VIKING NONA HOTEL
Merkez Mah Deniz cad No 27, 07980 KEMER ANTALYA, KEMER, TR 07980
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GuestRooms - 94
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Floors - 5
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ASPENDOS
AFTER PASSING SERIK ON THE ANTALYA-ALANYA
HIGHWAY, YOU TURN NORTH AND CONTINUE FOR 4 KM.
ASPENDOS DATES BACK TO THE 5TH CENTURY B.C. THE
THEATRE, WHICH WAS BUILT IN THE 2ND CENTURY A.D.,
WAS PERIODICALLY REPAIRED BY THE SELJUKS WHO USED
IT AS A CARAVANSERAI. IT IS ONE OF THE BEST
PRESERVED THEATRES TO BE FOUND TODAY. ALLOWING
0.50 M PER SEAT, THE THEATRE HOLDS 17000
SPECTATORS, WITH AN ADDITIONAL FOR 500 IN THE
ORCHESTRA. TODAY IT IS USED FOR CONCERTS,
FESTIVALS AND GREASE WRESTLING EVENTS. IN
ADDITION TO THE THEATRE THE AGORA, BASILICA,
NYMPHAEUM AND 15 KM OF AQUEDUCTS ARE TO BE SEEN.
THE PRESSURED AQUEDUCT SYSTEM IS A FEAT OF
ENGINEERING FROM THE ROMAN PERIOD.
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PERGE *
THIS CITY WAS BUILT 18KM EAST OF ANTALYA BETWEEN
THE DUDEN AND AKSU STREAMS. IS REACHED ALONG THE
ANTALYA-ALANYA HIGHWAY, TURNING NORTH AT AKSU. AS
IT WAS NOT ON THE COAST, IT WAS NOT SUBJECTED TO
RAIDS BY PIRATES AND THEREFORE CONTINUED ITS
PROGRESS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. IT WAS SETTLED IN
1200 B.C. IN 332 B.C. PERGE, LIKE SIDE, REACHED
AN AGREEMENT WITH ALEXANDER AND THUS DID NOT GO
TO WAR OR SUFFER THE USUL RAVAGES. IT LIVED
THROUGH THE HELLENISTIC, ROMAN AND BYZANTINE
EPOCHS. ITS 15,000 SPECTATOR THEATRE WAS BUILT IN
THE 2ND CENTURY A.D. AND THE NEARBY STADIUM COULD
HOLD 12000. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE APHRODISIAS
STADIUM, IT IS THE BEST PRESERVED IN ANATOLIA.
THERE ARE 30 ROOMS, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED AS
SHOPS, UNDERNEATH THE STADIUM SEATS. A GREAT MANY
STATUES AND OTHER VALUABLE ITEMS HAVE BEEN
UNEARTHED IN RECENT DIGS, OF WHICH MANY ARE IN
THE ANTALYA MUSEUM. SOME OF THE THINGS WORTH
SEEING IN PERGE ARE THE GATES, AGORA, NYMPHAEUM,
THE PILLARED STREETS, SARCOPHAGI, BASILICA AND
ACROPOLIS.
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SIDE *
SIDE IS TO BE REACHED BY TURNING RIGHT 3 KM
BEFORE MANAVGAT ON THE ANTALYA- ALANYA HIGHWAY.
THE EXACT DATE OF ITS FOUNDING IS NOT KNOWN. IN
THE LANGUAGE OF ANATOLIA, SIDE MEANS POMEGRANATE
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