Aydın Province

sights.uz lists 53 historic and notable places in Aydın Province, Turkey. Among them are 47 monuments, 2 eco-tourism sites and 4 museums.

Miletus

Miletus (Ancient Greek: Μίλητος, romanised: Mílētos) was an influential ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, near the mouth of the Maeander River in present day…

Aphrodisias

Aphrodisias (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδισιάς, romanized: Aphrodisiás) was a Hellenistic Greek city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Asia Minor, today's Anatolia in…

Priene

Priene (Ancient Greek: Πριήνη, romanized: Priēnē; Turkish: Prien) was an ancient Greek city of Ionia (and member of the Ionian League) located at the base of an escarpment of…

Didyma

Didyma (Ancient Greek: Δίδυμα) was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia in the domain of the famous city of Miletus. Apollo was the main deity of the sanctuary (also…

Magnesia on the Maeander

Magnesia or Magnesia on the Maeander (Ancient Greek: Μαγνησία ἡ πρὸς Μαιάνδρῳ or Μαγνησία ἡ ἐπὶ Μαιάνδρῳ; Latin: Magnesia ad Maeandrum) was an ancient Greek city in Ionia,…

Myus

Myus (Ancient Greek: Μυοῦς), sometimes Myous or Myos, or Myes, was an ancient Greek city in Caria. It was one of thirteen major settlements of the Ionian League, and was one of…

Lake Bafa

Lake Bafa (Turkish: Bafa Gölü) also known as Lake Çamiçi (Turkish: Çamiçi Gölü) and in earlier times the Vafi Sea (Turkish: Vafi Denizi) is a lake situated in southwestern…

İlyas Bey Mosque

İlyas Bey Mosque is a historical Islamic religious building at Milet in Didim district of Aydın Province, western Turkey. It was built in 1403 by Ilyas Bey (1402–1421), ruler of…

Alabanda

Alabanda (Ancient Greek: Ἀλάβανδα) or Antiochia of the Chrysaorians was a city of ancient Caria, Anatolia, the site of which is near Doğanyurt, Çine, Aydın Province, Turkey.

Panionium

The Panionium (Ancient Greek: Πανιώνιον, Paniōnion) was an Ionian sanctuary dedicated to Poseidon Helikonios and the meeting place of the Ionian League. It was on the peninsula…

Alinda

Alinda (Ancient Greek: Ἄλινδα) was an inland city and bishopric in ancient Caria, in Asia Minor (Anatolia). Modern scholars identify Alinda with the Hellenistic foundation of…

Nysa

Nysa on the Maeander (Greek: Νύσα or Νύσσα) was an ancient city and bishopric of Asia Minor, whose remains are in the Sultanhisar district of Aydın Province of Turkey, 50…

Mastaura

Mastaura (Ancient Greek: Μάσταυρα), was an ancient Greek town near Dereağzı, Nazilli in northern Caria, not to be confused with ancient Mastaura (Lycia).

Lade

The small island Lade (Ancient Greek Λάδη Ladē (f. sg.), Turkish Batiköy) lay in antiquity near the coast of Asia Minor west of Miletus at a distance of 5 km. Here was also the…

Tralleis

The ancient city of Tralleis is located north of the province of Aydın, on a wide and high plateau on the southern slope of Kestane Mountain (Mesogis). In ancient texts the…

Temple of Athena (Priene)

The Temple of Athena Polias in Priene was an Ionic Order temple located northwest of Priene’s agora, inside the sanctuary complex. It was dedicated to Athena Polias, also the…

Temple of Apollo at Didyma

Didymaion (in ancient Greek: Διδυμαῑον, in Latin: Didymaeum) or the temple of Apollo Didymaeus was a Greek sanctuary with the oracle of Apollo Philesios in the city of Didyma,…

Gerga

Gerga (Ancient Greek: Γεργα) or Gergas (Γεργας), also possibly called Leukai Stelai was a town of ancient Caria.

Temple of Artemis in Magnesia on the Maeander

The Temple of Artemis Leucofriene was an ancient Greek temple dedicated to Artemis Leucofriene in the city of Magnesia on the Maeander, in Asia Minor, Turkey. It was the main…

Acharaca

Acharaca (Ancient Greek: Ἀχάρακα) was a village of ancient Lydia, Anatolia on the road from Tralles (modern Aydın, Turkey) to Nysa on the Maeander, with a Ploutonion or a temple…

Aydın Archaeological Museum

Aydın Archaeological Museum (Turkish: Aydın Arkeoloji Müzesi) is in Aydın, western Turkey. Established in 1959, it contains numerous statues, tombs, columns and stone carvings…

Zeus Sosipolis Temple

The Temple of Zeus Sosipolis was an ancient Greek temple dedicated to Zeus Sosipolis in the city of Magnesia on the Meander, in Asia Minor, Turkey. It was located in the centre…

Miletus Nymphaeum

The Nymphaeum of Miletus was an ancient nymphaeum dedicated to the nymphs of Miletus, in Asia Minor, in present‑day Turkey.

Öküz Mehmed Pasha Caravanserai

The Öküz Mehmed Pasha Caravanserai (Turkish: Öküz Mehmet Paşa Kervansarayı; Ottoman Turkish: اوکز محمد پاشا کاروانسرای ALA-LC: Öküz Mehmet Pâşâ Kârvânserây) is a caravanserai…