First stop en route was Knidos - renowned it is said for two things - its statue of Aphrodite (apparently the first naked statue of a woman!) and the mathematician Eudoxos. However, I think its situation at the tip of the Datcha peninsula (and therefore a strategically important position on the main trade routes of the time) and its marvellous natural twin harbours (one open only to the NW and the other on the other side of the peninsula open only to the SE with a canal connecting the two so ships could always enter one or other and leave with a favourable wind) are equally marvellous and must have been a major factor in its prosperity. Now sadly the site lies largely neglected (until recently I believe it was not even fenced off) but on viewing the site its easy to imagine the great city that once stood here.