{"id":4805,"date":"2022-01-20T14:18:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T14:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mibersailing.com\/kas\/"},"modified":"2022-02-15T19:16:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T19:16:44","slug":"kas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mibersailing.com\/en\/kas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ka\u015f"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Ka\u015f (pronounced ‘Kash’) is a small fishing, diving, yachting and tourist town, and a district of Antalya Province of Turkey, 168km west of the city of Antalya. As a tourist town it is relatively unspoiled.
The town of Ka\u015f is on a hill running down to the sea. The district has a typical Mediterranean climate of hot, dry summers and warm, wet winters, which allows the growth of oranges, lemons and bananas. The lowland areas are also planted with cut flowers and a variety of fruits and vegetables, many are grown all year round under glass. The hillsides produce honey, and almonds, while at high altitudes there are extensive pine forests. The weather is drier at high altitudes. Although agriculture is still important, tourism is the main source of income in the district, which has many hotels and guest houses.
About 2 km (1 mi) offshore from Ka\u015f is the Greek island of Kastel\u00f3rizo (in Turkish Meis Adas\u0131) served by a Turkish ferry.<\/p>

Although the Teke peninsula has been occupied since the stone age it seems Ka\u015f was founded by the Lycians, and its name in Lycian language was Habesos or Habesa. It was a member of the Lycian League, and its importance during this time is confirmed by the presence of one of the richest Lycian necropolis.
The ancient Greeks later gave it the name of Antiph\u00e9llos or Ant\u00edphilos, since it was the harbor in front of the city of Phellos. During the Roman period, Antiph\u00e9llos was famous for exporting sponges and timber. Pliny the Elder refers to the town in the fifth book of his Naturalis Historia. After 395 the town became part of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine) and during the early Middle Ages was a bishop’s see – and as Antiphellus is still a titular see.<\/p>

The town suffered because of Arab incursions, then was annexed (under the name of Andifli) to the Anatolian Sultanate of R\u00fcm, led by the Seljuks. After the demise of the Seljuks, it came under the Ottomans.
In 1923, because of the Exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey after the Greco-Turkish War, the majority of the population, which was of Greek origin, left the town for Greece.[3] Abandoned Greek houses can still be seen at Ka\u015f.<\/p>

In the early 1990s tourism started booming in Ka\u015f, with visitors mainly from the UK and Germany. This growth of tourism brought an explosion in apartment building (often without license), which is seriously threatening the landscape and the environment. Particularly affected is the beautiful \u00c7ukurba\u011f Peninsula, west of the town, which now has luxury hotels built on it.<\/p>

The tourist industry is centred on the pleasant town of Ka\u015f, but many other coastal towns and villages in the district have plenty of accommodation for visitors including Kalkan and Gelemi\u015f. The district can be reached from both Antalya and Dalaman airports.<\/p>

Ka\u015f itself is a quiet pleasant town with its blue sea and narrow streets scented with jasmine flowers. There are plenty of little guest houses, quiet cafes serving home cooking, or small bars to relax after a day’s scuba diving. Ka\u015f has an annual arts festival, jazz concerts in the Hellenistic theatre and the Kiln Under the Sea arts collective have held underwater ceramics exhibitions here.<\/p>

Ka\u015f is one of the leading spots for diving in Turkey. There is a diving school, many places with equipment for hire and at the port local divers offer courses. If you decide to try diving in Ka\u015f you can expect to see a beautiful array of fish and other sea creatures like octopus and possibly dolphins, and also the wrecks of some ancient ships.<\/p>

On Fridays, Greek visitors from nearby islands such as Kastelorizo visit the markets of Ka\u015f.<\/p>

\u00a0The town of Ka\u015f has a Hellenistic theatre and many other places of historical interest; and it has spots of natural beauty, including excellent beaches, and a number of interesting caves, some of them underwater.<\/p>

\u00a0For scuba divers there are several spots underwater, one of them being an underwater sculpture of a shark sculpted by Kemal Tufan.<\/p>

\u00a0The mountains behind the coast offer countless places for trekking, climbing and canyoning.
\u00a0The ruins of the antique cities of Komba (in the village of G\u00f6mbe), Nisa, Kandyba, Phellos, Istlada, Apollonia, Isinda and Kyaenai.<\/p>

\u00a0A popular excursion from Ka\u015f is Kekova island in the neighbouring district of Demre. Here in the magnificent bays you will see a surprising variety of wrecks of ancient ships and ancient cities sunk under the sea by earthquakes over the centuries. The sea is so perfectly clear that the details of city buildings such as staircases or columns can be seen from the boat. The area is ideal for sea kayaking. In December 2006 Ka\u015f was added to the specially protected Kekova marine area in order to preserve its rich biodiversity.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ka\u015f Ka\u015f (pronounced ‘Kash’) is a small fishing, diving, yachting and tourist town, and a district of Antalya Province of Turkey, 168km west of the city of Antalya. As a tourist town it is relatively unspoiled.The town of Ka\u015f is on a hill running down to the sea. The district has a typical Mediterranean climate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4805","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t