Kayaköy Ghost Town 2026: Fethiye Visitor Guide & History
✓ Last reviewed: 29 September 2026 — Verified and updated by İlyas Bayrak, licensed Turkish guide (licence 070867), with the My Turkey Adventure editorial team. Prices, opening hours, transport fares and visa rules reflect the latest 2026 guidance. Quick Answer: Kayaköy (formerly Levissi ) is an abandoned village of ~500 stone houses and two churches , 8 km south of Fethiye. Built by Anatolian Greeks, emptied in the 1923 population exchange , and frozen in time since. Entry is around USD 3 (120 TL) , open daily 08:30–19:00 summer / 17:00 winter . Allow 2 hours minimum. On my Kayakoy (Hayat Koyu) walking route, I follow goat tracks between the stone houses of Hayakoy (Levissi), abandoned during the 1923 population exchange. For the walk from the lower church to the upper church, I require rubber-soled shoes and a sun hat. I find the ancient city of Tlos, inland from Fethiye, very hot when temperatures are high. After the tour, the Yaka Park/Yakapark nature recreation facilities, where ice-cold spring waters flow down from the Akdaglar, make an ideal lunch stop. Hello, I'm İlyas Bayrak — a licensed Turkish tour guide and the voice behind My Turkey Adventure . After fifteen years on the road with travellers from every continent, here's the honest 2026 answer. What you're actually walking through This isn't a movie set. Until 1923, around 6,500 Greek-speaking Orthodox Christians lived here — farmers, traders, basket weavers. After the Greco-Turkish War ended, the Lausanne Treaty mandated a population exchange: Anatolian Greeks moved to Greece, Muslims from Greece moved to Türkiye. Kayaköy's families were sent to Athens. No one moved into the houses. A century of weather has left walls but no roofs, ovens but no doors. It's the largest preserved monument of the exchange. How to get to Kayaköy from Fethiye Dolmuş from Fethiye otogar : hourly, 30 minutes, around 60 TL. Marked "Kayaköy" — the driver knows the stop. Walking from Ölüdeniz : a beautiful 2-hour hike over a hill
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