Patara Ancient City

A smooth, sandy 23 mile beach. The beach is big enough to reduce crowds, and has changing areas, water closets, and a good but simple self service cafe. The menu was simple and good, with prompt hot food delivered. The price for lounges and umbrellas were reasonable. The beach itself is shallow, with a very gradual sinking into the sea, rare on this sharp rocky coast. Perhaps my favorite Turkish beach to date.

Impressive and definitely worth to spend quality time here. Make sure to go either early morning or late afternoon during summer. Cafe should have reasonable prices and extensive gift options and the toilets should have soap (cannot believe we still talk about this).

Fabulous April visit - great history -.Close to Kalkan and Villa 360

Patara is not to be missed, it’s a must see along with other local historical sites. It does cost money to enter but we purchased a Turkish Museum Pass and we’re easily able to use this to enter. They have multiple restored areas, including a long city street, as well as areas that appeared to be theaters or areas where gladiator fights would have happened. It’s apparent they are also renovating other areas and you can also see remote ruins buried deep in a swamp. There are a few signs that describe areas but it is indeed lacking additional information about all the spaces you enter. So, you may want to do a bit of reading before entering but it’s still worth the visit. There is also a paved parking lot, drink vendor, bathrooms, and lighted walking paths.

This place is interesting if you are a history fan. I am not, still found it fun. The ancient city was quite big, but not much has left. The ancient theatre, columns, ancient bath and a few more buildings. The lighthouse was on reconstruction. Beware of snakes near the gulf.

Amazing place! A lot of ancient buildings and places to visit. What my wife and I was most fascinated was the theatre and the ancient ark. The ark is situated on the right side of the road, near the entrance to the city. There is a model of an ancient ship next to the main forum. The whole tour of the city of Patara takes about two hours (if you enjoy taking photos, sit and relax amongst the ancient history).

Beautiful location and scenery. It cost 45 Lira for entrance (they have various options available for multiple entries to other historical sites around Antalya). It's free for citizens who have a museum card. There's plenty to see in terms of history and it's all safe. There's a gift shop / restaurant at the carpark along with clean and free toilets.

The ruins are nice, there are better ones out there to visit. The beach is impressive, I would like to have been able use the beach but our timing was not the best. Visited in March 3btraveler