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Muradiye Medresesi
The 15th-century Muradiye Medresesi, next to the mosque of the same name, was a tuberculosis clinic in the 1950s and still houses a medical centre.
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Güney Kale
Immediately opposite Nişantaş, a path leads up to the excavated Güney Kale with a fine (fenced-off) hieroglyphics chamber with human figure reliefs.
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İl Özel İdaresi Kültür ve Sanat Merkezi
North of the bazaar, in the neighbourhood called Beykapı Mahallesi (take 1001 Sokak), this splendid house, restored in 2002, was once a church.
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Azize Katarina Şapeli
Just past the Karanlık Kilise, the small Azize Katarina Şapeli (Chapel of St Catherine) has frescoes of St George, St Catherine, and the Deesis.
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Gymnasium
An important building in health-orientated Hierapolis, the gymnasium collapsed in a seventh-century earthquake and only a few Doric columns now stand.
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Tarsus Museum
About 750m southwest of the Old City, this museum showcases a small but interesting trove of ancient statuary and coins, one from the 6th century BC.
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City Museum & Archive
Housed in a fire station built by the British in 1923, this small but perfectly formed museum has displays on İzmir’s history and a courtyard cafe.
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Osmanlı Evi
This renovated former inn opened in 1890 and Atatürk stayed here in 1920, during his military campaigning. The cafe serves traditional Turkish food.
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Ayios Haralambos Church
North of Çeşme Fortress, this imposing but redundant 19th-century Greek Orthodox church, fully restored in 2012, is used for temporary exhibitions.
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Alanya Museum
Alanyas small museum is worth a visit for its artefacts, which include tools, jugs and jewellery collected from other Pamphylian sites in the area.
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Church of St Polycarp
The oldest Christian house of worship in the city, the Church of St Polycarp was built in 1625 with the permission of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent.
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Tofaş Museum of Anatolian Carriages
Old cars and horse-drawn carts are housed in this former silk factory with gardens. Its a 550m walk uphill, signposted right after the Setbaşı road bridge.
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Yıldız Porselen Fabrikası
Yıldız Porselen Fabrikası is housed in a wonderful building designed by Italian architect Raimondo D’Aronco, who introduced the art nouveau style to İstanbul.
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Merkez Camii
Also called the Alaeddin Camii, or Aladdins Mosque, the Seljuk-era Merkez Camii dates from 1228, although its seen many renovations over the centuries.
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Temple of Tyche
The ruined circular-shaped Temple of Tyche is dedicated to the goddess of fortune. Right next door is an arresting ancient latrine with two-dozen marble seats.
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Galerı Nev
One of the citys oldest and most impressive commercial galleries, Nev numbers many of the countrys best-known modernists among its stable of artists.
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Gök Kilise
The Gök Kilise is just to the left of the Tokalı Kilise. It has twin naves separated by columns and ending in apses. The double frieze of saints is badly worn.
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Tokalı Kilise
On the main road into Soğanlı, about 800m before the ticket office, signs point to the Tokalı Kilise on the right, reached by a steep flight of worn steps.
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Kumkapı
Near the shore on the northern side of the otogar is an ancient bastion called the Kumkapı. It is one of just two of the seven original city gates extant.
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Ancient Theatre
On the Gümbet road, ancient Halicarnassus restored 4th-century-BC theatre (capacity 13,000) lies in the hillside rock, and still functions for summer concerts.
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