Walking holidays, tours and vacations on the Lycian Way, Turkey

Ancient Olympus, pomegranate juice and the sea

The Turquoise Coast is one of the last unspoilt parts of Turkey's southern littoral. Our route starts at a mountain hotel overlooking the Lycian Way, a long distance footpath along the bulge on the coast west of Antalya. It takes you down to the coast itself at Phaselis, a wonderfully preserved and little-visited Graeco-Roman site on a promontory, and then winds south past secluded beaches to the Chimaera, the eternal flame of legend. Explore this and the nearby site of Olympus (the Turkish one, that is), and then those last two days! Lonely and thrilling, the last day along the wild and beautiful coast of the empty peninsula of Kilidonya to the lighthouse.

Hours per Day:  4½-7½

Days 6 & 7 are the longest days at 6½ & 7½ hrs walking. Shorter options possible for day 4. You can always take a taxi if you decide you'd like to have a day off walking, as the walk is long in total.

Difficulty: medium-hard

Generally good paths with some stony sections. Several easy stream crossings and some scrambling. Sections of sustained uphill particularly in the last three days. Average cumulative uphill stretches (CUSs) 414m per day.

Total 7 nights in shared room, all breakfasts, luggage transfers, 5 picnics, 4 evening meals, taxi from/to airport and end day 7 and short taxi transfers days 2 & 4

Savings and supplements

Single Room Supplement £85

Lone Traveller Additional Supplement £130

3rd person and over £65 off per person

3+ bedded rooms - call us for savings

Fly to Antalya

Check airlines for days and times

(All flights are subject to change at short notice - please check carefully before you book your holiday)

From:

Belfast Flythomascook;

Birmingham Flythomascook;

Bristol Flythomascook;

East Midlands Flythomascook, Thomsonfly;

Dublin Turkish Airlines (via Istanbul);

Exeter Flythomascook;

Gatwick BA, Flythomascook, Thomsonfly;

Glasgow Flythomascook;

Heathrow Cyprus Turkish Airlines, Turkish Airlines (via Istanbul);

Luton Flythomascook, Thomsonfly;

Manchester Flythomascook, Thomsonfly, Turkish Airlines (via Istanbul);

Newcastle Flythomascook, Thomsonfly;

Stansted Cyprus Turkish Airlines, Flythomascook, Turkish Airlines, 

Other flights from many airports such as Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Gatwick, Manchester from companies such as Airtours, FreeBird, First Choice Airways, JMC Holidays, Monarch, My Travel, Skytours, Sovereign, Sunset Holidays.

Turkish Airlines and Sun Express fly from Istanbul to Antalya

All flights met by taxi (day and night).

This route is not easily accessible by train.

The first hotel is in Ovacik and the last in Antalya. Best airport is Antalya.

ANTALYA AIRPORT:

Land by: No time limit

Outward: Taxi from Antalya airport or bus/train station to first hotel (2 hrs) included in the holiday price.

Return: Taxi from Adrasan hotel (1½ hrs) /Antalya hotel (30 mins) to Antalya airport included in the holiday price.

Return flight earliest: No time limit

Nearest railway station:

Start: Burdur, at the end of the main line from Istanbul (a 3 hr bus ride to Antalya). Taxi from Antalya bus station to first hotel arranged by On Foot and included in holiday price.

Finish: Burdur

IMPORTANT: Do not book your flights until we have confirmed that we have provisionally reserved accommodation for you