Overlooking a beatiful bay strewn with island, the houses look down on the little port from a hill crawned by the ruins of the fortress built by the Knights of Rhodes. There are some Lycian rock tombs on the cliff face with regal, carved facades.

By looking at the Lycian inscriptions and various coins, it can be said that Fethiye, previously known as Telmessos, was founded in the 5th century BC.

FETHİYE

Dead is in the sense of calm. It is a sheltered lagoon of great beauty, almost totaly cut off from the sea, at the northern end of a long cove. Stretching from the lagoon to the southern and of the cove is long, Sandy Beach...