rock tombs by the sea

The Lycian coast

Lycia was a league of hill and harbour cities on the coast between Fethiye and Antalya. Its people cut their tombs into cliffs to look like timber houses, and many of the cities sit a short walk from a beach.

5 daysnights: 1 Fethiye, 3 Kaş~240 kmas the crow flies10 places2 World Heritage2provinces
Sleep in FethiyeSleep in KaşSleep in Antalya1Kaunos2Tlos2Xanthos2Letoon3Patara4Kekova4Myra4Andriake5Limyra5Phaselis
Day 1

Kaunos

rock tombs over the reeds
  1. Kaunos 2 hours

    A Carian harbour city across the reed beds from Dalyan.

🚗 Sleep in Fethiye.

Day 2

Tlos, Xanthos and the Letoon

the Lycian League
  1. Tlos 1–2 hours

    One of the oldest Lycian cities, on a crag above the Xanthos (Eşen) valley.

  2. Xanthos 1–2 hours

    The leading city of ancient Lycia, and with the Letoon a World Heritage Site since 1988.

  3. Letoon 1 hour

    The sanctuary of Leto and her children Apollo and Artemis, the religious centre of the Lycian League.

🚗 about 77 km from the day before, 28 km between today’s places, as the crow flies. Sleep in Kaş.

Day 3

Patara

a council house and a long beach
  1. Patara 2 hours

    Lycia’s main port, behind one of the longest beaches in Türkiye.

🚗 about 8 km from the day before, as the crow flies. Sleep in Kaş.

Day 4

Kekova, Myra and Andriake

a sunken town and Saint Nicholas
  1. Kekova / Simena (Kaleköy) half a day by boat

    A sheltered bay where earthquakes dropped part of a Lycian town into the shallows.

  2. Myra 1–2 hours

    Lycian rock tombs carved to look like timber houses, beams and doors included, above a large Roman theatre.

  3. Andriake 1 hour

    Myra’s harbour.

🚗 about 50 km from the day before, 18 km between today’s places, as the crow flies. Sleep in Kaş.

Day 5

Limyra and Phaselis

on to Antalya
  1. Limyra 1 hour

    A Lycian royal seat at the foot of the mountains, with a Roman theatre and a hillside of rock tombs.

  2. Phaselis 1–2 hours

    A port city founded by settlers from Rhodes, with three harbours and a paved main street running between them under the pines.

🚗 about 23 km from the day before, 40 km between today’s places, as the crow flies. End in Antalya.

Distances are straight lines between places, so allow more on the road. Times on site are our estimates.