Saklikent and Tlos Ancient City Day Trip From Fethiye
Description
As recommended by The Daily Telegraph; Take a magical trip to the Lycian civilization of ages ago in Tlos which is known with the mythological figure of the flying horse Pegasus. We will have our lunch in a restaurant which is settled among the trees and flowing cold water. Later visiting Saklikent with the largest gorge in this region where you may jump into the freezing mountain waters if you wish. The walk up the gorge is highly recommended or you may relax and wait on the special wooden pedastals submerged in the waters of the hidden gorge. A peaceful relaxing day out.
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Itinerary
We pick you up from your hotel by bus between 08:15-09:00 in the morning and our tour begins.
The view of Saklıkent Canyon, the first stop of our tour, will fascinate you. Words are not enough to describe this extraordinary natural phenomenon; Saklıkent manages to amaze even those who have visited this place before. The 13-kilometer Saklıkent Canyon, which was formed by melting snow on the peaks of Akdağ and heavy rainfall for thousands of years, is actually a relatively young geological formation. You can go as far as you dare in the canyon, or sit back on the riverside platforms and watch the view. Please wear Sensible/comfortable walking shoes. Take your swimwear and towels with you. Waterproof jacket (recommended in low season)
After the Saklıkent Canyon section of our tour, after a short car ride, we go to Yaka Village (Yakapark) to have lunch at the restaurant of the trout farm. The sound of ice-cold water flowing under tree roots and stones and the cool atmosphere of this place will take you away from all the stress and troubles of modern life. After our lunch break, we set off towards Tlos with our vehicles.
It is not difficult to encounter something extraordinary at every step in the ancient Lycia region, which has the richest historical, archaeological and natural resources of southwestern Turkey. On the southern foothills of Akdağ (also known as Masisitus), there is Tlos, one of the best preserved ancient settlements to date. Words are not enough to describe the ruins of Tlos, which mother nature embraces with compassion. You will hear Pegasus and Chimera fighting on the castle hill (Acropolis), learn how the ancient Romans were healed in the Roman bath-hospital, feel the atmosphere of the Olympic Games and gladiator games in the stadium, access the secrets of Greek drama arts in the theater, and see human beings among many different graves in the old cemetery (Necropolis). You will understand the thoughts behind the desire to reach infinity.
At the end of our tour, we arrive at our hotel around 17:00-18:00.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Meeting point with the tour vehicle; For Fethiye port area hotels, Fethiye city center hotels and Karagözler area hotels where traffic and road routes do not allow, you may be asked to go to the meeting point closest to your hotel or to the main street.
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Important Information
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Guests should bring their swimwear for water activities.
Reviews(41)
Mehmit tour guide was absolutly splended funny and full of great historical information. He even walked barefoot down the mountain as a ladies flip flop broke and he gave her his trainers! Our driver was also great! Please do go and visit here try book with this tour guide! The Saklikent Gorge was amazing def do this and if you are careful it ia pretty safe to take your fone but be aware you could slip in the water, wish I took mine. Next time a water saftey bag might be in my to pack list. The ladies making our pancake bread were friendly and hardworking! Lush day! Please tip where possible they all make such a nice day out for you.
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The description did not share the needing of a swimsuit. Also the details for the day were reversed making 1 activity almost cancelled. Overall disappointment
Thank you for your feedback. You are completely right about the swimsuit notification, and we have immediately updated our product description to highlight this detail. We are also truly sorry for the change in the itinerary. The 9-day holiday in Turkey caused extreme crowding at the sites, forcing our guide to rearrange the schedule so you could still experience the activities. We apologize for the disappointment and thank you for your understanding. Sincerely
The only reason this didn’t get a 5 was lunch - fish was so overcooked only half of it came off the bone. Anyway - the trip was brilliant. Jesus the guide was very knowledgeable and funny. The trip was in a different order to the itinerary and was better for it. It meant we visited Tlos first (amazing) and then Saklikent in the afternoon - much better for those of us doing the rafting (only 500tl to get a large raft ring and paddle/spin down the river). Bring a towel and a change - there are changing rooms and stuff can be left on the bus. Also bring water shoes for the gorge walking - they can be bought there. Don’t wear sliders or crocs - they come off to easily and we saw several floating away! You can also do zip line for 500tl. All in all a highly recommended day out.
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Very experienced guide and Tlos was great. Good local lunch could have missed Yakapark as was, in my opinion, not necessary
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This was a good tour. Guide was excellent. Watch out for tic bites at Tlos as you are walking through long grass. I had to go to the hospital to get antibiotics to prevent Lyme disease.
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First thing to say is do not book this tour through this page! Everyone else who booked direct paid €22 and Viator are charging more than double that which is unacceptable. The entrance fees are not included so I’m unsure what the added surplus is for, other than greed. The guide was lovely, so this review is purely on the logistics. Bus was way too hot on way back, no aircon, lunch was fine (nothing special!) but female toilets there unusable due to faeces all over the floor. Drinks not included, no activities included. It was a chilled and lovely day but I’ve walked away knowing we were totally ripped off. Don’t book this tour but definitely go to the places on it. Thank you to our guide.
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Take surf shoes for walking down river into gorge (you can buy plastic ones there). The gorge is amazing 👏 You can walk most of it dry bed this time of year but first bit is a bit tricky walking down over the rocks into the river. Plenty of other things going on for extra, zipwire is a buzz or inflatable down river is great, but the walking is awesome 👌
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Unforgettable experience. The cannon one pass, the spectacular ruins, very good food and the guide ...of 10.
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Interesting visit to the ancient city but the highlight of the day was the walk along the gorge. Definitely needed wet shoes (which we had) and our tour guide insisted on us wearing hard hats too because of loose rocks. Loved walking through the water and scrambling up the rapids. We were left to walk at our own pace and the further upstream we got the less people there were. A unique experience that was worth the time travelling on the hot coach.
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Very efficient tour with so much variety. At the gorge, we paid to go ‘rafting’ (it’s more ‘tubing with a paddle’ and it’s on the river after it leaves the gorge) which was great fun! Recommend it! The gorge is amazing. Take water shoes or walking sandals if you have them. Lunch was in a hillside local restaurant where they farm trout. Choose trout from the menu if you like fish at all. Lovely lunch no matter what you order. Tlos ruins are not spectacular compared to some but the history there is amazing. Not too hot in October either. Good value for money trip. Just remember to take cash for entrance fees (for rafting you can use a card/phone). Shout out to our guide Emre for incessant happiness! 😁
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