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below is carved from solid rock. Two lions' heads resting on their paws are carved on each of the lid's two long sides. Male and female figures can be made out on the narrow western face, which is divided into four panels. On the tomb's base is an eight-line Lycian inscription in the Lycian language.
The best preserved and significant ruin in Kaş is the ancient theatre built by the Romans in the 1st century B.C. (It was renovated in 2nd century A.D). On the right of the Çukurbað peninsula road, the 26 tier theatre is still in good condition has a capacity for 4000 people.
The Theatre is still used occasionally in festivals and watching a play or dance/music programme with the moonlit Mediterranean as a backdrop can be a wonderful experience.
Antiphellos(Kaş)
Antiphellos was built to serve as a harbour for the city of Phellos which until then had to rely on the harbour at Andriake. A road across the mountains linked Phellos to its harbour which was named Antiphellos (in front of Phellos).
Eventually Antiphellos became more important than its parent town and during Hellenistic times and the Roman period it was provided with an agorà (market place), two baths and a theatre, which is its main archaeological remain. Antiphellos is now called Kaş and is a modern tourist resort which attracts an ever growing number of holidaymakers.
Over the centuries a competition developed between the harbour of Antiphellos and that located on the nearby island of Kastelorizo (which now belongs to Greece). For many centuries the harbour of the island was preferred by ships travelling from the Aegean Sea to Cyprus and Syria. At the end of the 19th century Kastelorizo was a small town, while on the ancient site of Antiphellos there was just a village.
Lycia is known for its rock-cut tombs, many of which have the appearance of a small Ionic temples. A tomb carved out of the hillside can be found north-east of the theatre. Inside the chamber are three benches for the corpses and opposite the doorway is a frieze showing 25 female figures, dancing hand-in-hand. The sides of the benches are decorated with rosettes and oyster shell motifs. Other tombs in a variety of styles can be found on the town's northern slopes.
A sarcophagus stands at the upper end of Uzun Çarşı Street which is lined by traditional Turkish houses, carpet and souvenir shops. This monument, which has become the symbol of Kaş was built in the fourth century B.C., and together with the thick base
The town’s appeal doesn’t lie in its beaches – the local bays are small and pebbly – but in its excellent array of pensions, restaurants and bars, and its wonderfully mellow atmosphere. For such a relaxed place it is ironic that Kaş is now styling itself the ‘Adventure Capital of the Med’, but with paragliding, scuba diving and hiking all readily available, as well as fascinating coastal excursions, it makes an ideal base for a few days’ strenuous activity. A well-preserved ancient theatre is about all that’s left of ancient Antiphellos, which was the Lycian town here. Above the town several Lycian rock tombs in the sheer rock mountain wall are illuminated at night.”
antiphellos
Antiphellos
Ancient Kas
Myra
Home of St. Nicholas
Xanthos
Lycian Capital
Phellos
High City
Antiphellos
Ancient Kaş
Tlos
Mountain City