What makes Antalya Museum a memorable museum? Well, for us, it’s not just the collections they have in the building. We’ve been to Istanbul Archaeological Museum in the past – one of the finest collections in the world, we’re told – and we’ll be honest and tell you we got bored eventually. That’s a place …
And so it came to pass that Barry and Julia found themselves with the opportunity to stay in a seafront room of Gardenia Boutique Hotel in Kaş. We do love Kaş! But you know us; we’ll grab a hostel or pension wherever we go. As long as it’s got a clean bed to sleep in, …
hHave you ever been somewhere countless times and you think you’ve seen all there is to see…but then one day, you just carry on along the road to see where it goes and a whole new perspective on the place reveals itself? That’s what happened to us back in April when we went for a …
Although Kaş sits right on the edge of Turkey’s southern coastline, it’s not a town associated with beaches. When we think of Kaş it’s usually the bougainvillea-covered narrow streets of the old town that spring to mind and also, for us, the harbour where the boat to the Greek island of Meis leaves from. Like …
Antiphellos Theatre was first on our list of little explorations for the day… Over past years, because of going backwards and forwards to the Greek island of Meis (Kastellorizo) to renew our visas, poor old Kaş had become no more of a stop off point for us. It was a few years since we’d spent …
Mountains, Mediterranean, twists and turns, small villages and towns, Roman and Lycian archaeological sites galore. And fabulous bays like Kaputaş Beach. Regular readers will know we have a bit of an obsession with the D400 road that runs along the length of the southern coast of Turkey. Anyone who has driven along it will know …
Our previous post was a series of photos showing different scenes from the site of the temple of Leto, Letoon. This post is another photo story but this time, all the shots are of different areas of the site of Xanthos. While Letoon was the religious centre of the Lycian Federation, Xanthos was the Lycian …
In Turkey, there are numerous sites that have been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status – and even more sitting on the tentative list. The ancient site of Letoon, paired up with the site of Xanthos, was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 1988 and it’s right in our own backyard. Well, nearly. In our previous …
“When we get to Saklıkent Gorge, some friends have told us to go to this restaurant over the bridge for lunch because it’s only 10 lira and it’s really good,” enthused our friends as we sat on the dolmuş, waiting to leave Fethiye. “The only thing is, you’ve got to get there before the jeep …
Saklıkent Gorge, meaning Hidden City Gorge, really is one of those places that you just have to see and experience for yourself. Set in the Saklıkent National Park in southwestern Turkey, the river from the gorge weaves between the borders of the Muğla and Antalya provinces before reaching the Mediterranean Sea at the western edge …