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Sunlit turquoise shallows and white surf along Kaputaş Beach, viewed from above
The Turquoise Coast

TURQUOISE SOCIETY

Exceptional places. A more personal stay.

Discover last-minute villa openings, directly from the owner. Planning ahead? Explore our Owner Direct Collection for your preferred dates.

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Founding-stage preview. All villa examples are demonstrations, with no live availability.

Private Releases

Last-Minute Stays, Personally Chosen

Last-minute stay examples across different areas and villa types. Sample dates are for demo testing only. Coming soon — no live prices or availability.

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The Owner Direct Collection

A Stay Worth Planning Ahead

Explore villas throughout the year and enquire directly with the owner about your preferred dates. A villa can be part of the collection without a current Private Release. These blurred examples are demonstrations; genuine listings will follow after approval.

Year-round discovery, with dates confirmed personally. Each villa has its own season, availability and booking terms; being listed does not mean it is available for every date.

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Spring & Autumn · Days on Foot

One villa. Many days on the Lycian Way.

Unpack once, explore selected day walks and return to a familiar place each evening. Choose your base around checked footpath access, suitable routes and a clear return plan.

Read the Lycian Way day-walk guide

Time to work. Space to write.

A longer winter escape starts with a real workspace, tested connectivity and comfortable indoor rooms. Find the questions that make an ordinary working day feel settled.

Plan a work or writing stay

Comfort through the cooler months.

Room heating, hot water, logs and running costs matter. Check the actual villa and its opening season before choosing a winter retreat.

Read the winter villa checklist
Help me choose a baseDiscuss guided walks, transfers and experiences

Guides support your planning. Trail access, winter opening and work facilities are confirmed for the individual villa; current listing examples are demonstrations.

The Turquoise Coast

Explore the Coast

From harbourside Kaş to the ancient sands of Patara.

Kaputaş Beach, from our regional photography collection. Scene-setting image, rather than a photograph of every destination discussed in this guide.

Kaş

Harbour life, swimming and a little Lycian history

Regional photograph · read the area guide

Kaputaş Beach, from our regional photography collection. Scene-setting image, rather than a photograph of every destination discussed in this guide.

Patara

Beach days, archaeology and a village base

Regional photograph · read the area guide

An ancient olive tree from our regional photography collection. Scene-setting image, rather than a photograph of the featured villa, village or walking route.

Çukurbağ

Village stays and walking above Kaş

Regional photograph · read the area guide

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Founder of Turquoise Society on a sunlit terrace
More Than 25 Years on This Coast

A collection shaped by time, place and judgement.

Turquoise Society grew from a long relationship with these shores — their towns, mountain villages, ancient landscapes and the people who call them home. The aim is not to show every villa, but to make the distinctions that matter more useful.

David Richards, founder of Turquoise Society, first came to the coast more than twenty-five years ago. That accumulated local familiarity now informs the way the collection is curated and explained.

Read the story behind Turquoise Society
Our checks: the Society Standard

Guest Questions

A few useful answers before you enquire

Who you deal with, what a Private Release means, how verification works and where booking responsibility sits.

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The Society List

A little closer to the coast

Request occasional coast notes, walking and longer-stay ideas, and news of future Private Releases. The Founding Collection is taking shape; no villa availability is being offered yet.

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Journal

Stories from the Coast

Destination intelligence and editorial discovery.

Kaputaş Beach, from our regional photography collection. Scene-setting image, rather than a photograph of every destination discussed in this guide.
Comparisons6 min read

Mountain or Coast? Choosing Your Stay on the Lycian Coast

Patara, Çukurbağ and Yeniköy offer different ways to enjoy the same coastline. A practical guide to choosing between The Patara Collection, The Almond Collection and Liberty Villas 33.

Kaputaş Beach, from our regional photography collection. Scene-setting image, rather than a photograph of every destination discussed in this guide.
Destinations8 min read

Discovering the Turquoise Coast

The coast is often spoken about as a single destination. Look more closely and it becomes a sequence of very different landscapes, towns and ways of staying.

Kaputaş Beach, from our regional photography collection. Scene-setting image, rather than a photograph of every destination discussed in this guide.
Editorial7 min read

The Art of Slow Travel

Slow travel is not really about moving slowly. It is about giving a place enough time to become more than scenery.

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