Ancient Cities
Ancient Patara, the League Capital That Lost Its Sea
A triumphal arch, a council chamber and one of the oldest lighthouses in the world stand behind the dunes of Patara.
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Culture
Ancient cities of Lycia and the stories that stayed behind.
Ancient Cities
Kaunos, the Harbour City the River Took Back
A Carian port left stranded in the reed beds of the Dalyan delta, with a theatre, a domed church and a cliff of tombs across the water.
Ancient Cities
Xanthos, the Capital That Chose Fire Over Surrender
Above the Xanthos valley, the greatest city of Lycia keeps its pillar tombs, its long inscription and the memory of two sieges. Go early in the day and the hills are almost yours.
Ancient Cities
Pınara, the City on the Round Rock
A Lycian hill city above the Xanthos valley, with a cliff of tombs and a theatre nobody has restored.
Historic Sites
Kayaköy, the Hillside Village That Nobody Moved Into
Above Fethiye, several hundred stone houses stand open to the sky on a slope that emptied in 1923 and never refilled.
Ancient Cities
The Dalyan Rock Tombs, the Temples Cut Into the Cliff
Across the river from Dalyan, temple fronts with columns and pediments are cut straight into the limestone.
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