nateniale's travels

{ November 2009 - Antalya, Turkey } After spending a day travelling out of Antalya to Myra and around the Mediterranean coast the day before, we had a free day to roam around the beautiful harbour city of Keleici and the surroundings. After a scrumptious breakfast at the hotel, we set off for a walk around the old town. Keleici was a Roman-Ottoman quarter that has been carefully preserved. From our hotel right in the middle of Keleici, we walked to the old Roman harbour, which was an important harbour during the 2nd century BC. It was now a harbour with yachts, tourists boats and fishermen boats. It was a small and beautiful harbour, and I could imagine how busy it must have been all those years ago.   We then explored the old town, passing by many old houses that has since been converted into shops selling all sorts of souvenirs and carpets for tourists. Kesik Minare, which means cut minaret, was a navigating point in Keleici for us. The minaret was par...

{ November 2009 - Antalya, Turkey } We woke up to a beautiful sunny morning in Antalya in a beautiful quaint hotel in the old town Keleici. Our hotel room gave us a great view of the town (below) with Kesik Minare sticking out of the old houses around town. Kesik Minare, which means Cut Minaret, was the remaining of a minaret of a Roman temple, which was eventually converted to a church. We planned to spend a day walking around the Roman town the next day . We joined a day tour to the Mediterranean coast town of Myra that includes a tour out to the Mediterranean Sea . We were supposed to join another tour to Perge and Side, but were given a chance to change it to this tour. Of course, we took the opportunity to take a cruise in the sea! We were driven along the coastline with beautiful views of the sea before reaching the town Myra. Myra was an old Roman city, with many Lycian tombs on the hill. They were tombs by the Lycian people, carved out on the rocks in the shape o...