Date: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2019
PRICE: Per person 50 Euro
Between 13:15 - 18:00 hours
Have a good chance for shopping at Fethiye market one of the most vibrant market in the region. Enjoy making bargains with local people. The splendid rock tombs overlooking Fethiye may catch your eye and give some insight into the eminence and power, not to mention the wealth, of the ancient Lycian people.
Carved into the side of a Turkish mountain are what look to be the entrances to countless temples, but are in fact the ornate facade of ancient Lycian tombs.
The Lycians believed that their dead were carried to the afterlife by magic winged creatures and thus they placed their honored dead in geographically high places such as the cliffside. Dating back to the 4th century, many of the numerous entryways are adorned with tall Romanesque columns and intricate reliefs, a bit duller from centuries of weathering. The older tombs are often no more than unremarked holes dug into the rock.
