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Ancient cities · Antalya

Limyra

UNESCO Tentative ListLycian–Roman50 km from Kaş

A Lycian royal seat at the foot of the mountains, with a Roman theatre and a hillside of rock tombs. In the plain stands the cenotaph of Gaius Caesar, grandson of Augustus, who died at Limyra in AD 4.

Plan the visitIts place in history

Plan your visit

Time to allow
About 1 hour

For a first visit at an easy pace.

Stay in
Kaş

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

On a trip
The Lycian coast

Day 5 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

Kaş

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