Ruins in Pergamum, Turkey

We had an absolute ball visiting the tiny town of Pergamum in Turkey! There were hardly any other visitors, so we didn't have to put up with any big groups of tourists, which is always nice.  The ruins far surpassed what we expected, and were pretty incredible.  So without further ado, here are the best pictures from the day.

 

I'm not sure why there was a turtle on top of a mountain, but what a little trooper.

Boat Cruises & Pide in Antalya

Antalya is a beautiful city, which we unfortunately only passed through for 8 hours on your way from Olympos to Cappadocia.  But what a jolly good 8 hours they were! We started the day with some delicious pide, and then went about exploring the old town.  We found the marina and were easily talked into doing a boat tour of the harbour area, which provided us with some stunning views.  After getting very very sick of vendors hassling us in the old town (no, I don't want any souvenirs thanks) we went to a gorgeous little cafe and sat amongst trees and potted plants to have some delicious apple tea.  Post-apple tea, I bought some amazing cherries from a man with a cart full of them, some freshly squeezed orange juice, a simit...the list goes on.  We did have a 12 hour bus ride to Cappadocia to look forward to after all, had to stock up on 'some' snacks.  In the evening we quickly dashed to see Hadrian's Gate, which was fairly impressive.  So anyway, without further ado here are some pictures.

 

View of the harbour from the restaurant

 

This little restaurant/sun lounge/beach/bar number looked amazing, unfortunately we didn't have time to go.

 

This little guy was hiding between the plant pots at the cafe!

 

 

Full photography credits on this one go to Chewy.  Pretty awesome decorations we thought.

I wish we'd had some more time in Antalya because it was such a beautiful city, but then moving on to Cappadocia was fairly spectacular too.  Love Turkey!