Start at Punta Spalmatore, admiring the Greek and Roman anchors, vases and ceramics that indicate the site was an ancient harbor.

WSJ: Dive, Dive, Dive off Italy's Coast

The site has been under excavation since the late nineteenth century, so that all of its surviving monuments have been unearthed and to some extent restored, though its ancient harbor, the Lion Port, has long been silted up, leaving Miletus marooned miles from the sea.

WSJ: 'Aladdin's Lamp'