SYBIL'S JOURNEYS - ANTALYA to GOCEK

8-Day Hiking, Sailing & Cultural Adventure Along the Turkish Mediterranean Coast, Specially Designed for D'Origny Family and Their Friends.

Six nights on board cruising on a gulet, from Antalya to Gocek.

 

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^{DAY 1} July 26, Saturday - Antalya,  Phaselis, Olympus   

Morning flight to Antalya. We visit the old town and magnificent Archaeological Museum of Antalya and have lunch at a decent restaurant. After lunch, we drive to Phaselis and board Mehmet Usta,  sail to ancient city of Olympus. Depending on the weather conditions we overnight either in Maden Cove or Porto Geneose.

^{DAY 2}  July 27, Sunday  - Gelidonya Lighthouse, Finike     

This morning we sail to Adrasan Bay, take a van and drive 16 km to the west of Gelidonia Peninsula where we start hiking to the Lighthouse.  We enjoy the beautiful view of Besadalar (Five islands) and back to the Karaoz Bay where we meet our boat. Late in the afternoon we sail 1.5 hours to Finike.  Logistic supply in the marina and spend night in the marina or in Telsiz Cove.

^{DAY 3} July 28, Monday - Cedar Forest, Arycanda, Gokkaya Bay  

Today, we drive to the mountains to see beautiful natural forest of Cedar of Lebanon and may visit Arycanda one more time. We visit the local fruit market next to the waterfall of Arif and have lunch at a trout restaurant. We then  drive to Cayagzi, the ancient harbor of Myra to meet our gulet. We overnight in Gokkaya Bay.

^{DAY 4}  July 29, Tuesday  - Ucagiz, Kekova Area   

In the morning we hike from Gokkaya Bay to Ucagiz , a small ancient Lycian settlement next to Simena.  We visit the village and Lycian remains. Later we anchor in a secluded cove in the Kekova area for lunch, swim, and overnight.

^{DAY 5}  July 30, Wednesday  - Aperlae, Kas, Kalkan   

We take a short hike to Aperlae after breakfast where we can snorkel above the sunken ruins. Then we cruise toward Kas. We swim and have lunch in Bayindir Bay near Kas and then sail to Kalkan. We anchor in Firnaz Bay near Kalkan and  overnight there. 

^{DAY 6}  July 31, Thursday  -  Kalkan, Letoon,  Saklikent Canyon, Tlos,  Gemiler Island  

This morning we start a van trip from Kalkan and drive to Letoon, the shrine of Leto and her twin children, Apollo and Artemis. Leto, pregnant by Zeus, gave birth on Delos Island and then escaped from the anger of Hera to Lycia to rise her children. We continue to Saklikent Canyon, 300 metres deep and 18 kilometers long, then visit a village cooperative where famous Turkish carpets, woven by one thousand women in the surrounding villages, are sold.  We also have lunch in a village and continue driving to Tlos,  one of the six most important cities of ancient Lycia. Tlos was a splendid city in a beautiful environment and bore the title of the very brilliant metropolis of the Lycian nation under the Roman empire. Afterwards we drive to Gemiler cove, meet our boat and overnight there.

^{DAY 7}  August 1, Friday -  Gemiler Island,  Bedri Rahmi Cove    

In the morning we hike Gemiler Island, the beautiful piece of land covered with early monastic structures and wild olive trees.  We swim, kayak or ski  and have lunch there.  In the afternoon we sail to Bedri Rahmi Bay, one of the interesting inlets in the gulf  of Fethiye, locally known as Taskaya. This bay was named after Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoglu, a Turkish writer and artist. He was one of the first to experience a ‘Blue Voyage’ back in 1973. During this pioneer journey, he painted a picture of a fish on a boulder behind the fountain here.  We overnight there or in another quiet cove.

^{DAY 8}  August 2, Saturday -  Gocek, Dalaman, Istanbul  

After breakfast we leave our gulet in Gocek and drive to Dalaman Airport to take an Istanbul flight.

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