"The city that the pirates could die for"

Phaselis is an important historic site, located 35 kilometres to Antalya. It is a site of outstanding beauty that combines forests with turquoise waters, natural beauties with ancient ruins. With its three natural harbours and most salubrious air Phaselis is one of the best-situated ancient towns on the Mediterranean shore. Alexander the Great was a strong admirer of this city and spent a whole winter season here. Now, the beauty of Phaselis is admired by thousands of visitors each year. Daily tour operators proudly tell that very often they take more than one thousand people per day to Phaselis. It was also a very important harbour and therefore much fought for by the pirates. Today, visitors from all over the world meet under the Hadrian’s Gate and unite with the songs of Mediterranean. They find small but fascinating details of history of humankind in this Rhodesian colony.