"The Sleeping Beauty of Lycia, the Land of Light"

There are no vast sandy deserts in Turkey but there is one town that provided the necessary atmosphere for all the Turkish film productions that took place in a desert. It is Patara….Patara was one of the six cities of the Lycian League. It was a harbour city when first founded but now it looks like an inland site. The Patara beach is the longest sandy sea front in Turkey. This exceptional site is also the breeding place for Caretta Caretta sea turtle. All these qualities make Patara one of the most distinguished protection areas of Turkey.