Today is our free day. There is no organized group activity except an optional Turkish bath at 5 pm. Yaren gave us some suggestions of places we could visit on our own during the day. Dave and I decided to go see the Antalya Archeological Museum first.
1. Antalya in the morning.
2. Cat houses for stray cats.
3. Antalya Archeological Museum.
4. Antalya Archeological Museum.
5. Antalya Archeological Museum.
6. Antalya Archeological Museum.
7. Antalya Archeological Museum.
8. Public beach near Antalya Archeological Museum. It looked pretty, but it was very rocky, hard to walk on it without shoes.
9. Rocky beach near Antalya Archeological Museum.
10. After a quick swim in the Mediterranean (the water was still cold), we went to see lower Düden Falls.
11. Awesome lunch at a local restaurant we happened to walk in. I had beef stew with mashed potatoes (plus fresh bread and salad).
12. Dave had mixed meat pizza. The total bill was 22 TL (about $5) for our lunch.
Most people in the group participated the optional Turkish bath. For 160 TL cash pp (140 + 20 for tip Yaren suggested), we first sweated in a hot room (lying on a giant marble slab), then got fully scrubbed by an attendant using a silk mitten, then bubble bathed (with some massage in the process) by another attendant, then the women all got a facial (Yaren negotiated with them to do it for free for us), then another 20-30 minutes full body massage with oil. It was an incredible experience. The best $35 I had ever spent!
13. Turkish Bath (Hamam) in Antalya.
(To be continued)
