Calis Beach

Çalış (Fethiye) Çalış (Fethiye); Long beach near the city cradling yacht-happy Fethiye Bay, good but somehow un-charming, and famous Ölüdeniz is just 10 km (6 miles) away over the hills.…

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Anamur Beach

Anamur (Alanya) Anamur (Alanya); Good beach that only Turks seem to know about, 127 km (79 miles) southeast of Alanya. Interesting Byzantine ghost town nearby. There are great undeveloped sandy…

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Samandag Beach

Samandag (Antakya) Samandağ (Antakya); W-a-y down near Syria southwest of Antakya, but has a trash problem. The fine sand beach at Samandag, 27 km west of Antakya on the Mediterranean, is broad and…

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