Park
There is an open-air display of marble columns and sarcophagi âas is usual in any ancient Roman site- dating back to Perinthos in a park located a few metres down the town square towards eastern waterfront. This is probably the historical sight in best condition.
The ostentatious days of Perinthos are long gone for more than two millenia, so many of the historical sights described here are slowly vanishing. In fact many can be distinguished from natural formations only by careful eyes and only people really interested in history may find them worth of a check.
Old town
Situated on the top of the hill rising on the tip of the peninsula, this is the oldest part of town. There are many houses around maintaining Greek architecture but most are very badly in need of a repair. One exception is Constantineâs Residence Konstantinâin Evi, a stone two-floor mansion known by its former ownerâs name. Itâs situated near the western coast, a block or so down the town square.
City walls
Most of the old town is surrounded by ancient city walls, though in most parts they resemble more of a somewhat high garden fence rather than grandiose city walls. You may occasionally spot a largely ruined tower here and there if you walk around them a bit.
Roman breakwater
Located on the western coast, you can more easily spot it from the top of the cliff as it appears as random rocks on two straight rows lying parallel to each other when you hit to the beach next to it. Nice to watch the cormorants playing with the waves though.
Amphitheatre
You will not find the usual marble seats as they are covered by grass and earth several feet thick. However the amphitheatral form of half-moon ascending from a stage is still clearly distinguishable, in fact it looks more majestic with the grass and all. To get there from the town centre, walk uphill through the old town, and as you come to the edge of the cliff overlooking the sea, turn left towards east. Youâll walk on an unpaved path for about 15-20 minutes passing beside, below and over some remnants of city walls. The amphitheatre is located right below the lighthouse on the top of the hill: Take the lighthouse which will appear after you walked for about 5-10 min as a bearing if itâll make it easier for you. Donât ask the locals about amphitheatre, they seem to be even unaware of its existence and when asked about where the tiyatro is, they show the way to the modern cultural centre which has a theatre stage. It offers a very beautiful view of the sea located below the cliff next to the amphitheatre.
Tumulii
These are conical not-so-high hills, rising suddenly out of ground and somewhat natural at first glance. They are actually man-made, remained from Thracians, the native folk of this region before the arrival of Greeks and Romans among others. They were erected to serve as mausoleum for Thracian kings and nobles think of them as local variation of the pyramids, though these two are historically unrelated. Although the tumulii are scattered all around Thrace, the area about 5 km north of Marmara EreÄlisi has an exceptionally high number of tumulii, as Perinthos was an important centre of the region even before Romans. The tumulii 5 km out of town may not worth the trouble to go there, so you may take a distant look at a quite a few of them in the same frame when returning from the amphitheatre, just before entering the old town and immediately after the path swings to right towards north.