Guides

The Lycian Way, stage by stage All thirty stages from Fethiye to Antalya with measured distances, water, beds and transport — written from Kaş, the town in the middle of the trail.
Is the Kekova boat tour worth it? An honest answer What you actually see on a Kekova Sunken City boat tour, where it departs from, how the day runs and what it costs in 2026 — plus who should kayak instead.
Kaş or Kalkan: which should you stay in? An honest comparison of Kaş and Kalkan — character, cost, hills, beaches, day trips and whether you need a car. Which base suits which traveller.
Why you can't swim over the Sunken City of Kekova Kekova's sunken ruins are closed to swimming and diving — the reason, the law behind it, the rules boats follow, where you can swim instead, and the one legal way over the ruins.
How to get to Kaş: airports, transfers and the beautiful hard way Kaş has no airport — your options are Dalaman (2.5 h) or Antalya (3.5 h), bus, shuttle, private transfer or hire car. Times, costs and how to choose.
The best time to visit Kaş, month by month When to visit Kaş, Türkiye: sea and air temperatures month by month, crowds, wind, what runs when — with honest picks for swimmers, divers and crowd-avoiders.
Which Kaş boat tour should you choose? Shared, small-group or private; Kekova or the Kaş bays; boat or kayak. How the tours actually differ, what moves the price, and how to pick the right day.
Diving in Kaş: what makes it Türkiye's best dive town Kaş is Türkiye's strongest diving base — the sites, the season, water temperature and visibility, whether you can dive uncertified, and how to choose a centre.
Where to eat in Kaş: a local’s guide to the town’s tables Where to eat in Kaş in 2026: fish restaurants and meyhanes, ocakbaşı grills, sea-view dinners, a MasterChef contestant’s kitchen, vegetarian tables and 4 a.m. soup — chosen from inside the town.
Kaş seafood and meyhane guide: fish, meze and how to order like a local Fish restaurants and meyhanes in Kaş: what a meyhane actually is, Tzatziki vs Voyn, where locals eat fish off the tourist track, how fish pricing by weight works, and what a rakı-and-meze evening costs in 2026.
Kaş at night: bars, live music and what to do after dark Kaş nightlife in 2026: cocktail bars with live music, meyhane evenings, sunset at the ancient theatre, beach-club stages and the 4 a.m. soup that ends the night — a local's guide to after dark.
Turkish breakfast in Kaş: kahvaltı, serpme and the best morning tables Where to eat breakfast in Kaş in 2026: what serpme kahvaltı actually means, the 6 a.m. bakery locals use, tea on the rocks above the sea, and where the town's best coffee is poured.
Cheap eats in Kaş: street food, pide, lokantas and 4 a.m. soup Eating well in Kaş on a budget in 2026: the bakery locals swear by, a truffle burger at fast-food prices, wood-oven pide, made-to-order street classics, the Friday market, late-night soup — and what a full day on this circuit actually costs.
3 days in Kaş: the itinerary we give our friends (no car needed) A local's 3-day Kaş itinerary for 2026 — old town and theatre sunset, the Kekova sunken-city boat day, Kaputaş by dolmuş, diving or Meis, plus where to eat every night. No rental car required.
Where to stay in Kaş: Old Town or the peninsula? Where to stay in Kaş in 2026: Old Town vs the Çukurbağ peninsula honestly compared — noise, stairs, sea platforms — plus review-backed hotel picks from budget pensions to adults-only cliff hotels.
Antalya airport to Kaş: bus, transfer or rental car? Getting from Antalya airport (AYT) to Kaş in 2026: the tram-and-bus route via the otogar for a few hundred lira, private transfers at €120–200, rental cars and the beautiful D400 — honestly compared.
Dalaman airport to Kaş: the closest door, honestly explained Dalaman airport (DLM) to Kaş in 2026: it is about 150 km and 2.5–3 hours — not the 4 the internet claims. Shuttle-plus-bus via Fethiye, private transfers from around €60, and the Kaputaş coast road.
Antalya to Demre: getting to Myra and the church of St Nicholas Antalya to Demre in 2026: 141 km on the D400 — about 2.5 hours by car, 3 by bus with ~24 departures a day from the otogar. How to reach the Myra rock tombs and the church of St Nicholas, honestly.
Dalaman to Demre: the honest way to do it Dalaman airport to Demre in 2026: about 195 km and 3–3.5 hours by car via Fethiye and Kaş. Public transport takes three legs and five-plus hours — here is the smarter plan for Myra and St Nicholas.
The Lycian Way from Kaş: one-day, three-day and five-day plans How to walk the Lycian Way from a base in Kaş without a tent: the Limanağzı half-day, the three-day ghost cities section to Simena, and a five-day plan that adds Phellos and Demre. Distances, beds, boats and buses.
Ghost cities of the Lycian Way: the ruins the trail walks through The Lycian Way is a string of abandoned cities: Sidyma, Pydnai, Xanthos, Patara, Phellos, Aperlai, Simena, Myra, Olympos, Phaselis. Which stage each one is on, what is left, what it costs to enter, and the five around Kaş with no road.
Self-guided on the Lycian Way, Kaş to Demre: how luggage transfer actually works here Walking the Kaş to Kekova to Demre section of the Lycian Way self-guided, with your bags moved and a bed each night: which villages have roads, where the bags go by boat, what the pensions are like, and what a licensed agency does for you.
The Lycian Way in October, November and winter: what is actually open around Kaş Walking the Lycian Way from October to March, seen from Kaş: which months are good, when the village pensions close, whether the Limanağzı boats run, what the weather does, and which stages work in winter.
Water on the Lycian Way: stage by stage, from Kaş Where the water is on the Lycian Way, stage by stage: mosque taps, the reliable springs, the cisterns to treat, the dry peninsula beyond Boğazcık, the waterless Alaca Dağ and Tahtalı crossings, and how much to carry.
The best sections of the Lycian Way, ranked by someone who lives on it Which part of the Lycian Way to walk if you have 3, 5, 7 or 10 days: the Kaş to Demre ghost cities section, the Ovacık to Patara coast, Kalkan to Kaş inland, Gelidonya to Olympos, and the ones to skip. Honest, with the logistics.
Walking the Lycian Way alone: honest notes on safety, dogs, water and signal Is the Lycian Way safe to walk solo, including as a woman? What the trip reports agree on, the real risks (heat, water, rope steps, village dogs, fake waymarks), phone signal, the 112 number, and how to make a solo walk from Kaş easier without giving up the solitude.
Lycian Way maps, GPX and apps: the guidebook, OsmAnd, the free Kaş GPX and what not to trust How to navigate the Lycian Way: Kate Clow’s 2022 guidebook and maps, why the official GPX is not free, why the Culture Routes Society recommends OsmAnd and not AllTrails, how the waymarks work and where they lie, and our free GPX of the Kaş section derived from OpenStreetMap.
What the Lycian Way costs: pensions, food, transport, guides and packages, honestly A realistic budget for the Lycian Way: what village pensions and meals cost, transport at stage ends, site entry fees, luggage transfer, what guided and self-guided packages are advertised at, and how the price of a Kaş to Demre walk is built. No invented figures; ranges with sources.