Me on the beach

Summer is about to come! It's already more than 25C degrees in Istanbul. Time to go for a holiday!

If you are planning a trip to Turkey, which is one of the most famous summer places around Europe for the last few years, I have loads of places to recommend. One of them is the Kaputaş Beach where I visited 2 summers ago, and found fascinating!

The beach is between two cities, Kaş and Kalkan, so if you are visiting any of these cities, you will surely have a chance to go and see the beach. Bring your bikinis with you and spend a whole day there!

The Kaputaş Beach is a bit different compared to other popular beaches in Turkey as it is actually located on a lower point when you look from the road, and there is nothing else around the bay except some local & foreign people having sunbaths on the beach!

If you are with a car - and I really don't know what else could get you there! - you must leave your car near the stairways in a little park lot, and start going downstairs. There you will have to handle 180 steps of a stairway both as going down and going up back to your car. So 360 steps in total! But never tiring! The view is so adorable! You will enjoy all the steps up!

The water looks turquoise all year (particularly in the brightest summer days) because it directly comes from under the ground, all fresh and icy! Explore what's behind the rocks to see more!

You'd better bring your own food to the beach because there is nothing around; no shops, no restaurants, no houses... Only the blue water and yellow sand, and people.

What else are you looking for anyway! ;)

Kaputaş Beach from my camera (taken on the stairways)

How to get there: If you are looking for a place like Kaputaş, then you must choose a place around Antalya to stay. Both Kaş and Kalkan are linked to Antalya, which is one of the hottest summer cities in Turkey. I remember crying because of the hot weather when I was a kid, because I was literally unable to sleep as it was impossible to breath!

There is an airport in Antalya where you can fly to, and in Antalya you might rent a car to drive up to the north side to get to the beach.