Pergamon Ancient City

A favorite spot in Turkey

We've been in Turkey now for a week, and Pergamon remains our favorite spot. Just getting up to the city is different. The ruins themselves are wonderful, and I don't have enough superlatives for the ...

Once Large and Thriving

Only 15% has been excavated, and some of the treasures have been transported to Germany. Still there are quite a few ruins here, some large in scale, and lots of scattered stones. One has to use one...

Good educational Tour

A good 3 mins cable car ride up to the magnificient 2000 years old Pergamon ruins. Our guide kept up well informed on the its history. Good educational tour, weather is windy. Do wear a windbreaker &...

A wonderful cable car ride up to these extraordinary mountain-top ruins

Utterly magnificent. You cannot visit this region without visiting this extraordinary place. History seeps from every pore of this mountain-top site. Acropolis, amphitheatre, forum, it's all here. His...

An ancient city spread over a large area with impressive ruins.

After visiting Troy earlier in the day the Ancient City of Pergamon was even more impressive. There are more "above ground" ruins to see. Lots of pillars forming the acropolis area are spread around t...