This escorted tour explores the virtually untouched coastline of ancient Lycia. Behind the soaring Taurus mountains an extraordinary culture and a fiercely independent people developed. Their funerary architecture, unlike anything else in the world, still litters their once prosperous ports.
We step back in time, to see how these towns evolved from Greek, Roman and Byzantine times to the present day. Their location, history, and state of preservation make for some of the most fascinating sites of antiquity.
Sailing aboard the gulet Almira is simply the best way to explore the Lycians’ maritime culture. We can reach otherwise inaccessible places in relaxing and stylish fashion without the need to change hotels.
Highlights include Aspendos, whose theatre is still used for regular concert performances, and whose soaring aqueduct brought precious water from a distant spring to a marbled hilltop fountain.
Carved out on high terraces, Arykanda, is one of Turkey’s finest treasures, regularly likened to Delphi - but without the tour buses and crowds.
This one week gulet cruise is a wonderful introduction to Turkey’s antiquities, and an ideal way to relax, enjoy splendid food and swim in warm clear waters.
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Quite apart from ‘our’ wonderful boat, hats off for seamless organisation and planning...terrific
Walter Stewart, Connecticut, USA
8 DAYS
Tour Price includes:
Full board accomm on gulet
All road transfers
All crew services on gulet
Entrance fees & tips on land
6 day excursions with Peter
