Aperlae

These are the ruins of an ancient Lycian seaside town on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, in the province of Antalya, near the region of Kekova. Part of the city, along with the harbor, went under water, so you have a flooded city without the need to dig.

It was founded somewhere between the end of the 4th and the beginning of the 3rd century BC, and it lived for about 1300 years - until the end of the 7th century. The end came due to pirate raids after the early Muslim conquests.

The easiest way is by sea, by boat from Kash or Kekova. Aperlae sits next to a bay on the coast, so it's best to immediately replace land plans with water plans.

A flooded harbor with underwater ruins, the remains of a Roman bridge, an odeon cut into the rock, a Lycian sarcophagus, the foundations of four Byzantine churches and defensive walls. In some places there are shards of ceramics right under your feet.

Production of precious purple dye from murex sea snails. To get only 1.4 grams of paint, 12,000 snails were needed - that's why the city is still covered with piles of their shells on an area of ​​about 1,600 square meters.