The rest of the city has not been excavated yet. The acropolis, as expected, is at the top of the hill. The Roman Theater is well preserved. The stage building, like in all Roman theaters, is very ornate. The 4C BC Rock-cut Tombs , some with temple facades and beautifully carved reliefs representing the dead and their families or warriors, are among the most fascinating remains of Anatolia.
Inscriptions are usually in Lycian.
These house types are believed to have copied the dwellings of the early inhabitants of the region. Climbing up the tombs is dangerous and not allowed. Saint Nicholas was born in Patara and became the bishop of the Christian church of Myra, in Lycia, about whom little is known with certainty. His reputation for generosity and compassion is best exemplified in the legend that relates how Nicholas saved a poor man from a life of prostituting his three daughters. On three separate occasions the bishop is said to have tossed a bag of gold through the family's window, thus providing a dowry to procure for each daughter an honorable marriage.