Muğla Province

sights.uz lists 56 historic and notable places in Muğla Province, Turkey. Among them are 48 monuments, 4 eco-tourism sites and 4 museums.

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus or Tomb of Mausolus was a tomb built between 353 and 351 BC in Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey]]) for Mausolus, an Anatolian from Caria and a…

Halicarnassus

Halicarnassus was an ancient city in Caria, in Anatolia. It was located in southwest Caria, on an advantageous site on the Gulf of Gökova, which is now in Bodrum, Turkey. The…

Letoon

Letoon or Letoum (Turkish: Letoon, Ancient Greek: Λητῷον) in the Fethiye district of Muğla Province, Turkey, was a sanctuary of Leto located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the…

Knidos

Knidos or Cnidus (Ancient Greek: Κνίδος, Ancient: [knídos], Modern: [ˈkniðos], Knídos) was a Greek city in ancient Caria and part of the Dorian Hexapolis, in south-western Asia…

Kaunos

Kaunos (Carian: Kbid;

Gemiler Island

Gemiler Island (Turkish: Gemile Adası or Gemiler Adası, Greek: Γκεμιλέρ) is an island located off the coast of Turkey near the city of Fethiye. On the island are the remains of…

Lake Köyceğiz

Lake Köyceğiz is an alluvial set lake in the Muğla Province of Turkey. Having an area of 5200 hectares, it is one of the vastest coastal lakes in the country. It bears the name…

Sedir Island

Sedir Island (Turkish: Sedir Adası), also known as Cleopatra Island, is a small island in the Gulf of Gökova of southeastern Aegean Sea off the coast of Ula, part of Muğla…

Tlos

Tlos (Lycian: 𐊗𐊍𐊀𐊇𐊀 Tlawa, Hittite: 𒁕𒆷𒉿 Dalawa, Ancient Greek: Τλώς or Τλῶς) was an ancient Lycian city near the modern town of Seydikemer in the Mugla Province of…

Iasos

Iasos or Iassos (Greek: Ἰασός Iasós or Ἰασσός Iassós), also in Latinized form Iasus or Iassus, was a Greek city in ancient Caria located on the Gulf of Iasos (now called the Gulf…

Myndus

Myndus or Myndos (Greek: Μύνδος) was an ancient Dorian colony of Troezen, on the coast of Caria in Asia Minor (Turkey), sited on the Bodrum Peninsula, a few miles northwest of…

Pinara

Pinara (Lycian: 𐊓𐊆𐊍𐊍𐊁𐊑𐊏𐊆 Pilleñni, presumably from the adjective "round"; Greek: τὰ Πίναρα, formerly Artymnesus or Artymnesos according to one account) was a large city…

Stratonicea

Stratonicea (Hittite: 𒀜𒊑𒅀 Atriya, Ancient Greek: Στρατoνικεια or Στρατoνικη; or per Stephanus of Byzantium: Στρατονίκεια) – also transliterated as Stratonikeia, Stratoniceia,…

Oenoanda

Oenoanda or Termessos Minor (Ancient Greek: Οἰνόανδα Oinoanda, Τερμησσός ἡ Μικρά Termessos ē Mikra) was a Lycian city, in the upper valley of the River Xanthus. It is noted for…

Heraclea at Latmus

Heraclea at Latmus or Heraclea under Latmus (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλεια πρὸς Λάτμῳ or Ἡράκλεια ὑπὸ Λάτμῳ, romanized: Herakleia pros Latmo or Herakleia hupo Latmo; Latin: Heraclea ad…

Labraunda

Labraunda (Ancient Greek: Λάβρανδα Labranda or Λάβραυνδα Labraunda) is an ancient archaeological site five kilometers west of Ortaköy, Muğla Province, Turkey, in the mountains…

Euromus

Euromus or Euromos (Ancient Greek: Εὔρωμος and Εὔροωμος) – also, Europus or Europos (Εὐρωπός), Eunomus or Eunomos (Εὔνωμος), Philippi or Philippoi (Φίλιπποι); earlier Kyromus and…

Bargylia

Bargylia (Ancient Greek: Βαργυλία), was a city on the coast of ancient Caria in southwestern Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) between Iasos and Myndus. Bargylia's location…

Telmessos

Telmessos or Telmessus (Hittite: 𒆳𒌷𒆪𒉿𒆷𒉺𒀸𒊭, romanized: Kuwalapašša; Lycian: 𐊗𐊁𐊍𐊁𐊂𐊁𐊛𐊆, romanized: Telebehi; Ancient Greek: Τελμησσός), also Telmissus (Ancient…

Ancient Theatre of Halicarnassus

The Theatre at Halicarnassus, also known as Bodrum Antique Theatre (Turkish: Bodrum Antik Tiyatrosu, usually shortened as Antik Tiyatro), is a 4th-century BC Greco-Roman theatre…

Ceramus

Ceramus or Keramos (Ancient Greek: Κέραμος) is a city on the north coast of the Ceramic Gulf—named after this city—in ancient Caria, in southwest Asia Minor; its ruins can be…

Amos

Amos (Ancient Greek: Ἄμος, possibly from ἄμμος "sandy") was a settlement (dēmē) of ancient Caria, located near the modern town of Turunç, Turkey.

Marmaris National Park

Marmaris National Park (Turkish: Marmaris Milli Parkı), established on 30 January 1996, is a national park in southwestern coast of Turkey. The national park is located in…

Cedrae

Cedreae or Kedreai (Ancient Greek: Κεδρεαί), also known as Cedreiae or Kedreiai (Κεδρειαί), was a city of ancient Caria, mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium Lysander took the…