Alanya, with its dramatic castle-topped peninsula, golden Cleopatra Beach, and buzzing harbour, is one of the most rewarding day trips along this coast, though it is a longer drive from Antalya. If you are happy to make an early start, you can pack in a historic castle, a boat trip to sea caves, and a […]
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Nicknamed “Turkey’s Maldives,” Salda Lake is a startling sight: a deep crater lake ringed by bright white mineral sand and shockingly turquoise, crystal-clear water, set high in the hills of Burdur province. Its white shores are made of a rare clay that scientists have even compared to Mars. It is a long but rewarding day
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Patara is two extraordinary places in one ticket: an 18-kilometre sweep of wild golden sand, one of the longest beaches in the Mediterranean, and a major ancient city that was once the capital of the Lycian League. You can walk among 2,000-year-old ruins and then swim off an empty, dune-backed beach in the same afternoon.
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The Çıralı and Olympos shoreline is one long, beautiful beach shared by two very different worlds: the quiet village of Çıralı to the north and the rustic Olympos valley to the south, with ancient ruins right where the sand meets the trees. It is wild, protected, and free of high-rise hotels, which makes it feel
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Let’s be honest from the start: Kalkan is not a traditional sandy-beach destination. The town sits on a steep, rocky coastline, so the “beach” experience here is a little different and, once you understand it, rather wonderful. You swim from beach club platforms, take short trips to two of Turkey’s most beautiful beaches, and reach
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You’ve almost certainly seen Kaputaş Beach without knowing its name — that tiny crescent of golden sand and electric-turquoise water tucked at the foot of a dramatic gorge, splashed across postcards and Instagram. It’s one of the most photographed beaches in Turkey, sitting on the coast road between Kaş and Kalkan, and it absolutely lives
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Phaselis is the kind of place that ruins you for ordinary archaeological sites. Set on three natural harbours just north of Tekirova, this ancient Lycian port lets you walk a Roman main street, stand in a 2,000-year-old theatre, then swim off a pine-fringed beach in the same bay where merchant ships once moored. It’s one
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