Ancient Side East, Turkey

We had a bit of a surprise today. We already made a post about Ancient Side. However we went for a walk east of the tourist area and stumbled upon an amazing 2nd half of the ancient city. It was amazing. This half has maybe 2 plaques, few roads, a lot of thick brush and free access. You can see as much as your feet are willing to explore.

Walking around it felt like you were really discovering things that few tourist venture out to see. We even saw one lady sitting on what may have been the ruins of an old aqueduct eating some ice cream.

We did see some teams of archeologists in the general area. It seems like they have a ton of structures to investigate and they're working on them as quickly as they can. If we came back in ~15 years, I imagine this area will look totally different. There will probably be a lot more buildings uncovered, and ticket booths blocking all we saw. Today we enjoyed our free access.Read more