Where to start....? The beauty of a holiday at our Villa is that you can do as much or as little as you like.......

Long days by the pool, followed by barbecues garnished with tomatoes, peppers, rocket and other fresh local produce. Sit on the balcony, watch the sun drop down behind the mountains - stay long enough for a beer or glass of wine or two and gaze at the countless stars in the clear Turkish sky.

For complete relaxation and enjoyment I can thoroughly recommend everyones favourite - a boat trip. There is a vast selection of boats & trips to choose from between Olu Deniz and Fethiye. The most popular I think is the 12 Islands. It is an all day trip and on some islands you will find a simple restaurant, on others fragments of classical or Byzantine ruins, on others nothing but glorious peace and quiet. You will also be fed in the price of a trip.

The most interesting islands and mainland bays include Merdivenli (step ladder bay) which has an ancient cave cut into the side of the rock. Aphrodite koyu (Cleopatra's Bath) According to the myth, in one of the visits of Cleopatra to Anatolian coasts, her close friends decided to build a roman bath for her as a present, because they found a hot water spring in this part of the bay. Bedri Rahmi bay was named after the Turkish artist. He visited the island several times and painted a fish eye picture on the wall. Domuz Adasi (Pig Island) was so named because of the pigs that swam there. Tersane Adasi (Shipyard Island) has ruins of an ancient shipyard. Gemiler (St. Nicholas) Island, once home to Lycian and Byzantine pirates, has remains of an entire village there to be explored, with a covered passage to a temple and basilica. It is a wonderful place to swim and snorkel.

Butterfly Valley - is 86 acres large & about 2 miles from Olu Deniz and is only accessible by sea. In this fascinating valley almost all the butterfly and moth species of the Mediterranean coastal region are to be found, making it an open air natural history museum.Until about 20 years ago Butterfly Valley was relatively unknown and for hundreds of years the only inhabitants were the butterflies and plant life.

Daylan - Sits on the river channel between the vast Köycegiz Lake and the Mediterranean Sea. Access to the beach is by "water boat" an idyllic 30 min. journey past the spectacular 4th century Rock Tombs, or by a 20 min.bus ride to the other end of the beach The village is in the centre of a broad delta at the head of which lies the 7 km long sandbar called Iztuzu beach. The endangered Loggerhead Turtle has returned here for hundreds of years to lay its eggs. Ruins at the ancient harbour town of Caunos are easily accessible and well worth exploring. It dates from 3000 BC and among the ruins is a 5000-seat theatre.

Up river you can visit the mud baths or hot springs and have the ‘pleasure’ of covering yourself with sulphurous mud reputed to be good for skin and general health. Afterwards you can dive off the boat into the cooling Dalyan river for a quick swim before heading for the beach. You can also rent a boat and spend the day cruising around the lake. Dalyan's wide beach is a sanctuary for the loggerhead sea turtle and some 120 species of birds.

Xanthos - About 55 km from Fethiye is another one not to miss. Xanthos was the capital of Lycia. Set in a beautiful location above the Esencay river. Many of the tombs and relics (including the Harpy and other inscribed tombs) are now in the British Museum due to Sir Charles Fellows carrying off the greater part of its moveable art works in the 18th century. The Lycians settled and defended the wide peninsula between Antalya and Dalaman around 1400 BC. They had their own language, inscriptions of which are still to be found and as yet still not fully understood. When the Persians besieged the city of Xanthos in about 540 BC rather than surrender the men burnt their families and belongings before fighting to their death! Only 80 families in the summer pastures in the mountains survived.

This site is a great opportunity to see ancient ruins at their best. Not to be Missed