What are some great spots for photography along the Lycian Coast?
Jun 3rd, 2015, 06:49 AM
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What are some great spots for photography along the Lycian Coast?
I'm looking to include beach spots, secluded or popular, but also to document some historical sites and life in smaller fishing towns along the coast.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
Jun 3rd, 2015, 07:19 AM
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Kaputaş Plajı west of Kaş is a secluded beach. You have to climb down stairs to get to the beach level from the road. Gemiler Island and Simena/Kekova were interesting. Near Patara is Xanthos Achaeological site.
Jun 3rd, 2015, 09:19 AM
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The following is an alternative to what most travelers to Turkey will photograph:
The area has quite a few spots which more than meet your expectations.
You will hopefully get enough advice on Pamukkale, Aphrodisias, Ephesus, Perge, Side, Aspendos, Letoon, Didyma, Miletus, Herakleia, Priene, Dilek Lagoon, Pergamom, Assos, Aizanoi, Phrigia. Hattusas, Gobeklitepe, Zeugma, Nemrut, Ani, Ishak Pasa Palace, Sumela Monastery, Troy, Cappadocia to name the more frequently visited sites in Turkey by visitors staying 5-30 days.
Here's the alternative :
Drive the Med coast from Alanya to Mersin for very local, less touristy towns and villages with less known but still spectacular antiquity and natural sites.
Google Anemurium; Uzuncaburç (Diocaesarea-Olba); Kanlıdivane (ancient Canytelis, Greek: Κανυτελής); Aydincik, Kelenderis (Κελενδερίς in Ancient Greek). Cennet & Cehennem sink holes; Asthma Caverns; Alahan Monastery; Ermenek;
The area has quite a few spots which more than meet your expectations.
You will hopefully get enough advice on Pamukkale, Aphrodisias, Ephesus, Perge, Side, Aspendos, Letoon, Didyma, Miletus, Herakleia, Priene, Dilek Lagoon, Pergamom, Assos, Aizanoi, Phrigia. Hattusas, Gobeklitepe, Zeugma, Nemrut, Ani, Ishak Pasa Palace, Sumela Monastery, Troy, Cappadocia to name the more frequently visited sites in Turkey by visitors staying 5-30 days.
Here's the alternative :
Drive the Med coast from Alanya to Mersin for very local, less touristy towns and villages with less known but still spectacular antiquity and natural sites.
Google Anemurium; Uzuncaburç (Diocaesarea-Olba); Kanlıdivane (ancient Canytelis, Greek: Κανυτελής); Aydincik, Kelenderis (Κελενδερίς in Ancient Greek). Cennet & Cehennem sink holes; Asthma Caverns; Alahan Monastery; Ermenek;
Jun 3rd, 2015, 12:10 PM
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Happy Trvir, if you so decide and let us know with sufficient time, i shall do my best to suggest an itinerary to meet your likes and desires.
If you have not done so, you may enjoy my trip report of our trip in the region, partially with my older college professor from Denver, Colorado and his family, on Fodors, called, "from Denver to Virtuous"
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...irtuous.cfm?23
If you have not done so, you may enjoy my trip report of our trip in the region, partially with my older college professor from Denver, Colorado and his family, on Fodors, called, "from Denver to Virtuous"
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...irtuous.cfm?23
Jun 10th, 2015, 04:29 AM
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@greg, I was thinking of the beaches surrounding Kas too, thanks for giving me a more specific point to focus on!
@HappyTrvlr, I had no idea they were restoring the council chamber, I just looked it up and I agree, it sounds like a must-see!
@otherchelebi, You were right, the most popular sites were the one to pop up first in my searches, but thank you so much for taking the time to explain the alternative route! I'll definitely look them all up and see what strikes a chord!
@HappyTrvlr, I had no idea they were restoring the council chamber, I just looked it up and I agree, it sounds like a must-see!
@otherchelebi, You were right, the most popular sites were the one to pop up first in my searches, but thank you so much for taking the time to explain the alternative route! I'll definitely look them all up and see what strikes a chord!
Jun 10th, 2015, 04:36 PM
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I thought the views from Arykanda magnificent.
Also, when I was there (2012), Üçağız still seemed a relatively simple fishing village, although it seemed to be changing. Here's a section of my trip report (which you can find by clicking on my name): "The town has a pretty little marina, a few flower-bedecked shops, a public square where children play…. My impression, which could be WAY off the mark, is that Üçağız still has a few unsullied corners (but note: it has few corners, sullied or not!), and that for the most part, tourism hasn’t yet destroyed this quiet little fishing village. But I also had the impression that a few local entrepreneurs are trying to capture a share of the tourist industry. I don’t know if they can do it, or if they can do it without destroying what might draw us there. I can say that one merchant in town was among the most offensively aggressive that I encountered in my 3 weeks in Turkey."
