Scramble down the path from the Temple of Athena or walk along the road to the harbour to find the necropolis . Assos’ sarcophagi (from the Greek, ‘flesh-eaters’) were famous. According to Pliny the Elder, the stone was caustic and ‘ate’ the flesh off the deceased in 40 days. To the south and southeast you’ll see the ruins of a 2nd-century BC gymnasium and south of the agora a heavily restored theatre and basilica .
Ringing the hill are stretches of the city walls of medieval Assos, which are among the most impressive medieval fortifications in Turkey.
