2 Best Restaurants in Demre, The Turquoise Coast

One of the best of the traditional Turkish lokantas around the church of St. Nicholas, Ipek doesn't look like much, and the waiters can be surly, but excellent meat dishes make this the restaurant of choice for many.

After paying your respects to St. Nick, retire to this bakery-café, the local branch of a popular Turkish chain, to enjoy arctic air-conditioning and a cold drink or tea accompanied by fresh baklava, the diamond-cut honeyed pastry with nuts. Until early afternoon Nur also serves su böreği, a salty pastry flavored with crumbly cheese.