Kas Guide

Kaş feels personal from the first ten minutes. Stone lanes slide toward a pocket sized harbor, wooden balconies peek out from bougainvillea, and the water keeps changing shade as the sun moves. Grab a simit and strong coffee on Uzun Çarşı, then follow the slope down to the marina and sit a minute. By midday you might be at İnceboğaz where the narrow sandbar gives you two seas in one view, or on the rocks at Hidayet with a mask and snorkel. Late light is easy, the old Antiphellos theater turns into the town’s grandstand, and everyone falls quiet for the sunset.

Kaş works best when you keep plans simple. Take the taxi boat to Limanağzı, swim from wooden platforms, let lunch turn into another swim. Walk past the Lycian rock tombs tucked above the streets, then find a meyhane for meze and fish that arrived a few hours earlier. If you like being on the water, join a small boat for a lazy loop of Çoban Burnu and the nearby coves. If you like being under the water, this is one of Türkiye’s most reliable dive towns, clear visibility for first timers, wrecks and walls for divers who want more.

Day trips stay close. Kaputaş is about twenty minutes along the cliff road, bright water and a neat ribbon of pebbles. Kalkan sits thirty minutes the other way for a rooftop dinner and a different evening mood. Patara gives you dune backed sand and the feeling of a long horizon. Üçağız and Kaleköy open the door to Kekova, a slow boat day above the sunken city and a short climb to a castle with a wide view. If heat builds, Saklıkent cools everything with icy water around your ankles. If you want mountain air, Gömbe brings cedar scent and a slower rhythm on the plateau.

Staying here is straightforward. The Çukurbağ peninsula offers small hotels with ladders straight into the sea. The old town gives you bakeries, fruit stalls, and short streets that never feel rushed. The Friday market brings piles of tomatoes and herbs, and someone will insist you try the pomegranate juice. You move on foot, by dolmuş, or by a quick taxi, and nothing feels far.

Holitat keeps the pieces light. We match you with a small hotel or a boutique villa that fits how you like to travel. We set airport transfers to meet you at the door, add a car only when the route needs range, hold a table with a view, and stock a picnic before a short Lycian Way walk. Think a private boat to quiet coves, sea kayaking over ruins around Kekova, a licensed guide at Xanthos and Letoon. You choose the pace, we clear the path.

Kaş is kind in every season. Summer is swims, boat mornings, and theater sunsets. Spring brings flowers on the hills and clear water without crowds. Autumn keeps the sea warm and the light soft. Winter gives bright skies, long coffees, and streets that let you feel how small and friendly the town really is.