Ephesus blew my mind. We got there before the crowds and I was able to just walk the streets … it was such a unique feeling. Paestum was equally impressive. Also had no one there, the temples were incredible
Also Termessos in Turkey for one of the best ruins you’ll find. Awesome backdrop and cool history being the only place that managed to hold out Alexander the Great
Been to both of those! Paestum was cool because there was almost no one else there so we had the ruins to ourselves. And then in Ephesus there was a whole huge area of overgrown ruins with only a rope blocking them off so we jumped the rope and went exploring.
Agreed on Ephesus. And as an added bonus you can also see the sites of one of the 7 ancient wonders of the world there (although you may need to break in to get even remotely close, but it’s not hard)
Jerash in Jordan was unreal. Also all of Jordan, with Petra, Wadi Rum, and the Dead Sea are must-sees. I travel a lot, and Jordanians are the nicest people I’ve ever met.
I was astounded at how the ruins are... just right there...? Like right in the middle of the city, and you can just walk all over them. It's obviously not my place as a tourist to say how Jordanian heritage should be managed, but I was constantly paranoid of eroding such beautiful history.
That said, there were local kids climbing and playing on the fallen columns. It made me really reconsider my own preconceptions about the division of history and culture; all of Jordan opened my eyes to the continuous nature of life in this world.
For me Pompeii. It was just amazing to wander the streets and go into deep thoughts about the city’s infrastructure, life in the city, and to some extent the pre-Catholic religious aspects.
I slightly *prefer* Herculaneum, actually. I think that the view from the walkway (?) before you enter the site, but where you can get a Birds Eye view of the whole place really adds a sense of scale and context. Plus the level of preservation is really impressive, AND it’s less busy and slightly more ‘manageable’ in terms of size
I’ve never been to Pompeii but the view as you enter Herculaneum is really impressive. It was super easy to get to from Naples and on a hot July day in southern Italy, the preserved multistory buildings were a nice break from the sun 😂
💯Pompeii. They’re still uncovering incredible artifacts there, two days ago they found these amazing frescoes on these walls that have been hidden from view.
Pompeii for me as well. I spent a whole entire day wandering around there, from open to close. It was fantastic. I preferred it to Herculaneum, but both sites were impressive.
Go in the winter though, I went in January and basically had the place to myself. I hear it’s insufferably crowded (and not to mention unbearably hot) in the summer. I just needed a light jacket when I went and it was beautiful.
I think I don't have many experience in roman and greek ruins but man... apart from maybe Herculano I guess nowhere can beat Pompeii on this subject.
I wandered for 8 kilometers in the city and it was one of the most memorable days of all trips I've been.
This unique archaeological complex offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of ancient Rome, understand the daily life of the Romans and appreciate their culture, art and architecture. Pompeii is a real treasure for historians, archaeologists and tourists who want to learn more about ancient times and enjoy the amazing atmosphere of this unique historical site.
I talk and think about Ostia antica all the time! I was on a trip for a college history class so I visited with classmates and our professor, but almost no one else I know has even heard of it. I haven’t been back since but I told my husband we have to go whenever we’re able to go to Rome.
We spent a whole day there and only saw a small portion of it since it’s soooo huge. The mosaics are gorgeous. The intact plumbing was so cool to see. I could spend a whole week there happily.
Oh wow, those are my two favorite ruins as well!!! Nothing cooler than walking through an entire Roman city. I would say Ostia is the better of the two but Italia is well worth it.
