The first Lycian site we visited was Myra (very close to Demre). Surrounded by greenhouses (it's a very big production area for tomatoes), the place is very famous for its graves.
During the Lycian times, very rich people had their front door house sculpted as their grave. It's very impressive and beautiful. In this part of Turkey, you will see hundred of graves like these ones in the middle of the nature.
The site has also a very nice amphitheater that was used for theater representation (not for gladiators fights).
The amphitheater
The family with, in the back, the graves and the amphitheater
the graves
View of the graves
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