The first leg of our journey will take us along the coast as far as Antalya. On our way from Mugla to Fethiye, we can make a stop at the ruins of Caunos in Koycegiz-Dalyan. Although Caunos was located in ancient Caria, the rock tombs that are characteristic of Lycia begin here. Fethiye is concerned as the center of the ancient Lycian region. This town is located on the site of . ancient Telmessos and the Lycian rock tombs in the cliffs above have become a symbol of Fethiye. Near Fethiye on the road to Antalya are the interesting ruins of Pinara in the village of Minare. Here one may see more rock tombs, a theater, and an agora. At Uzumlu are the beautiful although difficult to reach remains of Kadyanda. To their north are the ruins of Araxa and Oinoanda. At Dodurga on the Fethiye-Kas road are rock tombs and the ruins of Sidyma, which include the remains of an agora, a temple, and baths.
Apollonia, located in Kilincli on the road to Kekova, is surrounded by a small wall. Here one may see a Byzantine basilica, a small theater, the remains of a bath, a heroon, and a six unusual sarcophagi from the 4th century B.C. In the middle of the acropolis of Isinda, located at Belenli, there are three house-shaped tombs that bear inscriptions in the Lycian language. Phellos, located on the Fellen plateau, can be reached from Cukurbag, but there is little besides the city’s wall to see here. At Nysa, located in Meryemlik near Sutlegen, the tombs are in the form of individual heroons. Also to be found here are a theater that could seat seven or eight hundred and the traces of a stoa and agora. Turning off the Finike - Kas road at kilometer 30 takes us to Kekova. Ucagiz can also be reached overland. The sites of Simena and Aperlai and the island of Kekova itself however can only be reached by sea.
Myra is one of the more important sites in this region. Its port was Ahdriake,located at present-day Cayagil. Today one may see there the remains of a grain silo that was built in 129.
After visiting Limyra, near Finike , we may proceed in the direction of Elmali. At the village of Arif are the rather well-preserved ruins of Arykanda. If we follow the coast road on the other hand, we can. make a stop at the ruins of Olympos at Cirali between Kemer and Adrasan. Phaselis, located in Tekirova at kilometer 35 on the Antalya-Finike highway, marks the boundary of ancient Lycia and the beginning of the region known as Pamphylia.
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