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Kaş to Kekova Map — Bays, Beaches & Ancient Cities

Explore the Turkish Mediterranean from Kaş to Beymelek on satellite imagery: hidden bays, ancient cities, islands, beaches and the Sunken City of Kekova. Tap any marker to see what is there.

Boat tour routes

Indicative route — the captain adjusts the day for weather and sea. · Positions from OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Imagery credited on the map.

Every place on this map

The same places as plain text, with their coordinates — for anyone reading without the map, and for search engines.

Boat tour stops

  • Akvaryum Koyu 36.1703, 29.8347 The clearest water in the archipelago, at the western end of Kekova island, with ruined fortifications on the islets that guard the approach.
  • Tersane Koyu 36.1722, 29.8464 The old shipyard bay, with a ruined Byzantine church standing at the waterline and stonework from the same period underwater — and here you are allowed to swim over it.
  • Kaleköy (Simena) 36.1904, 29.8616 A village with no road in. A crusader castle sits above the roofs, a Lycian sarcophagus stands in the shallows, and the ice cream at the top of the steps is homemade.
  • Kekova Adası 36.1824, 29.8785 Seven kilometres of uninhabited limestone that shields the channel from the open sea. Its north shore carries the Sunken City; the south side faces nothing but open Mediterranean, and almost no boat goes round that way.
  • Batık Liman 36.1774, 29.8573
  • Batık Şehir 36.1811, 29.8651 Lycian streets, staircases and storerooms lying just under clear water for a kilometre and a half along Kekova island. Swimming here is forbidden — you watch it slide past from the boat.
  • Karaloz Koyu 36.1833, 29.8888 A long narrow inlet cut into the south side of Kekova island, known locally as Martı — seagull — for its shape from the air. Sheer walls, deep still water and almost nobody: the day boats do not come round this side.
  • Eğri Liman 36.1765, 29.8784
  • Çamlık Koyu 36.2192, 29.9045 Pines running down to the water, and the last swim of the day. Tea, coffee or a plate of fruit on deck afterwards, while nobody is in a hurry to be anywhere.
  • Buzağılık Koyu 36.2259, 29.9047 The first proper stop of the day, twenty minutes out of Çayağzı: quiet, clean and rarely busy at that hour, because the boats coming from further west have not reached it yet.
  • Esmeralda Koyu 36.1929, 29.8809 A green-water cove on the way back east, named for the colour. One of the last swim stops of the day, when the light has gone soft and the other boats have already turned for home.
  • Burç Koyu 36.1999, 29.8893 A bay under a ruined watchtower, beside the two small islands called İkizler — the twins. Clear ground for snorkelling, with a castle wall standing above the shoreline.
  • Burç Kalesi 36.1991, 29.8871
  • Gökkaya Koyu 36.2111, 29.8902 A wide, sheltered bay of blue-green water reached through a strait watched over by the wild goats of Aşırlı island. One of the calmest anchorages on this coast.
  • Aşırlı Adası 36.2100, 29.9012
  • Korsan Mağarası 36.2078, 29.9027 A sea cave off Aşırlı island, and one of the last breeding sites of the Mediterranean monk seal — a species down to roughly 900 animals worldwide, around 120 of them in Turkish waters. Boats used to motor inside. Since 2025 the mouth has been chained shut and entry is banned; infrared camera traps showed how badly the visits were disturbing the seals. You can still see the cave from the water, and that is how we show it.
  • Tek Adası 36.1889, 29.9113
  • Kişneli Adası 36.2037, 29.9002
  • Kişneli Adası Bizans Kilisesi 36.2037, 29.8993
  • Çayağzı Yat Limanı 36.2239, 29.9421 Where our boats leave from, with a long beach beside it. A freshwater spring runs into the sea here, and loggerhead turtles come in to feed on it.
  • Karaemlik Koyu 36.2289, 29.9399

