The ruins of the ancient city of Olympus are in the picturesque environs of the Turkish Kemer. In the 3rd century B. e. A city with the same name was founded at the very foot of Mount Olympus. The legendary Olympus began to successfully flourish, being a port city. It was based on pirates until the very creation of the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century, turning Olympus into an impregnable fortress. The ancient ruins of Olympus are overgrown with vines and feral orange trees. We also have inexpensive hotels in Kemer. The ancient city is divided by the river, it is currently easy to cross, but in ancient times it was a large navigable river. In that era, a harbor was created on the banks of the river and the warehouse was erected, and from the sea the river was protected by Byzantine-Genouz fortifications with 30 meter walls. Only the wall with the door survived from the acropolis, you can also see the ruins of the Roman theater and the support of the bridge, the walls of the Byzantine basilica and the sarcophagi and tombs preserved in the necropolis. Very next to the ancient ruins of Olympus, is the hill of Himmer, which is known for the fact that gas breaks out of the ground, which is self-fraud in the air. Many tourists prefer to go to the chimera at dusk, taking with them torches, which light up from this amazing natural phenomenon – fiery gas languages.
