Fethiye City Center
 Once the Lycian settlement of Telmessos, Fethiye is a lively port and
market town where Turkish life and tourism exist side by side. Along the
pretty waterfront you can watch the traditional wooden gullets, motor
launches and fishing boats. At the nearbye Calis Beach all manner of
water-sports are availab. In the old port area 'paspatur' sell
everything from aromatic herbs to 'designer' clothes, nomadic rugs and
hand-crafted jewellery. The famous rock tomb of King Amyntas is visited
by many every year.
Fethiye Museum
The Museum has two exhibition halls namely, Archaeology Hall and
Ethnography Hall. In the Archaeology Hall, there are ceramic works and
statues. Among these, there is a Young Girl’s Statue with a Dove and a
trilingual stele, which has played an important role to analyse the
Lycian language. Hand woven works special to the region, silver
jewellery and dastar (head scarf) loom are exhibited in the Ethnography
Hall. In the open exhibition, big stone works of art, tombs and Izraza
Monument can be seen. The Museum is open everyday except Monday from
09.00 to 18.00.
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