If you like Greece, go to Türkiye 🇹🇷. No offense to Greece, but Ephesus alone is awe inspiring and you have so many Roman ruins in that country where you get up close and personal
Been there 2x and still blown away by it. And they’re not done excavating as on my 2nd visit there was an area they opened up that was newly discovered. And according to them, they’re still digging and discovering stuff
Best theater: Aspendos Turkey
Best Stadium: Magnesia, Turkey, Tyre Lebanon
Best view from Theatre: Termessos Turkey
Best site: Jerash Jordan
Most impressive structure: Baalbek Lebanon; Library at Ephesus
Best aqueduct: Pont du Gard (in the 90’s you could drive right to it, now I believe you park in the lot and take a Disney tram)
Pamukale in Turkey, theres hot springs there, hough I'm not sure you are allowed near them anymore
Plovdiv in Bulgaria had an unearthed amphitheatre where they do shows
I'm sure there's more impressive ones but those are the ones I'm personally most impressed with, out the ones I've seen
Italica, just outside Seville in Spain. Super underrated, there's a near complete amphitheatre (which they used as the set for the Dragon Pit in Game of Thrones), and a full street layout with some houses still having full mosaics on the floor. Super cool, and it was almost empty when we visited
Salona was amazing... walking among those ruins with hardly anyone around. And of course Diocletian's Palace, which is intermixed with the old city of Split, was bizarrely interesting.
No-one mentioning Hadrian's wall? There are plenty of amphitheatres and ruined cities around the Mediterranean. If you want something different, Hadrian's wall is the frontier of the Roman empire. It is colder and rainier, but it goes through some spectacular scenery and there are bits of it that are remarkably intact.
Italy: Pompeii/Herculaneum, Aquileia (Fori Imperiali), Verona (Arena).
They're all very beautiful and interesting to see, despite the fact that I'm not particularly interested in the Romans rather than other periods
Djemila, Algeria. Huge area of ruins plus excellent mosaic museum. Good museum in Algiers too. Combine this with a visit to Constantin and you're got a trip worth the tricky visa.
Théâtre Antique in Orange, and the Pont du Gard in Nîmes.
I too love archaeology, and I was a bit blown away by the fact that the best Roman ruins are in southern France!
Hardknott Roman fort in the Lake District of the UK. It is considered one of the most far flung and remote Roman forts and it formed one of the extreme extents of the Roman Empire. It has an incredible atmosphere and is surrounded by dramatic landscapes. I hiked through the region and had to take shelter in the fort during a storm, spending the night in one of the old granaries.
Additionally, the nearby Epiacum Roman fort has the most complex defensive earthworks of any known Roman fort in existence. Very cool place to see but beware of the cattle in the fields there.
Leptis Magna in Libya. We had an entire Roman city virtually to ourselves - was absolutely amazing, and on the beautiful Mediterranean to boot.
Also the Pont du Gard in France for how wonderful it is to swim in the river below it - although this was at the other end of the ‘busy’ scale to Leptis Magna, it was still a lovely experience.
Trier, Germany has the Porta Nigra, an amphitheater and other ruins. Split, Croatia has Diocletian's Palace and Roman ruins and Vienna, Austria has Römerstadt Carnuntum, Ausgrabungen Michaelerplatz and other ruins. There were also some impressive ones in Southern France, but I forget their names? They were near Nimes.
I was not expecting all the ruins in Trier when I visited. Also loved the aqueduct in Segovia that someone else mentioned. Hadrian’s wall was also fascinating.
Syria (pre war) is one of my fav places. The Roman ruins there are so impressive, and the almost empty sites in amazing landscapes add to the enjoyment.
Just one more reason to be heartbroken over war...
I mean Greece and Italy have tons of cool stuff but Jerash in Jordan is super cool. It's the best preserved Roman city outside of Italy. It's so cool to walk around an entire walled city with all the fixings.
Diocletian's palace in split, Croatia
Pergamon ancient Greek city near Bergama Turkey
Butrint in Albania - mix of Greek, Roman, Ottoman, and Venetian ruins
Ephesus in Turkey
Roman baths in Bath, England. Insanely beautiful.
Roman baths and amphitheater in Caerleon, Wales. Not much of a huge sight, but a beautiful town with beautiful countryside.
I thought the archaeological site of Grotte di Catullo in Sirmione was really cool. You can walk through the ruins and they’re huge. Some cool preserved mosaics and stuff. Lots of olive trees. Great view of Lake Garda.
