A tour of this Turkish port town’s many ancient attractions will keep you occupied during your Bargain Holidays to Bodrum. Yachting is a favourite activity in this part of the globe so expect to explore the Greek island of Kos in style during your Bargain Holidays to Bodrum. With its Mediterranean climate, summers are bound to be very hot and very sunny making Bodrum an ideal summer destination.
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus will be one of your destinations during your Bodrum Bargain Holidays. The tomb was built for Mausolus between 353 and 350 B.C. by his wife and sister Artemisia II of Caria. The tomb of Mausolus stands 148-feet high with sculptural reliefs on each of the four sides. It was called as his Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Antipater of Sidon. You will find during your Bodrum Bargain Holidays that Mausolus was a fan of the Greek culture, encouraged the democratic traditions of the Greek and spoke their language.
You will discover during your Bargain Holidays to Bodrum that the Mausoleum and the Bordun Castle have an intertwined history. An earthquake destroyed the Mausoleum by 1404 AD but the invading Knights of St. John of Malta used the Mausoleum stones to fortify the massive Bodrum Castle they had built in 1494. Try to check for some pieces of the tomb’s polished marble on the castle walls during your Bargain Holidays to Bodrum.
You will find a small museum next to the tomb during your Bodrum Bargain Holidays. If you explore long enough, you will be able to discover the real story behind the disappearance of the bodies of Artemisia and Mausolus and all the riches in their tomb. Archaeologists however found out that grave diggers may have looted the treasures through a tunnel under the chamber of the dead. They also surmised that Artemisia and Mausolus may have been cremated so there were actually no bodies in the chamber. A nice addition to your Bodrum Bargain Holidays trivia would be the 1409 papal decree which guaranteed the construction workers of the Bodrum Castle reservation in heaven.
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