Dear Diary,
At exactly 7am the next day, we were already on our tour bus
leaving Kolin Hotel happily sated and fully rested. Throughout
our trip, daily wake up calls were very early at 5am (sometimes earlier,
sometimes later). An hour after the calls, we were expected at breakfast
tables. This was followed by departure for next destination an hour later. That
was our morning routine during our trip.
ur second day Turkey adventure started with a drive to Bergama
city to visit Acropolis of Pergamon. The ancient Greek capital, Acropolis, is
one of Turkey’s great centers of culture and finest archeological sites. As it is
perched on a hill, we boarded cable car to reach there and got to enjoy scenic
views of the surrounding area on our way up and down. Ticket is priced at 8TL
for round trip.
As we reached the top, a seller welcomed us with fluent
Bahasa Malaysia, “Selamat datang. Murah! Murah!” It was not surprising when his
shop became a hit among us. There’s a row of shops selling souvenirs. The
souvenirs here are cheap indeed compared to other places that we visited.
Before entering the site, an admission fee of 20TL must be
paid first (our tour guide took care of that). Then only we walked up a stone
stairway leading to the ancient ruins. Acropolis of Pergamon is a vast
archeological site with interesting ruins to marvel at. It is a wonder that
these structures are still in existence until today considering that they dated
as far back as 3rd millennium BC. Subhanallah!
Among the famous structures that can be found are Temple of
Trajan – a huge marble-columned temple, Temple of Athena, Library of Pergamon –
believed to contain 200,000 reading materials, Hellenistic theater – the steepest
theater in the ancient world, Altar of Zeus, Temple of Dionysus, etc.
Address: Kurtulus Mah. Akropol Yolu No. 2, Bergama / Izmir.
Telephone number: (232) 631 07 78.
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