Chimaera Olympos

... yacht. We could have definitely spent more time here! Making our way southeast, we stopped to check out 'Chimaera' at the city of Olympos. According to Greek mythology, the Lycian hero Bellapheron and his winged horse Pegasus slay the Chimaera (a ...

... that I was coming here; Olympos has one of the best beaches on this long stretch of coastline and it also hosts the mystical Chimaera - an natural flame that has burnt here over the ages. Haven't seen one of them before so had better stop by if I'm ...

... by riding for 1/2 hour, and then hiking up a mountain path for 20 minutes. The effort was worth it, though, because the Chimaera is one of those semi-unexplained natural phenomenons, and the effect is pretty magical. The lack of safety precautions and ...

... beside the warm sapphire waters of the Med, then up into the hills, lies a fabled monster and a modern wonder. The ancient Chimaera, where tongues of fire lick out from the rocky ground, giving rise to the tales of the legendary fire-breathing monster of ...

... city is wonderfully overgrown and fun to explore with its slightly earie and mystical feeling. At night we hiked 5 km up to the chimaera - gas lit flames coming from under the rocks, which according to a legend told by Homer, are created by a goat/snake/ ...

... having dinner at the pension with the dutch couple from our boat that night.  Afterwards, Dave and I took a trip to the Chimaera on Mt Olympus.  It's called the burning rock because flames ignite from crevices in the rock. It was  ...

5/30 I finally found a little piece of Texas in Turkey!!! Olympos is known as a backpackers paradise because of its get-away-from-it-all feel and complete absence of hotels. There are no tour busses, no paved roads and not a single mosque. It was ...

... the hill to Chimaera. Borac told us the story of Bellerophon. The greek warrior whom moved to Olympos with his horse pegasus. Bellerophon fought against the monster Chimaera (which was half lion, half goat and had a tail of the snake) and defeated him. ...

... . And WOW, what a place!!! The walk itself was dramatic. Fairly steep, and rocky in places, but through a beautiful forested area. The Chimaera became visible only at the last 20 - 30 m or so, but there was no doubt about them. The whole area is rocky, ...

... a really chilled out and relaxed vibe.   One of the main attractions in the area is the site known as Chimaera, which is basically a cluster of flames that blaze spontaneously from crevices on the slopes of Mt Olympos. This mountain is written ...

... it is set in a nature preserve. After a relaxing afternoon on the beach, the highlight of our stay was the nature walk to the chimaera, where we had a picnic by firelight. We truly felt as if we were in the middle of nowhere, and that this place had not ...

... .  We hiked about an hour from the beach and gained two more New Zealand tourists in our party en route. The chimaera are flames that burn from a rocks due to the natural gasses seeping up and spontaneously igniting.  There is of ...

... Gladiator'). The Lycians pledged their worship to Vulcan, most likely due to the mysterious phenomenon of the 'Chimaera' - a small section of land near Olympos where gas seeps from the ground and produces a series of eternal flames that never go out. (As ...

After a winding road and a moderate hill climb we come to an vegetated area of hillside. This is Chimaera where there a a few dozen crevices in the hillside with flames burning from them. A truely unusual sight. Dawn sits by one of the larger flames and ...

The reason why we went to Cirali was to see the chimaera, the flaming mountain. But we did lots of other things. We went down to the beach. This beach was even bluer than Antalya, and it was sandy, which made it easy to walk on. We walked on the beach to ...

... getting out and walking another up. We were going to eat our snack, which turned out to be our dinner next to the chimaera fires (fire that never burns out). The ancient people used to think that a dragon had caused the fires, because they did not ...

... is about three times as high as a normal stair. One unlucky man tripped in the darkness and twisted his ankle. The Chimaera itself is interesting enough, especially since my Internet research sources tell me that it's the only thing of its kind in the ...

... experiencing the camper lifestyle again, we also got to experience the Chimera.  Chimera is situated 8kms from Olympos. Chimaera was another Lycian city, and is named after the mythological son of Typhon. Legend has it ...

April 21 - 23 (Olympos, Turkey) It's hard to describe Olympos...imagine hippies, new age types, backpackers, hardcore backpackers and most recently greek system types (the Blue "booze" Cruises make a stop here) all staying together in a motley ...

... The eternal flames are called the Chimaera and mysteriously emerge from the ground, by natural methane seeping through cracks in the ground. The Chimaera was a mythical fire-breathing creature with the head of a lion, the body of a goat and the tail of a ...