🏛️ Tlos-Telmessos
Lycian settlement ruins in southwestern Anatolia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in Muğla Province, southwestern Turkey, near the town of Fethiye
- Inhabited from Lycian period (5th century BCE) through Ottoman era
- Contains rock tombs, acropolis fortifications, and Roman-era structures
- Accessible as an open archaeological site; no admission fee
Tlos-Telmessos represents a significant settlement site in ancient Lycia, occupying a strategically positioned hilltop overlooking the Xanthos River valley. The site was continuously inhabited across multiple periods, from the Classical Lycian age through Roman and Byzantine eras into Ottoman times. Today it remains a partially excavated archaeological location with visible remains of defensive walls, domestic structures, and burial monuments spread across the acropolis and surrounding slopes ...