Also, when I was there (2012), Üçağız still seemed a relatively simple fishing village, although it seemed to be changing. Here's a section of my trip report (which you can find by clicking on my name): "The town has a pretty little marina, a few flower-bedecked shops, a public square where children play…. My impression, which could be WAY off the mark, is that Üçağız still has a few unsullied corners (but note: it has few corners, sullied or not!), and that for the most part, tourism hasn’t yet destroyed this quiet little fishing village. But I also had the impression that a few local entrepreneurs are trying to capture a share of the tourist industry. I don’t know if they can do it, or if they can do it without destroying what might draw us there. I can say that one merchant in town was among the most offensively aggressive that I encountered in my 3 weeks in Turkey."
Jun 17th, 2015, 05:01 PM
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I wasn't trying to discourage you from visiting Üçağız: It had more of the feel of an actual fishing village than anywhere else I visited in Turkey, which is not to say that there aren't others -- I'm only commenting on what I saw. I'm sure that otherchelebi can provide far more accurate and detailed and current information.
But if your goal in going there would be to see the sunken ruins, well, then maybe a few discouraging words wouldn't be out of order! I enjoyed my boat ride, but the ruins that one can currently see include a small segment of a pier just under the water (and really, it's just the top of a wall and not that interesting IMO), one or two amphora on the sea floor (which you can only see if you take a "glass bottomed" boat), and some very limited traces indicating that a town once existed along the shore (stairs to nowhere, etc). As I understand it, one used to be able to see more, but restrictions were placed on the areas in which boats and swimmers can venture in an effort to protect what remains. I could be wrong....
But if your goal in going there would be to see the sunken ruins, well, then maybe a few discouraging words wouldn't be out of order! I enjoyed my boat ride, but the ruins that one can currently see include a small segment of a pier just under the water (and really, it's just the top of a wall and not that interesting IMO), one or two amphora on the sea floor (which you can only see if you take a "glass bottomed" boat), and some very limited traces indicating that a town once existed along the shore (stairs to nowhere, etc). As I understand it, one used to be able to see more, but restrictions were placed on the areas in which boats and swimmers can venture in an effort to protect what remains. I could be wrong....
Jun 18th, 2015, 01:41 AM
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As far as underwater ruins, KJA is quite right. However, there are sarcophagi and other ruins at Kekova, reachable only by boat; and the geography of the multiple, interlaid bays and coves with headlands and islands can make quite interesting photographs.
You will get different perspectives and possibilities with the movement of the sun and should possibly use filters.
If you have not read it already, a not very informative trip report I wrote is:
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...-2010-trip.cfm
Although we have not visited the area recently, I have heard that there has unfortunately been some construction at and around the central square and the shore. I just hope it has not ruined the sleepy, lazy atmosphere kja mentions.
You will get different perspectives and possibilities with the movement of the sun and should possibly use filters.
If you have not read it already, a not very informative trip report I wrote is:
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...-2010-trip.cfm
Although we have not visited the area recently, I have heard that there has unfortunately been some construction at and around the central square and the shore. I just hope it has not ruined the sleepy, lazy atmosphere kja mentions.
Jun 24th, 2015, 10:41 AM
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@kja & @otherchelebi Thanks so much for the updates! I haven't read the article yet, I'll have a look. Do you think finding a boat and seeing more of the coastline in one go, including Kekova and Üçağız would make more sense?
Jun 24th, 2015, 04:18 PM
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If your goal is to have a pleasant boat ride and see Kekova and/or Kaleköy, you can do that from Üçağız or elsewhere. My comments were in response to the suggestion that your goal was specifically to see the sunken ruins. As otherchelebi notes, there are other reasons one might enjoy the ride -- and I did, in fact, enjoy my boat ride. 
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I was at Simena/Kekova last month. I was on a gulet boat, and I did not start from Üçağız, but from a cove on the north side of the Simena Archaeological site. If you look at the google satellite map, you see a cove to the east of Üçağız. Looking at the boat launch site, it looks like you can drive from Üçağız. The north side of the peninsula where Simena sits is not developed. We walked up a hiking path to a saddle overlooking the cove and the straight where necropolis is located. The necropolis in twilight against straight might make an interesting picture. I was there later in the morning, and the light angle was so so. I visited the Simena Archaeological site at the top of the hill, then walked down the highly developed dock side of hill on the south slope. I saw a parade of boats coming from Üçağız doing cruise around Kekova. Our gulet captain brought the boat to the dock side, and I continued the trip from there. There is a sarcophagus sitting in the water near the dock. You can google "sunken tomb kekova" to see if you want to make something out of it. I did not have time to get there.
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