Ancient cities

  • Antiphellos Antik Tiyatrosu 36.2000, 29.6349
  • Phellos 36.2425, 29.6618
  • İsinda 36.1804, 29.7038
  • Aperlai 36.1596, 29.7822
  • Apollonia 36.1868, 29.7647
  • Tersane — Roma Tersanesi 36.1715, 29.8468
  • Theimussa 36.1972, 29.8503
  • Theimussa Nekropolü 36.1968, 29.8516
  • Simena Kalesi 36.1913, 29.8620
  • Simena Nekropolü 36.1917, 29.8638
  • Kral Mezarları 36.1902, 29.8598
  • Batık Liman 36.1774, 29.8573
  • Batık Şehir 36.1811, 29.8651 Lycian streets, staircases and storerooms lying just under clear water for a kilometre and a half along Kekova island. Swimming here is forbidden — you watch it slide past from the boat.
  • Batık Şehir — Hamam 36.1787, 29.8603
  • Batık Şehir — Kilise 36.1801, 29.8632
  • Buzağılık Likya Gözetleme Kalesi 36.2277, 29.9062
  • Burç Kalesi 36.1991, 29.8871
  • Tyberissos 36.2152, 29.8564 On a hill at Çevreli — the old name is Tırmısın — two kilometres inland from Üçağız and 365 metres up, looking over the plain. On the lower southern knoll a Doric temple of Apollo was taken apart and rebuilt as a church out of its own stones.
  • İstlada 36.2185, 29.8879 A Lycian settlement on the ridge above Gökkaya bay, by the village of Kapaklı. House-shaped tombs and sarcophagi stand among the scrub, with the sea below and nobody selling tickets.
  • Hoyran 36.2301, 29.8763
  • Kyaneai 36.2454, 29.8151 A hilltop city reached on foot through pine forest, with a theatre full of fallen sarcophagi and a view that carries all the way down to the sea.
  • Andriake 36.2261, 29.9558 Myra’s ancient harbour, where Hadrian’s granary still stands, with the region’s museum built beside it. Excavation here uncovered a fifth-century synagogue — the first found anywhere on Anatolia’s Mediterranean coast — its stones still carrying menorah reliefs; in Byzantine times five churches and this one synagogue stood around the same harbour. The wetland behind it is a bird reserve with 168 recorded species. Open every day 08:30–18:45, and again 19:00–21:00 for night visits, with the ticket office closing at 20:00 — which is what makes it possible after a day on the boat. A Müzekart covers the daytime visit; the night ticket is 200 TL on top of it (2026).
  • Myra Antik Kenti 36.2587, 29.9852 Lycian tombs cut straight into the cliff face, above a Roman theatre that seated around ten thousand — the largest and best preserved on this coast. Most of the city is still buried under the silt the Myros river laid down over it, which is why it gets called Anatolia’s Pompeii. Restoration work is under way, so expect parts of it to be fenced off. Five minutes from the town centre, and almost entirely without shade.
  • Myra Tiyatrosu 36.2591, 29.9853
  • Myra Kaya Mezarları 36.2588, 29.9844
  • Sura 36.2443, 29.9443 The city on the hillside, quiet and overgrown. Sura and its oracle were one settlement: the sanctuary of Apollo lies about 600 m below, by the spring in the marsh.
  • Apollon Tapınağı (Sura) 36.2411, 29.9398 The sanctuary below Sura, where the priests read the future in the movements of fish. A flute was played three times over the spring; what the fish did next was the answer. The temple stands in the marsh, reached on a path from the road.
  • Issium 36.2838, 30.0373
  • Trysa 36.2686, 29.9007 A walled hilltop city by Davazlar village, about forty kilometres from Demre. Irregular walls dated to the 5th century BC, an agora, and rock tombs with sarcophagi grouped around them — a plan that does not look like the other Lycian cities.

