From the castle at the top of the hill, we’d looked down across the bay to our next destination: Üçağız. We were on the final stop of the westward route of our gulet cruise along Turkey’s southern Lycian coast. Lazing in sheltered bays around the area known to sailors as Kekova Roads, we’d traversed the …
We’re going for a little stroll along the Antalya city centre seafront to Konyaaltı Beach in this article. And there’s no rush. How long it takes you to complete this journey depends on how fast you walk, whether or not you want to detour off down to the old harbour (don’t worry, there’s a lift …
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 …