Santa’s Real Home: Coastal Türkiye

The real Santa Claus never lived at the North Pole. St. Nicholas was actually a bishop

in ancient Lycia, which is now Antalya Province in Türkiye. Before the red suit and flying reindeer,

he walked among Roman marble columns and breathed Mediterranean sea air. Today,

you can drive along the Turkish coast from Dalaman to Antalya and trace his actual footsteps.

The route passes through crumbling Roman theaters, Byzantine islands, and buried basilicas

where archaeologists are still uncovering pieces of his true story. Forget the workshop

and elves. The man behind the Christmas legend lived in a sun-drenched coastal paradise,

surrounded by ancient ruins that you can still visit today. If you found that interesting,