Kayaköy

A short journey from Hisaronu through the Kaya Forest leads to Kayaköy. We visited Kaya on our first trip to Turkey in the company of three students we met from Istanbul University. Kaya is a magical place, although with a starngely eerie atmosphere, induced by the largely abandoned village.

Kayaköy is a village of Fethiye in Turkey where Anatolian Greeks lived until the population exchange agreement signed by Turkish and Greek governments after the Independence War of Turkey. The former Greek village of Kayaköy makes a striking impression on visitors, with its stone houses and churches, narrow streets, and spectacular setting. So beautiful is the Kaya Valley, so rich the soil, so tranquil the air and so slow the pace of traditional rural life that is hard to believe that bustling Fethiye and famous Olu Deniz beach are only a short drive away. The dreamlike beauty of Kaya Valley is magnified by the evocative ruins of the abandoned Greek village of the same name.


Hisaronu