The Agora of Smyrna, in the heart of modern Izmir, is the excavated marketplace of the ancient Greek and Roman city that preceded todays metropolis. Ticketed visitors can explore the reconstructed colonnades, vaulted basement galleries, arches and Roman remains dating largely from the rebuilding after an earthquake in the second century. A green archaeological oasis amid the busy city, it offers a tangible link to Izmirs three-thousand-year history as ancient Smyrna.