Lycian Way

The place

The Lycian Way follows ancient Roman roads, mule trails, and shepherd paths along the Mediterranean coast of Turkey's Teke Peninsula, waymarked end-to-end with red-and-white blazes since the late 1990s. It passes some 25 remote archaeological sites — Lycian rock tombs and sarcophagi, and ruined cities including Xanthos, Patara, the sunken city at Kekova, and Olympos. Terrain alternates between steep coastal cliffs, pine and cedar forest, and exposed limestone ridgelines, with the Beydağları range (Mount Tahtalı, 2366m) forming the trail's mountainous eastern section; heat and sun exposure are significant in summer, making spring and autumn the preferred seasons.

Day by day

1. 1
   J1 · Fethiye → Ovacık18.00 km · +126 m
2. 2
   J2 · Ovacık → Faralya14.00 km · +953 m
3. 3
   J3 · Faralya → Alınca13.00 km · +867 m
4. 4
   J4 · Alınca → Gavurağılı12.00 km · +653 m
5. 5
   J5 · Gavurağılı → Bel5.00 km · +792 m
6. 6
   J6 · Bel → Xanthos15.00 km · +386 m
7. 7
   J7 · Xanthos → Patara12.00 km · +763 m
8. 8
   J8 · Patara → Kalkan14.00 km · +657 m
9. 9
   J9 · Kalkan → Kaş20.00 km · +1678 m
10. 10
    J10 · Kaş → Limanağzı14.00 km · +89 m
11. 11
    J11 · Limanağzı → Aperlae8.00 km · +398 m
12. 12
    J12 · Aperlae → Üçağız (Kekova)16.00 km · +563 m
13. 13
    J13 · Üçağız → Demre16.00 km · +793 m
14. 14
    J14 · Demre → Kekova coast (halfway to Finike)20.50 km · +980 m
15. 15
    J15 · Kekova coast → Finike20.50 km · +983 m
16. 16
    J16 · Finike → coastal midpoint (Karaöz)16.00 km · +30 m
17. 17
    J17 · Karaöz → Adrasan approach16.00 km · +29 m
18. 18
    J18 · Adrasan → Adrasan village24.00 km · +978 m
19. 19
    J19 · Adrasan → Olympos (Çıralı)15.00 km · +713 m
20. 20
    J20 · Çıralı → Beycik18.00 km · +1049 m
21. 21
    J21 · Beycik → Gedelme16.00 km · +44 m
22. 22
    J22 · Gedelme → Göynük19.00 km · +403 m
23. 23
    J23 · Göynük → Hisarçandır18.00 km · +1513 m
24. 24
    J24 · Hisarçandır → Geyikbayırı18.00 km · +100 m
25. 25
    J25 · Geyikbayırı → Antalya24.00 km · +910 m