Travel Guide Eskihisar

36 km from Milas, 21 km from Muğla and west of Yatağan. Archeology enthusiasts will have the opportunity to visit the Stratonikeia site. This Caribian city, originally called Chrysarois, had an era of prosperity in the third century BC when the Seleucide Antiochos I gave him the name of his wife, Stratoniké. All the current remains date from this period, the elegant gymnasium very well preserved is one of the greatest in the ancient world, like the Sanctuary of Sérapis. A lignite mine and the nearby motorway do not guarantee the serenity required for a journey over time, and few tourists interrupt their circuit to honor this ancient center of the Cult of Hécate. Small museum on the site.