Olympos (Turkey) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Ancient city in Lycia
About Olympos (Turkey)
Ancient Lycian ruins, an isolated Mediterranean beach, accommodation in treehouses and flames that mysteriously burn from the side of a mountain are some of the attractions of Olympos (Olimpos) in Turkey's south. The modern "village" is named after the Lycian/Roman city that now lies in ruins on the beach, which in turn is named after nearby Mt. Tahtalı, the highest mountain of the vicinity and, along with some other 20-odd noticeably high mountains in northeastern Mediterranean basin, known as Olympos in antiquity. A hippie haven before the completion of a surfaced road from the main highway in 2009 means that there aremanymore people (including families with fussy children, and rowdy and drunk teenagers) heading there compared with years past. In summer weekends when hordes of day- (and
Top Attractions in Olympos (Turkey)
Explore the best things to see and do in Olympos (Turkey):
- ★Çıralı beach
- ★Mount Chimaera
- ★Olympos ruins
Where to Stay in Olympos (Turkey)
- 🏨Bayrams Tree Houses
- 🏨Deep Green Bungalows
- 🏨Hasan's
- 🏨Kadir's Tree Houses
- 🏨Saban Treehouses
- 🏨Turkmen Tree Houses
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