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Aigai (Aeolis) Ancient City

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Merkez, Turkey

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Open air museum· Historical place· Historical landmark· Tourist attraction

Aigai (Aeolis) Ancient City Reviews | Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars (8 reviews)

Aigai (Aeolis) Ancient City is located in Merkez, Turkey on Yuntdağıköseler, Yuntdağıköseler Köyü İç Yolu. Aigai (Aeolis) Ancient City is rated 4.6 out of 5 in the category open air museum in Turkey.

Address

Yuntdağıköseler, Yuntdağıköseler Köyü İç Yolu

Phone

+90 2362013703

Amenities

Good for kids

Accessibility

Assistive hearing loop

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Nate Allen

Accidentally found some amazing ruins that were actually better than the ruins we were off to go see \u200d️ In the Izmir region of Turkey there are plenty of ruins to see no doubt. After getting to the city all we heard about was how we had to go see the ancient city of Pergamon... Supposedly these ruins are the cat's meow buuuuuut on the way to see this touristic ancient city we stumbled across this long-lost gem ️ Aigai (Aeolis) Ancient City is tucked away on the back roads north of Izmir and is completely untouched. There is no entrance fee. There are no guards. There's no people hassling you for two Turkish lira to use the bathroom I love ruins like these that are off the beaten path because there always seems to be a few things special tucked away aaaand this place was no exception! There was a beautiful bathhouse in the gymnasium with a triple arch roof that was absolutely mind-blowing. Also the ancient fish market which is a round multi-tiered stone basin (originally sealed to keep the fish juices out of the drinking water supply located close by in a cistern) is really something special. The ancient open air bizarre just behind the fish market has a huge wall that is absolutely laser straight and has no mortar in between the massive rocks which make her up. She still stands tall, straight, and proud today even after surviving thousands of earthquakes over the last 2,200 years We walked around these ruins for at least 3 hours and the time flew by as we were exploring all the different crevices. My buddy Kenny even found a super cool cave complete with a few bats! At one point in time this was a place to hold a fair amount of water as it was carved out by hand to be even bigger than what nature intended... Us three idiots decided it was a good idea to climb down inside of it. Luckily no one died and we lived to tail the tail another day

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sinem salva

Quite huge Ancient town. Feeling of the Stones and Area is amazing. Photos may tell:) the road is outside of the town, must go with car. Aiolos is the god of the wind.

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Faruk Yazıcı

You need a car to reach the ancient city. Entrance is free. It's built on top of the hill. The view from the city is absolutely breathtaking.

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Özgün Bulut

There is remains of an ancient “town” or at least whats left of it. There is a single side wall of a 3 stores ancient building at the top but you gotta walk up there for around 15 minutes. Nothing much but take a look if you are around.

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Berrak

One of a kind! Must see. Free admission!

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Halim Ayatar

Actually it's a bit difficult to get there but if you want to see an ancient city it's a great choice. You want find much of a antiques but ruin of the old city is there.

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İhsan Yeneroğlu

It is not so complicate to visit if you have car to get there. You can have a long and nice walk on the ancient street until top of the hill. The city is a small copy of Pergamon.

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Taymi Tunçkılıç

nice

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