Around Beycik
A rest day, if you can call it that.
Fire on the hillside, a Roman street that ends in the sea, a cable car to a 2,365-metre summit. Everything here is within an hour of the house, most of it within half an hour.
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© Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany · CC BY-SA 2.0 01 Yanartaş
Chimaera
The mountain that breathes fire
On a rocky slope above Çıralı, small flames rise from cracks in the ground and have done so for at least two and a half thousand years. It is natural gas, seeping from deep rock and igniting in the air. The ancients saw the breath of the Chimaera, the monster killed by Bellerophon riding Pegasus. A stone path climbs about a kilometre through the pines from the car park.
Good to know Go at dusk, when the flames show best, and bring a torch for the walk down.
- by car
- 25 min
- from the hotel
- 17 km
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© Alexey Komarov · CC BY-SA 4.0 02 Çıralı
Çıralı
A beach kept quiet for the turtles
Three kilometres of sand and shingle, backed by orchards and low guesthouses instead of hotels, because loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) come ashore here to nest. The village sits between the Chimaera and the ruins of Olympos, and is the southern trailhead for the walk up to Beycik.
Good to know From May to September nests are marked on the beach. Keep off the fenced areas and leave the sand dark at night.
- by car
- 30 min
- from the hotel
- 20 km
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© Capyusuf · CC BY-SA 4.0 03 Olimpos Antik Kenti
Olympos
A Lycian city in a wooded gorge
Olympos was one of the six leading cities of the Lycian League, with three votes in its assembly. Today its tombs, theatre, baths and temple gate lie half-hidden under laurel, fig and oleander along a stream that runs down to the sea. The path through the ruins ends on the beach, at the far end of Çıralı’s bay.
Good to know The site charges an entrance fee; the Museum Pass (Müzekart) is accepted.
- by car
- 35 min
- from the hotel
- 24 km
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© Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0 04 Faselis
Phaselis
Three ancient harbours in the pines
Founded by settlers from Rhodes in the 7th century BC, Phaselis grew rich on timber and trade. A paved main street runs between its harbours, past an aqueduct and the remains of a gate raised for the emperor Hadrian’s visit. Pine woods come down to small sandy coves. You can swim where ancient ships once moored.
Good to know Arrive early or late to have the coves to yourself; there is little shade at midday.
- by car
- 25 min
- from the hotel
- 18 km
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© Maasaak · CC BY-SA 4.0 05 Olympos Teleferik
Tahtalı cable car
Up to 2,365 metres in ten minutes
A single span of more than four kilometres lifts you from the forest above Tekirova to the summit of Tahtalı Dağı, the ancient Mount Olympos. On a clear morning the whole coast lies below, and you can trace the ground the Lycian Way crosses above Beycik.
Good to know Go early, before cloud gathers on the summit, and take a warm layer: it is far cooler at the top.
- by car
- 40 min
- from the hotel
- 18 km
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© Kadı · CC BY 4.0 06 Ulupınar
Ulupınar
Springs, plane trees and trout
In a cool side valley, springs burst from the rock beneath enormous plane trees. Restaurants set their tables on wooden platforms over the water and serve trout from their own pools. It is also where walkers begin the long climb to Beycik.
Good to know A good lunch stop on the drive back from Çıralı or Olympos.
- by car
- 20 min
- from the hotel
- 11 km
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© Bilgegezgintr · CC BY-SA 4.0 07 Adrasan
Adrasan
A sheltered bay and boat days
A wide, quiet bay south of Olympos, with a long beach and a river mouth. In summer, boats leave the beach for day trips to the coves and islands of the cape, among them the bright waters of Suluada.
Good to know Boat trips run from late spring to autumn; ask us and we will point you to the morning departures.
- by car
- 35 min
- from the hotel
- 30 km
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© Rauşan · CC BY-SA 4.0 08 Gelidonya Feneri
Gelidonya Lighthouse
A walk to the end of the cape
The lighthouse on Cape Gelidonya looks over a chain of islets where a Bronze Age shipwreck was found and excavated in 1960: the first ancient wreck dug entirely under water by archaeologists. A stretch of the Lycian Way leads there from the village of Karaöz.
Good to know Allow a few hours for the walk there and back, carry water, and stay for sunset over the islands.
- by car
- 50 min
- from the hotel
- 38 km
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© Tanya Dedyukhina · CC BY 3.0 09 Göynük Kanyonu
Göynük Canyon
Green pools in a limestone gorge
North of Kemer, the Göynük stream has cut a narrow gorge with deep green pools. Walk the path along the canyon or swim and scramble upstream; at the entrance you can hire wetsuits and helmets.
Good to know The water is cold even in August, a good antidote to a hot day on the coast.
- by car
- 50 min
- from the hotel
- 41 km
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© Abdullah kıyga · CC BY 3.0 · cropped 10 Kemer
Kemer
The district town
Beycik belongs to the district of Kemer, half an hour along the coast: a marina, a long seafront promenade and Moonlight Park, with banks, pharmacies and outdoor shops for anything your pack is missing.
Good to know Half an hour by car, and handy for cash, supplies and a swim on the way.
- by car
- 30 min
- from the hotel
- 29 km
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© REHBER0770 · CC BY-SA 4.0 11 Kaleiçi
Kaleiçi, Antalya
The old city above the harbour
Antalya’s walled old quarter climbs from its Roman harbour through lanes of Ottoman houses to Hadrian’s Gate. Nearby, the Antalya Museum holds one of the finest archaeological collections in Turkey, much of it from the cities along the Lycian Way.
Good to know Worth a stop on the way to or from the airport.
- by car
- 65 min
- from the hotel
- 71 km
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