Bays

  • Akvaryum Koyu 36.1703, 29.8347 The clearest water in the archipelago, at the western end of Kekova island, with ruined fortifications on the islets that guard the approach.
  • Tersane Koyu 36.1722, 29.8464 The old shipyard bay, with a ruined Byzantine church standing at the waterline and stonework from the same period underwater — and here you are allowed to swim over it.
  • Kekova Körfezi 36.1885, 29.8749
  • Karaloz Koyu 36.1833, 29.8888 A long narrow inlet cut into the south side of Kekova island, known locally as Martı — seagull — for its shape from the air. Sheer walls, deep still water and almost nobody: the day boats do not come round this side.
  • Eğri Liman 36.1765, 29.8784
  • Çamlık Koyu 36.2192, 29.9045 Pines running down to the water, and the last swim of the day. Tea, coffee or a plate of fruit on deck afterwards, while nobody is in a hurry to be anywhere.
  • Buzağılık Koyu 36.2259, 29.9047 The first proper stop of the day, twenty minutes out of Çayağzı: quiet, clean and rarely busy at that hour, because the boats coming from further west have not reached it yet.
  • Esmeralda Koyu 36.1929, 29.8809 A green-water cove on the way back east, named for the colour. One of the last swim stops of the day, when the light has gone soft and the other boats have already turned for home.
  • Burç Koyu 36.1999, 29.8893 A bay under a ruined watchtower, beside the two small islands called İkizler — the twins. Clear ground for snorkelling, with a castle wall standing above the shoreline.
  • Gökkaya Koyu 36.2111, 29.8902 A wide, sheltered bay of blue-green water reached through a strait watched over by the wild goats of Aşırlı island. One of the calmest anchorages on this coast.
  • Korsan Mağarası 36.2078, 29.9027 A sea cave off Aşırlı island, and one of the last breeding sites of the Mediterranean monk seal — a species down to roughly 900 animals worldwide, around 120 of them in Turkish waters. Boats used to motor inside. Since 2025 the mouth has been chained shut and entry is banned; infrared camera traps showed how badly the visits were disturbing the seals. You can still see the cave from the water, and that is how we show it.
  • Kaş–Kekova Özel Çevre Koruma Bölgesi 36.1772, 29.7803 The whole archipelago is a specially protected zone. It is why the Sunken City can only be passed slowly and never swum over, why some bays are closed to anchoring, and why the Pirate Cave was chained shut in 2025 for the monk seals that pup inside it.
  • Karaemlik Koyu 36.2289, 29.9399
  • Kaymakam Koyu 36.2211, 29.9547
  • Çağıllı Plajı 36.2338, 29.9218
  • Beymelek Lagünü 36.2673, 30.0545 A brackish lagoon behind Beymelek, cut off from the sea by a sandbar and fished for centuries. Birds in winter, blue crab on the restaurant tables, and flat water whatever the sea is doing outside.

Islands

  • Kekova Adası 36.1824, 29.8785 Seven kilometres of uninhabited limestone that shields the channel from the open sea. Its north shore carries the Sunken City; the south side faces nothing but open Mediterranean, and almost no boat goes round that way.
  • Aşırlı Adası 36.2100, 29.9012
  • Tek Adası 36.1889, 29.9113
  • Kişneli Adası 36.2037, 29.9002
  • Topak Adası 36.1692, 29.8368
  • Kara Ada 36.1705, 29.8326

Beaches

Harbours

Towns & villages

  • Kaş 36.1994, 29.6413
  • Çukurbağ Yarımadası 36.1946, 29.6064
  • Üçağız (Kaleüçağız) 36.1974, 29.8476 A fishing village built in and around Lycian tombs, where the road ends and the boats begin. The sarcophagi of ancient Theimussa stand right at the shoreline.
  • Kaleköy (Simena) 36.1904, 29.8616 A village with no road in. A crusader castle sits above the roofs, a Lycian sarcophagus stands in the shallows, and the ice cream at the top of the steps is homemade.
  • Çevreli 36.2181, 29.8367 A quiet farming village two kilometres inland from Üçağız, on the road that climbs to Tyberissos. Tırmısın, the older name still used locally, is the Lycian one worn down by time.
  • Kapaklı 36.2300, 29.8957 On the ridge behind Gökkaya, with İstlada’s tombs scattered in the scrub above it and a view down the length of the channel.
  • Davazlar 36.2622, 29.8801 A mountain village about forty kilometres from Demre and the way in to Trysa. Cool in summer, and the road up is worth the drive on its own.
  • Demre 36.2446, 29.9876 A working farming town rather than a resort: greenhouses to the horizon, a Saturday market, and the church of St Nicholas in the middle of it. Almost everything you came for is within a few kilometres of the square.
  • Beymelek 36.2416, 30.0185

Museums & churches

  • Kişneli Adası Bizans Kilisesi 36.2037, 29.8993
  • Likya Uygarlıkları Müzesi 36.2259, 29.9555 Myra’s ancient harbour, where Hadrian’s granary still stands, with the region’s museum built beside it. Excavation here uncovered a fifth-century synagogue — the first found anywhere on Anatolia’s Mediterranean coast — its stones still carrying menorah reliefs; in Byzantine times five churches and this one synagogue stood around the same harbour. The wetland behind it is a bird reserve with 168 recorded species. Open every day 08:30–18:45, and again 19:00–21:00 for night visits, with the ticket office closing at 20:00 — which is what makes it possible after a day on the boat. A Müzekart covers the daytime visit; the night ticket is 200 TL on top of it (2026).
  • Aziz Nikolaos Kilisesi 36.2448, 29.9855 The 4th-century church where Nicholas served as bishop — the historical man behind Father Christmas — with Byzantine floor mosaics and frescoes still in place.

Lycian Way