|
You should see the
tiny Mediterranean fishing
village of Üçağız before
it's spoiled.
The best way is
on a boat tour from nearby Kaş, or from Çayağzı
(Andriake near Demre-Myra).
Okay, Üçağız (EWCH-ah-uhz, "Three
Mouths," for the three rivers
that debouche here) is no longer the
perfectly authentic little Mediterranean seaside
hamlet that it was in 1990,
but the government is limiting new
building so it's still pretty nice.
Old village houses are interspersed
with tall stone Lycian tombs over
2000 years old, and the marble ruins
of a Roman "sunken
city"
still glisten beneath the pellucid
waters of the Mediterranean just offshore.
In 1990 there wasn't even a decent road into
the place. Most people came by boat then—and
they still do, because the road, although
paved, twists through the hills for
19 km from the coastal highway. (Even
so, Üçağız is now a stop for bus tours
coming to do a boat cruise, then lunch.)
Whether you start from Kaş or Çayağzı,
or whether you drive to Üçağız and
rent a small motorboat or join a boat
tour there, you'll also be dropped
at the pristine hamlet of Kaleköy (Castle
Village) to walk its streets, have
tea in its cafes, and see its little
fortress.
Üçağız has
some pretty good restaurants for
the yachters who
moor here for lunch, and a few small,
simple pensions,
but they've decided there will not
be a lot of hotels here, so the number
of beds is limited, and they tend to
fill up in summer, so if you want to
stay here awhile your best bet is to
come on a day-trip,
ask around, find a room, make a reservation,
and come back with your stuff.
Distances & Travel Times
Antalya: 181
km (113 miles) NE, 3.75 hours
Demre (Myra,
Kale): 36 km (22 miles) E, 50
minutes
Fethiye: 143
km (89 miles) NW, 2.75 hours
Kalkan: 62
km (39 miles) W, 1.5 hours
Kaş: 33
km (21 miles) E, 45 minutes
Kemer: 146
km (91 miles) NE, 3 hours
Olimpos: 106
km (66 miles) NE, 3 hours
Maps
of Mediterranean Turkey
Mediterranean
Turkey
Where
to Go
TTP
Homepage
|
