Efeler Way
İzmir / Aydın, Türkiye
Türkiye · Kavaklıdere → Meryemana
Distance
486 km
Stages
27
Difficulty
moderate
Best months
Apr-May, Sep-Oct
Efeler Way · Stages and distances
Walking distances for Appy’s stages (27)
| Stage | km |
|---|---|
| 1. Kavaklıdere → Nazarköy | 19 |
| 2. Nazarköy → Yukarıkızılca | 13.9 |
| 3. Yukarıkızılca → Bayramlı | 15.8 |
| 4. Bayramlı → Yenikurudere | 17.5 |
| 5. Yeni Kurudere → Kemalpaşa Ovacık | 17.1 |
| 6. Kemalpaşa Ovacık → Sarıyurt | 21.5 |
| 7. Sarıyurt → Kerpiçlik | 18.2 |
| 8. Kerpiçlik → Lübbey | 14.3 |
| 9. Lübbey → Gölcük | 19.4 |
| 10. Gölcük → Birgi | 18.9 |
| 11. Birgi → Bozdağ | 16 |
| 12. Bozdağ → Karakoyun | 16.7 |
| 13. Karakoyun → Kiraz Ovacık | 19.6 |
| 14. Kiraz Ovacık → Küçükibrahimler | 21.9 |
| 15. Küçükibrahimler → Balyeri | 14.6 |
| 16. Balyeri → Karabolu | 17.9 |
| 17. Karabolu → Palamutçuk | 25 |
| 18. Palamutçuk → Beyköy | 24.8 |
| 19. Beyköy → Bıçakcı | 12.3 |
| 20. Bıçakcı → Demirdere | 24.3 |
| 21. Demirdere → Karaçamur | 14.8 |
| 22. Karaçamur → Dallık | 13.9 |
| 23. Dallık → Kaplan | 13.6 |
| 24. Kaplan → Akçaşehir | 18.2 |
| 25. Akçaşehir → Küçükkale | 16.7 |
| 26. Küçükkale → Şirince | 19.4 |
| 27. Şirince → Meryemana | 20.4 |
| Total | 485.7 |
About
The Efeler Way traces about 490 km across the Aegean highlands of Türkiye, from the climbing village of Kavaklıdere above İzmir to the Virgin Mary's House at Meryemana, above ancient Ephesus. It is a cultural route through the heartland of efe and zeybek folk tradition, a 27-stage path that threads vineyards, cedar yaylas, Ottoman villages, and forested Aegean mountain passes.
Stages
27 stages
Stage 1Kavaklıdere → Nazarköy
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 1969 m
- Descent
- 2048 m
Stage 2Nazarköy → Yukarıkızılca
challenging- Distance
- 14 km
- Ascent
- 1311 m
- Descent
- 1320 m
Stage 3Yukarıkızılca → Bayramlı
challenging- Distance
- 16 km
- Ascent
- 1712 m
- Descent
- 1272 m
Stage 4Bayramlı → Yenikurudere
moderate- Distance
- 18 km
- Ascent
- 1370 m
- Descent
- 1569 m
Stage 5Yeni Kurudere → Kemalpaşa Ovacık
challenging- Distance
- 17 km
- Ascent
- 2078 m
- Descent
- 1766 m
Stage 6Kemalpaşa Ovacık → Sarıyurt
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 1672 m
- Descent
- 1881 m
Stage 7Sarıyurt → Kerpiçlik
challenging- Distance
- 18 km
- Ascent
- 1253 m
- Descent
- 1345 m
Stage 8Kerpiçlik → Lübbey
challenging- Distance
- 14 km
- Ascent
- 1491 m
- Descent
- 1470 m
Stage 9Lübbey → Gölcük
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 1861 m
- Descent
- 1281 m
Stage 10Gölcük → Birgi
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 1033 m
- Descent
- 1700 m
Stage 11Birgi → Bozdağ
challenging- Distance
- 16 km
- Ascent
- 1910 m
- Descent
- 1155 m
Stage 12Bozdağ → Karakoyun
challenging- Distance
- 17 km
- Ascent
- 1885 m
- Descent
- 1537 m
Stage 13Karakoyun → Kiraz Ovacık
moderate- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 1381 m
- Descent
- 1824 m
Stage 14Kiraz Ovacık → Küçükibrahimler
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 1639 m
- Descent
- 1113 m
Stage 15Küçükibrahimler → Balyeri
challenging- Distance
- 15 km
- Ascent
- 1108 m
- Descent
- 1637 m
Stage 16Balyeri → Karabolu
challenging- Distance
- 18 km
- Ascent
- 1061 m
- Descent
- 1366 m
Stage 17Karabolu → Palamutçuk
moderate- Distance
- 25 km
- Ascent
- 1317 m
- Descent
- 1501 m
Stage 18Palamutçuk → Beyköy
moderate- Distance
- 25 km
- Ascent
- 2025 m
- Descent
- 2123 m
Stage 19Beyköy → Bıçakcı
challenging- Distance
- 12 km
- Ascent
- 1261 m
- Descent
- 587 m
Stage 20Bıçakcı → Demirdere
moderate- Distance
- 24 km
- Ascent
- 1952 m
- Descent
- 2376 m
Stage 21Demirdere → Karaçamur
challenging- Distance
- 15 km
- Ascent
- 2103 m
- Descent
- 1450 m
Stage 22Karaçamur → Dallık
challenging- Distance
- 14 km
- Ascent
- 930 m
- Descent
- 1477 m
Stage 23Dallık → Kaplan
challenging- Distance
- 14 km
- Ascent
- 1098 m
- Descent
- 1465 m
Stage 24Kaplan → Akçaşehir
moderate- Distance
- 18 km
- Ascent
- 1296 m
- Descent
- 1512 m
Stage 25Akçaşehir → Küçükkale
challenging- Distance
- 17 km
- Ascent
- 1282 m
- Descent
- 1352 m
Stage 26Küçükkale → Şirince
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 1593 m
- Descent
- 1376 m
Stage 27Şirince → Meryemana
challenging- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 1205 m
- Descent
- 1170 m
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