Antalya · KEKOVA SUNKEN CITY, DEMRE & MYRA
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East along the Lycian coast a whole town lies half sunk off Kekova, Saint Nicholas rests at Demre, and the rock tombs of Myra stare out of the cliff. Below are the best day trips that string them together: which cross Kekova by glass-bottom boat, how much driving the day involves, and what is included.
12-hour Antalya tour: glass-bottom yacht to Kekova Sunken City, Demre’s St. Nicholas Church, and Lycia rock tombs and amphitheaters.
“nothing, perfect format, Levant was great! i look forward to booking. my next trip with you guys”
Kekova sunken-city boat cruise, Demre’s St. Nicholas, and Myra’s rock tombs from Antalya, with lunch and hotel pickup in about 10 hours.
“The views are really fascinating. We saw turtles swimming. Myra is beautiful. We swam in the turquoise clear water. Overall the tour is ok.”
Glass-bottom yacht views of Kekova’s sunken city, Demre’s St Nicholas church, and Lycian ruins with hotel pickup.
“The tour was wonderful and the guide was knowledgeable and explained everything well. We were contacted earlier by the local tour agent, Tourmania, and given good and clear instructions of pickup place and time. they were proactive in reaching out and we felt assured of the trip. It was a very long day though, and because we started from Antalya old city, we were among the first to be picked up at 630am, and we did not get dropped off till after 8pm. perhaps this had something to do with the very large number of people in the tour (47), in addition to the distances involved, and also the coordination…”
Sunken City Kekova, Myra rock tombs, and Demre’s St Nicholas on a full-day Kemer tour with hotel pickup, lunch, and a boat cruise.
“Very nice tour to very nice sights. We also sow 3 sea turtles. The nicest was Myra and Kekova. Nice guide and good lunch. The tour is highly recommended - we went from Kemer.Auto-translated”
From Antalya, visit Demre’s Myra ruins, sail to Kekova’s Sunken City, and add St Nicholas’s church on an 11-hour day trip with pickup.
“We were in a minority English speaking group (10 out of 60+). The organization was chaotic and we had to change bus half to and return but little instruction was given. The guide talk a lot in Russian with no English interpretation in terms of instruction. During the tour the English explanation was more about looking left or right. Basically you pay to get someone to take you there. However, the Myra site was wonderful. We did not see much of the Sunken City as it was high tide when we were there.”
Sail Kekova’s sunken ruins, swim in clear water, and tour Myra and St. Nicholas in Demre on a full-day guided trip.
“De gids bleef maar praten en had een hele scherpe "'s". Op aangesproken of hij de microfoon wat verder van zijn gezicht kon houden maar daar werd hij passief agressief van. Hij bleef maar doorgaan over persoonlijke meningen over politiek, de taliban en afschuwelijke verhalen die onze pret niet bevorderde. Het busje was echt afschuwelijk. Veel te klein voor twee reuzen van 182 cm uit Holland. Het was echt een ramp om daar uuuuren in te zitten. Het varen was leuk, maar ik had begrepen dat het inclusief snorkelen was... Dat was niet zo. Heftig teleurgestelde dochter. De trip duurde ook afschuwelijk lang. We werden om 5.30 opgehaald en pas…”
Antalya Demre Myra Kekova day tour: Lycian rock-cut tombs, St Nicholas church, and a boat trip to Kekova’s sunken city.
“It was a good tour. We went to the listed places. However we were picked up at 5:50am and spent the first, and last 3 hours, driving around picking up people from other hotels, so it got quite exhausting. We also found the staff to be quite harsh and strict which slightly ruined the experience. Nevertheless, a good tour!”
Antalya day trip to Myra, Demre and Kekova’s sunken city by boat, plus St. Nicholas Church and lunch included.
“It was a great tour and reasonably planned well to suit the weather - a very hot day. We felt the guide made less efforts during sunken city tour for English descriptions, which forced us to seat close to other group to understand the site. During the church visit, we left alone to understand the history.”
Kemer to Demre, Myra and Kekova in 11 hours: boat cruise over a sunken city, Lycian tombs in Myra, and St. Nicholas in Demre.
“Håpeløst program, gikk over 3 timer før noe skjedde. Vente på «samordning» av transport i mer enn 40 minutter. Innom en butikk med varer fra 70/80 tallet (onyx o.l)😳 Endelig ombord på båten så var det ikke glassbunn som beskrevet i turopplegget og vi fikk derfor ikke se «den sunkne by». Guiden pekte med speil i åssiden/vannkanten og fortalte. Laaaaang båtstopp for bading. De øvrige historiske stedene var greie nok. God guide som snakket godt engelsk. Tilbakturen gikk i «hundreoghelvete», langt over fartsgrensene. Denne turen anbefales ikke!!”
