37 Abandoned Resorts From a Bygone Era You Can Still Visit

27. Kayaköy, Turkey: The Stone Village of Ghosts

Nestled on a Turkish hillside near Fethiye, Kayaköy is an abandoned village primarily consisting of hundreds of Greek-style stone houses and churches. Once a thriving community known as Levissi, its Greek inhabitants were forced to leave during the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923. Never fully repopulated, the village now stands as a hauntingly beautiful open-air museum. Wandering its empty, winding streets and roofless stone structures evokes a powerful sense of loss and displacement against a stunning Mediterranean backdrop.