Places ggilbert43 Wants to Go

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

The ancient abodes are a testament to human ingenuity amid harsh climates.

A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.

Mausoleum and Holy Seat of Antiochus I of Commagene.

The best-preserved ancient theater in the world.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.

Live a night as a Byzantine King, with a minibar and private jacuzzi.

Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.