapasa
Trip No.1 Entry No.5 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Dolmen North Lalapasa submitted by ModernExplorers on 7th Oct 2012.
A dolmen about 2km north of Lalapasa
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Log Text: Can be seen from afar from the road, but need to walk through some shrubs up a gentle slope to reach
Hacidanisment Menhir
Trip No.1 Entry No.4 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 4
Hacidanisment Menhir submitted by ModernExplorers on 7th Oct 2012. It is located near the road.
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Kircesme Multiple Stone Rows
Trip No.1 Entry No.3 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: Turkey
Visited: Couldn't find on 7th Apr 2026
Log Text: I failed to find anything megalithic at the coordinates provided. A few isolated blocks, which could be natural, and some might even be bedrock
Vaysal Dolmen
Trip No.1 Entry No.2 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 7th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Vaysal Dolmen submitted by ModernExplorers on 7th Oct 2012. Sadly the dolmen is covered with graffiti.
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Asagipinar
Trip No.1 Entry No.1 Date Added: 13th Jul 2026
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Saw from a distance on 7th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Asagipinar submitted by Flickr on 27th Apr 2015. Site in Turkey
Image copyright: Nihekenzo, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: Situated along a road with street parking. It was fenced off and the gate was closed when I visited, probably an unfinished project. Earthworks that looks to be original and ancient is visible. Educational facilities and reconstructions in the site were clearly visible. Hope the work there will be done well, finished in due time and open to visitors become a nice educational site