What's on in Kaş (Kaş), Turkey through the year

Busy — Semester (winter) break in Turkey, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: The town shuts (15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))

Busy — Semester (winter) break in Turkey, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: The town shuts (15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, Second-term mid-break in Turkey

• Season

  Lycian Way walking season

  20 Mar – 31 May · usuallyTrail season

  The 500-kilometre coastal path runs right past the town, and spring is when the cisterns still hold water and the maquis is in flower. Pensions along the route open for the walkers and close after them. Source ↗

Still on: The town shuts (15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Lycian Way walking season (20 Mar – 31 May (usually))

Busy — Kurban Bayrami, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Nature

  Loggerhead nesting at Patara

  1 May – 30 SepTurtle nestingClosures

  Patara, half an hour west, is a protected nesting beach: it is closed to everyone from eight at night until eight in the morning through the season, and vehicles are banned on the sand.

• Holiday

  Kurban Bayrami

  27–30 MayRamadan & EidCrowded

  A small town on a long road gets a four-day holiday's worth of Turkish visitors at once. Boats to Kekova run full and the harbour pensions are booked out before the European season starts. Source ↗

Still on: Lycian Way walking season (20 Mar – 31 May (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Turkey, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 Jun – 31 Oct · usually

  There is no beach to speak of, so swimming here means ladders off the rocks and the pebble coves east of town. The water is clear enough that Kas lives off diving as much as sunbathing.

Still on: Loggerhead nesting at Patara (1 May – 30 Sep), Kurban Bayrami (27–30 May)

Busy — Summer holidays in Turkey, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Loggerhead nesting at Patara (1 May – 30 Sep), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 31 Oct (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Turkey, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Loggerhead nesting at Patara (1 May – 30 Sep), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 31 Oct (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Turkey, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Autumn walking window

  20 Sep – 10 Nov · usuallyTrail season

  The second walking season is drier and emptier than spring, with the sea still warm at the end of a day's walk. Water sources are the catch: carry more than the guidebook says. Source ↗

Still on: Loggerhead nesting at Patara (1 May – 30 Sep), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 31 Oct (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jun – 31 Oct (usually)), Autumn walking window (20 Sep – 10 Nov (usually))

Busy — First-term mid-break in Turkey

• Season

  The town shuts

  15 Nov – 15 Mar · usuallyOff-season shutdownClosures

  Most pensions and the dive shops close, the Kekova boats stop and the harbour restaurants go down to a handful. What is left is a Turkish town rather than a resort.

Still on: Autumn walking window (20 Sep – 10 Nov (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: The town shuts (15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually))