Lake Bafa was connected with the Aegean Sea before it was silted up by the Meander River. Now it is a natural park where you can see many different types of birds. The 60 square kilometer lake also has four islands on which one can see ruins of castles and monasteries dating from the Roman and Byzantine period.

The ancient city on the shores of the lake is called Heraklia, and today at the same site there is a village called Kapikiri. During the Hellenistic period, Heraklia was an harbor city and it had the longest and highest city walls on which most of the houses in the village are built today. The Athena Temple, Agora, hidden theater, city walls and castles and monasteries are what remain from this old city. Behind the village is mythological Mount Latmos, one of the most beautiful mountains you can see in Turkey. .

HERAKLIA
    Herakleia is a harbour city that was built in BC 350 at the command of Mausolos of Caria. The people of the gulf of Latmos (now Lake Bafa) were brought by force from Latmos to establish Herakleia. The main means of subsistence for the people was the mining and selling of marble, mainly to richer cities such as Miletus and Didyma. As time went by the gulf was cut off from the rest of the coastline by the silting up of the river Meander, and so gradually the city lost its importance.
Monuments still standing are the relatively well-preserved temple of Athene and the extensive city walls, which date from Hellenistic times. Beşparmak Dağ (Mount Latmos) and Lake Bafa are places of great scenic beauty and mystery. Afterall, it was here that the Moon Godness, Selene , fell in love with the shepherd Endymion and granted him immortality. The unusually-shaped Sanctuary of Endymion is still to be seen near the shore beside Heraklia.
 
Recommended tour programme
●  09:00 Depart for a day full of different tastes.
●  10:30 Shop till you drop..
●  12:30 Leave for lake Bafa.                                                     
●  14:00 Have a delicious village type lunch.
●  15:00 Take a boat trip to see the ruins, swim and sunbathe on Poseidon Beach

●  17:00 Visit the ruins of Heraklia.

●  Drive to Bodrum back

What is Included?
● Insurance

● Enterances

● Transportation

● Guide Services

What to Bring?
● Camera

● Comfortableshoes and clothes

● Hat and Sunglassese

 

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