
Efeler Way
İzmir / Aydın, Türkiye
Türkiye · Kavaklıdere → Meryemana
Distance
486 km
Stages
27
Difficulty
moderate
Best months
Apr-May, Sep-Oct
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 28-stage path that threads vineyards, cedar yaylas, Ottoman villages, and forested Aegean mountain passes.
Stages
27 stages
Stage 1Kavaklıdere → Nazarköy
moderateDistance19 kmAscent1969 mDescent2048 m
Stage 2Nazarköy → Yukarıkızılca
challengingDistance14 kmAscent1311 mDescent1320 m
Stage 3Yukarıkızılca → Bayramlı
challengingDistance16 kmAscent1712 mDescent1272 m
Stage 4Bayramlı → Yenikurudere
moderateDistance18 kmAscent1370 mDescent1569 m
Stage 5Yeni Kurudere → Kemalpaşa Ovacık
challengingDistance17 kmAscent2078 mDescent1766 m
Stage 6Kemalpaşa Ovacık → Sarıyurt
moderateDistance22 kmAscent1672 mDescent1881 m
Stage 7Sarıyurt → Kerpiçlik
challengingDistance18 kmAscent1253 mDescent1345 m
Stage 8Kerpiçlik → Lübbey
challengingDistance14 kmAscent1491 mDescent1470 m
Stage 9Lübbey → Gölcük
moderateDistance19 kmAscent1861 mDescent1281 m
Stage 10Gölcük → Birgi
moderateDistance19 kmAscent1033 mDescent1700 m
Stage 11Birgi → Bozdağ
challengingDistance16 kmAscent1910 mDescent1155 m
Stage 12Bozdağ → Karakoyun
challengingDistance17 kmAscent1885 mDescent1537 m
Stage 13Karakoyun → Kiraz Ovacık
moderateDistance20 kmAscent1381 mDescent1824 m
Stage 14Kiraz Ovacık → Küçükibrahimler
moderateDistance22 kmAscent1639 mDescent1113 m
Stage 15Küçükibrahimler → Balyeri
challengingDistance15 kmAscent1108 mDescent1637 m
Stage 16Balyeri → Karabolu
challengingDistance18 kmAscent1061 mDescent1366 m
Stage 17Karabolu → Palamutçuk
moderateDistance25 kmAscent1317 mDescent1501 m
Stage 18Palamutçuk → Beyköy
moderateDistance25 kmAscent2025 mDescent2123 m
Stage 19Beyköy → Bıçakcı
challengingDistance12 kmAscent1261 mDescent587 m
Stage 20Bıçakcı → Demirdere
moderateDistance24 kmAscent1952 mDescent2376 m
Stage 21Demirdere → Karaçamur
challengingDistance15 kmAscent2103 mDescent1450 m
Stage 22Karaçamur → Dallık
challengingDistance14 kmAscent930 mDescent1477 m
Stage 23Dallık → Kaplan
challengingDistance14 kmAscent1098 mDescent1465 m
Stage 24Kaplan → Akçaşehir
moderateDistance18 kmAscent1296 mDescent1512 m
Stage 25Akçaşehir → Küçükkale
challengingDistance17 kmAscent1282 mDescent1352 m
Stage 26Küçükkale → Şirince
moderateDistance19 kmAscent1593 mDescent1376 m
Stage 27Şirince → Meryemana
challengingDistance20 kmAscent1205 mDescent1170 m
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