Day 1: Your vehicle, driver, and guide will meet you at the Antalya airport, and we travel Eastward to visit the ancient site of Perge, a city that legend has it was founded by survivors of Troy.

After lunch in a village restaurant we travel another twenty minutes east to the site of Aspendus, which is best known for its magnificent theatre. Built in the second century A.D. it is, with the exception of the stage (originally wood) and some statuary, virtually intact. Late afternoon we return to Antalya to visit the fine archaeological museum with artefacts from the sites we just visited and from the sites we will visit on the next days.

Day 2: Departing early morning we head East into the Taurus Mountains to Arycanda, one of the most beautifully sited cities of the Lycian Confederacy, where we enjoy the Delphi-like views over the valley, the classical Greek theatre, recently excavated stadium, baths, temple tombs and aqueducts, and then comes lunch at a village restaurant.

Next, we begin to descent through a beautiful mountain scenery to the Mediterranean shore to make a visit to Myra which in Roman times was one the richest and greatest of Lycian cities. Still largely unexcavated the magnificence of Myra is nevertheless conveyed by its massive Graeco-Roman theatre and the surrounding cliffs honeycombed with the distinctive Lycian rock tombs.

After a short drive we stop in the nearby Church of St. Nicholas, which continues as a major place of pilgrimage even today. We head on to the village of Ucagiz (Theimussa) where we get on board our vessel to spend the rest of the day around Sunken City. The village of Kale is our next stop where we can hike up to the Castle for a magnificent view.

Then we cruise slowly thru the Sunken City and our captain anchors at another bay for a swim, and snorkelling or may be snoozing under the sun. Finally we make another 30 mins drive to Kas where we will spend the night.

Day 3: After breakfast, we board our minibus for visiting the three major sites of Lycia: Patara, Xanthos and Letoon. We first visit Patara, now completely cut off from the sea by a massive sand spit over ten miles long. Although much still remains to be excavated, there is still a great deal to see including the Graeco-Roman theatre, the triumphal gate of Mettius Modestus, granaries,...

After a cool dip down the Mediterranean and having refreshed, we make another 10 minutes drive to Xanthos, the capital of Lycia. As our visit to Xanthos is over, we visit Letoon; the only site in the world that an early Christian church is built only 50 meters away from 3 temples side by side, dedicated to Leto, the mother, and her twins Apollo & Artemis, and 50 meters away from a magnificent Greek theatre. Our next destination is Gocek; a peaceful town, located on a gulf, which makes it a convenient place for the famous Blue Cruises to start or end.

Day 4: After breakfast, we visit the nearby site of Caunos, a city that was on the frontier of Lycia and Caria. An important seaport in ancient times, the site is now five miles inland because of the silting of the Koycegiz River. Visiting the we make a stop further up the river at the famous blue mud bath for a treatment reputed to take many years off your age. Then we take the late afternoon flight to our next destination.