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West of Kekova, by mountains and bays framed in gorgeous surroundings of the resort of Kas (Antiphellos), marked by a cheerful, carefree atmosphere. After a full day of sun and lazing on one of the beautiful beaches on the hidden creeks - the kind you like to bring fishermen with their “water taxi” then - or the exciting exploration of the underwater world, an winkeligen stroll through the streets with lovely old Turkish houses great fun. In colorful jumble of copper, silver jewelry, ornate leather goods, hand-carpets, cotton clothing and many other souvenirs to choose one of the most attractive holiday experiences.
The Akdeniz promenade opposite the marina is lined with palm existed and full of colorful flowers. Bars and night clubs up in the morning hours into frequented. Interesting are the theatre and the Lycian tombs of the ancient site. A very impressive tomb stands in the middle of town.
Refreshing is an excursion into the nearby mountains with cozy villages, ancient sites and a breathtaking view of the level. Popular with climbers are the 3086 m high Kizlar Sivrisi and the west is 3030 m high Akdag.
18 km west of Kas is the Kapitas Gorge with a resting place from which one of stages to reach the same beach, at the end of the Pax (Turkish) Cave, the Blue Grotto Turkey.
A boat Kekova time, it is Dalyanagzi to Kekova, a sail and a paradise for all seasons perfect synthesis of nature and history. Kekova, together with its numerous bays, islands and ancient sites one of the most beautiful resort areas on the Turkish Mediterranean coast. On the north coast of the island of Kekova lie the remains of the result of an earthquake in the sea sunken ancient city of Apollonia (4.Jh. BC). From the castle Kaleköy in Ucagiz (Simena) enjoys an exceptionally beautiful views.
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Kas and around
Tourism has transformed KAS , until 1923 the Greek-populated timber-shipping port of Andifli, which sprang to prominence after about 1850. It’s still beautifully situated, nestled in a curving bay – the name Kas means “eyebrow” or “something curved” – with a backdrop of vertical 500 metre high cliffs peppered with rock tomms, and startling , head on views of Greek Kastellorizo . But what was a sleepy fishing village until the early 1980s has become a holiday metropolis and ilçe (country seat), whose permanent official population of eight thousand is vastly outnumbered in summer by the vacationers on whom locals depend for a living. Attitudes towards outsiders have inevitably hardened – the otogar is predictably well patrolled by accommodation touts though they’re not yet like those encountered at Selcuk or Pamukkale. Kas is less snooty, more youth-oriented and more hoi polloi cosmopolitan than nearby Kalkan ; aspiring Istanbul and Ankara yuppies come here, and amongst foreigners its still, unlike Kalkan , firmly established on the backpackers trail.
Kas has always been a major halting point on “Blue Cruise” itineraries, and yacht and gulet culture is as important here as Kalkan with day-trips available on the latter craft for the less well-heeled. Plans are afoot to move all pleasure craft to a new marina being prepared at Bucak Limani (formerly Vathy), the long fjord west of town, wedged between Highway 400 ant the Cukurbag peninsula which extends 5 km south-west of Kas.
The beaches
Considering that Kas is a major Turkish resort , local natural beaches are surprisingly poor; a few on the north shore of Bucak Limani are muddy and give onto sumpy water. In town itself Küçükçakil ( small gravel) has in recent years been pretty much taken over by the hotels facing it , who have installed snack-bar and sunbed concessions and concreted over the shore as a lido. Büyükçakil just over a kilometer east of town, is a small , coarse-shingle cove that nevertheless gets crowded out.
There’s no beach to speak of in Kas itself, or anywhere nearby for that matter, which together with a lack of a really convenient airport , and a spotty water supply (finally remedied in 1988 by a pipeline from Saklikent ) has spared the town the worst excesses of modern torism. Indeed , if you are not looking for antiques and carpets , at first glance there seems little to keep you here the town does get lively at night, however mainly because shops stay open until 1am in season - the many bars much later. By day Kas makes a handy base from which to reach Kekova and nearby Patara if you dont have your own transport , and local boosters are working hard to make it a major springboard for various types of adventure and activity tourism. The modern town is built atop the site of ancient Antiphellos , whose remaining ruins still speckle the streets, as well as covering the base of the peninsula to the west.
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Kas and around
Tourism has transformed KAS , until 1923 the Greek-populated timber-shipping port of Andifli, which sprang to prominence after about 1850. It’s still beautifully situated, nestled in a curving bay – the name Kas means “eyebrow” or “something curved” – with a backdrop of vertical 500 metre high cliffs peppered with rock tomms, and startling , head on views of Greek Kastellorizo . But what was a sleepy fishing village until the early 1980s has become a holiday metropolis and ilçe (country seat), whose permanent official population of eight thousand is vastly outnumbered in summer by the vacationers on whom locals depend for a living. Attitudes towards outsiders have inevitably hardened – the otogar is predictably well patrolled by accommodation touts though they’re not yet like those encountered at Selcuk or Pamukkale. Kas is less snooty, more youth-oriented and more hoi polloi cosmopolitan than nearby Kalkan ; aspiring Istanbul and Ankara yuppies come here, and amongst foreigners its still, unlike Kalkan , firmly established on the backpackers trail.
Kas has always been a major halting point on “Blue Cruise” itineraries, and yacht and gulet culture is as important here as Kalkan with day-trips available on the latter craft for the less well-heeled. Plans are afoot to move all pleasure craft to a new marina being prepared at Bucak Limani (formerly Vathy), the long fjord west of town, wedged between Highway 400 ant the Cukurbag peninsula which extends 5 km south-west of Kas.
The beaches
Considering that Kas is a major Turkish resort , local natural beaches are surprisingly poor; a few on the north shore of Bucak Limani are muddy and give onto sumpy water. In town itself Küçükçakil ( small gravel) has in recent years been pretty much taken over by the hotels facing it , who have installed snack-bar and sunbed concessions and concreted over the shore as a lido. Büyükçakil just over a kilometer east of town, is a small , coarse-shingle cove that nevertheless gets crowded out.
There’s no beach to speak of in Kas itself, or anywhere nearby for that matter, which together with a lack of a really convenient airport , and a spotty water supply (finally remedied in 1988 by a pipeline from Saklikent ) has spared the town the worst excesses of modern torism. Indeed , if you are not looking for antiques and carpets , at first glance there seems little to keep you here the town does get lively at night, however mainly because shops stay open until 1am in season - the many bars much later. By day Kas makes a handy base from which to reach Kekova and nearby Patara if you dont have your own transport , and local boosters are working hard to make it a major springboard for various types of adventure and activity tourism. The modern town is built atop the site of ancient Antiphellos , whose remaining ruins still speckle the streets, as well as covering the base of the peninsula to the west.
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