Didyma
Didyma was founded as the sacred place of Miletos. Didyma is an important oracle center of its age. There is a temple for Apollo and a sacred public square for his sister Artemis. Didyma had its most brilliant period for about a hundred years under administration of a priest family called Branchidae. The Temple Of Apollo which was destroyed by the Persians in 494 B.C. was rebuilt in a larger scale thanks to the aid of Alexander the Great. Temple of Apollo is one of the most impressive monumental buildings on the west coasts. Didim of today is the favorite and an important tourism center in the Aegean with its Altinkum (Golden Sand) Beach and paradisiacal coves.

Temple Of Apollo
Didyma was also destroyed during the Persian onrushes and with the help of Alexander the Great, Temple of Apollo was rebuilt in a larger scale. Measures of this temple built a new are are 109x51 meters. Total number of columns in the temple is 124. There are 21 columns along the longer sides and 10 columns along the shorter ones. Height of columns is almost 20 meters.

Sacred Road
The "Sacred Coastal Road" in the south of the ancient oracle center extends all along the beach and arrives at the harbor of Panormos in Didyma. The road having statues of priests at either side goes to the Sacred Public Square of Artemis and from here to the Temple of Apollo in Didyma. The road between Didyma and Miletos is 6 meters wide and 24 kilometers long. The Sacred Public Square of Artemis and start up of the Sacred Road was uncovered in the excavation site near the Didyma Temple of Apollo.

Herakleia And The Lake Bafa
Herakleia which was founded near the Bafa Lake that had once connection to the sea in the ancient periods was a member of Delos Union during 5th century B.C. It became wealthy and developed thanks to the marine trade during the Hellenistic and Roman eras. Herakleia was also an important center during the Early Chritianity and Byzantium periods. Ruins of that period are redundant on the islands of the Lake Bafa and in the Latmos (Five Fingers) Mountains. The Lake Bafa is announced a National Park today to protect in the bird species it shelters and the wild life areas.

Miletos
Founded circa 2000 B.C., Miletos, where the foundations of philosophy that fed Anatolian culture and history were laid, was a very important harbor and trade center until the 3rd century A.D. Miletos is one of the vital harbor sites of Ionian Union. When the harbor was filled with the alluvia carried by the Menderes River, Miletos remained some 9 km inland from the sea and thus started losing its importance. Looted by Persians in 494 B.C., the town was rebuilt later.

Priene
Priene used to be by the sea once. However, the old town was abandoned in the 4th century B.C. and the current Priene and a harbor a few kilometers west of it were built. The water spring in front of Priene and the water carried from the mountains were being used by the plain people since the Hellenistic ages. Priene, on of the most beautiful sites of the Hellenistic age was reigned by the Pergamum Kingdom after Alexander the Great, and later on by the Romans.