Welcome to Fethiye, the land of lights, where the torrent of civilizations created in the time tunnel and gliding from inaccessible summits of wild Taurus Mountains meet to the foamy dark blue water of Mediterranean . Believing that, neither the best words nor the limited pages of a large book define such a beauty with all its magnificence and also without any loss, we submit the appreciation of this phenomenon to the testimony of your eyes which are the best witnesses. Known as Telmessos during the Classical Era, Fethiye is the most important city on Carya border in the west of Lycia as one of the ancient Anatolian civilization. Its foundation goes back to 4 B.C. It is told that the name of town comes from Telmessos, son of mythological god Apollo. The city was occupied by Persians, Hellens under the Command of Alexander the Great and Romans and later on annexed to Ottoman territories. It was then called MEGRI meaning distant city during that era. The city was given the name of Fethiye to honor the the memory of Mr. Fethi, an air force pilot who died during a task flight. The tombs of kings carved in rocks on eastern slope of the city became the symbol of Fethiye. Those are memorial mausoleums of Lycians and Roman era of Lycia. Furthermore, there are several burials caskets of the same era in various places of the city. The castle rising high in the south is supposed to belong Saint John's chevaliers. Visible ruins bear the footprints of Middle Ages.