Long Day tour

Early departure from the hotel to Demre; one of the most important towns of ancient Lycia, located near the mouth of the Andriacus River on the Mediterranean Sea in southwest Turkey.

We will cruise through Simenas well preserved medieval fortress, and its underwater ruins, shrouded in mystery by the blue of the sea, together with its present-day fishing village, all merge to produce a colourful scene. Because some of the harbour foundations, walls and ruined sarcophagi are today submerged in the sea, Simena and Kekova, the island opposite, are together often called Batik Kent Sunken City .

visit the Church of St. Nicholas, the patron saint of children, better known as St. Nick or Santa Claus: Born in Patara in about 300 A. D., St. Nicholas studied in Xanthus and became bishop in Myra, where he preached until he was martyred in 325 A. D., during the Diocletian persecutions. He was buried in this church built along Byzantine lines: three apses preceded by an atrium and a double narthex, with frescoes and mosaic flooring.

Tour of Myra, one of the six large cities of the Lycian League that had the right to three votes. Myra is reached by passing between greenhouses and orange groves that stretch all the way from Demre. On arriving at the site, the first thing that catches the eye is Lycia s largest and best preserved theatre on the southern slope of the acropolis. On the high acropolis north-east of the theatre are the remains of dwellings, towers, a church, and the walls of the city, which remain from several phases, from the fifth century B.C. to the Byzantine era.

Drive back to Antalya, transfer to hotels.