Private Turquoise Coast 10 Days

Arrival at Antalya Airport (AYT). Transfer to your hotel in the charming old town of Kaleiçi, with its cobbled streets, minarets and views of the Roman harbour. Check-in and welcome meeting with the group and your guide. An introductory walk around Kaleiçi, whose Ottoman houses have been turned into boutiques and restaurants.
Accommodation: hotel in Kaleiçi, Antalya.

The old town of Kaleiçi: Hadrian's Gate (AD 130), the clock tower and the Yivli Minaret. The Düden Waterfalls plunging into the Mediterranean from 40-metre cliffs. With the group to the theatre of Aspendos, the best preserved of the ancient world (2nd century AD, 15,000 spectators). A stop at the ruins of Perge with its stadium and colonnaded street. Lunch included.
Meals included: breakfast and lunch.
Accommodation: hotel in Kaleiçi, Antalya.

A spectacular coastal drive to Kaş. A stop in Demre to visit the Church of St Nicholas (the original Santa Claus) and the Lycian rock tombs of Myra. Arrival in Kaş, a bohemian fishing town with narrow streets, bougainvillea and the smallest theatre of the ancient world, overlooking the sea. Lunch on the way.
Meals included: breakfast and lunch.
Accommodation: boutique hotel in Kaş.

Boat trip to Kekova island and the sunken city: Lycian ruins under the crystal-clear water, visible from the boat — houses, staircases and walls just a few metres below the surface. A swim in turquoise bays of impossibly blue water. Lunch on board with fresh fish. Free afternoon in Kaş for snorkelling, kayaking or simply enjoying the atmosphere.
Meals included: breakfast and lunch.
Accommodation: boutique hotel in Kaş.

Drive to Fethiye. Visit to the Greek ghost village of Kayaköy: hundreds of houses, churches and a school abandoned since 1923, a place that gives you goosebumps. Free afternoon on the Fethiye seafront, with its fresh-fish restaurants and the Lycian tombs carved into the cliff above the town.
Meals included: breakfast and lunch.
Accommodation: hotel in Fethiye.

Morning at the Blue Lagoon of Ölüdeniz, a protected nature reserve thanks to its unreal turquoise water. Option to go paragliding from Mount Babadağ at 1,960 metres, landing on the beach (extra). Butterfly Valley, reachable only by sea. Lunch included.
Meals included: breakfast and lunch.
Accommodation: hotel in Fethiye.

A full-day cruise on a traditional wooden gulet around the 12 Islands of Fethiye. We sail between hidden coves, swim in crystal-clear waters, go snorkelling and enjoy lunch on board cooked by the captain: grilled fish, salads and fresh fruit. The Turquoise Coast at its finest.
Meals included: breakfast and lunch.
Accommodation: hotel in Fethiye.

An inland drive to Pamukkale, leaving the coast behind. White travertine terraces — we walk barefoot along the petrified cascades, with thermal water at 35 °C. The ruins of Hierapolis: the Roman theatre and the necropolis. Option of Cleopatra's Pool (extra). Overnight at a thermal hotel.
Meals included: breakfast and lunch.
Accommodation: thermal hotel in Pamukkale.

Ephesus: the Library of Celsus, the Great Theatre (25,000 spectators), the marble avenue, the Roman baths and the House of the Virgin Mary on the hillside. Lunch in the village of Şirince with its home-made fruit wines. Drive to Izmir and an evening on the Kordon seafront.
Meals included: breakfast and lunch.
Accommodation: hotel in Izmir.

Domestic flight ADB → IST. Transfer to Istanbul International Airport for your connecting flights home. Farewell to the group with the best memories of the Turquoise Coast.
Domestic flight included: ADB → IST.
Meals included: breakfast.
Note: if you would like to stay a few days in Istanbul, ask about our extensions.