Kaunos

UNESCO Tentative ListCarian–Roman49 km from Fethiye

A Carian harbour city across the reed beds from Dalyan. Its temple-fronted rock tombs, cut into the cliff in the 4th century BC, are the view everyone photographs from the river boats.

Plan the visit Its place in history

Plan your visit

Time to allow

About 2 hours

For a first visit at an easy pace.

Stay in

Fethiye

49 km away as the crow flies, so allow more on the road.

On a trip

The Lycian coast

Day 1 of 5.

Hours and tickets

Check before you go

Opening hours and prices change: see muze.gov.tr (opens in a new tab).

Times are our estimates. Distances are straight lines.

Its place in history

Read the chapter before you go.

1000–330 BCGreeks and PersiansGreek cities grew along the Aegean coast, and in Ionia the first philosophers asked what the world was made of.

From here

Sleep nearby

Fethiye

49 km. Tlos, Xanthos, the Letoon and Kaunos.

Next on the trip · Day 2

Tlos

About 77 km as the crow flies. One of the oldest Lycian cities, on a crag above the Xanthos (Eşen) valley.

The whole trip

The Lycian coast

5 days, 10 places, Dalyan to Phaselis.

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Also nearby

museum
Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology
Uluburun shipwreck, Carian princess
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Fethiye Museum
Letoon trilingual stele
museum
Marmaris Museum
museum
Milas Museum
Carian finds

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