Kaş walking tour & city guide

The old town and harbor

The heart of Kaş is the harbor square, where tea gardens look out over fishing boats and day-trip gulets. From here, Uzun Çarşı, the long market street, climbs gently uphill between whitewashed houses with wooden balconies, its shops selling jewelry, textiles and ceramics beneath arches of flowers.

At the top of the street stands a Lycian sarcophagus known as the King's Tomb, more than two thousand years old and still sitting in the middle of the lane. Rock-cut tombs are also carved into the cliffs above town, glowing gold in the late afternoon light.

Sea, ruins and coast

A short walk west of the center leads to the Antiphellos theater, a small Hellenistic theater facing the sea, perfect at sunset with views toward Kastellorizo. The Çukurbağ peninsula beyond is lined with swimming platforms cut into the rocks, as Kaş has few sandy beaches but superb clear water.

Boat trips leave the harbor for Kekova, where the ruins of a sunken Lycian city lie just beneath the surface, and the castle village of Simena. On the road toward Kalkan, Kaputaş beach is a famous cove of white pebbles at the foot of a gorge, and further on lie the long dunes of Patara.

A classic walk: harbor to the theater

Start at the harbor square and climb Uzun Çarşı to the King's Tomb, then wander the side lanes of the old town before descending back to the waterfront. Follow the coast road west past the marina to the ancient theater, and continue onto the Çukurbağ peninsula road for sea views as the sun goes down. The whole loop is about four kilometers and easy to do in an evening.