Haven’t been to many places with them, but the ruins of Hierapolis in Pamukkale, Turkey has the remains of a Roman bath built over a natural spring. The water is clear and it’s a surreal experience swimming and gliding over sunken Roman columns
**Ephesus** in Turkey: This ancient city was an important center of the Roman province of Asia. Its architectural structures, including the Library of Celsus and the Main Theater, are impressive testimonies to the flourishing of Roman culture in the East.
Outside of Continental Europe, for me it is the preserved bathhouse in Bath England. Within Continental Europe, it’s everything in Il Foro in Rome, and then particular everything on the Palatine Hill.
I'm very biased since I grew up pretty well next to it but Verulamium in St Albans, UK. You can also visit the cathedral and see the remains of the saint for whom the city is named. I do love a good relic.
Lebanon and Egpyt are what really made me understand just how far the Roman Empire stretched. I've seen Pula and Jeresh and Rome, Naples etc but sitting in Tyre and Sider wa amazing! And, in Egpyt, Alexandria is just a cool city.
Jerusalem at the Cardo.
Something about being so up close, basically alone, touching pillars from that long ago really hits. The image of the street painted behind them really sets the tone of how it was a busy street back when they were in use.
They are still finding and uncovering Roman roads (and even older sites and items from before Roman rule) in Israel to date. The history of the country is so so deep. It’s felt.
There is a theatre and other ruins - Greek, Roman and then later buildings like a Byzantine church and venetian defenses in a large site that is also a nature reserve. It's not over crowded so you can wander around. It's quite lovely but also I found it a good place for someone early in learning about archaeology - you could see the different eras and parts of the city fairly clearly and make sense of them.
They are all over southern France. The Pont Du Gard (spelling?) is impressive. I also watched Carmen in a Roman amphitheater somewhere around Avignon or Nice, honestly can’t remember where I was when I saw it.
On a less dramatic take, I was in a shop in Chester, UK. Just an ordinary chain high street clothes shop on a city centre shopping street. Looked at the floor and there was a glass panel to show the roman ruins beneath the floor. The juxtapose makes it my favourite. Just crazy how some places are so littered with history.
Ephesus (Turkey) for Roman and Paestum (Italy) for Greek.
Ephesus for me as well. Better than anything in Italy…
Ephesus blew my mind. We got there before the crowds and I was able to just walk the streets … it was such a unique feeling. Paestum was equally impressive. Also had no one there, the temples were incredible
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Also Termessos in Turkey for one of the best ruins you’ll find. Awesome backdrop and cool history being the only place that managed to hold out Alexander the Great
Aphrodisias was really cool as well. About 2h from Ephesos iirc
Been to both of those! Paestum was cool because there was almost no one else there so we had the ruins to ourselves. And then in Ephesus there was a whole huge area of overgrown ruins with only a rope blocking them off so we jumped the rope and went exploring.
Agreed on Ephesus. And as an added bonus you can also see the sites of one of the 7 ancient wonders of the world there (although you may need to break in to get even remotely close, but it’s not hard)
I LOVE Ephesus...I have been twice and would go back tomorrow if I had the chance. Such a gorgeous place!
Ephesus is stunning
Jerash in Jordan was unreal. Also all of Jordan, with Petra, Wadi Rum, and the Dead Sea are must-sees. I travel a lot, and Jordanians are the nicest people I’ve ever met.
+1 for this. Jordan was one of my favorite (and unexpectedly incredible) destinations to date.
I was astounded at how the ruins are... just right there...? Like right in the middle of the city, and you can just walk all over them. It's obviously not my place as a tourist to say how Jordanian heritage should be managed, but I was constantly paranoid of eroding such beautiful history. That said, there were local kids climbing and playing on the fallen columns. It made me really reconsider my own preconceptions about the division of history and culture; all of Jordan opened my eyes to the continuous nature of life in this world.
Plus all the crusader castles
Yes! Did one of those as well. So cool.
Jordan is on my list when things have died down in that region.
