Castles to visit Turkey

The fortress built by Sultan Sülemaniye (Suleiman the Magnificent) in 1522 now houses a small museum. Shortly before the capture of Rhodes, 200,000 of the sultan's soldiers took refuge in this castle. Within the museum are exposed various objects discovered during the excavations of Datça and Knidos: potteries, tombstones, statuettes, amphoras... From the top of the castle, very nice view on the old city, the marina, and in the distance, on Içmeler. The walk is pleasant.

There is little left of the Ionian city of Phocaea. The five-gates castle (Beskapilar Kalesi), with the aqueduct, the ruins of the ancient theatre and those of the temple of Athena, is one of the only remains worthy of interest in Foça. It is a Genoese building, in fact a landing stage, restored by the Ottomans to which they added towers to the ramparts in the 16th century. The former boat shelter, partially and several times restored, is now used as an open-air theatre. You'll find it as you pass the sanctuary and the city walls.