The view from our hotel room of Antalya and the Mediterranean Sea:
The harbour, where a boat was just waiting to take us out on a magnificent day:
Who is giving whom a hand to safely get on board?
Ann, Ben, Sharon & Carol (one American among three Aussies).
These waterfalls seem to come from nowhere, but certainly added to the scenery:
Shopping was on the schedule and we did enjoy these little streets full of colour and activity:
On our way to Pamukkale - the 'Cotton Castle', we made a brief stop at a rather nice cave named Burdur Insuyu Magaras. Here is just one photo:
Pamukkale is a place with a difference and we can well imagine that it attracted 'tourists' in ancient times. Our entry to the site was at the cemetery end where there were countless tombs.
Then the Bath-Basillica - or rather, what is left of it.
The whole settlement covered quite a bit of ground and included the inevitable Roman Theatre - they must have loved live theatre in those days, Collonade of shops, Thermal Water pools, churches, Roman baths and, most importantly the biggest attraction of all, the terraced pools distinctively white and known as the Travertines.
We walked bare foot and found the going somewhat tough. Carol just kept on going! 
As for the others in the party, well just to sit down and let the cool water comfort our feet and toes........ 
Finally, a pic of those who went for a paddle in the pool, which may well have been the remains of a Roman bath.
Our next stop was at Aphrodisias where we saw a very interesting museum before heading out to walk among the ruins of this place. We were rather glad there weren't many tourists - not like the day before!
The exhibits in the museum were well preserved - please don't count that ring-in with the moustache!
I did try to put my own head (electronically) on this torso (without luck) as was the apparent practice of the day.
So perhaps it would be better to put the head of Apollo on it.
The Temple of Aphrodisias had been turned into a Christian Church about 3-4 Century. The whole site was pretty amazing as you can see:
These two guys were just showing off - perhaps they are poor imitations of the ancient gods?
And how about this for a grave stone, or was it an ancient board of backgammon?
The Hippodrome is the largest we have encountered in all our travels in the middle east:
The group however was quite content to be photographed as part of the theatre rather than action in the Hippo.
Finally, we exited via the Tetrapylon, known as the monumental gate and dates back to the second century. Pretty old and still looking good!
Lunch with a live exhibit (the guy) playing what looked like an ud, inspired by the parrot on the end, was enjoyable.
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