Kayaköy Abandoned Village
Abandoned Greek village of stone houses on a hillside near Fethiye.
Kayaköy (ancient Karmylassos, later Levissi) was a Greek-speaking town abandoned after the 1923 population exchange. Hundreds of roofless stone houses and two churches remain on the hillside.
Today it is an open-air museum and a moving stop on Fethiye tours, with village restaurants in the valley below.
- →There is a small entrance fee; paths are uneven.
- →Late afternoon light is best for photography.
Tours visiting this place
Hotels nearby
Large five-star all-inclusive resort on a private peninsula in Fethiye bay.
Large five-star all-inclusive resort in Ölüdeniz with a private beach and free water park.
Five-star all-inclusive resort on its own bay near Fethiye, a reference product for families and couples.
Places nearby
- Ölüdeniz & Blue Lagoon3.7 km
The famous lagoon and long beach of Ölüdeniz, below the slopes of Babadağ.
- Butterfly Valley (Kelebekler Vadisi)5.8 km
Steep valley ending in a secluded beach, reached by boat from Ölüdeniz.
- Babadağ (paragliding launch)8.0 km
Mountain above Ölüdeniz, one of the world’s best-known tandem paragliding sites.
- Saklıkent Gorge30.4 km
Narrow gorge with icy water, walkways and riverside restaurants inland from Fethiye.
- İztuzu Beach (Turtle Beach)48.0 km
Long sandbar beach and loggerhead turtle nesting site at the mouth of the Dalyan river.
- Dalyan River (Dalyan Çayı)48.7 km
Reed-lined river linking Lake Köyceğiz with the sea, explored by river boat.