Turkey’s most famous beach is 15 kilometers south from Fethiye. The calm turquoise water, sheltered from the sea, with its white-sand beach rimmed by dense pine forest, is impossibly perfect, which is why people have been flocking here for years now.
The valley, which is reached by boats departing from Oludeniz, takes its name from more than eighty species of butterflies.
One of the joys of Butterfly Valley is that it is unreachable by road.
Kayakoy Rock Tombs dating back to the 4th century BC belonging to the Lycian Civilization, Gemiler Bay, Aya Nikola Island and the Afkule Monastery built on a steep slope are on the list of must-see places in Kayakoy.
This ravine, 30 kilometers southeast from Fethiye, is cut deeply into the mountains of the Akdaglar mountain range. Most visitors come to admire the scenery of soaring cliffs on a hike inside the gorge.
Xanthos was the capital of ancient Lycia, sometimes called “the oldest republic in the world.”
The ruins of this grand city are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Patara, which is approximately 74 km away from Fethiye, is one of the historical and archaeological sites of great importance.
