Demre was a larger city that many people seemed to only use as a day trip spot. We enjoyed walking through ruins of Ancient Lycia ( again we had the sites to ourselves) and trying to piece together different stories of Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus and random visits from Saint Luke ( San Lucas) and Saint Paul ( San Pablo).
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| Church of Saint Nicolas |
We also enjoyed an amazing day trip to Ucagiz and Simena ( the area we had hoped to Kayak from Kas) It worked out perfectly for us, getting to explore the Lycian Tombs and managing to find an unoccupied house in a remote cove with beautiful clear Mediterranean waters to swim.
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| Ucagiz |
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| Simena |
Back in Demre, the ruins of Myra were by far the most impressive Lycian tombs we have seen. The roman city that grew around the Lycian site then became an important stop to swap slaves as Luke wrote in the bible. Saint Nicolas was also Bishop of the city for some time and is where the legend of Saint Nicolas began.
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