Patara Beach

15 days at Patara Beach, Dalyan and Datça.

... as I was beginning to doubt the whole day we saw a sign that said, Parking lot ahead. Then a sign said welcome to Patara Beach.  There was a long boardwalk between pine trees and some shacks and then the white sand and the ocean.  No one in ...

... Turkish breakfast this morning, no wonder these guys are skinny…the tomatoes and cucumbers are getting old, where's the bacon? Off to Patara Beach today. We had an uneventful drive to Patara and found that the turn-off road to the beach is the best ...

patara is a place like olympos, there is an archeological park and in a little forest you can find sign of different civilization. The beach is ...

After almost 13 hours on the bus we arrived in Kalkan yesterday. From Kalkan we took the minibus to Patara and arrived at our accommodation. For 50 lira a night I am quite impressed, we have a private bathroom, a mosquito net and air conditioning. Behind ...

... and the mediterranean is quite a nice place to refresh!! As luck would have it the tourist season is coming to a close so the beach isnt crowded and good accomodation is not hard to come by! I was greeted on arrival here..it is so nice to be welcomed by ...

... at both places, but still worth the visit. Later in the afternoon we arrived at Patara were we stopped for a swim at beautiful Patara beach and a late afternoon walk through the ruins of ancient Patara. It was just us and 2 other people in the ruins. ...

... that seeing cities from before the common era would become such as ho-hum, everyday activity. After that we went to Kaputaş beach near Kalkan because we were about to pass out from heat stroke. It was beautiful, clear blue water, pebble and sand ...

patara is the place we liked best on the mediterranean coast. a long beach, few tourists, roman ruins, turtle nests and ...

... the Turkish family next to us came over and introduced themselves. The Turkish people we met are very friendly. Patara village itself is 3 klms from the beach, and full of cheap little hotels, and yes we should have stayed there, between the beach and ...

... have been - we got to tour the area by boat, eat fresh fish, and use the waterslide! The next day we headed to Patara - the birthplace of Saint Nicholas.  Having been raised in North Pole Alaska, I could not resist!!  The only trouble was that ...

... famous historical ruins of the ancient places Perge, Side, Aspendos, Termessos, Olympos, Chimera, Letoon, Kekova (The Sunken City), Patara, Phaselis, Myra (the birthplace of St.Nicholas), Köprülü Canyon National Park, Antalya Old City, ... SPORTS : ...

... anchoring and swimming. The daily boat tours from Kalkan stop here either on the way from Kalkan or on the return to Patara. Patara Beach It is a seven kilometers long beach. Both the beach and the bottom of the sea are of very white sand. ...

... the back, his wife's cooking, and so on. The place turns out to be quite nice and we check in for a couple of nights. Patara Beach was named by the Sunday Times a few years back as the world's best beach, quite a billing to live up to. ...