Aydin, our Turkish guide, says: ‘You did see the ruins, surely?’ as we’re about to leave our hotel in Antalya. We stare back at him, blankly.
‘You didn’t show them?’ Aydin reproaches the manager in disbelief. Without further ado, we are taken down into the subterranean Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman layers beneath the hotel, which the owners had spent 17 years excavating.
We gawp. It’s exquisite.
Our holiday with the Slow Cyclist Company involves e-bikes and hikes through the Taurus
