Altar of Zeus & Adatepe18 km
Half day

Altar of Zeus & Adatepe

A stone altar overlooking the Gulf of Edremit, where Zeus is said to have watched the Trojan War.

MYTH

In the footsteps of the gods

The hill where Paris gave the golden apple to Aphrodite; the altar from which Zeus watched the Trojan War; the harbour where Aeneas built ships for Rome — all within 18 km of our hotel.

M.Ö. 1200
Trojan War, Zeus watches from Adatepe
M.Ö. 750
Homer writes the Iliad
M.Ö. 6. yy
Antandros is founded
M.Ö. 4. yy
Aristotle teaches at Assos