Historical Site
Pydnai Ruins
Between Gavurağılı & Karadere
ID: 
182

Ruins of a fortress located between Gavurağılı and Letoon.

Notes

The Lycian Way passes directly through the ruins, including through a portal in the wall where you’ll probably need to remove your pack and squat to get through. There’s no access fee required.

 

The Pydnai ruins aren’t as well-preserved or as extensive as many you will find elsewhere along the Lycian Way, being largely over-grown and so far without any restoration efforts. Exploring them is a bit of a rugged adventure., giving a little bit of a sense of ‘discovery’. Don’t expect the sights (or ‘sites’) that you’d find at, say, Xanthos, Letoon, or Patara.

Contacts & Links

Pretty Pictures

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  • Looking down on the Pydnai ruins.
    Pydnai ruins viewed from the north
    Photo by 
    Anna Flack
     – 
    Sept 2022
  • View of the Pydnai ruins.
    View of the Pydnai ruins
    Photo by 
    Anonymous
     – 
    Fall 2022

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