Arycanda	[Itinerary] [Myra & St. Nicholas]

Arycanda (Arykanda) is a unique Lycian city, built upon five large terraces ascending a mountain slope, and was known for having the most pleasure and entertainment-loving (and debt-ridden) citizens. 

The city overlooks a magnificent valley and its view makes it one of the most spectacular sites in Lycia.

Arycanda is known to be one of the oldest Lycian sites - its name ends with -anda, indicitive of its Anatolian origin dating back as far as the second millennium BC. 

Some of the oldest coins of Lycia (5th c. BC were also found here during a recent digging; the site is under continuous excavation.

Arycanda survived through Byzantine times, until the 9th century when the settlement moved to a new site south of the modern road.