Kas, Turkey

Kas (pronounced Cash) was a laid back beachy and fishing village.  We wandered around the old town and found lots of ancient treasurer. 

The very ancient Lions Tomb, 4th century BC !

 

Or there was the 'beach' to relax on 

 




....although the better beach and one of the best in the world, Kaputas beach, was a little further out of town.   Well worth the trip for these turquouise waters 

Kas was a great place for us to do some day trips.  One of our trips was out to the Myra Amphitheatre and en-route we came across this herd! 

Myra Aphitheathre

Myra Aphitheathre

 

Myra Tombs circa 1 BC 

Near the Myra Tombs was the St Nicholas church who is apparently the real Santa Claus! 

St Nicholas Church

 Our nightly promenade to dinner 

Our hotel was nice and central to all the eateries

Kas Friday markets 

 There were lots of ancient ruins and amphitheatres to explore

On one of our car trips out we came across a couch on top of a hill in the middle of nowhere

Another trip we did was a boat trip and the girls loved it! 

 

Cirali, Turkey

Cirali was on our itinerary as it hailed as an unspoilt part of the Mediterranean.  And it was ... not very glitzy and toursity at wall.  The beach was not of the soft white sand variety but it was peaceful enough. 

We took the car out and explored the area and they were right about how unspoilt it was!   Cirali was also near the Chimera flames which are naturally burning flames in the rocks that never go out.  It was however too hot for us to make the hike to see the flames but we did seem them from a distrance. 

Because it was so hot, we spent a lot of time at our hotel and pool and our room turned out to be a little bungalow 

The food in Cirali was again magnficent and cheap!