Kas

Kaş market is held on a Friday, offering local produce, and there is an array of clothes shops, leather goods and carpet shops in this bustling old town. In summer shops tend to stay open late into the evening when the temperature is cooler for browsing and bargain hunting.

There are numerous restaurants and cafés in the old town in Kaş, you will be spoilt for choice. Restaurants are very cosmopolitan, but the local specialities include various Turkish meze platters which may be eaten as a main or a starter and often served with a strong Turkish raki. Whilst lamb is common on Turkish menus, you can pick and choose your dishes to suit most diets, including many delicious vegetarian delicacies.

On the Cukurbag peninsula are a number of hotels with restaurants, many with their own swimming platforms straight into the sea.

Day trips to the Greek Island of Meis are possible from Kaş. The ferry leaves daily during the season and takes about 30 minutes. Once there and you’re through the small passport office, the island is peaceful, traffic free and colourful. Stroll along the harbour, swim in the sea, take a boat tour or walk in the hills before eating in a café and catching the ferry back to Kaş.