BEACHES
TURQUOISE WATERS TO COOL OFF
Recommended Beaches Nearby
KÜÇÜKÇAKIL
Küçük Çakıl Plajı is just along the harbour road about five minutes walk from the harbour and in the hot summer months is packed with Turkish kids doing all manner of dives and jumps from the surrounding rocks and platforms. Look out for a painted wooden sign that points you downhill towards the beach as it’s not immediately visible from the road. Because it’s tucked into a corner this beach has very gentle waters, which are that fabulous bright blue that you don’t forget. You can have a nice time here by snorkelling. There are lots of restaurants and bars around the beach.
BÜYÜKÇAKIL (Bew-yook Chak-ill)
A five minute drive, or 15 minute walk, from the heart of town,to the east. Büyük Çakıl or Big Pebble Beach is a lovely smooth-stone cove wedged between tall cliffs. There are restaurants that will serve you at your umbrella-covered sunbeds or at any of their shaded tables. From this vantage point, looking directly West, you see boats passing in the near distance. One of the best features of this mini-excursion is getting there: a brief journey of breath-taking vista points and dramatic final decent to the beach bring your camera!
LİMANAĞZI
If you stand at the tip of the harbour’s jetty, just beside our humble lighthouse, and look across the bay, you see Limanağzı beaches supporting a handful of rustic establishments serving food and drink and offering a rather abundant assortment of beach and sea provisions at no cost. As this area is accessible only by 15 minutes boat ride or by 60 minute hike along the famed ancient Lycian Trail, each establishment has its own dock for boats to pick up or drop off visitors via the harbour for 25 TL (roundtrip). If you choose to hike there, you pass through a patch of mountain-carved ancient Lycian tombs and finally arrive at Nuri’s Beach Club, from which you can take a ferry back to the harbour. The environment at Limanağzı is peaceful and rustic: chickens and ducks darting around, the bleating of a goat from the wild olive trees, and you can often catch glimpse of schools of squid and needlefish approaching shore.
KAPUTAŞ (Ka-poo-tash)
Kaputas beach is located on the side of a cliff 20 km from Kaş and 7 km from Kalkan. It is a 20 minute drive towards Fethiye. It’s definitely a must visit if you’re on holiday in the area. It is one of the wonders of Mediterranean sea famous with its colour and clarity. Quickly deepening water great for swimming. There are all the amenities you need at this sandy beach, such as changing rooms, toilets, cafe and sun loungers awaits. Parking areas just off the road for several cars but will be busy in peak season. We recommend you to use midibuses that depart every half hour between Kaş and Fethiye.
AKÇAGERME
Akçagerme Beach is a public beach opposite the exit to Gökseki, along the main road west to Kalkan from Kaș. Great for kids that also contains a water slide.. There is also an affordable, tasty restaurant on a hill overlooking the sea.
İNCE BOĞAZ
Especially the choice of families with children. On the way to the peninsula where the land becomes the narrowest, there are two beaches on both sides of the road. Inner sea where it faces the yacht marina, is the warmest water in Kas.
BELEDİYE PLAJI
Where you follow the Peninsula road, you can see the entrance to the left of the road immediately after passing the Ince Boğaz. Great for laying down on the grass and wide pebble beach down by the water. Water is clear, and deep. There is a cafe and a good restaurant on the premises.
PATARA BEACH
Just outside the ancient Lycian city of Patara, Patara Beach is known as one of the most beautiful on the coast of the Turkish Riviera. At 11 miles long, it is one of the longest beaches in the area. Its soft, white sand and calm blue waters make it a particularly welcoming Mediterranean beach, in an area known for beaches of pebbles and stones.
As it is part of a national park, seasonal wildlife is protected by the Turkish government and can be spotted seasonally. There are many native birds and sea turtles, who come to nest in the sands. At the beach’s easternmost point, there is a scenic rocky cove worth seeking out.