Termessos

Termessos is an ancient city that is still mostly well preserved.  It is around 30km North of Antayla.  It’s hard to get to by public transport, so a car is a good idea.

The most well preserved part is the theatre.
I have been to ancient theatres before, but never one that you could explore all of it on your own.  Most of them are closed off to prevent further damage, but here you can walk around.
The site was fairly quiet with only a few other tourists.  After you park you car, there is about a 2km hike uphill to get to this site, which seems to put people off a bit.  You can continue walking uphill for another 2km and you will reach a fire tower with a good view back to Antalya.  Make sure to take plenty drinking water as there is none on the trail.
After I finished here, I went across the road to see Karain cave.  It is said that the cave had people living in it 25,000 years ago.  There is not much evidence of this left in the cave, as archeologists have moved a lot of the artifacts away to be studied.  They have installed creepy coloured lights to aid in your visit!
The cave is 10km away from Termessos and is really in the middle of nowhere.  The road signs are quite good at directing you there though.  Once you park, there are 300 or so steps that you must climb to get into the cave!

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