Planning Your Trip

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

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