Lycian Way
Antalya, Türkiye
Türkiye · Geyikbayırı, Turkey → Ölüdeniz Mahallesi, Turkey
Distance
449 km
Stages
19
Difficulty
moderate
Best months
Apr-May, Sep-Oct
Lycian Way · Stages and distances
Walking distances for Appy’s stages (19)
| Stage | km |
|---|---|
| 1. Geyikbayırı → Çitdibi | 18 |
| 2. Çitdibi → Kemer | 18.6 |
| 3. Kemer → Kemer | 15 |
| 4. Kemer → Kemer | 18.7 |
| 5. Kemer → Tekirova | 26 |
| 6. Tekirova → Kumluca | 21.9 |
| 7. Kumluca → Kumluca | 18.9 |
| 8. Kumluca → Kumluca | 28.1 |
| 9. Kumluca → Finike | 35.5 |
| 10. Finike → Gürses | 28.3 |
| 11. Gürses → Kaş | 22.3 |
| 12. Kaş → Kaş | 21.6 |
| 13. Kaş → Kaş | 23 |
| 14. Kaş → Bezirgan | 27.6 |
| 15. Bezirgan → Gelemiş | 25.1 |
| 16. Gelemiş → İslamlar | 24.2 |
| 17. İslamlar → Seydikemer | 31.5 |
| 18. Seydikemer → Karaağaç | 22.5 |
| 19. Karaağaç → Ölüdeniz Mahallesi | 21.7 |
| Total | 448.5 |
About
A rugged about 450 km journey from Geyikbayırı to Ölüdeniz Mahallesi. The Lycian Way weaves through ancient ruins and sun-baked coastal paths, where the scent of wild thyme mingles with salt air.
19 stages, 15,755 meters of elevation gain, and a landscape that shifts from rocky mountains to serene beaches. You’ll pass the amphitheater at Patara and the rock tombs of Myra, remnants of the Lycian civilization.
Accessible year-round, this trail demands skill but rewards with stunning Mediterranean vistas and a deep connection to Turkey’s storied past.
Stages
19 stages
Stage 1Geyikbayırı → Çitdibi
challenging- Distance
- 18 km
- Ascent
- 1184 m
- Descent
- 996 m
Stage 2Çitdibi → Kemer
challenging- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 1103 m
- Descent
- 760 m
Stage 3Kemer → Kemer
challenging- Distance
- 15 km
- Ascent
- 785 m
- Descent
- 1385 m
Stage 4Kemer → Kemer
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 713 m
- Descent
- 863 m
Stage 5Kemer → Tekirova
moderate- Distance
- 26 km
- Ascent
- 495 m
- Descent
- 612 m
Stage 6Tekirova → Kumluca
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 616 m
- Descent
- 580 m
Stage 7Kumluca → Kumluca
challenging- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 988 m
- Descent
- 923 m
Stage 8Kumluca → Kumluca
challenging- Distance
- 28 km
- Ascent
- 633 m
- Descent
- 774 m
Stage 9Kumluca → Finike
moderate- Distance
- 36 km
- Ascent
- 1809 m
- Descent
- 69 m
Stage 10Finike → Gürses
moderate- Distance
- 28 km
- Ascent
- 269 m
- Descent
- 2023 m
Stage 11Gürses → Kaş
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 375 m
- Descent
- 330 m
Stage 12Kaş → Kaş
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 656 m
- Descent
- 689 m
Stage 13Kaş → Kaş
challenging- Distance
- 23 km
- Ascent
- 1132 m
- Descent
- 623 m
Stage 14Kaş → Bezirgan
challenging- Distance
- 28 km
- Ascent
- 806 m
- Descent
- 599 m
Stage 15Bezirgan → Gelemiş
moderate- Distance
- 25 km
- Ascent
- 576 m
- Descent
- 1194 m
Stage 16Gelemiş → İslamlar
challenging- Distance
- 24 km
- Ascent
- 770 m
- Descent
- 608 m
Stage 17İslamlar → Seydikemer
challenging- Distance
- 32 km
- Ascent
- 462 m
- Descent
- 717 m
Stage 18Seydikemer → Karaağaç
challenging- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 1074 m
- Descent
- 1105 m
Stage 19Karaağaç → Ölüdeniz Mahallesi
challenging- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 1309 m
- Descent
- 1021 m
Points of interest
- Olympos
Ruins of a Lycian city in a valley running to the sea, one of the six main cities of the Lycian League, taken from Cilician pirates by Rome in 78 BC.
- Olympos Genoese Castle
Ruined fortress on a hill above the beach and the ancient city, one of the strongholds Venetians, Genoese and Rhodians raised along this coast in the Middle Ages.
- Mount Omurga
Natural landmark. Mount Omurga in Olympos, Turkey, is located alongside the Olympos ruins.
- Andriaca
Ancient port of Myra, with large Roman granaries of Hadrian, dated 119 AD, at the harbour entrance.
- Aperlai Roman Bridge
Roman-period bridge that still spans a ravine just west of the ancient city of Aperlai. Beyond it lies a large midden of crushed murex shells.
- Sekikara Tepesi
Peak, in Muğla Province, Turkey, at 621 m elevation.
- Eren Tepe
Peak, in Antalya Province, Turkey, at 523 m elevation.
- Kaputaş Beach
Beach in Turkey. Kaputaş Beach is a small beach between Kaş and Kalkan in southwestern Turkey.
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