The ancient settlement closest to central Antalya: a 2,200-year-old olive-oil village of Perge on the hill above Varsak, dug out by Kepez municipality with the Antalya Museum and Akdeniz University. Walk past oil workshops, a Roman bath, Byzantine churches, houses, rock-cut cisterns and the Arete tower (Hürriyet Daily News).
- Address
- Varsak Menderes Mah., 07025 Kepez/Antalya
- Hours
- Open-air site; hours not verified
- Best time to go
- Morning, Evening · About 1.5 h
- Price
- Free (Kepez municipality archaeopark; no ticket mentioned)
- Price level
- ₺
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- A pine-lined walking route with information boards leads through the ruins.
- The hill looks over the sea and the Bey Mountains; the mayor pitched it as a place to watch sunrise and sunset, so go early or late.
- Lyrboton Kome holds what is described as the world's oldest foundation inscription about olives and protecting an olive grove.