Telmessos
Telmessos or Telmessus, also Telmissus, later Anastasiopolis, then Makri or Macre, was the largest city in Lycia, near the Carian border, and is sometimes confused with Telmessos in Caria.
It was called Telebehi in the Lycian language. The well-protected harbor of Telmessos is separated from the Gulf of Telmessos by an island.
How locals move
Getting around Telmessos the local way
- Get inSky Marine Ferries sail Apr-Oct daily to Rhodes, taking 1 hr 45 minutes.
- Get inTheir fast cat leaves Fethiye at 08:30 and sets off back at 16:30, so a day trip from Fethiye gives you six hours in Rhodes, but no reverse day trip is possible.
- Get inFerries no longer sail to other Aegean ports such as Marmaris.
- Get inPrivate cruises explore the Lycian coastline but these are round trips not point-to-point ferries.
- Get aroundDolmuş minibuses run throughout town; routes you might use are west to Karagözler, north to Çalış, and south to Ölüdeniz.
From Wikivoyage: Fethiye, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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