It is said that nobody is the same after visiting Bodrum and nobody can explain why.
It is said that nobody is the same after visiting Bodrum and nobody can explain why. This is a fascinating town set at the bottom of the hill leaves an impression on everybody and they take away precious memories with them. Bodrum originally known as Halicarnassus offers a lot to the wandering tourist, the eccentric artist or the serious scholar.
According to Homers epics, Carians and Lelegs lived in Halicarnussus, which was a city in the Carian islands. The famous historian Herodotus, who was born here, records that the city was rebuilt in the 7th century B.C., by émigré Dorians. The Persians who invaded Anatolia in 546 B.C. also invaded Halicarnussus which was then governed by Persian princes.
During King Mausolos time the town became the capital of Caria. It surrendered to and was burnt by the armies of Alexander the Great. After being reigned over by the Egyptians, the Romans, the sailors of Rhodes and the Kingdom of Pontus it was given up to the Turkish Menteşoğullari state in the second part of the 13th century.
At the beginning of the 15th century the Knights of Rhodes ruled the peninsula. In 1522 Süleyman the Manific made it part of the Ottoman Empire.
Bodrum boasts the following historical sites ;The Monumental Tomb of Mausolos, a Roman Theatre and the Castle of the Knights of St. John.
Windmills are something you will notice on your travels through Bodrum - Gumbet.
Some are a tourist attraction and others are still used today.
The water cisterns which have given their name to Gümbet and are still used by locals to water animals and gardens.