A 540km trail along Turkey's Mediterranean coast introduces hikers to the rich heritage of Lycia, an ancient maritime republic that's recognised as the world's first democratic union. "The Lycians?

Stretching more than 300 miles along Turkey’s southern coast, the Lycian Way connects dozens of ruins of ancient seaside cities. Documented in the late 1990s by British expat Kate Clow, the route ...

The sarcophagus of Captain Eudemos bears a small fishing boat of the sort used in the Mediterranean at the time of Christ, and a touching poem about how his ship has sailed into its final harbour. The ...

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From the island of Kekova, off the southern coast of Turkey, renowned underwater archaeologist Hakan Öniz takes viewers on a journey to discover the Roman sunken cities of Dolichiste and Simena, the ...

Kate Clow, the author of The Lycian Way and a history buff, set me on the Lycian Trail in Antalya. Seven hundred and sixty kilometres in length, the route starts in Konyaalti, near Antalya, and ends ...

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Turkey is a destination that has it all. If breath-taking mountains, stunning beaches and charming villages weren’t enough; the country is littered, quite literally, with history. And the ancient ...