After the 4th century BC, nearby Patara was the capital of the Lycian Federation and its port. Turkish archaeologists have been excavating here for the past six years, and they are restoring the city to its former grandeur. Overnight in Kalkan. This tiny community has become an artist s colony and refuge from big city life. There will be time to explore the many shops in the town.
Dinner is free to enjoy one of the local restaurants.
Hundreds of tombs dot the hills and valleys, and castles guard the sea channels. Travel the coastal road, and stop to explore the huge necropolis of tombs in the cliff-faces of Myra, carved before the time of Christ by Lycians. Continue to Demre where in the 4th-century, St. Nicholas was the bishop. Through his good works the bishop became known as Santa Claus, and you will see the still standing church dedicated to him. The rarely visited site of Arykanda is perched high in the Taurus Mountains and once controlled ancient trade routes.