Across the sheltered Mediterranean waters of the Kekova region, opposite the villages of Kaleköy (ancient city of Simena) and Kaleüçağız, lies Kekova Island sunken city. Kekova Island – The Sunken City The only way to reach the island of Kekova is by boat. And whatever your chosen vessel – gület, small boats, daily boat trip, …
We want to tell you the story of our Simena Kaleköy experience in this post… About that happy, gleeful feeling that takes over your body when you’ve found a little corner of perfection. Have you ever looked at postcards, online photos or official tourist board posters and been faced with a vision of what looks …
Father Christmas, Santa Claus, St. Nicholas – whatever name we assign to him (and in the UK, we do fluctuate), we all know who he is, don’t we? He’s that big jolly man from the North Pole with the bright red suit, big black boots and a fluffy white beard. He’s busy in Lapland for …
For many of our first few years of living in Fethiye, Olympos in the Antalya Province was a bit of a holy grail that we were in search of. It was that place where the travelling backpackers (many of them Aussies and Kiwis) hopped onto a gület in Fethiye harbour and took off to sail …
The engines of the gület slowed to a steady purr as we pulled into the natural sweeping harbour. Somewhere in that dense pine forest was the ancient city of Phaselis. For now, however, it was the pine trees and a curve of sandy beach that greeted us. And there was indeed a ticket booth on …
The Turkish gület cruise; that most graceful of prima ballerinas of the southern and southwestern Turkish seas. Every year, thousands of people travelling or holidaying in the country will book themselves a Turkey gület cruise as part of their Turkish experience. Depending on their wont and the company they book with, they will either party …
Because we wanted to see the ruins of ancient Myra again, we did a mini D400 coastal road trip rather than returning via the quicker yayla mountain road. Back in March of this year, we were in Antalya for Runtalya, a running event that Barry took part in. If you followed the posts, you’ll know …
These days, the D400 is wide and forgiving. (Free) tunnels cut out the higher mountain roads, the tarmac is smooth in most places. And, if you give yourself lots of time, there are fabulous detours you can take, like this one down to the beach at Adrasan Koyu (Adrasan Bay). In our previous post, we …
There are many cities and regions in Turkey that are famous for particular recipes or foods – and Antalya is no exception to the case. And if you’re in the city centre, a visit to Topçu Kebap is very rewarding! We’re there most years for the Runtalya Marathon event so we get to enjoy this …
This little Fethiye exodus to Kalkan to attend the opening of Rana Butik Doğaltaş had involved the usual palaver where you end up thinking, “Surely this could have been much easier than everyone is making it.” The logistics of let’s-all-go-on-a-day-trip always seem to lose a bit of logic, and so it happened that, “Barry, you …