The trail out of Saribelen was described as long and difficult with a long scramble or slide down a cliff face to Kas. Oliver our host actually warned us not to walk it and instead go in the car with the luggage. After he had driven down to Kalkan to pick up luggage from a family walking with a 10 month old, his wife loaded us into the car with luggage and her friend to also pick up her mother along the way. Five of us and luggage loaded into a small Renault but at least the tyres were reasonable and the car relatively new. They had told us that many Turkish people keep their cars for 20-30+ years.
We have a nice hotel in Kas which is another tourist town but a little more laid back than Kalkan. Where as Kalkan was wall to wall English this town is known for its German tourists. Apparently Antalya is known for its Russian tourists.
We had lunch at a beachside restaurant.. it’s one of those places where you have to hire a lounge chair to swim but we managed just to have lunch there and then we worked out where the public beach ( about the size of a thimble) was and went back and got our bathers for a swim. The water seemed to be layered in warm and cooled sections.
We then walked around the harbour, which has a large police presence.. water police, the ordinary police station manned with people with automatic guns and a courthouse.. Danny managed to stop right next to a sign which said photographers forbidden to take photos. It was right next to the immigration point where the ferries come in from the island about a km away which is actually owned by Greece. We had dinner in a terrace restaurant- they are all terrace restaurants and then headed to the town square where they were announcing the winners of the world free diving competition.. we managed to have our photos with the Ukrainian team so we could send a photo home to Olya our next door neighbour. During the afternoon we did manage to walk to some of the ruins including the amphitheater but the most amazing thing is that they have ruins throughout the town – at a roundabout, up a shopping street, by the harbour, in the market etc
This morning we were all set for a boat ride out to some islands and swimming stops but with a storm brewing no skippers we’re taking their boats out. Instead we did some walking, Danny had a swim at little pebble beach, we went to the Friday markets, had lunch, a siesta and then went to one of the swimming beaches where you hire a chair or rather if you spend $20 a person on drinks, the chair comes free and you have access via a ladder into the water which is about 20 feet deep, crystal clear and with salty buoyancy.
Typical of the beaches. Poor access
Jane treks Lycian Way 2022 