Day 1: Our gulet is about 30 minutes from Dalaman airport at Göçek, a pretty harbour beneath mountains at the head of the Bay of Fethiye. Welcome dinner on board.
Day 3: South east to Gemiler Island, a key pilgrimage centre, where Japanese archaeologists have been working on a number of superb Byzantine churches. It’s a perfect area for swimming and snorkelling.
Day 4: On to Kas, a beautiful village of white-washed houses covered with purple bougainvillaea. Ancient Antiphellos is littered with tombs and a theatre with a magnificent sea view.
Day 5: East to picturesque Üçagiz, old Teimiussa, one of the most evocative of all Lycian burial sites.
Day 6: Into the mountains to Arykanda, where archaeological excavations have revealed a prosperous monumental city.
Day 7: On to Phaselis, seat of pirates who terrorised the region’s rich trade routes. Its three harbours and civic monuments now lie serene amid pine trees.
Day 8: To Antalya, the south’s most vibrant city, with a fortified harbour and archaeology museum full of marble statues. Roman Perge is a vast treasure house of ruins. A real highlight of this archaeology tour. We stroll through colonnaded streets and shops, marbled bath-houses, a stadium, and vast Hellenistic fortifications.
Day 10: South to Olympos, a pretty little archaeological site scattered amongst trees beside a sparkling stream. On an ancient sacred way we visit the Chimaera, a natural phenomenon where flames burst from the ground, and legendary home of the mythical beast.
Day 11: We visit Myra, famed for its Roman theatre and rock hewn tombs. Walking through its port, Andriake, we uncover a giant cistern and granary built by the Emperor Hadrian.
Day 12: West to Kale, site of ancient Simena, perched beneath a melee of Lycian tombs, and an Ottoman fort. One of the most romantic settings of the holiday.
Day 13: We set off for pretty Kalkan, and inland to Xanthus, capital of ancient Lycia, where French archaeologists have been excavating for over half a century, uncovering more and more wonders every year.
Day 14: A last dip, then to Fethiye to visit its magnificent cliff tombs and a final chance to shop.
Day 15: Transfer from our gulet back to Dalaman airport.
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