Sia lies at Karaot village, in the Kocaaliler area of the Bucak district of Burdur, among pine forest. It is a Pisidian city, and its walls are the striking thing about it: they embrace the whole city, and among the remains still standing outside them are a two-storey tower and the gateway.
The bath within the city is thought to date from the third century. Sia is among the best preserved of the Pisidian cities, with monumental tombs, two churches and those imposing walls.
Getting there
- Access
- A Pisidian city left among pine forest within the bounds of Karaot village in the Bucak district.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Burdur as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 2.6 °C in January to 24.7 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (60 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1931-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