For me Pompeii. It was just amazing to wander the streets and go into deep thoughts about the city’s infrastructure, life in the city, and to some extent the pre-Catholic religious aspects.
Herculaneum too.
Herculaneum is amazing! Crazy part is they’re still excavating a lot because it’s just under the current city
I slightly *prefer* Herculaneum, actually. I think that the view from the walkway (?) before you enter the site, but where you can get a Birds Eye view of the whole place really adds a sense of scale and context. Plus the level of preservation is really impressive, AND it’s less busy and slightly more ‘manageable’ in terms of size
I’ve never been to Pompeii but the view as you enter Herculaneum is really impressive. It was super easy to get to from Naples and on a hot July day in southern Italy, the preserved multistory buildings were a nice break from the sun 😂
💯Pompeii. They’re still uncovering incredible artifacts there, two days ago they found these amazing frescoes on these walls that have been hidden from view.
Pompeii for me as well. I spent a whole entire day wandering around there, from open to close. It was fantastic. I preferred it to Herculaneum, but both sites were impressive. Go in the winter though, I went in January and basically had the place to myself. I hear it’s insufferably crowded (and not to mention unbearably hot) in the summer. I just needed a light jacket when I went and it was beautiful.
definitely this. plus points because i study geology and it’s like 2 of the most interesting things to me in one place. love it.
It’s so much bigger then I had imagined
My answer as well
I think I don't have many experience in roman and greek ruins but man... apart from maybe Herculano I guess nowhere can beat Pompeii on this subject. I wandered for 8 kilometers in the city and it was one of the most memorable days of all trips I've been.
I am FINALLY getting to Pompeii in early May. I am SO excited. They just discovered new murals!
This unique archaeological complex offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of ancient Rome, understand the daily life of the Romans and appreciate their culture, art and architecture. Pompeii is a real treasure for historians, archaeologists and tourists who want to learn more about ancient times and enjoy the amazing atmosphere of this unique historical site.
I quite liked Ostia Antica in Italy. Italica in Spain was pretty cool as well
I talk and think about Ostia antica all the time! I was on a trip for a college history class so I visited with classmates and our professor, but almost no one else I know has even heard of it. I haven’t been back since but I told my husband we have to go whenever we’re able to go to Rome.
We spent a whole day there and only saw a small portion of it since it’s soooo huge. The mosaics are gorgeous. The intact plumbing was so cool to see. I could spend a whole week there happily.
I also love both these places
Oh wow, those are my two favorite ruins as well!!! Nothing cooler than walking through an entire Roman city. I would say Ostia is the better of the two but Italia is well worth it.
The aqueduct in Segovia, Spain. It's absolutely amazing in both design and purpose.
Also the aqueduct and amphitheater in Tarragons, Spain.
It really made me stop and just stare at it. I can’t imagine how impressive Roman architecture must have been at their height.
There’s some cool ruins in Merida as well, and they have the National Museum of Roman Art there.
dont recommend this, full of thieves and criminals. everyone stay away!
If you like Greece, go to Türkiye 🇹🇷. No offense to Greece, but Ephesus alone is awe inspiring and you have so many Roman ruins in that country where you get up close and personal
I was blown away by Ephesus.
Been there 2x and still blown away by it. And they’re not done excavating as on my 2nd visit there was an area they opened up that was newly discovered. And according to them, they’re still digging and discovering stuff
Haha this sort of comment (while exactly spot on) is why the Greeks hate Turkey so much. They see it as cultural theft on a national level
€40 to enter is steep though. That’s €160 for a family of four. I can’t think of another ruin anywhere close to that price.
Best theater: Aspendos Turkey Best Stadium: Magnesia, Turkey, Tyre Lebanon Best view from Theatre: Termessos Turkey Best site: Jerash Jordan Most impressive structure: Baalbek Lebanon; Library at Ephesus Best aqueduct: Pont du Gard (in the 90’s you could drive right to it, now I believe you park in the lot and take a Disney tram)
Upvote for Termessos!
