Kalkan Day Trips

Bezirgan is located in the mountains behind Kalkan, and is a completely different environment from what you see on the coast.

Situated in the Turkish district of Mugla,  modern and vibrant Fethiye is located on the site of the ancient city of Telmessos

The Greek island of Meis (Kastellorizo) is just off the coast from Kas and takes approximately 30 minutes to get to via a ferry that runs once a day

Kaş is a modern town which occupies the site of ancient Antiphellos.  There is a 4th century BC Lion Tomb in one of the streets leading out of the harbour

Kayakoy village stretches along the hillside, in the 18th century Greeks arrived from the Dodecanese Islands and founded the town Levissi, with about 3.500 home

The Lycian Way is a marked trail which spans from Hisarönü (Ovacık), near Fethiye, to Geyikbayırı in Konyaaltı and is over 500km long

Patara is famously the birth place of Saint Nicholas, yes Santa Claus, who was born in Patara in 270AD and became the Mayor and Bishop of Myra

Saklikent National Park was established in 1996 and is an example of the wild nature of Turkey

Simena is a popular Lycian site, situated in one of the most attractive spots on the Turkish coast.  The name "Kekova" is Turkish for "plain of thyme"

As one of the six principal cities of Lycia, and one of the most powerful, Tlos is one of the oldest and largest settlements of Lycia

Both of these ancient cities have UNESCO World Heritage site status, which was granted in 1988, and are of great importance to the history of the area.