Oct 3, 2024
Beautiful boat trip - The sunken cities are amazing and Myra was beautiful. There is a chance to swim off the back of the boat so bring swimming gear it is not mentioned on the trip info so I missed out.
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Sep 9, 2024
Lovely tour visiting ancient Lycian sites - Very attentive, kind and knowledagble English guide. Lovely sights, interesting facts about Türkiye, the region, their histories and the ancient sites we visited.
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Aug 16, 2024
Great day & beautiful views - As a family we had a great day. The pick up was on time and the initial coach was great. However, it broke down into 1hr of our trip, was swiftly replaced (20 mins later), but was of a lower standard and a/c was there, but not great in the heat of the sun. Nevertheless, we could carry on. The group wasn’t big, which was nice. First stop was for a quick breakfast, then the boat trip. We could see the Kekova ruins as they are not only under the water. This followed with a swim in wonderfully refreshing waters. We could even see turtles! Landscape over there is beautiful and the route very scenic. Demre & Myra - stunning and worth a visit (didn’t go inside the church as the entry is expensive 17 EUR pp & the tour would only last for up to 30 min). The lunch was outstanding and large enough! Grate guide, English speaking, lots of interesting facts along the way. Stops on the way were good for toilet breaks, not so good for your wallet, but any purchase was of course optional.
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Jun 18, 2024
A good tour - The tour was interesting, and the guide and food was good. The boat ride was fun although the sunken city is not as impressive as I thought it would be, but it was still good. Note that it is hot, and the tour requires time in a vehicle on a curvy road. Other than that the trip was very enjoyable.
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Oct 28, 2023
Fantastic guide, great trip but comes with a a BIG coach - My partner and I had an amazing time! Our guide was fantastic - knowledgeable, professional, friendly and super helpful. He shared a lot of details about the history and culture for each place. We really enjoyed the sunny deck on our boat trip, watching the Sunken city. We also had an amazing experience in Demre and Myra, exploring the necropolis and amphitheatre ruins.
Our guide also told us a lot about the origins of St Nicolaus. Lunch was delicious as well. A fantastic day!
The only criticism would be the pick up and drop off as we spent a LOT of extra time - it turned out it was a big coach trip, which we didn't know when booking. (Would have preferred a smaller van, even at a higher cost).
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Oct 21, 2023
Wonderful day of experience - Very informative tour, our guide Dovud was so great a well of great historical information. Very hands on tour, he made the tour fun even though it was a long day tour
The only improvement I dare to suggest was lunch. The food was not appetizing or tasty.
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Oct 9, 2024
Good trip - Excellent trip - with a knowledgeable guide.
Could do with a better description of timings and what to bring for the day out.
I didn’t realise there was an opportunity for a swim.
Depending where you are being picked up from it can be a long day.
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Sep 5, 2024
Nice experience - + boat trip was amazing (we saw turtles!) & Myra
+ lunch was delicious
+ it was a small group (at around 10 ppl)
+ pick up was on time
- the boat was not modern, we expected the floor to be transparent as advertised but we could not see anything (it was a 'standard' boat trip)
- we stopped at a partner souvenir shop (of course it's not mandatory to buy anything, but the tour is long and we just wanted to see beautiful places it instead of spending time in a shop)
- please change your microphone, especially in the minivan we couldn't hear anything
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Aug 21, 2024
Well organised, not tiring - We were picked up on time from our hotel in Kemer. We were on the coach with another 15-20 people so the tour wasn’t too big and the guide spoke English. The coach was comfortable enough with AC.
On the way to the boat trip we stopped for a bathroom/refreshment break. The trip from Kemer to the boat departure point took around 2 hours. We have also stopped at the semi precious stone shop which wasn’t advertised as a part of the tour. It was quite expensive even though the stop was short.
We have then continued on the boat trip. It was a comfortable boat and quite big all for our group so we had plenty of space.
We have spent around 2,5 hours on the boat including the 30 mins swimming break (very nice part of the excursion). We’ve seen Kekova from the boat and other historic places. Even though I didn’t understand what was the deal about Sunken City (maybe we were on top of where it used to be?).
We were then taken to lunch in Demre city in an authentic Turkish restaurant (the guide gave us a choice of meals). The food was excellent. The drinks were extra.
We then proceeded towards the Church of st Nicholas (extra 17 euro if you want to go). We didn’t go as we thought the price was too expensive but if you’re religious maybe it’s worth a visit. We just waited outside in the shadow and got some ice cream and they came out in around 25 mins which wasn’t long.
We then proceeded to Myra, it was impressive but very very hot so maybe not the best excursion in August.
This was the last stop and we started going back towards Kemer/Antalya.
Overall, it is a good excursion if you’re staying in Kemer as the time on the coach wasn’t too long and you get to see the surrounding (some mountains and seaside), the food was delicious, the boat and swim was nice if you don’t feel like spending the whole day on a boat trip. And you also get to learn some history and visit ancient sites.
If you’re based in Antalya it is perhaps not worth the trip as you’d spend too much time on the transfer for little time of the actual experience.
Overall I liked it and it was well organised.
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Oct 6, 2024
Ok, but hidden costs and unadvertised stops. - This trip was ok, the boat trip was lovely (small group so not crowded on the boat) - we actually saw some turtles in the harbour which was very unexpected! Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly. There's not much to see of the sunken city at all, we couldn't see anything through the very dirty glass window on the bottom of the boat. Myra is a really brilliant site, but we were only there for 45 minutes which is nowhere near long enough to look around properly. Also had the classic unadvertised stop at a tourist trap on our way to the harbour - this time it was a zultanite place - which is very annoying as it eats up time during an already busy day (we were there for almost an hour).
My biggest annoyance with this tour was that the church of St Nicolas isn't actually included in the price and to go into the church (which is fenced-off so you can't see it from the road) we were asked to pay an extra €20 each. We thought this was quite deceptive of the tour, whilst it was stated that entry for the church isn't included it does not make it clear how expensive the entry is and that if you don't go into the church you will essentially just have to spend an hour milling around outside whilst waiting for that bit of the tour to happen for the rest of the group. Why this cost couldn't have just been included from the start I just don't understand. There's absolutely nothing to do outside of the church beyond looking around one very expensive tourist shop. I would have much preferred to have longer at Myra, the two sites are very close together, IMO it would have been much better to visit Myra first and then those who wanted to go to the church could leave Myra early to do that so those who don't want to pay to see the church could enjoy more time at Myra.
Overall the trip was fine, but I wouldn't recommend it to a friend.
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