WORLD - DEMRE - KEKOVA (important - not to be confused with Limira - Demre - Kekova (this is a fake, that is, in Turkey, in addition to fakes of well-known companies, there are also fake excursions !! ! ))
The cost is $25.
The rule to take water with you and a couple of sandwiches or boiled eggs from breakfast remains!
This is one of the most interesting excursions from a historical point of view (a trip to the lands of the ancient state of Lycia, a visit to the ancient sunken city (Kekovva island) and the Greco-Roman theater (Mira city), etc. ) and this excursion is also important in terms of pilgrimage (Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker).
It is worth noting a couple of details of this trip that may be useful to you:
- when buying an excursion, ask if there will be a jewelry factory on the way back - because not everyone carries. They sell products from Sultanite (this is a stone with the properties of Amethyst).
The average world price for 1 carat is up to $150 (if it is in the green range, the color appears under electric light). So you can buy a good product at about half the price (stone and cut in silver - the ring will cost about $ 45). Sultanite is also sold in jewelry stores in Antalya, but already more expensive by about 25-30%
- I repeat, a couple of sandwiches and water will be indispensable in the first half of the trip and when returning home
- the trip involves a walk on a yacht and there will be a stop where you can swim in the bay, so do not forget to take swimming trunks and towels from the hotel (there is neither one nor the other on the yacht)
- a photographer will take pictures of you on the yacht and upon your return your photos will be waiting for you on the shore in plastic plates (the bottom is transparent, and there you are) and for only 5 dollars (as for me - some kind of dubious souvenir, but from Turkey, Lycia , O. Kekova - decide for yourself)
- when traveling to Kekova, there will be a lot of goats and goats on the slopes (these are not wild creatures from the wild forest) - these are domestic animals, so PLEASE do not yell at the whole bus - LOOK! GOATS!
- also when traveling along this road - there will be charming bends of the mountain road and beautiful bends of bays - take a photo either now or on the way back
- pilgrimage shops will be in 2 places (in front of the Greco-Roman theater (Mira) on the left side along the way towards the theater (2 pcs. ) and opposite the bus stop (entrance on the right hand) and two shops opposite the entrance to the church St. Nicholas the Wonderworker). Prices are different - the closer to the church, the more affordable (or the farther from the church - the more expensive)
- It is also worth noting that the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is a functioning museum and 2 times a year is a church. So the entrance (as in a museum) is paid. It costs 20 lire. The guide will collect 10 dollars (that is, 30 lire)
- when buying an entrance from a guide (10 lira more expensive) - you will be given headphones (which were worn by one hundred thousand other tourists) and you can listen to information from the guide through these headphones. Those who DO NOT buy a tour from a guide (10 lira more expensive than at the ticket office) and DO NOT use used headphones - will NOT be able to eavesdrop on what the guide will tell. But when buying a ticket at the box office (cheaper by 10 lire than the guide), you will have a booklet (given along with the entry ticket)
- on the way back - wine tasting again (there are more delicious wines than on other excursions, but again a bottle for $ 25). We remind you that the most delicious wine is made from melon.
The cost is $25.
The rule to take water with you and a couple of sandwiches or boiled eggs from breakfast remains!
This is one of the most interesting excursions from a historical point of view (a trip to the lands of the ancient state of Lycia, a visit to the ancient sunken city (Kekovva island) and the Greco-Roman theater (Mira city), etc. ) and this excursion is also important in terms of pilgrimage (Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker).
It is worth noting a couple of details of this trip that may be useful to you:
- when buying an excursion, ask if there will be a jewelry factory on the way back - because not everyone carries. They sell products from Sultanite (this is a stone with the properties of Amethyst).
The average world price for 1 carat is up to $150 (if it is in the green range, the color appears under electric light). So you can buy a good product at about half the price (stone and cut in silver - the ring will cost about $ 45). Sultanite is also sold in jewelry stores in Antalya, but already more expensive by about 25-30%
- I repeat, a couple of sandwiches and water will be indispensable in the first half of the trip and when returning home
- the trip involves a walk on a yacht and there will be a stop where you can swim in the bay, so do not forget to take swimming trunks and towels from the hotel (there is neither one nor the other on the yacht)
- a photographer will take pictures of you on the yacht and upon your return your photos will be waiting for you on the shore in plastic plates (the bottom is transparent, and there you are) and for only 5 dollars (as for me - some kind of dubious souvenir, but from Turkey, Lycia , O. Kekova - decide for yourself)
- when traveling to Kekova, there will be a lot of goats and goats on the slopes (these are not wild creatures from the wild forest) - these are domestic animals, so PLEASE do not yell at the whole bus - LOOK! GOATS!
- also when traveling along this road - there will be charming bends of the mountain road and beautiful bends of bays - take a photo either now or on the way back
- pilgrimage shops will be in 2 places (in front of the Greco-Roman theater (Mira) on the left side along the way towards the theater (2 pcs. ) and opposite the bus stop (entrance on the right hand) and two shops opposite the entrance to the church St. Nicholas the Wonderworker). Prices are different - the closer to the church, the more affordable (or the farther from the church - the more expensive)
- It is also worth noting that the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is a functioning museum and 2 times a year is a church. So the entrance (as in a museum) is paid. It costs 20 lire. The guide will collect 10 dollars (that is, 30 lire)
- when buying an entrance from a guide (10 lira more expensive) - you will be given headphones (which were worn by one hundred thousand other tourists) and you can listen to information from the guide through these headphones. Those who DO NOT buy a tour from a guide (10 lira more expensive than at the ticket office) and DO NOT use used headphones - will NOT be able to eavesdrop on what the guide will tell. But when buying a ticket at the box office (cheaper by 10 lire than the guide), you will have a booklet (given along with the entry ticket)
- on the way back - wine tasting again (there are more delicious wines than on other excursions, but again a bottle for $ 25). We remind you that the most delicious wine is made from melon.
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