Kekova Sunken City

Kekova Sunken City is located on the island of Kekova, a rocky island off the Demre district of Antalya. The city was built during the Lycian state, one of the Hellenistic states. The city has been flooded over time due to natural disasters and earthquakes. In the ninth century, although new construction works were carried out during the Byzantine period, it could not regain its former glory again due to Arab stats.

The island, where the sunken city is located today, has a surface area of ​​4.5 km². The ruins of the sunken city are located in the northern part of the island and under water. The city was named Dolichiste in the Lycian language and Kakava in Ottoman sources.

Some of the numerous beauty and value works in the city;

There are tombs with inscriptions written in Lycian script, Lycian type sarcophagi in the water, breakwater and building ruins, a theater carved into the rock in the medieval castle, rock tombs, water cisterns, nekrapol field.

Today, trips and diving tours to the island can be carried out with the permission of the Ministry of Culture. You can join this privileged tour with the difference of Light Tour and breathe the Hellenistic period until the last bit.