Dikili (Pergamon), Turkey

Today is a tender port. We managed to get on the fist tender and were on the shore at 9:30 AM instead of 10:00 AM. Our tour guide arrived in a few minutes and we had an early start.
Dikili is a small seaside town, not touristy. The biggest attraction is Pergamom.

First stop was only 20min away. The Asclepieion of Pergamon was an a healing temple, built in honour of the gods Asclepius and Hygieia, located west of the Pergamon hill.

It was one of the most important hospitals during second century. In the IV century it closed. Some of the healing methods invented in this period are still used today.

There were lots of walking and standing in this place and Boris was able to keep up with the group.

Our second stop was 10 min drive to Acropolis of Pergamon. It located 30km inland from the sea and rises over 300 m high .

The settlement in the region dates back to as far as the Neolithic Age.

The place is incredible, it had the largest library after the Library of Alexandria, one of the steepest theatre building of the ancient times with 80 rows of seats and capacity of 10,000 spectators. It has Temple of Trajan, city water systems build in the 2nd century, Temple of Athena build in 4th century, The Altar of Zeus and many other temples that is hard to remember.

The walk up and down in on huge boulders and steps was over an hour. Boris did not go, instead he was enjoying pomegranate juice.

After this stop our group voted not to go to a restaurant for a lunch, but returned back to the ship. Everybody was tired after a long walk.

The weather was great and we enjoyed relaxing afternoon on the deck by the pool.Read more