Tlos

Oenoagda took so much more time than we thought, so we didn't have time to explore the other sites we had planned on that day.  But man are we glad we decided to squeeze in Tlos.  Tlos is a Lycian city on the northern end of the Xanthos valley.  The sun was setting and a storm was coming in, so it was stunningly beautiful.  

From the valley, the Ottoman fortress dominates the view

The agora

this space functioned as a stadium

You can see the remains of a very long fountain that dominated the agora

sunset does mean that the tombs were horribly backlit.  but cool anyways

Asarkale village sits on top of much of the ruins

sunset views over the mountain range to the north

A cool tomb, or three

The Ottoman fortress

Isn't that light amazing?

Mountains to the south

Baths and theater from the fortress

Looking west.  Magical

Fortress again.  We just kept circling it and taking prettier and prettier pictures

More Ottoman (much later than Lycian if you aren't as steeped in Turkish history as I am) buildings

Heading up to the lookout 

Me

Eric's panorama of the fortress and sunset

Again, back down on the agora.  You can see the excavations of the agora area and the fountain (trough looking thing on the far side)

Oh, the light

Gotta love arches

This might be the market?

Gymnasium and baths? or a church.  Hard to say.  This town is 4000 years old and was continuously inhabited by Lycians, Greeks, Romans and Ottomans until the 19th century

You may not be able to see the birds, but there were many of them, going crazy in this amazing light

Now, I think this is the Byzantine church, but again...

 Guard donkey for the baths

The stadium was closed off

Man oh man was it a beautiful detour though