Kekova Island is known as the sunken city; as you cruise along the island's landward shore, you'll look down through the crystal clear water at the ruins of houses and other buildings of the Byzantine city that ran along the slope.  Victim to an earthquake, this city extends to and then beneath the shoreline.  Across the straight on the mainland there are 2 villages: Uçağız and Kale.

Uçağız is a sleepy fishing village with pensions favored by Turkish holiday makers.  It is a charming and relaxing place and the modern village is built among the ruins of ancient Teimiussa.  A Lycian tomb sits partially submerged in the harbor and just offshore are more submerged ruins that you may swim about.  We will be happy to anchor just off the ancient necropolis that lies just to the east of the town's edge.

The village of Kale clusters below an acropolis topped by an ancient castle.  The village women are known for their production of tatting as well as their persistence in attempting to sell their wares.  Many of the houses that you pass on your way up incorporate ancient tombs into their walls.  Inside the castle ramparts is the smallest Hellenistic theater in Asia Minor and from here the panoramic views of the surrounding land and sea are quite spectacular.

Go beyond Kekova