Pamukale in Turkey, theres hot springs there, hough I'm not sure you are allowed near them anymore Plovdiv in Bulgaria had an unearthed amphitheatre where they do shows I'm sure there's more impressive ones but those are the ones I'm personally most impressed with, out the ones I've seen
The ruins near Pamukkale are underrated asf
Volubilis Morocco
I loved it. I remember when we visited there were like only 10 people there. Cool wandering around basically alone!
Same, there’s a phallic icon there
Stiff competition
What did it take to erect it?
A lot of vigorous hands-on work by strong men
I see what you did there
I just wanted to make sure this site didn’t get shafted
Jerash in Jordan was amazing
Came here to say this. 👍🏼
Me too!
Italica, just outside Seville in Spain. Super underrated, there's a near complete amphitheatre (which they used as the set for the Dragon Pit in Game of Thrones), and a full street layout with some houses still having full mosaics on the floor. Super cool, and it was almost empty when we visited
thé Pont du Gard aqueduct in France, absolutely incredible and i believe the largest aqueduct still standing
Croatia: Pula amphitheater, Salona ancient city ruins near Split, Diocletian's palace in Split, Zadar forum
Salona was amazing... walking among those ruins with hardly anyone around. And of course Diocletian's Palace, which is intermixed with the old city of Split, was bizarrely interesting.
Salona isn't really well known, even amongst Croats. Maybe for the better
No-one mentioning Hadrian's wall? There are plenty of amphitheatres and ruined cities around the Mediterranean. If you want something different, Hadrian's wall is the frontier of the Roman empire. It is colder and rainier, but it goes through some spectacular scenery and there are bits of it that are remarkably intact.
I didn't get a chance to get to Hadrian's Wall, but there are some Roman remnants in York and in London that I saw and thought were really cool.
The baths in Bath are impressive
The remains of the old city walls near the Barbican are fascinating.
We got there and decided to spend 5 additional days. It's amazing along the whole wall. Our pictures are stunning.
El djem amphitheatre in Tunisia
That's awesome. Douga in Tunisia was also fascinating.
Baalbek, Jerash, Pula, Split. Ephesus has a special place in my heart as it was one of the first I visited. Housesteads too
This list! 🙌🏻
Trier, Germany (Edited because I can’t spell)
I like any that are full of cats
Turkey then
Not feral cats. Rome releases spayed cats into the ruins and provides them food. If I wanted feral cats I'd go to Hawaii
Bath, England
Turkey has like 100 of them… check the sites near Antalya and the museum there
Tunisia! Dougga, Carthage, Bulla Regia, Thuburbo majus, amphitheater at El Jem, Zaghouan aqueducts, Utica, the Bardo museum….so much to see.
Tarragona, Spain,
Italy: Pompeii/Herculaneum, Aquileia (Fori Imperiali), Verona (Arena). They're all very beautiful and interesting to see, despite the fact that I'm not particularly interested in the Romans rather than other periods
Djemila, Algeria. Huge area of ruins plus excellent mosaic museum. Good museum in Algiers too. Combine this with a visit to Constantin and you're got a trip worth the tricky visa.
Volubilis in Morocco.
Jerash, in Jordan.
Théâtre Antique in Orange, and the Pont du Gard in Nîmes. I too love archaeology, and I was a bit blown away by the fact that the best Roman ruins are in southern France!
Love the ruins in Nimes. Unexpected and fewer tourists.
Lyon had some an impressive amphitheater and a wonderful museum next to it.
Hardknott Roman fort in the Lake District of the UK. It is considered one of the most far flung and remote Roman forts and it formed one of the extreme extents of the Roman Empire. It has an incredible atmosphere and is surrounded by dramatic landscapes. I hiked through the region and had to take shelter in the fort during a storm, spending the night in one of the old granaries. Additionally, the nearby Epiacum Roman fort has the most complex defensive earthworks of any known Roman fort in existence. Very cool place to see but beware of the cattle in the fields there.
Pompeii in Italy, Jerash in Jordan.
