Posts Tagged Antalya Turkey

Kaş Beach,Kaputas Beach,Antalya,Turkey

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

kaş
Kas is a really lovely, relaxed old fishing village with few or no package tourists in evidence and easy access to some excellent little beaches a few minutes away on the gorgeous winding coast road. There are sufficient little hotels and interesting restaurants. It’s an hour from Kalkan.

Kaputas is a mountain gorge with a small shingle cove beach under a bridge crossing the gorge, with a steep set of steps up/down to the beach,and a steep drop off into the clear blue sea. It’s a 10 minute dolmus [bus] ride from the hill village of Kalkan, a harbour town with colourful restaurants and terraced bars overlooking the not particularly attractive marina.
2.5 hrs from Dalaman Airport.

Kemer, near Antalya, Turkey

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

kemer

Kemer is a made-to-order resort carved from Turkey’s pristine pine-shaded Mediterranean coast 35km (22 miles) southwest of Antalya (map).

Though not as large or elaborate as Mexico’s Cancún, the principle at Kemer (keh-MEHR, pop. 25,000) is the same: pick a favorable seaside location with little habitation and build a modern resort town of white concrete buildings in it.

With virtually nothing to offer in the way of quaint old buildings, photogenic winding streets or archeological ruins, people come to Kemer for sun and sea.

The beaches are mostly of large pebbles and stones, although the ones near the yacht marina and Yörük Parki (an anthropological park with a Turkish nomad theme) are of sand.

Kemer can be a base for exploring nearby sites like Olimpos, Phaselis, Termessos, Perge and Aspendos, but Antalya is more centrally located and, overall, has more to offer.

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