☰Myra Rock Tombs and Theatre

The Lycian necropolis at Myra is cut into a sheer cliff face above the town — hundreds of elaborate tomb facades carved directly into the rock, some imitating the fronts of wooden Lycian houses, others with painted interiors still faintly visible. The scale is extraordinary; the cliff appears to be honeycombed with tombs from top to bottom. At the foot of the cliff, a well-preserved Roman theatre with much of its stage building intact.