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For those who are keen on sightseeing, the ancient city of Olympos, Yanartaş (Chimera) on the mythological mountain with its unquenchable fire, are the closest sightseeing places. In addition, Çıralı, Tekirova, Phaselis, Antalya castle interior, Demre (Myra), Kekova sunken city are among the places you can visit for a day.

Olympos ancient city
Olympos, one of the most important port cities of Ancient Lycia, has been the subject of mythology throughout history. Olympos, which was a shelter for pirates due to its convenient location, is known all over the world with its historical values, 3200 m of magnificent beach, endemic plants, Chimera of Caretta carettas, magnificent nature that allows all sports activities and famous tree houses used as hostels. . Olympos, which is completely under protection as an archaeological and natural site, is built in a valley that opens to the sea and through which the Akçay Stream flows. Many remains of the city can be seen, such as water channels, walls, and sarcophagi. In ancient times, ships could also pass through the river, which was turned into a canal with the walls built on the river sides. From the entrance of the ruins, you can reach the Olympos beach by walking approximately 1.5 km among the ruins of the ancient city.

Cirali
The settlement of Çıralı, located to the east of the Ancient City of Olympos, can be reached by walking 300 m east from the coast of the Ancient City of Olympos, or 11 km after the Çıralı junction on the Antalya-Kaş highway. The magnificent beach where the carettas lay their eggs is one of the unique beaches of the region. The beach dunes and the region where many endemic plants live are natural protected areas.

Chimera (Chimera)
After the bridge at the entrance of Çıralı, about 3.5 km from the road passing through the orange groves, the Chimera ruins, which are called “Yanartaş” by the locals, are reached. In Chimera, a Lycian city, the fire that has never been extinguished since ancient times is formed when a natural gas source emerges from the cracks. The fire, which was stronger in the past, has turned into small but numerous flames over time. It is more impressive to watch the flames, which are vague during the daytime, in the evening. After a 20-minute walk from the entrance of the ruins, you reach the hill with these burning stones.

Tekirova
Eko Park (www.ekopark.com.tr) in Tekirova is worth seeing with its rich variety of plant and animal tissue. Eko Park is the world's first and only ecological park that hosts plant and animal tissue side by side. As a result of many years of work, Tekirova has a world-class Eco Park, located in the east of the 36th parallel and containing all the reptiles in the world, with rich plant and animal texture.

Phaselis
It is within the borders of Tekirova and 2 km from the center of Tekirova. According to legend, the city with three ports on the ancient Lydia-Pampphylia border was founded by colonists from Argos in 690 BC. Phaselis, which remained under Persian rule for two hundred years, passed into the hands of Alexander the Great in 334 BC along with all Lycia. It is known that Alexander the Great spent a winter in Phaselis, which he admired. Due to its dominant position on the Syrian and Greek maritime trade route, the city, which had a bright day especially during the Roman Empire, was visited by Emperor Hadrian in 29 AD. Most of the current ruins belong to the Roman and Byzantine periods.

Antalya castle interior
The city center, which is surrounded by sea and land walls, is called "İçi Kale" today. The streets and structures of Kale İçi bring the traces of Antalya's history to the present day. The importance of old houses is not only in terms of architecture, but also conveys very useful information about people's way of life, behavior, traditions and social aspects.

Demre (Myra)
Myra, a few kilometers from Demre, is a city nestled in rocks overlooking the sea, perhaps one of the most beautiful examples of its kind in Anatolia. From the ruins, tombs and Lycian inscriptions spread over a wide area, BC. It appears to be an old city dating back to the 5th century. There are 35 rows of seats in the Greco-Roman theater in Myra. The stage building is partially standing up to the second floor. The marble block still inside the orchestra belongs to the flamboyant facade architecture of the building. The Myra Necropolis has an important place in the history of architecture in terms of the diversity of tomb structures. Adapted forms of traditional wooden architecture of Lycia can be seen in the tombs in the form of houses, temples and sarcophagi in the Sea Necropolis in the theater and the River Necropolis to the east of the hill. The port of Andriake, built by Hadrian and containing a granary, has a connection with Myra.

Kekova sunken city
Kekova; 7.4 km stretching across the villages of Üçağız (Teimiusa) and Kale (Simena). length and about 500 m. It is a long and narrow island.
The island never had urban features like the two small ports opposite it, but rather protected the two cities against the Mediterranean like a curtain and was used as a shelter, shipbuilding and repair base for sailors. The ruins on the northwest coast of the island, which is called the "Sunken City" today, date back to at least BC. It is the most colorful corner of Kekova, which has been used as a commercial and military base since the 5th century. Tersane Bay, on the other hand, is both the only place to swim and the area where the Byzantine period basilica apse and archaeological remains are the most concentrated.

Near the corner known as the sunken city, there are settlement ruins carved into the mainland and foundations in the water. It should not be forgotten that wooden architecture is also used extensively in addition to stone to revive their original state.