Antalya Turkey

Olympos Antalya

Olympos (olimpos) is renowned for a unspoiled little sandy beach, a pine plantation full of tumbledown marble temples, tree house-hotels, and the Chimera, a natural blaze that has burned ceaselessly for millennia.

Located 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Antalya on Turkey's Mediterranean seaboard area not far from Phaselis (map), Olimpos is a town set 7 km (4 miles) off the main street amidst pines, citrus orchards and farmers' fields.

A little stream flows through a rocky gorge and comes to the Mediterranean at a attractive beach.

"Discovered" by backpackers on a allowance, Olympos became well liked early on for its tree-house bivouacs and retirement benefits, the most well renowned of which is the renowned Kadir's Tree House

Tree dwellings offer a kind of solace grades, and where additional can you reside in a tree with an Internet connection?

The prettiest, most snug places to stay here is Olimpos Lodge.

The Chimera , a natural eternal blaze established on a mountainside about 7 km (4.3 miles) from Olimpos town, was effortlessly evident by mariners at ocean in very vintage times it, but today it has dwindled to a sequence of minute blazes, a less outstanding but still amazing natural phenomenon.

The best way to visit Olimpos is by vehicle because it's 7 km (2.5 miles) south of the seaboard highway. If you're going by coach from the north (Antalya, Kemer, Phaselis) or from the west (Kas, Kalkan, Demre) you should inquire the person going by car to let you off at the street to Olimpos.

In summer, taxis and minibuses generally delay at this junction and at the bistro on the main street to shuttle travelers to Olimpos correct for about 3 TL. They generally rendezvous the coach appearances and departures, if possible. Otherwise, try to reach by mid-afternoon and snag a ride.