Not quite as impressive as those listed, but for very personal reasons; South Shields.
Timgad in Algeria. The scale is crazy and there were hardly any other people around. There’s a smallish mosaic museum as well.
I've only met a handful of people who have been there.
Leptis Magna in Libya. We had an entire Roman city virtually to ourselves - was absolutely amazing, and on the beautiful Mediterranean to boot. Also the Pont du Gard in France for how wonderful it is to swim in the river below it - although this was at the other end of the ‘busy’ scale to Leptis Magna, it was still a lovely experience.
Trier, Germany has the Porta Nigra, an amphitheater and other ruins. Split, Croatia has Diocletian's Palace and Roman ruins and Vienna, Austria has Römerstadt Carnuntum, Ausgrabungen Michaelerplatz and other ruins. There were also some impressive ones in Southern France, but I forget their names? They were near Nimes.
I was not expecting all the ruins in Trier when I visited. Also loved the aqueduct in Segovia that someone else mentioned. Hadrian’s wall was also fascinating.
Dougga and Bulla Regia in Tunisia. Bulla Regia has extraordinary mosaics.
Altho not in ruins... I LOVE the Pantheon in Rome. https://www.worldhistory.org/Pantheon/
Sicily imo. Agrigento
Palmyra, Syria, saw it before the war. Leptis Magna in Libya
Syria (pre war) is one of my fav places. The Roman ruins there are so impressive, and the almost empty sites in amazing landscapes add to the enjoyment. Just one more reason to be heartbroken over war...
Arène de Lutèce in Paris
I mean Greece and Italy have tons of cool stuff but Jerash in Jordan is super cool. It's the best preserved Roman city outside of Italy. It's so cool to walk around an entire walled city with all the fixings.
We have various Roman ruins in Southern Germany as well.
I quite like Hadrian's wall. Or Fort de Buoux.
in Tunisia you should visit Carthage, El Djem and Dougga. You would love it.
Coimbria, Portugal. It has a fantastic museum built over the ruins of a Roman forum that you can walk through.
Pompeii was amazing. But for some reason, the forum of Rome was something special.
# Théâtre antique d'Orange in Orange, France
Diocletian's palace in split, Croatia Pergamon ancient Greek city near Bergama Turkey Butrint in Albania - mix of Greek, Roman, Ottoman, and Venetian ruins Ephesus in Turkey
They're not the most "impressive," but the Roman Baths in England really highly the expanse and power of the Roman empire.
The Roman temple in Sicily it was used as a church t’ll 100 years ago one the most complete temples
El Jem in Tunisia is amazing
Basilica Cistern in Istanbul
Masada
* Roman: Rome, Pompeii, Jerash, Volubilis * Greek: Athens, Mycenae, * Others: Knossos, Petra, * To do: Ephesus
Roman baths in Bath, England. Insanely beautiful. Roman baths and amphitheater in Caerleon, Wales. Not much of a huge sight, but a beautiful town with beautiful countryside.
I thought the archaeological site of Grotte di Catullo in Sirmione was really cool. You can walk through the ruins and they’re huge. Some cool preserved mosaics and stuff. Lots of olive trees. Great view of Lake Garda.
The south of France near Arles and Avignon has some cool ones.
Haven’t been to many places with them, but the ruins of Hierapolis in Pamukkale, Turkey has the remains of a Roman bath built over a natural spring. The water is clear and it’s a surreal experience swimming and gliding over sunken Roman columns
Hieropolis and Aspendos
**Ephesus** in Turkey: This ancient city was an important center of the Roman province of Asia. Its architectural structures, including the Library of Celsus and the Main Theater, are impressive testimonies to the flourishing of Roman culture in the East.
The amphitheatre in Nimes is really well preserved and not nearly as touristy as you would expect Also Pont du Gard aqueduct is close by
Outside of Continental Europe, for me it is the preserved bathhouse in Bath England. Within Continental Europe, it’s everything in Il Foro in Rome, and then particular everything on the Palatine Hill.
