Things
to do
Olympos—an old Graeco Roman city is about an hour away by boat and well worth a visit. It is a bit of a scramble, with ruins scattered amongst trees and rocks—but it repays the effort. The boat trip is fabulous, too!
This is Phaselis, a 2 hour boat trip from Adrasan (or half an hour by road). It is a superb example of a classical city, deserted in the early Christian era. You can still walk down the main street, connecting two natural harbours and actually feel what it must have been like to live there.
Above is the amazing sunken city of Kekova, about an hour and a half’s drive from the hotel. Nearby, at Demre, is the original church of Father Christmas, known as Baba Noel in Turkey, and another ancient Lykian city known as Myra, with rock tombs and an amphitheatre.
Water Island—so called because, although it is in the middle of the sea, it has fresh water, is one of the excellent places you can go on one of the may boat trips. The coastline is stunning and if you’re lucky you can see dolphins and flying fish, too. Boat trips involve lunch on board or on a small beach, there is a bar on the boat and there is nothing like dancing on the roof of the boat as you come back to Çavus Bay after a perfect day out.
There is a registered diving school just nearby and you can book courses in advance through the hotel. The whole bay area is now licensed by the government as a diving centre.