Patara Beach & Caretta-Carettas

Patara makes an ideal holiday destination. It offers peace, tranquillity and boasts a 15 km long, golden, sandy beach, backed by dunes and the Taurus mountains. Its unique character and perfect location, close to the sea, mountains, gorges, forests and many of the country`s most fascinating archeological sites, make it a perfect base from whish to explore this beautiful part of Turkey.

It's golden sands backed by the dunes and the Taurus mountains and regularly featured as one of the Mediterranean's most beautiful and unspoilt beaches. Due to the strict conversation laws there is not a building to be seen, which is what makes this beach so special, endless golden sands, surrounded by nature.

Patara beach is one of the few remaining beaches in the world, where the Loggerhead turtles still come to lay their eggs between May and October, so measures are in place to ensure that it can be enjoyed by holidaymakers and still remain protected for the turtles.