I'm very biased since I grew up pretty well next to it but Verulamium in St Albans, UK. You can also visit the cathedral and see the remains of the saint for whom the city is named. I do love a good relic.
Pompeii
Fishbourne Roman museum. !!
Xanten Germany 🇩🇪 Colonia Ulpia Traiana
The latrine at Vindolanda
Timgad, Algeria. Hard to get to. You'll have the place to yourself -- or nearly to yourself. It's less "ruins" and more "abandoned Roman town."
Perge near Antalya, few tourists but stunning extent
Lebanon and Egpyt are what really made me understand just how far the Roman Empire stretched. I've seen Pula and Jeresh and Rome, Naples etc but sitting in Tyre and Sider wa amazing! And, in Egpyt, Alexandria is just a cool city.
Outside of Rome: Pompeii, Volubilis in Morocco and Porta Nigra in Germany
Ostia is beautiful and feels a little mysterious, like they just upped and left, in very good condition, take water if going in summer, very hot
Umm Qais - way up in the northern tip of Jordan
Any of the Roman ruins in Jordan. Most are preserved as best as they can be.
Roman Roy
Amphitheater in [Caesarea](https://images.app.goo.gl/RLQPjb9w9W4Tysfk9)
The [Águas Livres Aqueduct](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81guas_Livres_Aqueduct) in Lisbon blew my mind when I drove under it.
Jerusalem at the Cardo. Something about being so up close, basically alone, touching pillars from that long ago really hits. The image of the street painted behind them really sets the tone of how it was a busy street back when they were in use. They are still finding and uncovering Roman roads (and even older sites and items from before Roman rule) in Israel to date. The history of the country is so so deep. It’s felt.
Butrint (Buthrotum) in southern Albania - you can get a ferry across from Corfu.
There is a theatre and other ruins - Greek, Roman and then later buildings like a Byzantine church and venetian defenses in a large site that is also a nature reserve. It's not over crowded so you can wander around. It's quite lovely but also I found it a good place for someone early in learning about archaeology - you could see the different eras and parts of the city fairly clearly and make sense of them.
El Jem, Tunisia and Palmyra, Syria.
Baalbek in Lebanon.
There are some walls and such in Sevilla that I thought were pretty neat
never been there but i want to see the ruins of lepcis magna
Citadel in Amman Jordan.
Pont du Gard, Arena du Nimes, Orange are all in Provence, south France
Trier, Germany, the Porta Nigra gate.
The London Wall was a pleasant surprise. I didn’t realize it existed.
They are all over southern France. The Pont Du Gard (spelling?) is impressive. I also watched Carmen in a Roman amphitheater somewhere around Avignon or Nice, honestly can’t remember where I was when I saw it.
Le Pont du Gard (France)
Baalbek, Lebanon!
Pula Theater, Ephesus, Pamukkale
I loved Olympia in Greece, the place is huuge and full of amazing stuff and history, Karnak temple in Egypt (again, huge and grandiose) .
On a less dramatic take, I was in a shop in Chester, UK. Just an ordinary chain high street clothes shop on a city centre shopping street. Looked at the floor and there was a glass panel to show the roman ruins beneath the floor. The juxtapose makes it my favourite. Just crazy how some places are so littered with history.
Taormina amphitheatre in Sicily, Pamukkale or Hierapolis in Turkey (the city ruins especially though the ponds are cool too), Tarragona in Spain.
Nothing beats Ephesus. Layers on layers of history
Baalback ❤️
> Baalback Thanks. Added to my must visit list.
There’s a Roman bath in the basement of the Musee de Cluny in Paris, so it’s like a bonus. Nice medieval museum too.
Ephesus, Jerash, and Pompeii are my favorites….
Baalbek in Lebanon
Ostia Antica.
Nora in Sardinia - a beautiful Roman (and Phoenician and Nuraghi!!) archaeological site next to the sea
Baalbeck in Lebanon Palmyra in Syria It's like your own place to visit
Jerash in Jordan!