We left Olu Deniz to head to our last stop, Cirali, just south of Antalya. We detoured initially via Tlos - an ancient Lycian site though like most places the Romans and the Ottamans had had a go at rebuilding it. It is a large, impressive site on the top of a hill. There were Lycian tombs, Roman theatres and walls built by the Ottamans from Roman columns. We then moved on to the Saklikent gorge - the 2nd largest in Europe. A very popular site - you init...

We left Kekova reluctantly - it is a lovely place and we were delighted by the advice we had been given. We stopped to explore Kas -once an old fishing village but it has now grown to be a little resort. It looked a little ugly on the outskirts but had a quaint old part - unfortunately full of good but expensive shops. Ken & I were pleased to move on. We went on towards Olu Deniz, our next stop. We decided to take the coastal route along a secondary r...

We left Pamukkale and headed south through the mountains. I never realised how mountainous Turkey is until we drove through it. We hit the coast near to Fethiye and it all changed - lots of signs in English and a big tourist area. The area was stunning - beautiful sea with the mountains sweeping down to the coast. Some of the towns were heavily developed but most of coastline was just amazing. We were heading for Kekova, a small fishing village - we had b...

We left Sirince going east driving to Pamukkale, about 200km away. We had decided we could take a short cut by taking a 'minor road' from the village which saved us about 40km. The 'road' quickly descended in to a track and the navigators were soon disagreeing if this was the right road. When we came across one very large pot hole, we decided to turn back. We made it back to the village and sought local advice - yes we were on the right road and yes it is a...

We left Bergama, heading south, and we decided to head for the coast as we all felt we have kebab overload and needed a good fish lunch. As before, we got lost going through Izmir - Turkish road signs are confusing or non-existent! We made a pleasant detour and ended up at a lovely little fishing village on the Aegean. After the East, this was heaven. We pressed on towards Ephesus and started to look for a hotel. We had decided to stay in an old Greek vi...