Archive for Kasım, 2008
THE STADIUM
It is on the apparent in the arctic of the Theatre. Unfortunately the allotment apparent in the account has alone remained today.
THE LID OF A GRAVE (Eagle) and THE CITY WALLS
We see them before entering into the ruins of the City, Side. On the right there used to be an archaic Necropolis (a cemetery) and there is a huge stone-lid of a grave on the ground as seen in the picture. An eagle-shape is carved on it. When you look at over this stone [...]
THE CHURCH (BASILICA)
When we walk forward from the south gate of the City (beginning on the left of the theatre) we arrive at a plain. Here is the Agora of the City. A little ahead a colossal building faces you. It is one of the best-preserved constructions, being in the height of 16 meters. It has been [...]
Divan Talya Hotel | TALYA / DE- LUXE
Overview
General Hotel Information
Modern Six-story Hotel situated on a cliff overlooking the Bay.
Phone:
90 242-248-6800
Fax:
90 242-241-5400
Chain:
Divan Hotels
Year Built/ Renovated:
1975/ 1997
Check In/ Out Time:
3:00 PM/ 1:00 PM
Number of Floors/ Rooms:
6/ 204
Divan Talya Hotel
Fevzi Cakmak Cad 30 , Antalya, Turkey 07100
Phone: 90 242-248-6800
Web: http://www.divan.com.tr
Email: info@talya.com.tr
MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN (NIMFEUM)
As entering ‘Side’ it is the monumental structure on the left. It is 50 meters long and has a pool of water in front of it. Its width is ten meters. Water used to flow from three large depots, each had three marble-grooves. The front marble facade of the fountain was carved with designs illustrating [...]
MANAVGAT WATERFALL
On the left of a nice highway, in the length of 80 kilometers leading to Antalya, an asphalt side-road of 4 kilometers will take you there. Though it doesn’t flow down from a high precipice the abundance of its water splashing on the rocks dazzles the eyes of the guests, and makes them thrill with [...]
SIDE (Manavgat)
The name is derived from the word meaning “pomegranate” in that language used to symbolize abundance in the past. Historian Strabon reports that the City of Side was first constructed by the colonists migrated from “Kyme” in the 7th Century B.C. Later on, it was mastered by the Lydians in the 6th Century B.C. and [...]
SELGE – ZERK
It is a mountain-city, and for this reason it had usually been protected against the attacks, so that its theatre, its gymnasium, agora, stadium and its temples of Zeus and of Artemis still stand in their places.
PERGE (Murtuna)
According to the writings of the archaic Greek tablets, the Akkadians had settled down in this area in 2,000 B.C. The Greeks that came to the western coast of Anatolia in the 7th Century B.C. were the only masters at that age. Later on, it was ruled by Lydia, then by the Persians, Alexander the [...]