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Kas Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Kas, Turkey
mediterranean shape-shift
... black ocean and the busy grid of lights down below, I learned from an e mail that Beth was heading back en route to Turkey. Some unfortunate business at her volunteer workcamp in Montenegro led her to a wild detour up to Belgrade, and then back through ...
saılıng on the medıterranean
... 'terranean ıs very beautıful - amazıng coastlıne, crystal clear waters, and ruıns and famous castles dot the coastlıne! for all you people thınkıng about europe, ı hıghly suggest vısıtıng turkey and joınıng a saılng boat for a few ...
The Land of Lıght
... on. It even has a pool and ıncludes yummy breakfast ın the upstaırs terrace that looks over the bay- magıc. Kas ıs a fıshıng vıllage that survıves on tourısm, everythıng pıcture postcard. We walk ...
Kas
... ınkıng to a mınımum and possıbly avoıd doıng ıt alone ıf at all possıble. Turkey ıs a Muslım country and women don't typıcally drınk. I aım to be cautıous, but I also ...
Walking from Üçagiz to Aperlae - continuation -
I have already described that walk in a 2008 message, but I had stopped at Ramazan's restaurant. Last year I have been a bit more courageous. I have stopped again at Ramazan's of course, but, before, I have walked until the ancien town of Aperlae. It is ...
Christmas in Turkey & Honeycomb Lycian Tombs
I was a little sad to leave Cirali & Hotel Canada behind, but I knew Kas would not disappoint! We left shortly after breakfast, and after about an hour drive, we stopped in Demre (Kale) and the ruins of Myra (both were formerly Lycian and then Roman). ...
Kas, Kekova and Kilims
... door had a guy basically challenging us to find better than his for 50lira as was his price – didn’t find him again!!! Kas is a pretty harbour town hemmed in against the sea by the huge Ak Daglar Mountains. It is albeit stretching ...
Green Market Village
When it ever gets to buying a property in this area, then Kas is definitely favourite. The town has natural limits to growth thanks to steep mountain ridges and densely growth of pine and olive trees. We hooked up with the Korkmaz family, part-time carpet ...
The Turkish Gullet - Oasis 2
A weeks sailing in Turkey from Fethyie to Kas and return - 21st - 28th July 2012. We gathered around the V-GO travel agency where we met with our group and then made our way to the boat. We got the run down of whats going on for the week and then rules ...
Kas via Fethiye and a gulet to Demre
... boat journey ends near Demre (that's were you'll find a chapel with Santa Claus statue). Take a local bus heading back to Kas (30 minutes) - a real highlight. Small, quaint, relaxing, good food, a little night life, boat excursions to the sunken ...
kas
hi again today we are ın kas after a am hıke up a steep slope to walk on the patera aqueduct buılt about 100ad by the romans carrıed water 22 km from the mountains above kalcan to the town of patera. 2% grade and about a 10 inch cotta terra pıpe. ...
A Quick Stop in Cool Kas - Then Onward to Fethiye
We moved along the coast to Kas, a mellow and relaxing town. It is not known for it's beaches - which we did not really even find - except for a little patch of rocky ground between a couple of restaurants. The town was a cool place to visit ...
Okay; I love thıs place
If we were goıng to retıre ın Turkey, thıs mıght be where you would fınd us. Thıs small lovely town ıs just what you ımagıne lıfe on the Medıterranean should be. The pace ıs ...
At last the coast!
... who come out of their hotel, swim, go back to the hotel and swim some more, oh and drink lots! There are hotels in Turkey that have signs at the entrance stating that Russians are not welcome (they drink lots, get drunk, make lots of noise and it upsets ...
saılıng on the medıterranean
wıll be goıng on a saılıng cruıse along the turkısh coastlıne. settıng saıl from fetıyhe and wıll be gone for 4d3n. lıvıng on the boat wıll be dıfferent - wonder how long ıt wıll take for me to get my sea ...
Swim, read, water, repeat.
... a fellow Aussie to the restaurant that I had loved so much at the start of the week (much to the owners delight who gave us a free desert - baklava with icecream), and we had some awesome dinner. A great way to spend my last night in Turkey. ...
My Adventure holiday....
... passengers in a weeks time, all pink and happy after a week abroad with full board! Flew into Dalaman in South West Turkey, met other Exodus travellers, watched my package friends struggle to head off to their cruise ship and full board hotels in ...
Four days of rest & recuperation
Arrived at this lovely village after overnight bus Goreme to Antalya, a coffee, another 3 hours bus to Kas. Met at bus..... Yeah as all uphill to pension. Shaun & Cath have spent time here. Lovely room, with ensuite and the usual bidet.... Could ...
Tussen Antalya en Fethiye: de Lycische kust
We zijn beland in het land van de Lyciërs (9de.-6de. eeuw v C), met zijn typische graftomben en door aardbevingen verzonken steden zoals Kekova. Tussen Fethiye en Antalya loopt een bekende en zeer aantrekkelijke wandelweg -Lykia Yolü- langsheen ...
love the Mediterranean
... in the water. It was heavenly. We stayed at a wonderful guesthouse that had an amazing terrace on the top. The food in turkey continues to amaze our taste buds and we had a wonderful dinner full of dips, dolmas, and fresh fish. Next stop: ...
LIFE ON EASY STREET IN KAS
... . Lyn asked about my foot and I thanked Ms Nightingale for her concern. Except for the occasional forest, what parts of Turkey that are not under cultivation are seemingly under road construction. First camper vans/trailers seen in this country [likely ...
Kas a lovely place to rest
... . Surprisingly, Kas has a mix of both German and British tourists as we learned later on that the two cultures do not holiday in Turkey in the same towns. More on that later in Fethiye. What I liked about it was that we were there before ...
Sea kayaking over Kekova
... the eastern part of the country. People tell me that ıt really ıs a dıfferent world, that the men ın eastern turkey won't speak to a whıte woman; a couple I met yesterday told me that when they were together men would speak to ...
Simena and the Kekova archipelago
... more photos: http://www.orangeraie-de-finike.com/pdf/orangeraie_kekova_en.pdf The Kekova archipelago is one of the most beautiful places in Turkey. If you go to Lycia, you cannot by-pass this tour. Simena, also called "Kale koy", is a small ...
iceburg straight ahead
... we were only there for 2 nights because it didn't feel like we were in Turkey. It just felt like we were in Mexico or something. It was nice to know that we still had another week left to explore Turkey to see and taste the real culture. Cheerio Mates ...
Pammukale, Heiropolis, Kaputas, & Kas
... that Heather and I frequent. Cats are nasty, filthy creatures. -The words "meat" and “lamb” are 100% interchangeable in Turkey. If you order something in Turkey “with meat” or “meat doner” or “meat pide” ...
Intrepidness
This was "into the unknown" time for me. All I really thought of Turkey up to this point were water pipes, spice markets, mosques, and an unusual smell perhaps. All true, but much much more. Thank God! I arrived in Istanbul at 7 pm on Nov.12. Thank The ...
Wedding bells and serenity
... leave – I know this sounds like a cracked record again…… I feel I wasn’t quite finished with Turkey though – such a diverse and genuine culture of people, and genuinely friendly and fiercely proud of their country, indeed in ...