ARYKANDA
Arykanda which was discovered by English traveler Charles Fellows in 1938, ARYKAWANDA in Lycian language is a settlement area beside the high rocks; according to the current data, it is a city where the people were settled in as from the end of the 3.000 B.C. and beginning of the 2.000 B.C. Stone axes which were found in neighboring Limyra, Mrya and Patara and the Semahöyük findings support this belief. On one of the highest peaks of the city, there is a surveillance tower belonging to Hellenistic age, which is important for the Lycia region.

Arykanda antique city is on the road from Phoenicia to Elmalı and approximately 30 km far from Phoenicia.

LIMYRA
The county Phoenicia which is related to the province of Antalya is at the north of a very rich Mediterranean beach meadow and its excavation with antique Limyra city is 4 km northeast of this county. The city which is known as Zemuri in the language of Lycians is high probably a Zummarri city according to what is learnt from the Hittites texts of 2nd century B.C. This data shows that the history of the city dates back to very old times. It lives its most propsperoud period during ……* century B.C. under the administration of Trbbeimi dynasty. It assumed the quality of residence city (king administration center) during the administration of King Perille.

Great Turkish traveler Evliya Çelebi visits the Abdal Musa sepulcher and said that dervishes live in a paradise among the lemon, orange and pomegranate trees by coming to Saklı-su in 1671. George Washington who is the president of America points out the Phoenicia port as the Egyptian port in its work in which he describes Lycia region.

SULUIN INN
Suluin inn is the deepest inn known of Asia with its 80 m wide entry mouth. An underwater research team made a dive in Suluin inn on 27 August 1995 and they dived up to 122 in depth but they could not reach the end of the inn.

 



 


INTRACITY REMNANTS
It is a surveillance tower now which can be dated back to the Hellenistic age and is between Castle Quarter and Resting Station of Sea Forces in Phoenicia. The Castle quarter whose upper part is composed of bulwark remnants belonging to Romans and lower part to the Byzantium period or the ‘tower’ which is beside the Deniz Restaurant, reflect this period. When sorted from the north to the south and from the west to the east, Çağman is an interesting sarcophagus (tomb) which dates back to 4th century B.C. Alacadağ, Muskar, convents, towers ad churches are the remnants which are within the Kale-Elmalı-Phoenicia borders and Phoenicia.


KAFİ BABA SEPULCHER
There is a sepulcher belonging to Kafi Baba from the disciples of Abdal Musa in the eastern part of the city. In the place of the sepulcher, Bektaşi dervish lodge and house of a dervish was established in 15th century. Environs of the tomb maintain its liveliness as place of visits and vows as of now.
 

TURKISH BATH
In Phoenicia which was established at the edge of Aykırıçay river, the tradition of Turkish bath dates back to 5th century B.C. Turkish baths among the remnants of Arykanda which is the antique Lycia city are important. The fact that some of the Turkish baths which were constructed centuries before at different points of Turkey provide service is the proof of the richness of the Turkish bath culture. In order to enliven this tradition which our current life style estranged us from, Turkish bath-sauna facilities which were constructed by Phoenicia Municipality in 1993 provides service to local people and foreigners.